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Grenache Blanc and Roussanne, Arroyo Seco California
Aged in demijohns as inspired from the wines of Emidio Pepe in Abruzzo to increase extraordinary youthfulness and vitality. A great gastronomy wine, one that will perfectly suit rich, cream-based dishes. Only 497 cases produced. |
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Roussanne, Viognier, Marsanne, and Chardonnay Santa Barbara, California
"Thrillingly put together white, the 2010 Sanguis Postcard saw a fair bit of lees contact and was aged for 17 months in older barrels before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. Coming from miniscule yields, it displays a rich, unctuous profile of ripe peach and apricot fruit that‟s laced with copious amount of orange blossoms, honeysuckle, and vanilla custard like aromas on the nose. Despite being rich and intense, there‟s still remarkable freshness on both the nose and palate, with the wine carrying a full-bodied, rich mouth feel, superb concentration (think a great northern Rhone White here), notable tannin structure, and a heady, long finish. This is not a wine for a hot summer day and deserves a classy meal." Rhone Review
Santa Barbara, California
"Incredibly Chablis-like, with intense minerality, gunpowder, and flint characteristics giving way to more citrus and herb like qualities on the nose, the 2010 Sanguis Chardonnay Loner W10 was aged in a combination of older barrel and stainless steel. Gaining more fruit in the glass, this striking Chardonnay has racy acidity, a medium-bodied, supple texture, and beautiful purity of fruit. Give the overall balance, concentration and acidity, I would imagine that this would age well for a number of years.” Rhone Review
“Located on the Côtes du Jura, any discussion of Jura wines must start with this wine estate, one of the oldest in France, whose wines are present in the best restaurants around the world. Vin Jaune, the so-called Yellow Wine, is clearly the Jura’s most distinctive and interesting wine. Vin Jaune is made from late-picked Savagnin grapes. It undergoes a slow fermentation and ages for a minimum of six years in cool cellars. Because the barrels are never filled to the top, a powdery film of yeasts, similar to the flor that covers Fino Sherry in casks, develops on the wine. Oxidation sets in and, despite the yeast coating, Vin Jaune takes on a nuttiness and a special tangy character. The wine’s color is a deep golden yellow, almost amber. Because of the manner in which Vin Jaune is made--like Madeira, purposely oxidized in the winemaking process--it is practically ageless (like Madeira). The wine seems to be at its best with at least ten years of aging.” Ed McCarthy
“The Vieux Bourg 2010 L’Etoile En Pesus delivers a vibrant exchange of myriad mineral, fruit, and floral elements and is set to pick up textural polish and oxidative nuances over the coming year. Among the Jura’s most exciting wines.” Wine Advocate
“The wine itself was astonishing: mellow, yet intense and alive in the mouth with a chewy, almost oily texture that reminded me of the wonderful wines of Didier Dagueneau. It was full of citrus and mineral flavors and went beautifully with a dish of curried cabbage....This wine displays the purity of its terroir, made up of gravel and flint. Like all non-grafted vines, its palate is full with pear, quince, white flower, honey and hazelnut aromas.” Eric Asimov
Intoxicating honeysuckle and almond perfume from the Marsanne grape. Super rare, not to miss!
A collaboration inspired by history, Les Vins de Vienne is a partnership of Yves Cuilleron, Francois Villard and Pierre Gaillard, three superstar vignerons in Rhone. This trio purchased and rejuvenated the old terroir of the vineyard of Seyssuel, located on the left bank of the Rhone, just 25km from Lyon, north of Côte-Rôtie. “Ripe and defined, with the vintage’s tangy edge offsetting the plump melon, peach and heather honey notes at the core. Stays racy through the finish, with quinine and tangerine notes stretching out nicely. Should broaden a touch with modest cellaring. Drink now through 2012.” Wine Spectator
From the younger brother of Alvaro in Galicia Spain "I am crazy about the nobility of the Godello grape, so recently saved from extinction in Galicia, north-west Spain. This has the structure and precision of a particularly fine Puligny-Montrachet but has its own very distinctive mountainous and mineral character. Old Godello vines are very rare since the variety had to be nursed back to proliferation as recently as the 1980s, but Palacios claims that the vines that provide this stunning wine are between 35 and 92 years old. I don't think this wine is anywhere near its peak. If I wanted to serve it now, I would decant it a couple of hours in advance, but ideally it should be kept at least until the end of this decade when, to judge from that 2005 version, it should be unfurling majestically." Jancis Robinson
Rueda, Castilla y Leon, Spain
Ossian is as ambitious a white wine project as can be found in Spain. Javier Zaccagnini (a cofounder of Aalto—one of the Ribera del Duero’s standout wine producers) wanted to make a Spanish white with the opulence and breeding of a grand cru white Burgundy using a native Spanish variety. Ancient Verdejo vineyards containing pre-phylloxera vines anywhere up to 200 years old still exist. Production is highly limited. Ossian’s uncommon richness makes it a better match for luxuriously textured foods, such as lobster, scallops and poultry. Barrel fermentation has given the wine a lush, nutty character, so ingredients with similar flavors—such as nuts or grilled bread—are natural complements.
This Grand-cru-like Achleiten walled vineyard is so prized that it has been worked down by man and by nature to a point where the coverage of soil is only 40 cm in some parts. The loess soils just barely cover the granitic rocks underneath and yield grapes with great minerality. The resulting wines are a stunning mix of finesse and structure. Brilliant lemon in color, this Grüner Veltliner has aromas of pear, lemon, and sweet pea with an underlying earthy minerality. On the palate, flavors of Anjou pear, quince, and lemon mingle with notes of tarragon and raw almonds on the mouth-coatingly creamy yet crisply refreshing finish. |
| | RED WINES Santa Maria Valley, California
“Meaty and unique, the 2006 Sanguis As The Crow Flies is a blend of 98% Syrah and 2% Viognier and offers up plenty of butcher shop aromas with saw dust, graphite, spice and anise notes all wrapped around a beautiful, fruit driven core. Medium to full bodied in the mouth, the wine is superbly textured and while it has ripe, rich fruit, it stays light on its feet. This picks up fine grained tannins on the long finish and is a beautifully balanced Syrah to drink over the next 8 to 10 years.” — Rhone Review
Santa Maria, California
“Aged for 42 months in barrel, Inky ruby. Highly perfumed bouquet of spicy blackberry and blueberry, with smoky herbal and floral notes and a hint of cured meat. Chewy, firmly structured dark berry preserve flavors are supported by chunky tannins that give the wine a slight dry edge. The smoky note resounds on the long, sappy, vaguely sweet finish. This is all clone 174, which gives the wine its smokiness, according to owner and winemaker Matthias Pippig.” Steve Tanzer
Priorat, Spain
98 Points Robert Parker "Purple-colored, it has an other-worldly perfume of pain grille, grilled meat, spice cabinet, espresso, mineral, wild blueberry, and black cherry. This is followed by a powerful, masculine, intense Priorat with gobs of flavor, 8-10 years of cellaring potential, and a very long finish. It will be at its peak from 2018 to 2040."
92 points Stephen Tanzer "Opaque ruby. Explosively perfumed nose offers a sexy bouquet of red and dark berries, Asian spices, candied licorice, black cardamom and yellow rose. Mouthfilling red fruit flavors are wrapped in supple tannins, with vibrant minerality adding lift. Impressively fresh and focused for such flavor impact, finishing with superb mouthcoating persistence. Primal but delicious already."
98 Points Robert Parker "Nearly perfect, the opaque black/purple-colored 1998 Shiraz Reserve plays to the great strength of Australia -- powerful, naturally-textured, super-rich wines that are big and chewy. Exceptionally rich and explosive, with great purity as well as remarkable symmetry and overall balance for such massiveness, this blockbuster can be drunk now or cellared for 12-15 years. Make no doubt about it, this Shiraz will elicit more than a few "wows" in any tasting - blind or otherwise. " |
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Hirtzberger is known for his search of optimum ripeness, meticulous work in the vines, intimate knowledge of each terroir, and unbelievable amounts of work—Franz will do between 4 and 5 passages through each vine at harvest to pick the grapes only when each cluster is perfect.
In the cellar indigenous yeasts are used, fermentations are done in steel, but aging is in larger, older foudres in order to express best the purity and minerality of each parcel. |
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95 Points Robert Parker “The 2003 Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin has turned out even better than I thought last year. Black purple to the rim, with an extraordinary nose of smoke, camphor, blackberry, cassis, sweet cherry, white flowers, licorice, and Chinese black tea, the wine has superb richness, huge tannins, massive concentration, and a monster finish. Forget this wine for 5-8 years and drink it over the following 35 or more.”
99 Points Wine Advocate “Even better and one of the top two to three wines in the vintage, the 2011 Hermitage Les Bessards (100% Syrah that spent 16 months in 70% new French oak) possesses an inky purple color to go with a fabulously rich, pure bouquet of smoked earth, ground pepper, underbrush and licorice that’s supported by awesome black raspberry and cassis-styled fruit. Full-bodied, seamless and layered, with masses of sweet tannin and notable structure, this beauty bucks the vintage stereotype and will need short-term cellaring to become approachable. It will have 2-3 decades of longevity. “
96 Points Antonio Galloni, Tasted 2014 "delivers all of the promise of one of all-time great Tuscan vintages. Still fresh and vibrant, the 1988 is firing on all cylinders today. The tannins have softened a touch, but the wine remains marvelously intact and powerful. Another vintage with deep Sangiovese roots, the 1988 is magnificent today. Sage, rosemary, menthol and tobacco notes are layered onto a core of black fruit. The 1988 is a classic. It’s as simple as that." |
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