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A very well-balanced Bordeaux blend from the Napa Valley and the deft touch of winemaker Laura Barrett. 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Petit Verdot, 6% Merlot, 5% Malbec, 1% Cabernet Franc. The palate delivers black currant, licorice and a touch of graphite. Fine-grained but firm tannins suggest it is cellar worthy for 5-7 years as well.
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2019 The Climber Bordeaux-Style Red Blend, Napa Valley, California (750ml)
2019 Wrath Unoaked Chardonnay “EX” Monterey, California (750ml)
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Some of our customers have enthusiastically embraced Chardonnay in unoaked versions, and this is one of our favorites. Producer notes ~ "Our 2019 EX Chardonnay comes from the original 35-year old, own-rooted Clone 4 planted on our estate vineyard. It is fermented (primary only) and aged for 3 months in stainless steel.
2019-C Baldassari Syrah, Bennett Valley, Sonoma County, California (750ml)
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A Quarterly Red Cellar Trio Wine Club Selection
Baldassari Wines was formed as a business partnership in 2003 between Matt Michael, winemaker, and Dom Michael, his dad. The winery is named after Matt’s maternal grandfather, Vincenzo “Jimmy” Baldassari, through whom Matt received his first introduction to wine and winemaking. An Italian immigrant with a long family history of home winemaking, he brought the family tradition with him to the US when he emigrated. So, when Matt graduated from UC Davis with a degree in Fermentation Sciences to pursue a career as a winemaker, establishing Baldassari Wines seemed the perfect way to honor their family winemaking history and custom.
2019-C Bodegas Mustiguillo Finca Terrerazo Vino de Pago, Spain (750ml)
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A Quarterly Red Cellar Trio Wine Club Selection
Deep, dark red with scarlet flashes. The nose shows crushed red fruits, scents of wild strawberry and pomegranate. The palate is grapey and intense, with flavors of ripe, black cherry, black plum and blueberry fruit, laced with notes of tobacco and cedar, with chewy, firm tannins. Bold but with superb balance, and a long, fruited finish.
2019-C Destinos Cruzados Red Wine, Winters, California (750ml)
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A Monthly Wine Club Selection
Bistue Cellars was born out of passion for exploring different wine regions while creating remarkable wines. It began in 2014 as a fun side project by winemaker Carolina Bistué and her family, but soon grew into something more. After earning her Masters in Viticulture and Enology at UC Davis, Carolina Bistué worked at La Perla del Priorat in Spain and at Paul Hobbs’ Viña Cobos in Mendoza, Argentina as part of their winemaking teams. Carolina employs minimal-intervention winemaking techniques and subscribes to the belief that great wines begin in the vineyard, “We carefully select our vineyards based on the ideal location for each grape varietal and the style of wine that we want to achieve.”
2019-C Plaimont 'Les Cepages Preserves' White Wine, Saint Mont AOC, France (750ml)
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A Monthly Wine Club Selection
In the mid-1970s, winemaker André Dubosc set about reviving the "lost" appellations of Southwestern France. Known locally as the Sud-Ouest, this lush, hilly, and historic region is the least populated corner of France but is home to some 47,000 hectares of vineyards along with a vast array of vignerons.
2019-C Quinta da Romaneira 'Tres Parcelas' Touriga Nacional, Douro DOC, Portugal (750ml)
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A Red Cellar Trio Wine Club Selection
We don’t often come across a wine that is 100% Touriga Nacional as it is usually found in Portuguese red blends. The grapes for this wine were sourced from three different individual vineyard sites at Romaneira; Tomba Chapeus, Apontador and Mina—hence the name: Três Parcelas, which translates to the “three parcels”. An exceptional Touriga Nacional, that is surely greater than the sum of its individual parts. Fermented in stainless steel tanks for a period of 8 days followed by malolactic fermentation, primarily in tank, except for a small part in oak. Aged in French oak 225L barrels (38% new) for 11 months.
2020 Bernard Baudry Chinon Blanc, Loire Valley, France (750ml)
Bernard Baudry is unquestionably one of Chinon’s most outstanding producers. Not only does he have the talent to make delicious and consistent wines, vintage to vintage, but he is also fortunate to have vineyard land that showcases the varied soil types of the appellation.
2020 Domaine de Panisse Châteauneuf-du-Pape 'Le Mas', Rhone, France (750ml)
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Complex, rich and spicy, and from a fine vintage in the Southern Rhone as well. The younger generation at Le Clos du Caillou as of 2020 purchased this spectacular property north of the family estate in Courthézon. The winery is made up of a 15th-century farmhouse (the “mas”) and cellars, surrounded by acres of prime Châteauneuf-du-Pape vineyards, in the heart of lieu-dit ‘La Janasse’ in the far northeast corner of the appellation. With many vines planted in 1924 and terroir that echoes Châteauneuf’s finest, winemaker Marilou Vacheron and her brother Axel (of the Sancerre clan) are more than well-positioned to craft seriously compelling and character-rich southern blends.
2020 Domaine du Haut-Planty Melon de Bourgogne, 'One Musk a Night', France (750ml)
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100% organic, whole-cluster Melon de Bourgogne, macerated on the skins for one week, before being pressed into concrete tanks for a 6-month spontaneous fermentation. Hazy orange in color with notes of hay, pear, and a slight floral note. Like some orange wines, this also has a slightly funky quality on the finish. 12.4% ABV.
2020 Duckhorn Chardonnay, Napa Valley, California (375ml)
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From the Producer: "Both complex and alluring, this radiant Chardonnay opens up with aromas of pineapple, stone fruit and lime, as well as hints of white flowers and sweet French oak. On the palate, it is round and silky, with lively acidity and abundant minerality balancing the underlying richness and adding poise to the lush flavors of apple, peach and creamy lemon curd."
2020 Kukeri Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast, California (750ml)
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If you are a fan of Rombauer and other rich, buttery style Chardonnays, this wine has your name on it!
2020 Loomis Estate "Smoke" Mourvedre/Syrah, Napa Valley, California (750ml)
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A Quarterly Golfweek Mixed Wine Club Selection
Jeff Loomis got his revelation with “real wine” during a study abroad semester in Avignon, France, where he spent a few francs on a bottle of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. He always thought that if he ever did something with wine, it would be with Rhone varietals. “I love to create and push boundaries. Do things that haven’t been done before. Like Rhône varietals. In Napa Valley—the heart of Cab country. In the middle of an oak forest. At elevation. All on one estate. But that was my vision behind Loomis Estate Vineyards as I walked the raw land back in 2000. We were going to produce great wine or great salad dressing. I honestly didn’t know which at first. But guess what? Wine prevailed.”
2020 Papari Valley Saperavi 'Qveri 8', Kakheti, Georgia (750ml)
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This a hearty red made from Saperavi, from one of the traditional grapes varieties in the Republic of Georgia. It is also produced in traditional terracotta quevri, a winemaking style that has been around for centuries. Producer Notes - "Papari Valley has been a family farm since its founding, releasing its first commercial vintage in 2015. Estate-grown and bottled wines are made in the Kakhetian wine-making method, with naturally occurring yeast fermentation and aging in qvevris. Papari Valley has 21 qvevris and makes it their mission is to find the best methods of combining Georgian Qvevri and modern wine-making techniques. They aim is to preserve and save the idea of the Qvevri wine, farming Saperavi and Rkatsiteli grape varietals over 9.3 hectares of vineyard. Papari Valley Winery is located on the slopes of the Gombori mountain range, overlooking the the Caucasus Mountains to the north and the fertile Alazani River Valley which is famous for its wine production and its winemaking history."
2020 Quirus Tempranillo, Rioja Alta, Spain (750ml)
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This is a "joven" style Rioja, meaning it has not been aged in wood at all and is vinified in a style for early drinking. It is a fine value in a daily red, and delicious with a slight chill as well. Buy it by the case!
2020 Remoissenet Santenay 1er Cru 'Grand Clos Rousseau,' Burgundy, France (750ml)
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Most of the best 2020 red Burgundies have long since been snapped up, as they are delicious now but also offer cellar potential. This is the case here, with a slightly deeper red fruit profile than typical of Santenay and the warmth of the vintage showing. Remoissenet has a long history, and today is run by Burgundy veteran Bernard Repolt and Pierre-Antoine Rovani, formerly of The Wine Advocate. Maybe we should rank the latter's performance on a 100 point scale!
2020 Requiem Red Blend, Columbia Valley, Washington (750ml)
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A Monthly Wine Club Selection
Dark burgundy. Enticing aromas of dark, brambly fruit and a mélange of aromatic spices. The palate is fruit-forward with flavors of blackberry, cassis and blue plum. Rich and mouth filling, the fruit is punctuated with peppery spice and a hint of earthy richness. Positively decadent.
2020 Spottswoode Lyndenhurst Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California (750ml)
Spottswoode is one of Napa Valley's most legendary estates with a history going back to the 1800s. It would be considered a 'First Growth' if California used the French rating system for vineyards as they do in Bordeaux. And like wines from the great Bordeaux Chateaux, Spottswoode's Cabernet Sauvignons age beautifully, and really need time in bottle to settle down and show their purity and grace.
2020 Vincent Paris Cornas "Granit 60", Rhone Valley, France (750ml)
This syrah from Cornas in the Northern Rhone Valley comes from vines at a 60 degree gradient. The wine has all the seriousness of Cornas with a pleasant freshness. Vines are 60 to 100 years old and are biodynamically farmed.