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2020 Woop Woop Shiraz, South Australia, Australia (750ml)
2020-C Aslina Cabernet Sauvignon, Stellenbosch, South Africa (750ml)
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A Red Cellar Trio Wine Club Selection
This bottling is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon and 13% Petit Verdot, sourced from sustainably farmed, IPW (Integrated Production of Wine) and WIETA (Wine Industry Ethical Trade Association) certified growers. Grapes were handpicked in March 2020. After vinification, the young wine was aged in oak for 16 months. 45% in first fill (new) barrels and the rest in second and third fills. Bottled in July 2021, filtered but not fined. 250 cases produced.
2020-C Bondar 'Violet Hour' Shiraz, McLaren Vale, Australia (750ml)
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A Monthly Wine Club Selection
Founded in 2013 by husband-and-wife team Andre Bondar and Selina Kelly, Bondar is their inspired take on cool climate expressions of classic Rhône varietals through the lens of McClaren Vale.
2020-C Chateau de Janicon Rouge, Graves AOC, Bordeaux, France (750ml)
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A Monthly Wine Club Selection
The birthplace of ‘Claret’ and home of the famous Haut-Brion, the Graves appellation in Bordeaux is known for its elegantly perfumed, flavorful wines. Graves refers to the gravely terrain—a veritable nirvana for Cabernet Sauvignon, and home to Château de Janicon. Established in the 1980s, Janicon is led by its third generation, winemaker Lou Rochet and her mother, Marie Vincent-Rochet.
2020-C Chateau de Lascaux 'Garrigue' Rouge, Languedoc AOC, France (750ml)
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A Monthly Wine Club Selection
Deep garnet color. Red fruited nose with hints of pepper and dried herbs. The palate shows black cherry, and boysenberry fruit with a touch of savory herbs, black olive and dried thyme. Nicely balanced, dusty tannins round out the juicy, yet elegant finish.
2020-C Domaine Baron Touraine Chenonceaux AOP, Loire Valley, France (750ml)
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A Monthly Wine Club Selection
Samuel Baron owns an 18-hectare family domaine in the village of Thesée, on the right-bank of the Cher River, about 40 miles east of Tours. In 1946, Samuel’s grandfather was among the first winegrowers to plant Sauvignon Blanc grapes in the region. In 1998 Samuel’s father, Jean-Pierre, left the local winemaking co-op and began estate bottling wine. In 2010, Jean-Pierre handed the vineyard and winemaking duties to his son, Samuel, who transitioned the estate to organic farming (Agriculture Biologique), gaining certification in 2014.
2020-C Domaine Sauvete 'Les Gravouilles' Rouge , Touraine AOC, Loire Valley, France (750ml)
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A Monthly Wine Club Selection
Founded in 1905, Domaine Sauvète boasts four generations of artisan winemakers in Touraine. The family farms its 40 acres of vineyard land according to organic principles, and is certified organic by Ecocert. In recent years, they have incorporated more biodynamic practices, such as using plant-based teas and preparations to help combat vine maladies, and working according to the lunar calendar.
2020-C Fondo Antico 'Nene' Nero d'Avola, Sicilia DOC, Italy (750ml)
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A Monthly Wine Club Selection
Inky purple color. Aromas of sweet red berries, fresh basil and violet. The palate shows flavors of black fig, Rainer cherry and a symphony of red bramble fruits. Light body with some dusty tannins on the finish.
2020-C Gebruder Simon Sekt Riesling Brut, Mosel, Germany (750ml)
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A Quarterly Sparkling Wine Club Selection
Led by Kiki Pfitzer-Simon and Ingo Simon, Gebrüder Simon's winegrowing tradition dates back to 1724, and continues to this day, guided by passion, tradition and innovation. The current sparkling wine facility was built in 1995, and all their sparkling wines are made in the traditional or classic method. Ingo Simon is often found in other wine regions, producing sparkling wines, and flying as far as the Republic of Georgia to manage the production of several red wines. He is a real character—known for his wry wit, and his astute seriousness when it comes to his craft. He is the driving force behind this small family venture located in Lösnich, facing the impossibly steep, amphitheater-like slopes of the famous Ürziger Würzgarten, or ‘Garden of Spices’, just across the Mosel river. The winery cultivates just 4.5 hectares of vines in the world-famous locations of Ürziger Würzgarten, Erdener Treppchen, Lösnicher Försterlay and Kinheimer Rosenberg.
2020-C Guerra Albano Ribolla Gialla Brut, Friuli, Italy (750ml)
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A Quarterly Sparkling Wine Club Selection
Bright yellow hue. Delicate aromatics, with scents of tropical fruit, pear and jasmine. The palate shows flavors of tart green apple, passion fruit and lemon curd; it is vibrant and mouthwatering with a hint of salinity on the lingering finish. A vino spumante wine with considerable charm and complexity.
2020-C Nai e Senora Albarino, Rías Baixas DO, Spain (750ml)
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A Monthly Wine Club Selection
Adegas Terra de Asorei is an association of six winemaking families that have banded together with the intention to produce premium, charismatic, 100% Albariño wines. The team, which joined forces at the beginning of the 21st century, operates a state of the art winery in the Salnés Valley in Rías Baixas in the verdant northwestern region of Galicia, Spain.
2020-C Terres Secretes Bourgogne Blanc, Burgundy, France (750ml)
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A Monthly Wine Club Selection
Bright, straw-gold hue. Delicate scents of white orchard fruit, citrus and honeysuckle. Clean flavors of freshly sliced pineapple, applesauce, peach and Meyer lemon on the palate. Well-balanced, with a soft texture and a charming, noteworthy, earthy mineral element on the supple, refined finish.
2020-C Valckenberg Pinot Blanc, Rheinhessen, Germany (750ml)
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A Monthly Wine Club Selection
This bottling from winemaker Tilman Queins, is 100% Pinot Blanc from select vineyard sites located in Rheinhessen. The grapes were carefully harvested and sorted. Gentle processing, with minimal intervention, cool fermentation with traditional white wine vinification techniques, and aging in stainless-steel tanks.
2021 Alain Graillot Croze-Hermitage, Rhone, France (750ml)
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The wine world lost one of it's greats recently, with the much lamented passing of Alain Graillot. His Croze-Hermitage has long been a benchmark for fine Northern Rhone Syrah . . .
2021 Averaen Chardonnay, Willamette Valley, Oregon (750ml)
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Ripe yellow apple, a touch of subtle sweet oak, nicely positioned between an unoaked style Chardonnay at one extreme and a fruit and oak bomb at the other. This is a fine example of the increasing focus on excellent Chardonnay in Oregon's Willamette Valley, with its many micro-climates and complex geology.
2021 Blue Farm "King Ridge" Pinot Noir, Fort Ross-Seaview, Sonoma, California (750ml)
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Anne Moller-Racke has many years of experience crafting fine Pinot Noir, and all of her Blue Farm wines are top notch. This is perhaps the most compelling and nuanced of the three we recently tasted, however. The King Ridge vineyard is planted to Calera & Bacigalupi clones. Spicy, layered and complex Pinot Noir that merits a spot in your cellar or on your table sooner.
2021 Board Track Racer 'The Chief' Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, Washington (750ml)
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85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot. Mark Ryan started making wines in friends’ garages in 1999. Largely self-taught, he combined his own studies with the advice of experienced wine producers. After 4 years of transient winemaking, he settled in Woodinville, Washington. From then onward, Mark has been a champion of Washington wines, making significant contributions to the Washington wine community, and helping to establish Washington as a prominent U.S. wine region.
2021 Carmel Road Pinot Noir, Central Coast, California (750ml)
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Easy-going red fruited Pinot at a bargain price. Buy this one by the case!
2021 Carro Tinto, Yecla DO, Murcia, Spain (750ml)
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A Monthly Wine Club Selection
Señorio de Barahonda is the oldest winery in the Yecla DO region of Spain. Its history dates back to 1850 when Pedro Candela Soriano began producing and selling small amounts of wine locally. However, it was in 1925, when Antonio Candela García inherited a small production facility, that the winery was officially founded. Today, his two sons, Antonio Jr. and Alfredo manage the winery and the family estate, drawing on the knowledge and traditions that have been handed down through the family for the past four generations.
2021 Cast Blanc de Noirs, Napa Valley, California (750ml)
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A Quarterly Sparkling Wine Club Selection
Remarkable rose gold hue. Aromas of fresh red berries and hints of pie crust. The palate is bright, vibrant and fruit-driven with flavors of red apple, Rainier cherry and Melba toast.
2021 Catena "Vista Flores" Malbec, Mendoza, Argentina (750ml)
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100% Malbec, and the current vintage uses screw cap. Producer Notes - "Family vintners for over 100 years, the Catenas are recognized for their pioneering role in high-altitude viticulture and in leading Argentina's Malbec revolution. In the 1950´s, Don Domingo Catena began sourcing Malbec from the historic vineyards of Vista Flores. Domingo prized the region's Malbec for its dark colored and structured tannins. This wine goes through cold maceration for 2-6 days at 50ºF (10ºC). The juice is then fermented for 8-16 days with a post-fermentation maceration of 2-12 days. 12 months in French oak barrel (35% new). Barrel selection varies depending on vineyard and vintage. French oak. Vista Flores Vineyard (1100m/3608ft). Alluvial origin. Loamy soil, with rounded rocks on the bottom (80% Sand - 10% Clay - 10% Silt)."
2021 Centopassi Catarratto "Terre Rosse di Giabbascio" Sicily, Italy (750ml)
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Catarratto is one of the grape varieties native to Sicily. In wines such as this single vineyard white from the "Terre Rosse di Giabbascio" (red soils of Gabbascio), they are crisp and bracing, with a mineral note and palate cleansing zip. Centopassi has interesting origins - it is erssentially a cooperative farming vineyards siezed in the island's long-running struggle against the malign influence of the Mafia. This wine is dedicated to the memory of Pio la Torre, a member of Parliament who was assassinated by the Mafia in 1982.