Made by Rob Mondavi,Jr (grandson of the Napa legend), this does an outstanding job of balancing Napa's richness with a fine minerality and structure. Plenty of blackcurrant and blackberry fruit, a touch of dried herb, a dash... Read More
Organic/Bio There’s something joyfully incongruous about a bearded outdoors guy who wears flannel, farms his vineyard with horses, chickens, sheep, geese and (his own) children, and waxes on passionately about the quality... Read More
Organic/Bio There’s something joyfully incongruous about a bearded outdoors guy who wears flannel, farms his vineyard with horses, chickens, sheep, geese and (his own) children, and waxes on passionately about the quality... Read More
Organic/Bio The edges of Antiquum Farm’s “Big Field” vineyard are kind of the far edge of what Pinot Noir can do. The winemaking is simple enough – fully de-stemmed fruit, open top fermenters, a bit of... Read More
Palette and Ch Simone are both better known for their rosé, but the Provencal red is a classic treat not to be missed. It's mainly Grenache and Mourvedre with dollops of everything from Cinsault and Syrah to Manosquin,... Read More
Pre-Arrival Sale: Wine Arrives June, 2024. Organic/Bio Pianrosso means red fields, and the name recognizes the iron rich, loamy, soils of this great Brunello vineyard. In the southern part of the Brunello zone and facing due south,... Read More
Stags Leap is the smallest AVA in Napa but has loomed large in wine-lovers’ minds ever since Warren Winiarski’s Stag’s Leap Cabernet Sauvignon Cask 23 1973 shocked the wine world by beating out the best of Bordeaux... Read More
A big, almost burly, Hermitage that's loaded with dark fruit, hung meat, and sweet spice aromas and flavors and finishes with excellent thrust and grip. Decant now and enjoy for 15+ years.
448 bottles produced. For years we’ve told you Silvia’s wines include “Garnacha Peluda,” aka “Hairy Grenache.” Peluda is a clone of Garnacha evolved to handle especially windy, dry, locations.... Read More
“AiAiAi” is the kind of thing you say with a smile when something surprising happens, and tasting Silvia Puig’s 2020 AiAiAi Priorat and then seeing the very reasonable price certainly qualifies! Like all of Silvia’s... Read More
The newest bottling from this up-and-coming Northern Rhone estate that has bootstrapped itself to prominence by finding abandoned vineyards and bringing them back to life. There's plenty of Cornas intensity and inky power... Read More
Jayson Pahlmeyer crafts this luscious Napa red from barrels that just miss the cut for his higher-end (and much harder to find) Pahlmeyer Red. Blending Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Cabernet Franc and Petite Sirah, it's... Read More
Tasting for a couple of hours with Kelley can leave one in a bit of a buzzed daze – not because of alcohol (we were spitting, honest!), but because topic after topic comes up, images are evoked and allowed to fade, and very... Read More
The vines Jim Maresh planted on their own roots back in 1970 is today arguably the best, and certainly one of the most important, vineyards in the Dundee Hills. Jim’s grandson uses almost all the fruit for his Arterberry... Read More
Love the dark, smoky, intensity of wines grown on the volcanic Jory soils of the Dundee Hills? Well, then this is your Ken Wright because it delivers that rich depth for sure. The vineyard actually belongs to Ken’s son,... Read More
There's 50% less Pertimali Brunello in 2017 than usual due to a very strict selection in the vineyard and less power and structure, too. But the resulting wine is delicious Brunello already, full of flavor and flying across... Read More
Closer to the Grand Cru hill of Corton than Chorey and sharing some of Corton’s lower slopes, Aloxe-Corton gives a darker, more structured and powerful Pinot Noir with excellent complexity and aging potential. The farming... Read More
Closer to the Grand Cru hill of Corton than Chorey and sharing some of Corton’s lower slopes, Aloxe-Corton gives a darker, more structured and powerful Pinot Noir with excellent complexity and aging potential. The farming... Read More
Greves is the largest 1er Cru in Beaune and one of the best (including the central portion known as Vigne d'Enfant Jésus). As the name suggests, the soil here is broken up by lots of limestone gravel which creates outstanding... Read More
Powerful, deep, and cellar-worthy, this 97% Cabernet, 2% Merlot, 1% Cab Franc is from one of Washington's most elite vineyards, the slopes of Red Mountain. Just 10 barrels were selected after aging 23 months in 90% new French... Read More
Organic/Bio At just 1,800 feet elevation, the lowest of Passopisciaro’s Contrada vines grow on the last edges of Mount Etna lava. The vines push through the lava to limestone and develop more rich, round, textures than the... Read More
Organic/BioOnly available as part of the Passopisciaro Etna Six-Pack. Ok, I blew it and didn't buy enough of this because, tasting it in May on the slopes of Etna, it was closed and the fruit was hiding. Contrada Rampante... Read More
Organic/Bio With just 1HA of vines on the 2,800 foot elevation, lava-covered, Contrada Sciaranuova, Passopisciaro made only 165 cases or so of this in 2021. The name translates to new lava flow which covered the site in the 1600s... Read More
A stylish, nicely rich, Pinot from the southern end of Beaune's 1er Cru belt not far from the border with Pommard. Around 30% whole customers and aging in mostly used French oak and a healthy, not extravagant, 13.4% alcohol... Read More
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