Tuscany 2021 Le Calcinaie Vernaccia$22.99 / Case Price $18.40 San Gimignano / Tuscany / Italy100% VernacciaFermented and aged in stainless steel, Calcinaie’s Vernaccia is sourced from a 15-acre parcel just outside the town of San Gimignano. The vineyard is farmed organically having been planted mostly in the late 1980’s. 2016 Pagliarese Chianti ClassicoOn sale for[…]
Spring Sparklers NV Moncuit Delos$64.99 / Case Price $52 Mesnil-sur-Oger/ Champagne / France100% ChardonnayFermented and aged in stainless steel, only Grand Cru fruit is used for this stellar Champagne. Describing this as lean is correct but does not do justice to the level of complexity found here. 2017 Rocher des Violettes Petillant On Sale for $25 Montlouis[…]
2021 ColomberaBricco BartolomeoOn Sale for $12.99 Tortonesi / Italy100% CorteseKnown for the production of the local Tortona specialty, Timorasso, Colombera also produces this lighter, crisper white from the Cortese varietal. The soils here are composed of clay. 2021 Correggia Arneis$22.99 / Case Price $18.40 Roero / Langhe / Italy100% ArneisFrom vines planted in a combination[…]
Copain Kiser Vineyard ‘Combe de Gres’ Anderson Valley 2014 Regular Price $60 Sale price $30 Subtly and elegance are the hallmarks of this Pinot Noir, both due to the site and subsequent aging. Tart black cherry and herbal notes are present but hardly dominant; the general quietude of the wine speaks volumes rather than flavors[…]
Zinfandel (just the red ones) 2017 Feudi di San Gregorio Primitivo$19.99 / Case Price $16 Puglia / Italy100% Primitivo (aka Zinfandel)A wine focused on savor and herbs, this Primitivo shows the sunny climatic conditions of Southern Italy. Zinfandel is thought to have been imported from Croatia at some point. Puglia is now thought of as[…]
Loire Valley NV Amirault Cremant Brut Quarterons$34.99 / Case Price $28 Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil / Loire Valley / France100% Chenin BlancTraditional method sparkling wine from Chenin grown all over the Anjou region, the Quarterons spends 18 months on its fine lees prior to disgorgement. 2020 Pepiere Gras Mouton$24.99 / Case Price $20 Muscadet /[…]
Spring Whites 2020 F.X. PichlerRied Klostersatz$42.99 / Case Price $33.60 Wachau / Austria100% Gruner VeltlinerF.X. Pichler is considered to be not only the greatest producer in the Wachau region, but perhaps in all of Austria. The Klostersatz bottling comes from an old vineyard with sandy, stony soil. Fragrances and flavors of pink grapefruit and white[…]
2018 Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Cotes de Beaune, Burgundy Regular price: $225 per bottle Pre-sale price: $175 per bottle I’ve been thinking, and writing, a lot about Chardonnay lately. I’m intrigued and mystified about a grape that is just so polarizing, both vilified and adored by many consumers and yet still the best selling[…]
3M 2019 Cap de Faugeres Rouge$29.99 / Case Price $24 Castillon / Bordeaux / France85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet FrancThe looser soils just west of Saint-Emilion provide a very nice compromise between rich plummy fruit and minerality. With air this wine only gains complexity. 2020 Ornellaia Le Volte$31.99 / Case Price $26.40 Bolgheri / Tuscany /[…]
Chardonnay 2022 De Wetshof Limestone$19.99 / Case Price $16 Robertson / South Africa100% ChardonnayStainless steel aged and matured, the Limestone Hill bottling expresses the dense clay soils of its origin. Rich and opulent, this wine proves Chardonnay doesn’t need oak, just ripeness and concentration. 2021 JM BrocardKimmeridgien$27.99 / Case Price $22.40 Chablis / France100% ChardonnaySourced[…]