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Vallepicciola 2018 Pievasciata Rosso
$24.99 – $120.00Tuscany Italy
The color will be the first thing to impress. It’s a deep dark, ruby red color. On the nose, there are rich aromas of black cherry, cedar clove and vanilla. On the palate there is more vanilla, dark chocolate, leather, tobacco, balsamic, jam, raisin, prune, fig, black pepper, savory and sweet spice and flavors. Dry with balanced acidity giving it a tangy freshness and mellow tannins from barrel ageing. Very full bodied and full in the mouth as well as richly viscous in the glass. It also has a very satisfying, long, lasting finish..
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Vallisto 2018 Malbec
$15.99 – $156.00Calchaqui Valley Argentina
Antonio Galloni Vinous 93 Rating
The 2018 Malbec, 100% Calchaqui Valley was 1/3 raised for a year in barrels of various ages. Violet in the glass with a slight glow, the aromas of plum and blueberry with licorice and balsamic traces, beeswax and a hint of violet. The excellent palate is both fleshy and juicy and maintains both its volume and easygoing nature even with the active tannins guiding the way. A red best drunk in a couple of years.
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Vasse Felix 2021 ‘Filius’ Cabernet Sauvignon
$24.99 – $120.00Margaret River, Australia
#2 Wine Spectator Top 10 Wine Values of 2023
A new-age Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon (blended with Malbec), expressing all the regional hallmarks. It is a bright, fruit-forward, earlier-drinking style with attractive savory nuances from Vasse Felix’s quality-led, minimal intervention winemaking approach.
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Velenosi 2023 Pecorino Villa Angela Offida
$21.99 – $204.00Marche Italy
Vinous 89 Rating
The 2023 Pecorino Offida Villa Angela is sharply focused with a pungent whiff of grapefruit and lemon zest, further complicated by wild herbs and crushed stone. This is round and soothing, with a balanced inner sweetness offset by sour lime and crisp green apple. It finishes short yet clean and refreshing, leaving a hint of tart citrus rind concentration. If tasting blind, I could mistake this for a rich and powerful New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. That said, it’s opulent, balanced and thoroughly satisfying.
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Venge 2023 Scout’s Honor Proprietary Red
$39.99 – $360.00Napa Valley California
Enjoyabilityfactor 93 Rating
This has a gorgeous, concentrated assemblage of sweet honeysuckle, crushed blue herbs, aromas of violets, anise, and a touch of vanillin. On the palate is pure richness from the old-vine Zinfandel with loads of super ripe black fruits and currants, pepper spice, and an enveloping masculinity of char and tannins from the Syrah, Charbono and Petite Sirah. A seamless balance and mouth coating deliciousness are found throughout the palate, with an extra-long finish that is quite pleasing to the senses.
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Venge Vineyards 2021 Silencieux Cabernet Sauvignon
$64.99 – $330.00Napa Valley California
The highest quality crop not witnessed in years. I know, I put a lot of eggs in the basket of vintage 2018. However, friends, brace yourself for some delicious, superior quality wines coming from 2021. Across the board—from Chardonnay through to Cabernet Sauvignon— we are looking at magnificent concentrations of color and flavor that forecast a stellar vintage to come.
There is something magical that happens to a vineyard when water is scarce. Cluster sets are reduced naturally, grape size shrinks the skin-to-pulp ratio, and energy is driven to protect the crop that is left. We manually thin in all vintages to balance the ratios on the vine; however, it is Mother Nature’s culling that always works wonders for producing wines of profound resilience. The only downside in this natural selection scenario is crop yield. Vintage 2021 will see significant reductions in yield from 30% to 50% less than normal years. R5-3
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Venge Vineyards 2022 Silencieux Cabernet Sauvignon
$49.99 – $270.00Napa Valley California
Enjoyabilityfactor 95 Rating
Wonderfully aromatic and expressive, the 2022 vintage opens with scents of sweet cassis, anise, blackberries, roasted coffee, blue herbs and barrel vanillin. On the palate, the tannins are firm, upfront and balanced throughout, with all pockets of the mouth left yearning for another sip. Full-bodied and extracted with ripe black fruit, blueberries, charred caramel and a delightful hint of fresh herbs that concentrate into a lengthy finish. This wine is approachable upon release and cellar worthy in proper aging conditions. regular $69.99
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Verite 2012 Le Desir
$399.99Sonoma County California
Wine Advocate 100 Rating
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The 2012 Le Desir (64% Cabernet Franc, 24% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Malbec) reminds me of a young vintage of Ausone, such as 2005. The wine has amazing minerality and an explosive blueberry nose intermixed with blackberries, new saddle leather, charcoal and camphor. It is full-bodied, with espresso notes emerging on the palate. There are 1,900 cases of this super-endowed, prodigious wine that should drink well for 35-40 years. How fun it would be for mega-millionaires to put this in a blind tasting of a great vintage of Ausone in 10, 20 or 30 years from now. Drink: 2015-2055. SP22-1 -
Verite 2017 La Joie
$399.99Sonoma County California
Jeb Dunnuck 100 Rating
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Tasting like a great bottle of Château Lafite, the 2017 La Joie is based largely on Cabernet Sauvignon and brought up, I suspect, in mostly new French oak. Deep ruby/purple, with a heavenly bouquet of crème de cassis, lead pencil, cedarwood, graphite, and tobacco, it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, an incredible sense of elegance and purity, building tannins, and a great, great finish. This majestic, regal Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon is going to require a decade of cellaring to hit maturity (although it’s far from unapproachable today) and will see its 50th birthday in fine form. I followed this bottle for three days and it never showed a hint of oxidation. This is easily my wine of the vintage in 2017. R20-1
