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  • Altamura 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon

    Altamura 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon

    $139.99

    Napa Valley California
    Jeb Dunnuck 91 Rating
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    The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon is a charming, sweetly fruited effort with loads of character. First produced in 1985 and all from estate fruit, aged in 70% new barrels, its healthy purple hue is followed by forward notes of redcurrants, darker berries, tobacco leaf, and loamy earth. Medium to full-bodied, with a layered, sexy, rounded style on the palate, it's perfect for enjoying any time over the coming 10-12 years or more. SP21-2

  • Altamura 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon

    Altamura 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon

    Price range: $129.99 through $690.00

    Napa Valley California
    Lisa Perotti-Brown Wine Independent 96 Rating
    The single-varietal Altamura 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon, aged for nearly 3 years in barrel, is deep garnet-purple in color. It opens with earthy/savory notions of tree bark, black truffle, dried herbs, and Indian spices leading to a core of stewed plums, redcurrant jelly, and boysenberries plus nuances of tobacco leaf, dried mint, and fallen leaves. The medium to full-bodied palate is fantastically elegant and refined, with red berry sparks lifting the dense black fruits supported by plush tannins and bags of freshness, finishing long and minerally. This is impressive!”
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  • Altesino 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva

    Altesino 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva

    $124.99

    Tuscany Italy
    Wine Spectator 97 Rating
    Laced with ripe cherry, strawberry, floral, spice, iron and leather flavors, this red is complex and charming, yet with serious tannins that ply the structure and lift the long finish. The fine balance should facilitate longevity. R45-3

  • Anakota 2019 Helena Dakota Cabernet Sauvignon

    Anakota 2019 Helena Dakota Cabernet Sauvignon

    Price range: $169.99 through $900.00

    Sonoma California
    Wine Advocate 99 Rating
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    The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Helena Dakota Vineyard explodes with violets, aniseed and cast iron, with a deep core of crushed blueberries and black cherries, evolving continually with each approach to the glass. The palate is stunning with its intensity and lift, pure fruits, pixelated tannins and focused acidity that drives the very long finish. Its exceptional balance and super pure flavors, plus that characteristic streak of iron that appears across the Anakota portfolio, really take the 2019 Helena Dakota to the next level. 793 cases were made. BX-6
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  • Anakota 2019 Helena Montana Cabernet Sauvignon

    Anakota 2019 Helena Montana Cabernet Sauvignon

    Price range: $169.99 through $870.00

    Sonoma California
    Jeb Dunnuck 97 Rating
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    The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Helena Montana, from chalk soils with western-facing exposition, is the most exuberant in terms of its aromatics, with candied flowers, cherry liqueur, sweet tobacco, and graphite. The fruit fills the palate up front and through the mid-palate, with a refreshing spine of acidity and great mineral texture. The tannins are ripe and well-integrated. This is a delicious wine out of the gate and will be worth holding onto and checking in on over the next 20 years. R24-5
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    Buy this by the 6pk for $145.00 per bottle

  • Andremily 2019 EABA Central Coast

    Andremily 2019 EABA Central Coast

    $119.99

    California
    Jeb Dunnuck 97+ Rating
    The 2019 EABA (“end all be all”) is a blend of 61% Syrah, 24% Mourvèdre, 13% Grenache and 2% Viognier and was made with 65% whole clusters. Fruit comes from several vineyards in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, including Bien Nacido, White Hawk, Larner, Harrison-Clarke, G2 and Alta Mesa. It was matured for about 22 months in 55% new French barriques and 600-liter demi-muids and 45% used French barriques, and it was bottled on August 21, 2021. Opaque ruby-purple in color, it offers beautiful, pure scents of licorice, tar, blueberry and black cherry jam, charcuterie, pepper, olive and fried savory herbs, offering up more nuances as it spends time in the glass. Medium-bodied, it has abundant, super-fine tannins, seamless acidity and slowly expanding, spicy flavor layers, finishing very long and alluringly floral. Its notable length, detail and latency suggest this will continue to improve in bottle over the next 5-7 years and will be long lived in the cellar. R38-1

  • Andremily 2021 Syrah No 10 Central Coast

    Andremily 2021 Syrah No 10 Central Coast

    $119.99

    California
    Jeb Dunnuck 100 Rating
    The 2021 No 10 checks in as 93% Syrah, 5% Mourvèdre, and 2% Viognier that was raised in 65% new French oak for 22 months. It shows that classic 2021 focus and purity, with darker berry and cassis-like fruits intermixed with ground pepper, sandalwood, violets, and smoky, meaty nuances. With full-bodied richness, it’s incredibly concentrated and has ultra-fine tannins, flawless balance, and a great finish. This absolutely heavenly red from the genius of Jim Binns tops out my scale. It should benefit from 2-3 years of bottle age and have over two decades of ultimate longevity. R38-6

  • Antinori 2020 Solaia

    Antinori 2020 Solaia

    Price range: $399.99 through $2,100.00

    Tuscany Italy
    Antonio Galloni 97 Rating
    The 2020 Solaia is an infant. I expected a more exuberant wine, but the 2020 is built along more classic lines. Black cherry, plum, gravel, incense, smoke, pencil shavings and spice all open effortlessly. As always, Solaia is a Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine, but it is a Cabernet that is distinctly Italian, with plenty of Tuscan acid and structure driving through the mid-palate and into the finish. The 2020 is a terrific example of the recent stylistic shift at Antinori. In the past, richness and opulence were qualities of a vintage that would have been amplified in the vineyard and cellar. Today, the aim is to capture a more balanced expression of these kinds of vintages, and that very much comes through. SP44-6
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  • Antinori 2021 Guado al Tasso Bolgheri Superiore

    Antinori 2021 Guado al Tasso Bolgheri Superiore

    Price range: $159.99 through $840.00

    Bolgheri Italy
    Antonio Galloni 98 Rating
    The 2021 Bolgheri Superiore Guado al Tasso is a very beautiful wine, but also quite a departure from the style that made it famous years ago. Readers will find an especially polished Guado al Tasso, a wine that emphasizes finesse more than power. Silky tannins wrap around a core of black cherry fruit, licorice, spice, mocha and new leather. Bright, saline undertones extend the exquisite finish. There’s more Cabernet Franc in the blend these days, and that very much comes through in the wine’s crazy aromatic presence and feel. The 2021 spent 16 months in wood, three months in used French oak barrels during the malolactic fermentation and then 14 months in barrel (80% new) for the rest of its aging. Gorgeous.
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    Buy this by the 6pk for $140.00 per bottle