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  • iL Poggione 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli

    iL Poggione 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli

    $129.99

    Tuscany Italy
    Wine Advocate 97 Rating
    This single-vineyard Riserva delivers a generous, abundant and determined personality. This is Brunello with a capital B. The 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli benefits from a warm and sun-soaked microclimate that is shielded from cold winter winds. You can taste the good health of the grapes thanks to those very direct aromas of black cherry, plum, tar, campfire ash and chalky mineral. The Paganelli vineyard is 12 hectares in size, with vines planted in 1964. The last time this wine was made was in 2012. Fruit from those old vines shape complex aromas, elegant tannins and bright freshness. Despite that handsome DNA, this is another new release from Il Poggione that will require more cellar age. R40-3

  • IL Poggione 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli

    IL Poggione 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli

    Price range: $129.99 through $660.00

    Tuscany Italy
    Antonio Galloni's Vinous 98 Rating
    Brooding and balsamic, the 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli is a dark stallion of a wine with a bouquet to meditate to, wafting up exotic spices, flint, incense, dried roses, black cherries and hints of ashen stone. It’s racy yet complex and sensual, with silken textures and masses of mineral-inflected red berry fruits, all guided by a core of zesty acidity as a tinge of sour citrus adds tension throughout. Pleasantly chewy yet still mouthwatering, the 2019 leaves a web of fine tannins, along with a hint of orange zest and cloves to linger on and on and on. This is drop-dead gorgeous.
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    Buy this one by the 6pk for $110.00 per bottle

  • iL Poggione 2020 Brunello di Montalcino

    iL Poggione 2020 Brunello di Montalcino

    Price range: $69.99 through $342.00

    Tuscany Italy
    Vinous 95 Rating
    The 2020 Brunello di Montalcino is explosive, bright and punchy at first, evolving from cranberry to cherry with dusty sage, spiced blood orange and Tuscan dust. The is pure elegance, texturally deep and nearly velvety in feel with a core of tart wild berries that add contrast as a balsamic tinge emerges along with fine-grained tannins toward the close. It finishes long, structured and staining, leaving a flinty sensation and primary core of fruit that drenches the palate as violet inner florals and hints of lavender abound. The 2020 is seamless from start to finish and, while more approachable than a typical vintage of Il Poggione, is balanced for an extended maturation.
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    Buy this one by the 6pk for $57.00 per bottle

  • Immortal Estate 2014 Impassible Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

    Immortal Estate 2014 Impassible Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

    $299.99

    Sonoma County California
    Jeb Dunnuck 99 Rating
    All from estate fruit, the 2014 Impassible Mountain is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon that spent 27 months in 75% new French oak. It reveals a deeper ruby/purple color as well as a beautiful perfume of blackcurrants, mulled spice, graphite, crushed rock, and earth. Incredibly deep, full-bodied, and opulent, yet always with a sense of purity, minerality, and length, it's a monumental wine that builds on the palate, has ultra-fine tannins, no hard edges, and an awesome finish. R38-1

  • Immortal Estate 2016 Impassible Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

    Immortal Estate 2016 Impassible Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

    $399.99

    Sonoma County California
    Jeb Dunnuck 100 Rating
    A smaller selection and also all Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2016 Impassible Mountain (28 months in 85% new French oak) offers more of everything and is a magical, blockbuster, yet ethereal styled Cabernet Sauvignon from Sonoma. With a kaleidoscopic array of crème de cassis, sagebrush, tobacco, cedar pencil, and awesome minerality, it has incredible concentration, full-bodied richness, and a skyscraper-like mouthfeel, yet it also stays weightless, elegant, and flawlessly balanced. There are few estates coming close to this level of quality in Sonoma with Cabernet Sauvignon, and if you want to taste pure perfection from Sonoma, try this wine! It’s still a baby, and I suspect it will need 8-10 years to hit maturity, but it's going to evolve for 30-40 years. R16-3

  • Immortal Estate 2019 Slope Cabernet Sauvignon

    Immortal Estate 2019 Slope Cabernet Sauvignon

    Price range: $84.99 through $480.00

    Sonoma County California
    Jeb Dunnuck 95 Rating
    Bold and muscular, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Slope comes from the Immortal Estate Vineyard, which sits on the red volcanic soils on the Sonoma side of the Mayacamas mountains. Including 2% Petit Verdot and pouring an opaque black, potent and layered aromas lift from the glass, with menthol, cassis, toasted cedar, and vanilla. Fleshy and very full-bodied, its velvety sweet tannins and plummy fruit coat the palate, with fresh acidity and a long, toasty finish. A seductive wine, it will take time to lose some of its baby fat and reveal its more savory complexity. Drink 2025-2040.
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    Buy this one by the 6pk for $80.00 bottle

  • Inama 2022 Vigneti di Foscarino Soave Classico

    Inama 2022 Vigneti di Foscarino Soave Classico

    Price range: $32.99 through $174.00

    Veneto Italy
    Wine Enthusiast 97 Rating
    Foscarino as a modern-day muse. An inspiring wine that can lead to greater ideas. This profound wine opens with aromas of quince, roasted Fuji, preserved kumquats and an entire meadow full of flowers that encompasses all senses. Rich on the palate, yet stately the wine threads the needle as flavors of orange flower water, white peach, mint and honey flow into a sea of crushed shells and green almonds giving a salty, savory finish that languishes. Drink Now – 2040
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    Buy this by the 6pk for $29.00 per bottle

  • Inglenook 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon

    Inglenook 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon

    $69.99

    Napa Valley California
    Jeb Dunnuck 94 Rating
    The base cuvée is the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon, which is 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc, 6% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, and 1% Malbec sourced all from Rutherford. It has a classic, Saint Julien-like bouquet of crème de cassis, tobacco lead, damp earth, and spice that gives way to a full-bodied, concentrated, textured Cabernet that hits all the right marks. The top Rubicon release has a touch more elegant and precision, but this isn't far off. Drink this stunner any time over the coming 20 years or more. SP25-8

  • Inglenook 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon

    Inglenook 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon

    Price range: $69.99 through $360.00

    Napa Valley California
    Vinous 94 Rating
    The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the most potent wines I have tasted from Inglenook in a long time. Readers should be patient, as the 2019 is a mere infant. A rush of black cherry, mocha, licorice, spice and leather builds as this sumptuous, towering wine gradually opens with a bit of aeration. I would give the 2019 at least a few years in bottle, as the grippy tannins need time to soften.
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    Buy this by the 6pk for $60.00 per bottle