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Jean Manciat 2023 Macon-Charny Franclieu
Price range: $17.99 through $180.00Burgundy France
John Gilman View From The Cellar 92+ Rating
The single vineyard bottling of Franclieu from Jean Manciat is his finest terroir, with these thirty to thirty-five year-old vines planted on argilo-calcaire soils. The wine is fermented with native yeasts and raised in stainless steel tanks until bottling. The 2023 Franclieu is a touch lower in octane than the regular Mâcon-Charnay bottling in this vintage, coming in at 13.5 percent alcohol. It delivers a beautifully precise and more soil-defined bouquet of apple, pear, almond, chalky soil tones and a lovely floral topnote redolent of both white lilies and apple blossoms. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, zesty and complex, with a beautiful core of pure fruit, excellent mineral drive and grip, a lovely spine of acidity and a long, pure and impeccably balanced finish. This is outstanding Mâcon and more refined and soil-driven in personality than the regular bottling! 2025-2040.
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Jean-Claude Marsanne 2022 Les Ruisseaux Viognier
Price range: $29.99 through $156.00Northern Rhone Valley France
Enjoyabilityfactor 92 Rating
‘Les Ruisseaux’ Viognier comes from Lieu-dit Le Gat. Whole clusters are pressed gently. Fermented in 50% stainless steel tank and 50% 228L barrels for 4 weeks. Wine finishes malolactic fermentation. Aged in 50% stainless steel tank and 50% 228L barrels for 1 year (no new oak). “Un Ruisseau” means “a stream.” A stream passes next to the vineyard and over many years has moved granite deposits from Saint Joseph to this area.
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Jean-Louis Chave 2021 Saint-Joseph
$69.99Northern Rhone Valley France
Decanter Magazine 93 Rating
A tasting of the various constituent lieux-dits revealed that the Bachesson parcel had a peppery side and its characteristic rose scent, and an unmistakably granitic texture. The Chalaix lieu-dit was precise, fine, with no huge concentration but good balance. Lieu-dit Dardouille was looking promising, with good weight and length. The finished blend of the domaine’s St-Joseph is likely to be neat, precise and fresh, with a distinct mineral side, one to drink relatively young. There will be no separate bottling of Clos Florentin this year due to frost. SP36-6 Most stores $99.99 -
Jean-Marc Brocard 2020 Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses
Price range: $99.99 through $510.00Burgundy France
Enjoyabilityfactor 95 Rating
The Les Preuses Grand Cru site is located on a geological ‘amphitheater’ created by the Vaudésir valley. The vines are planted to a southeastern exposure, receiving heaps of sunshine to aid in ripening. The sub-soil offers a harmonious combination of compact clay and calcareous soils.
Aromatically the wine is intensely floral and stone fruit-driven, with quince, Asian pears, yellow apples, jasmine, and honeysuckle lifting from the glass. On the palate, there is a luxurious creaminess to the wine, with a final note of bracing minerality to balance it out.
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Jim Barry 2012 The Armagh Shiraz
$239.99South Australia
Wine Advocate 98+ Rating
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2012 Shiraz The Armagh offers a gorgeous perfume of baking spices, violets, Sichuan pepper and fragrant earth. More earthy and savory in the mouth than on the nose, the palate is superbly structured and taut—built for the long-haul—with a long, complex finish. Still very youthfully, forget this wine for 3-5 more years and consider drinking it over the next 20+. R45-1 -
Joh. Jos. Prüm 2003 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Gold Capsule
$94.99Mosel Germany
Wine Spectator 95 Rating
Very clean and focused, with an intensity that belies its delicate profile. Wonderful aromas and flavors of apricot, flowers and slate, with pinpoint balance and a long, almost salty aftertaste. Deceptive and completely disarming in its appeal. Drink now through 2030. *Collectibles* Wall -
John Anthony 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon
Price range: $59.99 through $270.00Napa Valley California
Wine Enthusiast 94 Rating
This warm, rich, gently spicy wine achieves terrific quality for the broad Napa Valley appellation. It tastes ripe, inviting and delicious, pouring plump black cherries and black currants over the palate, accented by a mélange of cinnamon, vanilla, mint and cedar. Fine-grained tannins add a velvety texture.
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John Duval 2020 Plexus Red
Price range: $29.99 through $168.00Barossa Valley Australia
Wine Spectator 94 Rating
Complex, rich and elegant, showing notes of espresso, Kalamata olive, salted black licorice and spiced plum on a plush frame, with hints of dark chocolate. Reveals black walnut liqueur, wild blackberry and huckleberry flavors that linger on the long, peppery finish. Shiraz, Grenache and Mourvèdre. Drink now through 2035. 2,000 cases imported. BX-6 Most stores $39.99
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Joseph Drouhin 2021 Pouilly Vinzelles
Price range: $37.99 through $360.00Burgundy France
A wine for mere pleasure! Pale yellow color with numerous bright green reflections. Intense persistent flavors of peach and white flowers harmoniously meshed together. On the palate, the wine is ample, fresh, intense, with reminiscent notes of ripe grapes, almond, fresh hazelnut and cinnamon. The mouth reveals an elegant wine endowered with a good structure.
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