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  • Dow's 2016 Late Bottled Vintage Porto

    Dow’s 2016 Late Bottled Vintage Porto

    Price range: $21.99 through $131.94

    Portugal
    James Suckling 92 Rating
    Blackberries with some dried fruit and hints of sultanas. Slightly lifted. It’s medium-bodied with lovely sweetness and a lightly chewy and grippy ending that turns sweet and slightly dry at the end. Delicious Port.
    Must be ordered.
    Valid while supplies are available
    Buy this by the 6pk for $21.99 per bottle

  • Chateau Lynch-Bages 2020 Pauillac

    Chateau Lynch-Bages 2020 Pauillac

    $164.99

    Bordeaux France
    James Suckling 99 Rating
    beautifully layered red with blackcurrant, hazelnut and lead-pencil character and fine, velvety tannins. Full-bodied and reserved. It’s like a tightly knit ball of polished tannins that are cashmere in texture. So very long and impressive. Give this time. A terrific Lynch. Better after 2027. SP56-2 SP59-12

  • Clos des Papes 2015 Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    Clos des Papes 2015 Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    $149.99

    Southern Rhone Valley France
    Wine Spectator 98 Rating
    This offers a drop-dead gorgeous core of cassis and raspberry pâte de fruit flavors that hold center stage but still allow notes of Lapsang souchong tea, anise, incense and shiso leaf to chime in. Very long, with a sublime feel through the mineral-tinged finish. So seductive already, but this should cruise in the cellar. Drink now through 2040. 6,000 cases made, 850 cases imported. SP36-1

  • Chateau Montrose 2018 Saint-Estephe

    Chateau Montrose 2018 Saint-Estephe

    $299.99

    Bordeaux France
    Jeb Dunnuck 100 Rating
    A full-bodied powerhouse as well as a perfect wine, the 2018 Château Montrose is a final blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, and 6% Cabernet Franc that was raised in 60% new French oak. Boasting a deep purple hue as well as awesome levels of crème de cassis and smoky blackberry fruits and notes of tobacco, lead pencil, scorched earth, and chocolate, it's deep, opulent, and incredibly concentrated on the palate, with no shortage of mid-palate depth, tannins, or length. It reminds me a little of a fresher version of the 2003, although there's more Cabernet Sauvignon in 2018 as well as less Merlot. It has that classic Montrose minerality and backward, mineral-laced style, yet I suspect this will be drinkable in just 5-6 years and should evolve into a modern-day legend from this terroir. SP55-6

  • Klinker Brick 2022 Farrah Syrah

    Klinker Brick 2022 Farrah Syrah

    Price range: $21.99 through $204.00

    Lodi California
    This single vineyard wine has a deep, rich garnet color and shows tobacco, mint and cherries on the nose. With dense silky layers of raspberry and chocolate, this full-bodied wine finishes with hints of earth and spice with a long, smooth finish.
    Must be ordered.
    Valid while supplies are available
    Buy this one by the 12pk for $17.00 bottle

  • Château Gloria 2020 Saint-Julien

    Château Gloria 2020 Saint-Julien

    $56.99

    Bordeaux
    Vinous 95 Rating
    The 2020 Gloria has an intense nose of penetrating blackberry, raspberry, crushed violet and crushed stone aromas. After 20 minutes, this just blossoms in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, fine acidity and just a touch of espresso and orange peel toward the finish, which remains taught and focused. What a wonderful Gloria! This might actually surpass its sibling, Château St. Pierre, this year. SPBX-12

  • Château Haut-Bailly 2020 Pessac-Léognan Grand Cru Classé

    Château Haut-Bailly 2020 Pessac-Léognan Grand Cru Classé

    $194.99

    Bordeaux
    Jeb Dunnuck 99 Rating
    Another wine I underrated on release, the 2020 Château Haut-Bailly is just about pure perfection, and whereas the 2018 is closer in style to the 2009, this plays things a little closer to its vest and is reminiscent of the 2010. Full-bodied, concentrated, and powerful, it nevertheless cuts a focused, precise path across the palate and brings incredible purity in its darker fruits, smoked tobacco, cedar pencil, and Asian spice-driven aromas and flavors. The tannin quality here is off the charts, and this beauty has everything you could want from wine. SPBX-6

  • Hartford Court 2016 Pinot Noir Arrendell Vineyard

    Hartford Court 2016 Pinot Noir Arrendell Vineyard

    $109.99

    Russian River Valley California
    Jeb Dunnuck 97 Rating
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    I also loved the 2016 Pinot Noir Arrendell Vineyard. Located in the Russian River and planted in 1975 to a heritage Martini Clone, this cool site struggles to ripen, giving this 2016 an exotic, complex, vibrant style along with its ample red and black fruits, candied violets, potpourri, and sandalwood. It’s one of the more vibrant, racier wines in the lineup, yet its acidity is nicely integrated, it’s flawlessly balanced, and it has a great, great finish. Give bottles a year or two and enjoy over the following decade. R15-1

  • Chateau d'Armailhac 2018 Grand Cru Classe Pauillac 1.5Lt

    Chateau d’Armailhac 2018 Grand Cru Classe Pauillac 1.5Lt

    $169.99

    Bordeaux
    Jeb Dunnuck 94 Rating
    Deeply colored, the 2018 Château D'Armailhac is a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and the rest Petit Verdot brought up in 40% new barrels. Cassis, hints of blue fruits, graphite, charcoal, and spicy oak notes all emerge from this deeply colored effort. Rich and full-bodied on the palate, it offers ripe, present tannins, terrific freshness, and a great finish. Rack-1