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  • I Vignaioli di Santo Stefano Moscato d'Asti

    I Vignaioli di Santo Stefano Moscato d’Asti

    Price range: $19.99 through $102.00

    Piedmont Italy
    This classic Moscato d’Asti makes for an excellence aperitif or dessert wine. Lightly sparkling, it is a pretty pale yellow in color, intensely fruity, aromatic and lingering. The sweetness is in balance with the low alcohol (5%) and acidity that gives this wine a pleasant freshness. It is vinified exclusively in steel tanks. While this makes for an exquisite cocktail, it also pairs really well with roasted hazelnuts or fruit tarts.
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    Buy this by the 6pk for $17.00 per bottle

  • Hunnicutt 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

    Hunnicutt 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

    $79.99

    California
    Enjoyabilityfactor 94 Rating
    In the glass, rich aromas of blackberry, crème de cassis and chocolate covered cherries mingle with a flinty minerality and hints of anise. This wine has an abundant entry with lush red and black fruit notes, showcasing the interplay of Cabernet and Merlot in the blend. Subtle expressions of oak, espresso and caramel rise up in the mid-palate and form a beautifully structured finish of fine grain dusty tannins. SP22-1

  • Muga 2022 El Anden De La Estacion Crianza

    Muga 2022 El Anden De La Estacion Crianza

    Price range: $21.99 through $102.00

    Rioja Spain
    Wine Advocate 92 Rating
    Cask-aged for 14 months, the 2022 El Anden De La Estacion is a youthful, approachable blend of 65% Tempranillo and 35% Garnacha, the first one made in 2016. Fermented using indigenous yeast, it’s left on the lees to soften the texture and accentuate the red and black cherry and berry fruit. It’s quite delightful and impressively well-made for the price point, full-bodied but balanced.
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    Buy this one by the 6pk for $17.00 bottle

  • Terre Nere 2018 Brunello di Montalcino

    Terre Nere 2018 Brunello di Montalcino

    Price range: $49.99 through $240.00

    Tuscany Italy
    A full expression of Sangiovese, with slightly acidic opening notes of eucalyptus and peppermint, followed by delicate fruity aromas of blackcurrant, maraschino and candied fruits of the forest, with a final note of vanilla, liquorish and tobacco. Full bodied, yet elegant and refined with soft and silky tannins. Fresh blackberry flavors play beautifully with the sweet notes of liquorish, mint and clove. Strong acidity with a great capacity to age in the bottle. R44-6
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    Buy this by the 6pk for $40.00 per bottle 

  • Morlet 2018 Mon Chevalier Cabernet Sauvignon

    Morlet 2018 Mon Chevalier Cabernet Sauvignon

    $169.99

    Knights Valley Sonoma County California
    Jeb Dunnuck 99 Rating
    The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Mon Chevalier comes from the Knights Valley, just north of Napa Valley in the larger Sonoma County, and it always seems to me to have one foot in Napa and one foot in Sonoma. Boasting a similar ruby/purple color (as do all of the releases here), it’s slightly more reserved and stately (knightly, if you will), with building aromas and flavors of blackcurrants, toasted bread, dried violets, baking spices, and loamy earth. These carry to a pure, full-bodied, multi-dimensional Cabernet that’s flawlessly balanced, has ripe yet certainly present tannins, a notable sense of minerality, and a great, great finish. It’s just another incredible wine from Luc Morlet that can be drunk today with ample pleasure or cellared for 20-30 years if, for some reason, you feel the need to delay gratification. SP25-6

  • Beronia 2020 Tempranillo Rioja Riserva

    Beronia 2020 Tempranillo Rioja Riserva

    Price range: $21.99 through $228.00

    Spain
    Of an intense picota cherry color. Complex nose with aromas of black fruits, where blackberry stands out, and great harmony of spices such as cinnamon. Sweet, with a sweet and round tannin that blends well the acidic fruit with the wood. It is fresh, structured, with great complexity and a long aftertaste.
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    Buy this one by the 12pk for $19.00 per bottle

  • Crown Point 2022 Relevant Cabernet Sauvignon

    Crown Point 2022 Relevant Cabernet Sauvignon

    Price range: $79.99 through $432.00

    Happy Canyon Santa Barbara County
    Jeb Dunnuck 92 Rating
    What could be considered the second wine of this estate, the 2022 Relevant is based on 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Merlot, aged 18 months in barrels with one-third new French oak. Ripe black fruits, graphite, chocolate, and background oak all emerge from this medium to full-bodied effort. It’s round, mouth-filling, and incredibly satisfying, and while I like it today, particularly with a decant, it should keep for 10-12 years. Drink 2025-2037.
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    Buy this by the 6pk for $72.00 per bottle

  • Daou Vineyards 2023 The Pessimist Red

    Daou Vineyards 2023 The Pessimist Red

    Price range: $17.99 through $192.00

    Paso Robles California
    The Tasting Panel 93 Rating
    Graphite, espresso, cedar, and black olives commingle in this savory, brooding, dramatic beast with teeth-grabbing cocoa tannins. Intense, lengthy flavors of blackberry and plum speak to the wine’s inherent ripeness on the finish.
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    Buy this one by the 12pk for $16.00 per bottle

  • Les Dauphins Grenache Blanc - Viognier

    Les Dauphins Grenache Blanc – Viognier

    Price range: $13.99 through $132.00

    Southern Rhone Valley France
    This delightfully fragrant Grenache Blanc blend offers vivacious lemon, tangerine peel and white blossom notes. It’s dry, zesty and spry on the palate, with chalky minerality and a lingering, pithy grapefruit flavor. A light-bodied thirst quencher to enjoy now.
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    Buy this one by the 12pk for $11.00 per bottle