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  • Pieropan 2024 Calvarino Soave Classico

    Pieropan 2024 Calvarino Soave Classico

    Price range: $34.99 through $180.00

    Veneto Italy
    Pieropan Calvarino Soave Classico 2024 is an exceptionally expressive white wine from the prestigious Calvarino vineyard in the heart of Soave Classico. It is produced predominantly from Garganega (70%) and Trebbiano di Soave (30%), with grapes hand-harvested from organically certified vineyards. The wine displays aromas of flowers, fresh citrus, and mineral notes derived from its volcanic terroir, while the palate is dry, fresh, elegantly structured, and long. Its versatility makes it an ideal companion to many modern dishes.
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    Buy this one by the 6pk for $30.00 per bottle

  • Jada Winery 2020 Passing By

    Jada Winery 2020 Passing By

    $79.99

    Paso Robles California
    Wine Advocate 93 Rating
    The 2020 Passing By is a blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Petite Sirah and 2% Merlot. It has a deep ruby-purple color and scents of cassis, pencil shavings, violet, dried herbs and aniseed. The full-bodied palate is soft and juicy with loads of jammy fruit and new oak, with vanilla, brown sugar and nutmeg lingering on the finish. It’s a good effort in a challenging vintage and lovers of ripe, oaked reds can enjoy this over the next 3-5 years. R26-4

  • Nickel & Nickel 2021 C.C. Ranch Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon

    Nickel & Nickel 2021 C.C. Ranch Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon

    $99.99

    Napa Valley California
    Jeb Dunnuck 95 Rating
    Coming from well-drained, gravelly loam soils just west of the Silverado Trail in Rutherford, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon C.C. Ranch just about jumps out of the glass with ripe red, black, and blue fruits as well as complex notes of sappy green flowers, camphor, iron, and dusty earth. It’s a big, mouth-filling, full-bodied effort that has solid tannins, plenty of mid-palate depth, and outstanding length, and there’s clearly a more floral, herbal edge here that gives it a singular character. While it doesn’t quite have the elegance in its tannins of some of the other releases, I love its complexity, and it has perfectly ripe fruit and a terrific sense of freshness and vibrancy. It’s going to evolve for 15-20 years with ease. It’s an impressive wine. SP18-1

  • Tormaresca Calafuria Rose

    Tormaresca Calafuria Rose

    Price range: $14.99 through $78.00

    Puglia Italy
    A bright peachy pink color, like a warm sunrise over the sea. Together with fruity notes of grapefruit and pomegranate, with hints of delicate lavender flowers, bathed in Apulian sunshine.
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    Buy this one by the 6pk for $13.00 per bottle

  • 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

  • Marques de Riscal 2021 XR Reserva

    Marques de Riscal 2021 XR Reserva

    Price range: $34.99 through $180.00

    Rioja Spain
    Decanter Magazine 94 Rating
    An ode to blending, the 2021 XR by Marques de Riscal Reserva is Tempranillo and Graciano made in a fruity, modern style, with sweet tannins and 25 months of American oak aging. Dark cherry, vanilla, and a rich dusting of cocoa powder give it a lustiness across layers of full-bodied concentration and decadence. Ready to enjoy, it will remain enjoyable another 10-12 years.
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    Buy this one by the 6pk for $30.00 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

  • Chalone Vineyard 2022 Chardonnay Estate Grown

    Chalone Vineyard 2022 Chardonnay Estate Grown

    Price range: $22.99 through $228.00

    Central Coast California
    Wine Enthusiast 92 Rating
    2022 Estate Grown Chardonnay (Chalone). Precise aromas of lemon and lime meet with undertones of butter and oak on the nose of this wine. The palate is slightly fatter in expression at first, with more butter and macadamia nut, but then recedes toward zesty grapefruit peel flavors.
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    Buy this one by the 12pk for $19.00 bottle

  • Chalone Vineyard 2023 Pinot Noir Estate Grown

    Chalone Vineyard 2023 Pinot Noir Estate Grown

    Price range: $22.99 through $228.00

    Central Coast California
    The 2023 Estate Pinot Noir offers a beautiful aromatic compilation of red berries, cherry, strawberry, vanilla, toasty oak, hints of leather, and cinnamon. The palate is bright, full and gratifying. Violet, clove, and subtle minerality linger on the finish.
    Must be ordered.
    Valid while supplies are available
    Buy this one by the 12pk for $19.00 bottle