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  • Domaine Raymond Usseglio & Fils 2019 Chateauneuf Du Pape Les Apotres

    Domaine Raymond Usseglio & Fils 2019 Chateauneuf Du Pape Les Apotres

    $99.99

    Southern Rhone Valley France
    Jeb Dunnuck 97 Rating
    A relatively new cuvée that encompasses all the permitted varieties of the appellation and is brought up in amphora, the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Les Apotres offers a beautiful perfume of black raspberry and blackberry fruits interwoven with loads of spring flowers, white truffle, spice, and sappy garrigue aromas and flavors. This beauty is seamless, medium to full-bodied, and my money is on it being the finest vintage for this cuvée to date. BX-5

  • Pertinace 2020 Marcarini Barbaresco

    Pertinace 2020 Marcarini Barbaresco

    Price range: $49.99 through $240.00

    Piedmont Italy
    Wine Enthusiast 94 Rating Editors’ Choice Award
    Ripe raspberry aromas leap from the glass of this fleshy and fruit-forward wine with wildflowers and savory spice notes quickly following. The superfine palate is refined with fresh wild cherries spiked with hints of anise and clove finishing with a mineral edge. Drink 2025–2035. R41-6
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    Valid while supplies are available
    Buy this one by the 6pk for $40.00 per bottle

  • Penner-Ash 2022 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir

    Penner-Ash 2022 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir

    Price range: $49.99 through $240.00

    Oregon
    Wine Spectator 94 Rating
    Capturing the essence of Willamette Valley, this Pinot is elegantly structured and vibrant with acidity yet plush and polished. Flavors of raspberry and cherry are accented by orange peel, floral tea and spices as this glides along the vibrant finish. Drink now through 2032.
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    Buy this one by the 6pk for $40.00 per bottle

  • Cantina Valle Isarco 2024 Grüner Veltliner

    Cantina Valle Isarco 2024 Grüner Veltliner

    Price range: $21.99 through $216.00

    Alto Adige Valle Isarco Italy
    Wine Spectator 90 Rating
    Classic Grüner notes of white peach, grapefruit pith, lentil and white pepper are on display in this creamy, light-bodied white, framed by clean-cut acidity and stony minerality. Drink now through 2030. 4,167 cases made, 500 cases imported.
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    Valid whiles supplies are available
    Buy this by the 12pk for $18.00 per bottle

  • E. Guigal 2021 Gigondas

    E. Guigal 2021 Gigondas

    Price range: $39.99 through $396.00

    Southern Rhone Valley France
    James Suckling 92 Rating
    Aromas of sweet cherries, raspberries and roasted meat. This driven, succulent and vivid Gigondas is medium-bodied with creamy tannins. Velvety texture with comforting fruit and a focused, flavorful and persistent finish.
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    Valid while supplies are available
    Buy this one by the 12pk for $33.00 bottle

  • Montanet-Thoden 2023 Vézelay Galerne

    Montanet-Thoden 2023 Vézelay Galerne

    Price range: $34.99 through $360.00

    Burgundy France
    The vines are only twenty years old but are already producing excellent fruit due to the organic cultivation and the presence of lots of limestone in the clay soils. It is a great place for fossil hunting! This is a lively 100% Chardonnay packed with white flowers and impressive minerality backed by bracing acidity and beautiful, rounded flavor. The grapes are hand-picked and then pressed very gently. It was fermented in stainless steel using wild yeasts to provide added complexity.
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    Valid while supplies are available
    Buy this one by the 12pk for $30.00 bottle

  • Domaine Gilles Coperet 2023 Morgon

    Domaine Gilles Coperet 2023 Morgon

    Price range: $19.99 through $198.00

    Beaujolais France
    James Suckling 92 Rating
    Ripe cherries, raspberries and hints of chocolate and mild spices on the nose. Vivid and juicy on the palate, it has a medium body with supple but crunchy tannins and bright acidity. A lot of life and energy that make the wine bright and delicious.
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    Valid while supplies are available
    Buy this one by the 12pk for $16.50 bottle

  • Pol Roger Brut Reserve Champagne

    Pol Roger Brut Reserve Champagne

    Price range: $64.99 through $696.00

    France
    Jeb Dunnuck 91 Rating
    Equal parts Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Meunier, the NV Champagne Reserve Brut has the 2019 vintage as its base, with 25% reserve wine. It pours a bright silver straw hue and is fresh on opening, with a floral perfume of white flowers, fresh pear, and fresh almond. Medium-bodied, it’s attractive and approachable, with juicy peach fruit that fills the palate, although it stays refined, with a pinpoint mousse and a clean finish. It is a lovely entry to the range to enjoy now or over the next 6-8 years, and I love this as an aperitif style. 8 grams per liter of dosage.
    Must be ordered.
    Valid while supplies are available
    Buy this one by the 12pk for $58.00 per bottle

  • Sea Smoke 2023 Pinot Noir Southing

    Sea Smoke 2023 Pinot Noir Southing

    $99.99

    Santa Rita Hills California
    Each year, Sea Smoke’s goal for Southing is to create the ideal marriage of complexity and elegance. The ever-changing nose of the Southing exhibits fresh currant, slight strawberry and rose aromas with notes of dried fruit, fennel, clove and nutmeg. The fine tannins and minerality are enhanced by the estate vineyard’s characteristic cool climate acidity. R35-3