NAPA ROCKS

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AD VIVUM is a single-vineyard, 100% Cabernet Sauvignon crafted by Chris Phelps, a long-time Napa Valley winemaker who has earned a reputation for his ability to consistently produce outstanding and unique wines that honestly reflect the terroir of their vineyard origin. Chris Phelps story began with a 16-month sojourn in Bordeaux, which began with a year […]

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“BAROLO LOSES A FAVOURITE SON”

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Barolo Loses a Favorite Son “I learned of Luciano Sandrone’s passing just as I prepared to go to press with this report. I will have more to say on Sandrone and his remarkable life once I have had a chance to gather my thoughts. For now, let me just say that Luciano Sandrone was a […]

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“SOMETHING SPECIAL BREWING HERE”

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2020 DOMAINE BORIS CHAMPY OFFER “There is something special brewing here,” wrote Neal Martin of Vinous about Champy’s attention-grabbing namesake domaine. He went on, raving about how Boris’s work with in the Hautes-Côtes de Beaune “frankly rewrote everything I thought possible. It is not exaggeration or hyperbole to say that they are equal to many […]

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VALUE BURGUNDY


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Domaine Laurent Cognard:Laurent Cognard began Domaine bottling his family’s wines in 1997 and today farms 26 acres of vines in the appellations of Montagny, Mercurey, and Pouilly-Loché. The specialty of the Domaine is white wine, though a small amount of Mercurey rouge is also produced. The vineyards are farmed lutte raisonée “reasoned struggle.”The emphasis is […]

July 17, 2023

LAIL BLUEPRINT


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2021 Lail “Blueprint” Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon$164.95 per bottle – six packs – 60 bottles available. 93 points Vinous“Crème de cassis, chocolate, spice, new leather and cloves are all kicked up in this juicy, flamboyant, plush Cabernet. The Blueprint is made from a collection of top sites on Napa Valley. Best of all, it remains a […]

July 17, 2023

G de GUIRAUD


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This is a dry white made by Sauternes producer Château Guiraud. Château Guiraud is one of the few properties to be located within the village of Sauternes itself (the only other being its illustrious neighbour Château Yquem). Alongside sweet wines they also produce an organic dry white, It’s a blend of 50% Semillon and 50% Sauvignon […]

June 15, 2023

LEGIT “WOW”


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2020 Chateau Phélan-Ségur – St-Estèphe – Bordeaux.$124.95 per bottle – six packs 94-96 points Jeb Dunnuck“Getting a legit “wow” in the notes, the 2020 Château Phélan Ségur looks to be another incredible wine from the team of Véronique Dausse. A blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon 42% Merlot, and the balance Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, it’s a […]

June 15, 2023

“GENIUS GOING ON HERE”


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“One of the reference point estates for top quality wines in the world today, the family-run Guigal operation was created in 1946 by Etienne Guigal. Today, Etienne’s son, Marcel, and his son, Philippe, are firmly in control here, and are without a doubt producing some of the most singular, sought-after wines in the world. The […]

May 11, 2023

AN ALL TIME GREAT FROM PALMER


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2010 Chateau Palmer – Margaux – Bordeaux – $1175 per bottle – 1 bottle box.“One of the great years of Bordeaux now at 14 years old and showing why this is such an unusual vintage in terms of the depth of structure and muscular concentration that was achieved (in fact I am upping the drinking window from […]

May 11, 2023

THE CASE FOR SUMMER


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Tasca d’Almerita is among the 24 wineries in the world, among the 3 Italians to receive the Green Emblem seal from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, a recognition given by one of the most important critics of the international wine world to those who have shown extraordinary efforts in the search for practices virtuous agricultural and […]

May 11, 2023

SANDRONE VITE TALIN


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2016 Luciano Sandrone – Barolo – Vite Talin One bottle packs.98 points Wine Advocate. $594.95 per bottle“This is a wine I have jealously followed since its birth. The Luciano Sandrone 2016 Barolo Vite Talin is another superstar. This is a complete wine, with depth, intensity and a fully generous and embracing personality. It’s like a […]

May 11, 2023

THE PERFECT VINTAGE – SWEET 16’S FROM MONTALCINO


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“2016 Brunello di Montalcino: More of the vintage we have been waiting for” Vinous. “If I had to think of one way to universally describe the majority of wines from the 2016 vintage, I would offer that they are like a well-muscled black stallion in its prime. They are dark yet radiant, expressive, nearly explosive […]

March 15, 2023

ON THE HILL – MONTOSOLI


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“The Montosoli hill possesses some of the greatest terroirs found in Tuscany’s Montalcino. The proof is in the excellent labels of Brunello di Montalcino from Montosoli, not only the versions by Altesino and Caparzo, but also Baricci, Canalicchio di Sopra, Le Ragnaie and Valdicava. I say terroirs because there are a mix of soil types […]

March 15, 2023