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2002 Match Vineyards “Butterdragon Hill” Ca...
$129.90
FREE shipping.Napa Valley wines from 2002 have always been crowd favorites. Big, lush, round fruit flavors please even those who aren't normally into Cab. We call it our Party Wine. BOTTLED 200 CASES.This 2002 wine is the inaugural vintage for the winery.This vintage was aged in 100% new French oak for 18 months . A deep, dark ruby in the glass, this wine has a nose of bright cherry fruit and the vanilla aromas of French oak, mixed with cola and tobacco notes. In the mouth it is balanced and full bodied, with sweet very very soft tannins supporting primary flavors of cherry, cola, some light floral notes, and a slight earthy coffee hint in its moderate finish. This wine is more “pretty” than complex, and is very accessible at the moment, which makes it a crowd pleaser.
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2006 Bond Melbury, Napa Valley Red Wine
$569.00
The 2006 Melbury has a dense plum/purple color and a big, sweet, scorched earth, creme de cassis and blueberry nose, with hints of charcoal, spice box, and graphite. Rich, well-made, and showing exceptionally well from bottle ,very perfumed with currants and flowers. Very balanced and deep full bodied wine with a long silky finish. it is a wine that will certainly evolve for 35 or more years.
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon.
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2006 Bond Quella, Napa Valley Red Wine
$529.00
Dense purple, this wine comes across as the most austere of any of these wines. This dense, rich, elegant wine displays impressive notes of espresso roast intermixed with blackberry and floral-infused blue fruits, but in the finish the tannins kick in, and the wine seems closed and in need of considerable aging. Good to drink it from 2026 or after.
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon.
Pauillac, Bordeaux
Chateau Pichon Longueville, Pauillac 1995 G...
$345.00
"One of Pauillac's most consistently brilliant wines”. That sumptuous pleasures await those who purchase either the 1996 or 1995 Pichon-Lalande. It is hard to choose a favorite, although the 1995 is a smoother, more immediately sexy and accessible wine. It is an exquisite example of Pichon-Lalande with the Merlot component giving the wine a coffee/chocolatey/cherry component to go along with the Cabernet Sauvignon's and Cabernet Franc's complex blackberry/cassis fruit. The wine possesses an opaque black/ruby/purple color, and sexy, flamboyant aromatics of pain grille, black fruits, and cedar. Exquisite on the palate, this full-bodied, layered, multidimensional wine should prove to be one of the vintage's most extraordinary success stories. Anticipated maturity: 2001-2020+. A MEGAWINE , with layers of fruit and various levels of character. This exceptional Bordeaux is full-bodied and very tannic, with masses of rich fruit, berry and tobacco. Very velvety.
Pauillac, Bordeaux
Chateau Pichon Longueville, Pauillac 1988 G...
$469.00
"One of Pauillac's most consistently brilliant wines”. Very successful for the vintage, Pichon-Lalande’s 1988 has a dark garnet color and an intriguing nose of compost, earth, black currants, licorice, and weedy tobacco. The wine is medium-bodied with a sweet, relatively expansive mid-palate and slightly rugged tannins in the increasingly attenuated finish. The Pichon-Lalande, the 1988 is hardly a weak link and the wine is outstanding in its very classical styling and proportions. The bouquet offers up a lovely, cool fruit blend of cassis, dark berries, menthol, tobacco leaf, gravel, cigar smoke and a judicious foundation of toasty new oak. On the palate the wine is fullish, pure and impeccably balanced, with a good solid core, melting tannins and fine focus and grip on the long, complex and very classy finish. This does not have the exotic topnotes of a sunnier vintage, but it has a lovely base of Pichon’s inimitable terroir and has no cause to apologize for anything! Fine, fine juice cut from an utterly classical cloth and a dramatically underrated vintage of Pichon-Lalande.
Pauillac, Bordeaux
Chateau Mouton Rothschild Magnum(1,5L) - Pa...
$1,569.00
Free Express Shipping. First Growth. Premier Grand Cru Classe.
The 1971 Mouton Rothschild label displays an earlier work, composed by pioneering abstract artist Vassily Kandinsky. "I was surprised by this showing given the vintage, yet the 1971 Château Mouton Rothschild showed impressively well, revealing a youthful deeper plum hue as well as terrific Mouton ripe fruits, chocolate, tobacco, and earth-driven aromas and flavors. Nicely textured, medium-bodied, and incredibly charming, with integrated tannins and acidity, it's not a blockbuster, but it’s a fully mature, delicious wine." (Jeb Dannik 12/2020).
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Gaja Barbaresco 1989 DOCG
$629.00
Grapes: 100% Nebbiolo.
PARKER (96): The 1989 Barbaresco smells like freshly cut roses and sweet, aromatic spices. This impeccable, young Barbaresco reveals exceptional elegance without even the faintest hint of oxidation. As it sits in the glass, the wine’s inner perfume continues to emerge in a dazzling display of class and elegance. Simply put, this is extraordinary juice?.and those are not words I use lightly.
Anticipated maturity: 2010-2030.
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Gaja Barbaresco 2003 DOCG
$539.00
FREE Express shipping. Grapes: 100% Nebbiolo.
Aroma: The nose is almost sensual in its complexity, with aromas of forest fruits, plums, licorice, mineral and coffee scents. Taste: Long, complex finish with fine, silk-like tannins and good acidity; dense structure, full of super-ripe fruit.
"Gaja's 2003 Barbaresco may well challenge its bigger siblings as the most successful of these new releases. Made in a style that combines expressive aromatics, the ripeness of the vintage and classic structure, it is an awesome effort. Though it offers plenty of super-ripe fruit and notable concentration, it never comes across as being heavy and displays exceptional overall balance."
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Petrus 1972 Pomerol, Bordeaux , France
$5,990.00
Legendary 1972 Petrus. A rare, perfectly cellared bottle from Bordeaux’s most revered estate. Velvety Merlot from a singular terroir. For collectors, not casuals.
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2001 Chateau Thibeaud-Maillet Pomerol, Bord...
$159.00
FREE shipping.Thibeaud-Maillet is a real jewel.This appelation produces some of the most famous and sought after wines in Bordeaux such as Chateau Petrus, which lies only 400 meters from Chateau Thibeaud-Maillet! A tiny 1.7 ha estate, the 30-50yo vines are planted in a sandy, gravelly alluvial soil, which overlies Tertiary clay. The wines from this estate have a subtle, teasing, complex fruit with a silky delivery on the palate. For drinking now to 2025+.
Merlot/CabFranc blend. Taste: Rich and already complex with a nice warm touch of wood. Light ripe prunes, cherry pits, earthy and almost port-like, yet very elegant. A nice balance, layered with fine acidity and ripe tannins. Great length with clean fruit in the aftertaste. This wine showcases Pomerol and optimally ripe Merlot at its best for an affordable price.
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2004 Barolo "Bricco Rosso" DOCG Cascina Bru...
$199.00
FREE shipping.Hand picked selected grapes;matured in new oak barrel for 24+ months. It reveals a concentrated expression of the hallmark qualities of this CB vineyard in its perfumed aromatics, ripe red cherries, full-bodied, with silky tannins and lots of ripe fruit. Has a lovely texture. With air the wine turns more muscular as it gains volume and depth in the glass. This is a beautiful and refined Bricco Rosso of Veglio Giuseppe. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2026.
100% Nebbiolo grape;
Very low stock.
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2006 BV Cabernet S Private Reserve Georges ...
$359.00
FREE shipping.70 YEARS ANNIVERSARY-very limited edition. Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon has become the benchmark of Napa Valley Cabernet as one of the most collected American wines.Hand selected grapes from the finest Cabernet Sauvignon vines in our BV Ranches No. 1 and No. 2, originally planted by Georges de Latour in the early 1900s. Focus on clones that yield small berries with the high skin-to-juice ratio needed to make intense, long-lived wines.
Producer
The deep roots of Beaulieu Vineyard were first planted back in 1900, when founder Georges de Latour noticed similarities with his native Bordeaux and declared the Napa Valley ideal for winemaking. He followed up on this belief by planting vineyards in Rutherford with grafted, phylloxera-resistant French vines. The Cabernet Sauvignons that de Latour crafted from these grapes gave the world its first taste of California’s promise as a world-class winemaking region. In 1938 de Latour hired the young Russo-French enologist Andre Tchelistcheff, who would become California’s most distinguished winemaker. Tchelistcheff’s knowledge of traditional French techniques and willingness to experiment in local conditions brought BV the Grand Sweepstakes Award at the Golden Gate International Exposition, and led to the creation of Napa Valley’s first reserve wine, Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Chateau Mongravey Margaux 2000, Regis Berna...
$159.00
Grapes blend: Cabernet Sauvignon & Merlot.
Appellation: MARGAUXVintage. REGIS BERNALEAU MEDAILLE D'OR Paris 2002 (gold Medal , Paris 2002)
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1999 Chateau Thibeaud-Maillet Pomerol, Bord...
$189.00
FREE shipping.Thibeaud-Maillet is a real jewel.This appelation produces some of the most famous and sought after wines in Bordeaux such as Chateau Petrus, which lies only 400 meters from Chateau Thibeaud-Maillet! A tiny 1.7 ha estate, the 30-50yo vines are planted in a sandy, gravelly alluvial soil, which overlies Tertiary clay. The wines from this estate have a subtle, teasing, complex fruit with a silky delivery on the palate. For drinking now to 2025+.
Merlot/CabFranc blend. Taste: Rich and already complex with a nice warm touch of wood. Light ripe prunes, cherry pits, earthy and almost port-like, yet very elegant. A nice balance, layered with fine acidity and ripe tannins. Great length with clean fruit in the aftertaste. This wine showcases Pomerol and optimally ripe Merlot at its best for an affordable price.
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1978 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon P...
$329.00
FREE shipping.Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon has become the benchmark of Napa Valley Cabernet as one of the most collected American wines.Hand selected grapes from the finest Cabernet Sauvignon vines in our BV Ranches No. 1 and No. 2, originally planted by Georges de Latour in the early 1900s. Focus on clones that yield small berries with the high skin-to-juice ratio needed to make intense, long-lived wines.
Producer
The deep roots of Beaulieu Vineyard were first planted back in 1900, when founder Georges de Latour noticed similarities with his native Bordeaux and declared the Napa Valley ideal for winemaking. He followed up on this belief by planting vineyards in Rutherford with grafted, phylloxera-resistant French vines. The Cabernet Sauvignons that de Latour crafted from these grapes gave the world its first taste of California’s promise as a world-class winemaking region. In 1938 de Latour hired the young Russo-French enologist Andre Tchelistcheff, who would become California’s most distinguished winemaker. Tchelistcheff’s knowledge of traditional French techniques and willingness to experiment in local conditions brought BV the Grand Sweepstakes Award at the Golden Gate International Exposition, and led to the creation of Napa Valley’s first reserve wine, Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon.
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2005 CHATEAU MOULIN DE LAVAUD ,Lalande de P...
$109.00
This wine is a blend of 2 grape varieties which are Merlot 75% and Cabernet Franc 25%.On the palate, this wine is a powerful wine with a good balance between acidity and tannins. Ruby red color with aromas of green vegetables and chocolate. Medium bodied, extremely dry and tannic. Tart red fruit, mild vanilla oak, sour cherries, and cherry cough syrup on the finish.This wine generally pairs well with beef, lamb or game. The Lalande-de-Pomerol from Château Moulin de Lavaud is in the top 10 wines of Lalande-de-Pomerol.