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Viña Tuelda - Rosé 2010
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Our Price: $12.00
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100% Tempranillo
Rich neon color imparted by the Tempranillo that is closer to red than pink in the glass. Green apple and cherry flavors on the very aromatic nose. Clean and bright in the mouth, which makes it very easy to drink. Fresh strawberry flavors across the palate with a dry clean finish that lingers a touch, especially for a rose. Simply put, it’s a very good wine for hot weather that invites one back to the bottle for more.
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Domaine Yannick Amirault - Saint Nicolas de Bourgeuil "La Mine" 2007
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Our Price: $23.00
Sale Price: $15.00
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The 2007 La Mine offers a bright nose of spice and muted fruit. The varietal, cabernet franc, shows itself with a touch of graphite on the nose blended with influences from oak. The middle is soft and smooth with loads of spice box flavors that persist from front to back. The finish is long with refreshing berry and varietal character. Enjoy with lean red meat, pork, or roasted chicken. Not too heavy, but plenty of spice makes this wine useful with many dishes. Enjoy now through 2012.
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Milbrandt Vineyards - Traditions Merlot 2008
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Our Price: $16.00
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Our Traditions Merlot is deep and lush with cassis, blueberries, toast and vanilla.
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Milbrandt Vineyards - Evergreen Vineyard Chardonnay 2009
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Our Price: $20.00
Sale Price: $18.00
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The 2009 shows why Evergreen is quickly gaining a reputation as one of the best white wine sites in Eastern Washington. This is a beautifully balanced, harmonious wine with bright aromatics and good concentration. The highlights are banana, pineapple, papaya, nectarines, smoke and vanilla. The finish is lush, backed by food-worthy acidity. This Chardonnay pairs beautifully with fish, semi-soft cheeses, roast chicken and shellfish.
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Marcel Martin - Tête de Cuvée Brut, NV
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Our Price: $20.00
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"This remarkable value wine received a gold medal at the Concours General Agricole last year. It is produced from Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay, and Cabernet Franc grown in chalky and sandy soils. Pale yellow with greenish accents and lively bubbles, the nose is complex with notes of white flowers + dried fruits. Palete: dry + balanced, with good acidity and minerality, lots of fruit; a long finish."
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Domaine David Sautereau - Sancerre Blanc 2010
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Our Price: $22.00
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Nearly clear in the glass with just a touch of color reflecting the absence of oak. Inviting and ripe nose with a hint of citrus and flowers. Middle is clean and complex with the continuation of the nose blending with bright chalk mineral. The finish is crisp and refreshing with a lingering sense of mineral, citrus and a touch of herbs that make your mouth water. Enjoy now with goat cheese, salads, shellfish and lightly flavored fish.
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Domaine David Sautereau - Sancerre Blanc 2008
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Our Price: $23.00
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Varietal or Blend: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Nearly clear in the glass with just a touch of color reflecting the absence of oak. Inviting and ripe nose with a hint of citrus and flowers. Middle is clean and complex with the continuation of the nose blending with bright chalk mineral. The finish is crisp and refreshing with a lingering sense of mineral, citrus and a touch of herbs that make your mouth water. Enjoy now with goat cheese, salads, shellfish and lightly flavored fish. |
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Domaine du Tix - Cuvée des Grandes Pointes Viognier 2007
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Our Price: $23.00
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The immediate impression is of white flowers and ripe pear and quince. The full texture of the wine in the mouth is very pleasing and with a surprising amount of balanced acid that often lacks in Viognier. The finish returns to white flowers, subtle amounts of honeycomb and is quite refreshing. Drink now with salads, lobster bisque, or sauced white fishes.
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Domaine du Tix - Cuvée de Bramefan 2007 (Red Blend)
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Our Price: $24.00
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Forward nose of jammy fruits that reflect the syrah and berry Grenache. Slightly firm, but ripe and focused, with racy dark berry fruit, sweet spice and applewood notes, followed by a long, tarry finish. Opens nicely in the glass. Drink now through 2012. Very versatile with food, ranging from heavy poultry dishes through lighter meat and pasta dishes. 1,500 cases made.
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Piero Busso - Barbera D'Alba "Majano" 2008
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Our Price: $28.00
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This wine is exactly what it was designed to be: ready to drink, fruit forward, and equally suitable for food or by itself. The nose is ripe cherry and blackberry and hints at the full fruit that is coming later. Don't serve this wine too warm, as it will be best just below room temperature. This is the consummate pizza and pasta wine. 500 cases produced.
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Novelty Hill - Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
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Our Price: $28.00
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A classic, full-bodied Cabernet with dark fruit aromas and a hint of spice. Generous layers of fresh currant, black cherry and ripe blackberry gain concentration across the palate before leaving a balanced, richly-textured impression that lasts. Mike Januik, Winemaker
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Château Fougères des Montesquieu - "La Folie" Red 2006
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Our Price: $29.00
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Château Fougères des Montesquieu - "La Folie" Red 2006
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Remhoogte - Bonne Nouvelle 2002
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Our Price: $29.00
Sale Price: $29.00
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Ripe and dark, with blackberry and currant fruit, lots of sweet toast and spice notes and a full-bodied, fleshy finish that has a nice cocoa powder edge to it. Plenty of toast on the finish in this new world style offering from the Bordeaux master. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinotage work together to bring the best of Bordeaux and South Africa. The Pinotage kicks in at the end to let you know your experiencing something really unique. 1,600 cases made.
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Maison Alex Gambal Vineyards - Bourgogne Chardonnay "Cuvée Prestige" 2006
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Our Price: $30.00
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Maison Alex Gambal Vineyards - Bourgogne Chardonnay "Cuvée Prestige" 2006
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Maison Alex Gambal Vineyards - Bourgogne Chardonnay "Cuvée Prestige" 2008
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Our Price: $30.00
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We made a much more severe selection of our Cuvée Prestige this year and only made eight pieces; four barrels from Savigny, three from our Volnay vines and one from the Haute Cote. The wine is especially deep this year with a lovely white fruit component. Made with ~20% new oak we made 200 cases.
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Maison Alex Gambal Vineyards - Bourgogne Chardonnay "Cuvée Prestige" 2009
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Our Price: $30.00
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Tasting note coming soon.
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Melville Vineyards - Santa Rita Pinot Noir 2009
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Our Price: $34.00
Sale Price: $30.60
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The Melville Santa Rita Highlands Pinot Noir from 2009 is darker in the glass pushing opaque and tips the scales at 14.1% alcohol. It smells of dark cherry, almost cherry cola in nature, and violets. It has a mouth-coating texture. The full fruit and full body make a dramatic impact on the palate and the finish is more akin to a heavier red wine with some polyphenols that stick to one’s teeth. It has some astringency from tannin as well. The flavors are ripe fruit, a little leather, tobacco and spice. The finish here is big and upfront. This pinot requires full flavored foods, even a lean steak off the grill. Drink now or cellar for 3-5 years.
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Jean-Michel Gerin - Condrieu "La Loye" 2007
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Our Price: $45.00
Sale Price: $32.00
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Plenty of ripeness on the nose as would be expected from 2007. Peach, gardenias, and some tropical flavors on the nose. Balanced acid offsets the ripeness of the fruit that covers the palate. The finish is surprisingly mineral driven given the fruit forward nose indicating that the viognier was harvested on time without developing any flabbiness at all. Given the ripeness of the vintage, drink it now. Enjoy with fish, cream based soups, or on its own. 1,150 cases made.
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Den, Dulk & Siddle (DDS) - DDS Driefontein Shiraz 2004
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Our Price: $34.00
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Rich, dark color. Huge wild nose with dark fruit, coffee, leather, and hazelnut. Smooth and silky mid palate with a berry fruit blast. Lingering finish that returns to the nose in profile. Big wine that balances the sophistication we expect from a De Toren wine, and the fruit we want from a southern hemisphere Shiraz.
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Michel Loriot Champagne - Cuvée Prestige, NV
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Our Price: $39.00
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The fruit of a subtle blend of Pinot Meunier (70%) and Chardonnay (30%), mostly from a single harvest, this Champagne reveals unique aromas combining touches of berries and notes of white flowers. Its golden yellow color with a light glint charms you at the very first glance. This blend and almost three years of aging give Cuvee Prestige its exceptional finesse and incredible lightness that works well for the even those who typically do not drink champagne due to its “sharpness.” Perfect for a toast, but also works great with food as the small bubbles and relatively light carbonation allow the wine’s fruit to express itself with many food combinations.
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