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Milbrandt Vineyards - Traditions Pinot Gris 2009
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Our Price: $14.00
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This 2009 is loaded with figs, apples, pears, lemons, white peaches and nectarines. It is clean, lively and fresh with a nice balance between fruit and acidity.
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Michael Pozzan - Annabella Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
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Our Price: $16.00
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This is a fabulous wine for the money. This medium black plum colored Napa Cabernet is dense with heavily extracted black cherry and boysenberry with integrated vanilla notes. The palate is rich with dark skinned fruit like cassis and black cherry. The resolved tannins are firm on the mid-palate and balanced on the sappy and fruit packed mid-palate; the finish is delicate yet supple, soft yet dry. This fine composition was achieved by harvesting ripe and patiently aging the wine for 22 months in French Oak.
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Milbrandt Vineyards - Evergreen Vineyard Chardonnay 2009
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Our Price: $20.00
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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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Duckhorn Sauvignon Blanc 2009
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Our Price: $23.00
Sale Price: $20.70
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A lovely wine with a great reputation. A standby for California Sauvignon Blanc enthusiasts. It offers fleshy, ripe melon, nectarine and apricot flavors that are focused and juicy, with hints of grapefruit and lemon on the crisp finish. Drink now.
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Patricia Green Cellars - Reserve Pinot Noir 2009
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Our Price: $24.00
Sale Price: $21.60
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From Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar:
Bright red. Redcurrant and cherry on the spice-accented nose. Taut and linear on entry, then fleshier in the middle, offering lively red fruit flavors and a hint of white pepper. Lively and refreshingly brisk, with good finishing cut and nerve.
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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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Ridge Vineyards - York Creek Zinfandel 2008
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Our Price: $32.00
Sale Price: $28.80
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From Ridge Vineyards:
After two years of full yields, this Spring Mountain District vineyard above Napa Valley set a very small crop in 2008. Despite mild summer weather, the grapes were ripe by Labor Day, two weeks earlier than usual. Harvest began September 5 with the young zinfandel, and ended the next week with the thirty-six year old petite sirah; individual parcels fermented separately on their natural yeasts. We pressed as the wines went dry, at eleven days on average. Following natural malolactic, we tasted the finished wines, selecting the five most intense to represent the vintage. The combined lots then aged for fourteen months in air-dried American oak. This full-bodied wine shows the rustic flavors and firm structure typical of zinfandel from York Creek. It will evolve over the next seven to eight years.
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Melville Chardonnay Estate Santa Rita Hills 2009
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Our Price: $29.00
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A huge California chardonnay. Powerful and rich with French oak. White-gold in color, this bottling has lemon verbena, yellow cucumber, chalk and grilled pineapple. Other intriguing aromas drift towards anise ,taffy, white currants, sage and hazelnut. The wine attacks the palate with its acidity and finishes with great weight wrapping continuously around your palate. Drink now.
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Ojai Chardonnay 2008
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Our Price: $29.00
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The 2008 Chardonnay Bien Nacido tastes of apple with some nectarine and white currants in the background. Medium-bodied, elegant, and fresh. The French oak is integrated into the wine more than dominating for an elegant chardonnay. Drink now.
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Chappellet - Chardonnay 2009
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Our Price: $30.00
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Fresh, vibrant and tightly wound, with a citrus edge to the green apple flavors. Full-bodied, ending with a dash of herb and smoke. Round and lush. Exactly what one desires in a well-made California Chardonnay. Drink now through 2015.
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Melville Vineyards - Santa Rita Pinot Noir 2009
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Our Price: $34.00
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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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Cakebread Cellars - Chardonnay 2009
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Our Price: $39.00
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Nose of ripe pear, green apple, floral and spicy scents that are fresh, lively and full. Rich-bodied, ending with a snappy fruit and mineral edge. Drink now – 2015.
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Merry Edwards Sauvignon Blanc 2010
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Our Price: $44.00
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Huge nose and great color. Extremely complex, with layers of honeysuckle, apricot, peach, lemon curd and mineral that are rich, fleshy and ripe with a juicy acidity. The finish lingers on and on. A top notch wine from a top notch producer.
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Domaine Serene - Evenstad Reserve Pinot Noir 2007
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Our Price: $53.00
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From Robert Parker:
The 2007 Pinot Noir Evenstad Reserve is more substantial with an alluring bouquet of toast, spice box, mineral, earth notes, raspberry, and cherry. Mouth-coating on the palate, it has layered savory fruit, ripe tannin, lively acidity, outstanding concentration, and a lengthy, pure finish. Give it 1-2 years of additional cellaring and drink it from 2011 to 2019.
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Cakebread Cellars - Chardonnay Reserve 2007
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Our Price: $61.00
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Cakebread’s 2007 Chardonnay Reserve exhibits elegant citrus blossom, apricot, and pineapple notes in its fresh, medium-bodied personality. This wine is ready to drink now.
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Kistler Vineyards Sonoma Mountains Chardonnay 2009
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Our Price: $68.00
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The straw/greenish-colored 2009 Chardonnay McCrea Vineyard offers a lovely perfume of white currants, unbuttered popcorn, citrus and a hint of wet stones, medium to full body, good acidity and length, and a fresh, lively style.
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Chappellet - "Pritchard Hill" Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
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Our Price: $118.00
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The prodigious 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill Estate showcases this extraordinary area. Blue fruits intermixed with black raspberries, black currants, blackberries, camphor, spring flowers, and a forest floor-like character contribute to the complex aromatics. Opaque purple-colored, full-bodied, and seamlessly constructed with superb integration of wood, tannin, alcohol, and acidity, this beauty will be even better with 5-7 years of bottle age, and should last 30 or more years.
Robert Parker: 96 Points
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