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NV Delamotte Blanc de Blancs Champagne
NV Delamotte Blanc de Blancs Champagne
One of the for sure best buys in the Champagne world-Mineral-tinged peach, melon and pear aromas display excellent clarity, picking up a subtle floral quality with aeration.  Supple and seamless on the palate, offering vivid honeydew and pit fruit...
$49.00
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2007 Delamotte Blanc de Blancs Champagne
2007 Delamotte Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Delamotte’s 2007 Blanc de Blancs is deep, fleshy and seductive, with lovely textural depth and nuance throughout. the 2007 Blanc de Blancs offers a clear and chalky flavored bouquet of lemons and limes on chalk. Full-bodied, very fresh and...
$79.00
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Thomas Morey - Bourgogne Blanc 2015
Thomas Morey - Bourgogne Blanc 2015
This featured white is seductive, very aromatic, with notes of white flowers and ripe white fruits. The mouth is both rounded with a viviv mineralityThomas Morey belongs to the tenth generation of this Chassagne family. Elegant, lively, mineral, rich,...
$25.00
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Domaine Barat - Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons 2015
Domaine Barat - Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons 2015
This wine was a no brainer based on the vineyard (Vaillons) and the vintage (2015) in Chablis.  While Domaine Barat was new to us, the brilliance of Vaillons and striking minerality was not.  At $25 a bottle you might just find that this may...
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M. Chapoutier "Les Clos" 2012
M. Chapoutier "Les Clos" 2012
96+ WA In complete contrast to the sexy, flamboyant les Granits, the tiny production 2012 Saint Joseph le Clos (which comes from a vineyard just a couple kilometers from the les Granits) is firm, tight and structured, with edgy notes of cassis,...
$85.00
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Billaud-Simon Chablis Preuses 2009
Billaud-Simon Chablis Preuses 2009
94pts- The 2009 Chablis Les Preuses comes across as bombastic next to the Vaudesir. Here the fruit is decidedly riper, richer and sweeter, which is felt not just in the flavor profile, but also in the wine's glycerin and weight. The Preuses is a...
$85.00
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Ayala Rosé Majeur NV
Ayala Rosé Majeur NV
90 WS - Light-weight and delicate, yet with a dry profile framing strawberry, cherry and red currant flavors. There's grip, but also a harmony that continues into the lingering finish. Drink now through 2011. 8,330 cases made.  –BS
$58.00
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2013 Olivier Bernstein Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
2013 Olivier Bernstein Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
94+ Vinous "Very rich and sweet but youthfully clenched, with purple fruit, wild herb and spice flavors currently overshadowed by oak. Best today on the extremely long, rising, firmly tannic finish, which leaves behind a seductive violet perfume...
$375.00
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2013 Olivier Bernstein Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
2013 Olivier Bernstein Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
95 Vinous "Medium red. Aromas and flavors of raspberry, blueberry, smoky minerality and exotic spices, with complementary oak tones. Wonderfully pliant and smooth but with peppery and saline elements restraining its sweetness and contributing to an...
$400.00
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2013 Olivier Bernstein Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru
2013 Olivier Bernstein Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru
95 WS "This is tight right now, featuring a coiled spring of cherry, berry, licorice and spice flavors. Intense and long, with well-integrated oak and toasted spice notes lingering on the finish. The aftertaste incorporates a mineral element. Best from...
$435.00
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2014 Olivier Bernstein Chambertin Grand Cru
2014 Olivier Bernstein Chambertin Grand Cru
94-97 Vinous "Deep medium red. More red than black fruits on the nose, complicated by notes of musky game, crushed stone, mint, spices and violet. This wonderfully sweet, pliant wine seems deceptively easy to taste now but its flavors of acidulated...
$599.00
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Guigal La Turque 2013
Guigal La Turque 2013
95-97WA A bigger, richer wine than the La Mouline, the 2013 Côte Rôtie La Turque offers full-bodied, layered and almost decadent notes of blackcurrants, chocolate, cassis and toasted spice. This beauty has building tannic grip, a...
$289.00
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Guigal La Mouline 2013
Guigal La Mouline 2013
94-97 WA  The 2013 Côte Rôtie La Mouline is a wine that reminds Marcel Guigal of the 2006. It offers a terrific perfume of spiced red and black fruits, violets, lots of minerality and even a hint of damp forest floor to go with a...
$289.00
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M. Chapoutier "Le Pavillon" 2014
M. Chapoutier "Le Pavillon" 2014
96-98 WA  Both the Pavillon and l’Ermite see a touch more new oak, with the wine aged 18 months in 30% new French oak barrels. The 2014 Ermitage le Pavillon will without a doubt be one of the top two to three wines in the vintage; it...
$219.00
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Domaine Charvin CDP 2007
Domaine Charvin CDP 2007
96+ WA- the 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape continues to drink brilliantly, and while this bottle was just slightly closed, I’ve had numerous bottles from my cellar that are open and singing. Nevertheless, on this occasion, it took some swirling to...
$100.00
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Le Vieux Donjon 2010
Le Vieux Donjon 2010
96+ WA-On another level, the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape is rock-star stuff, and is probably my favorite vintage from this estate to date. Deeply colored, it boasts masculine, meaty aromas and flavors of smoked herbs, pepper, licorice, lavender, crushed...
$72.00
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Domaine du Gros 'Noré Bandol Rosé 2016
Domaine du Gros 'Noré Bandol Rosé 2016
For years they sold their prized fruit from Bandol to Domaine Ott and Château de Pibarnon. Though he and his father would bottle their own wine for family consumption, they never labeled it under their own domaine name. Pale pink salmon in color...
$28.50
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Hecht Bannier Cotes de Provence Rosé 2016
Hecht Bannier Cotes de Provence Rosé 2016
Focused on the cooler parts of the vineyard from the limestone foothills of Montagne Sainte Victoire, whose wines are almost marked by a vivacious and persistent minerality, to the vineyards of upper Provence. Well balanced wine with great acidity...
$19.50
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Bollinger "La Grande Année" 2004 Champagne
Bollinger "La Grande Année" 2004 Champagne
AG95 - Bollinger's 2004 Brut La Grand Année is a beautiful wine with a lot of vintage character, but the style is a bit less oxidative than Bollinger fans are likely to expect. Pears, hazelnuts, spices and crushed rocks all flow through to...
$94.00
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Vieilles Julienne Châteauneuf-du-Pape Magnum 2007
Vieilles Julienne Châteauneuf-du-Pape Magnum 2007
95 WA- A beautiful wine that's just now hitting maturity, the 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape from Jean-Paul Daumen is still ruby colored to the rim and offers up a classic bouquet of black raspberries, black licorice, fruit cake, garrigue and roasted...
$165.00
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Delas La Landonne Côte-Rôtie 2010
Delas La Landonne Côte-Rôtie 2010
98 WA-Up with some of the greatest Cote Roties out there is Delas's 2010 Cote Rotie la Landonne. Revealing an inky purple color as well as an incredible perfume of spring flowers, violets, black raspberries, graphite and Asian spice, it has drop-dead...
$184.00
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Mommessin Clos de Tart 2012
Mommessin Clos de Tart 2012
97WA-Tasted at the pre-dinner vertical to mark Sylvain Pitiot's retirement from the domaine, the 2012 Clos de Tart Grand Cru has just a wonderful nose with more fruit intensity than the 2013, so pure and feminine with ebullient raspberry preserve and...
$425.00
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Dominique Laurent Bonnes Mares Vieilles Vignes 2006
Dominique Laurent Bonnes Mares Vieilles Vignes 2006
95 WA-Laurent's 2006 Bonnes Mares Vieilles Vignes represents as usual three barrels from the same grower with whom he has worked for years, from vines next to de Vogue's and exceedingly tiny-berried that he claims are 90 years old. Black raspberry...
$250.00
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Denis Mortet Clos de Vougeot 2012
Denis Mortet Clos de Vougeot 2012
93-95pts Vinous-Mortet's 2012 Clos de Vougeot is one of the more round, creamy and textured Clos Vougeots I tasted this year. Beautifully expansive and broad on the palate, the 2012 impresses for its fabulous depth and seemingly endless layers of flavor...
$375.00
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Dominique Laurent Clos de Vougeot 2005
Dominique Laurent Clos de Vougeot 2005
93pts Vinous-Black raspberry and exotic oak on the nose. Sweet, dense and vibrant, with a lively spice character leavening the wine's creamy mid-palate texture. This sappy, extract-rich wine boasts terrific energy and sweetness, with minerals and spices...
$250.00
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Roche de Bellene "Latricières-Chambertin" 2010
Roche de Bellene "Latricières-Chambertin" 2010
93pts Vinous- High-pitched aromas of lemon, lime, crushed stone, jasmine and coriander. Dense, pliant and intense, with brisk acidity and lovely limey lift giving the mid-palate a zippy quality for the year. Really echoes on the tactile, long back...
$149.00
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Henri Boillot "Meursault Les Genevrières" 2012
Henri Boillot "Meursault Les Genevrières" 2012
94pts Vinous- Healthy bright yellow. Stone fruits, spices, white flowers and a leesy, Champagne-like suggestion of baked bread. Very ripe, layered and rich, but with enticing spicy lift keeping the wine from coming off as heavy. An impression of...
$99.00
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Henri Boillot Bâtard-Montrachet 2002
Henri Boillot Bâtard-Montrachet 2002
95pts+ Vinous- Subdued, brooding nose hints at pear, clove and nut oil. Superconcentrated, rich and deep, with compelling sweetness of apple and pear fruit perfectly balanced by powerful acids (5. 2 grams per liter, with a pH of 3. 11, according to...
$330.00
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Domaine de Marcoux Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2015
Domaine de Marcoux Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2015
90-92  WA The 2015 Châteauneuf du Pape has terrific richness and medium to full-bodied weight, with ample notes of strawberries, kirsch, garrigue and dried flowers. Luxuriously textured, with sweet tannin, this beauty will have two...
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Pierre Usseglio et Fils Réserve des Deux Frères 2015
Pierre Usseglio et Fils Réserve des Deux Frères 2015
95-97 WA - The deeper, richer 2015 Châteauneuf du Pape Cuvee Reserve des Deux Freres is 100% Grenache that’s aging in 60% new and once-used barrels. Inky colored, full-bodied, massively concentrated and layered, it has a modern slant,...
$119.00
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Clos Des Papes 2012
Clos Des Papes 2012
96 WA- Leading off the reds in the retrospective, the 2012 Chateauneuf du Pape hit a whopping 15.7% natural alcohol, yet doesn't show a trace of heat in its gorgeous bouquet of kirsch liqueur, blackberries, Asian spice, cured meats and garrigue...
$92.99
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Font du Loup Puy Roland Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2014
Font du Loup Puy Roland Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2014
A solid step up, the 2014 Châteauneuf du Pape Puy Rolland (100% Grenache all from sandy soils) is a medium-bodied, charming, forward, beautifully pure effort that has tons of strawberry, wild herbs, sandy/loamy soil and even a hint of cured meats...
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Domaine Courbis Saint-Joseph 2013
Domaine Courbis Saint-Joseph 2013
91 WA - The inky colored 2013 St Joseph is another incredibly high quality wine from this estate, who seems to deliver the goods in just about every vintage. Black cherries, currants, bay leaf, pepper and ample minerality emerge from this medium-bodied,...
$24.90
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Domaine Courbis Champelrose 2010
Domaine Courbis Champelrose 2010
94+ WA - The 2010 Cornas Champelrose exhibits a black/purple color along with a floral note, and a terrific, full-bodied texture with gorgeous ripeness, purity and expansiveness. This savory, full-throttle, compelling Cornas will benefit from 2-3 years...
$50.00
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Château Montrose 2012
Château Montrose 2012
93 WA - Tasted at the château, the 2012 Montrose is a blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot picked between 24 September and 20 October. It underwent a particularly long maceration period between 26...
$85.00
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La Ferme du Mont Cotes Capelan 2007
La Ferme du Mont Cotes Capelan 2007
The dense ruby/purple-colored, full-bodied 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape Cotes Capelan is an outrageously rich, complex wine exhibiting beautiful creme de cassis, kirsch, licorice, forest floor, and spring flower-like aromas. It is fresh, voluptuous, and...
$59.00
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Guigal Vignes de L'Hospice 2005
Guigal Vignes de L'Hospice 2005
96WA Reminiscent of the 2010, yet more detailed and focused, the 2005 Saint Joseph Vignes des Hospice boasts fabulous creme de cassis, blackberry, licorice, burning ember and smoke to go with a full-bodied, serious, backward, concentrated and...
$105.00
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Guigal La Mouline 2010
Guigal La Mouline 2010
100WA As to three single parcel releases, I reviewed the 2010 Cote Rotie La Mouline earlier this year, but was more than happy to taste it again (lucky me) for this report. Incorporating a full 11% of Viognier and coming from the steep, terraced...
$520.00
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Guigal La Landonne 2010
Guigal La Landonne 2010
100WA A wine that's certainly not for those seeking instant gratification, the 2010 Cote Rotie la Landonne is a powerhouse Cote Rotie that offers up deep, masculine notes of crushed rocks, smoked meats, game, espresso and assorted dark cassis and...
$520.00
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Guigal La Landonne 1998
Guigal La Landonne 1998
100WA The 1998 Cote Rotie La Landonne is a perfect wine ... at least for my palate. Its saturated black/purple color is accompanied by an extraordinary nose of smoke, incense, tapenade, creosote, blackberry, and currant aromas. It is densely packed...
$570.00
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Guigal La Turque 2010
Guigal La Turque 2010
100WA Both the 2010 and the 2009 continue to blow me away every time I taste them, and to me, these represent the pinnacle of Cote Rotie—albeit in very different styles. The 2010 Cote Rotie la Turque is a much more masculine and edgy wine...
$520.00
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Château des Tours 2009
Château des Tours 2009
93+ WA The sensational 2009 Vacqueyras should age as well as its 2004 counterpart, but it is a headier cuvee with relatively high alcohol (probably 15+%). It exhibits abundant notes of kirsch liqueur, licorice and raspberry in addition to a...
$45.00
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Domaine de la Vieille Julienne Réservé 2000
Domaine de la Vieille Julienne Réservé 2000
100WA The 2001 Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve is certainly one of the greatest Chateauneuf du Papes I’ve tasted and represents the essence of this fabulous terroir. From a cool and windy growing season, this work of art offers incredible creme de...
$275.00
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Domaine de la Vieille Julienne Réservé 2001
Domaine de la Vieille Julienne Réservé 2001
100WA The 2001 Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve is certainly one of the greatest Chateauneuf du Papes I’ve tasted and represents the essence of this fabulous terroir. From a cool and windy growing season, this work of art offers incredible creme de...
$380.00
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Guigal La Doriane 2015
Guigal La Doriane 2015
99WA Easily one of the greatest Condrieu I’ve ever tasted is the 2015 Condrieu La Doriane. A wine that needs to be tasted to be believed, it possesses a huge nose of toasted brioche, liquid rocks, apricot, flower oil and salty minerality...
$89.00
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Pol Roger Blanc de Blancs 2008
Pol Roger Blanc de Blancs 2008
95WA Great elegance and finesse already on the perfectly brilliant and aromatic nose shows Pol Roger's 2008 Blanc de Blancs Brut, displaying white and stewed apples with fine citrus flavors and discreet chalky aromas. The palate is dense and citric,...
$85.00
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Bollinger R.D. 1997
Bollinger R.D. 1997
95WA The 1997 R.D. opens with explosive aromatics that meld seamlessly into layers of ripe fruit. The signature slightly oxidative notes are there, but there is also more than enough fruit to provide terrific balance. This is an especially...
$250.00
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Domaine de la Solitude "Reserve Secrete" 2009
Domaine de la Solitude "Reserve Secrete" 2009
96pts WA- A blend of roughly 70% Grenache and 30% Syrah that was brought up in 60% new barrels, the sensational 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape la Reserve Secrete is a big, concentrated bruiser whose inky purple color is followed by tons of jammy...
$140.00
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Domaine de la Solitude Réserve Secrète 2007
Domaine de la Solitude Réserve Secrète 2007
99 WA-An utterly heavenly beauty is the 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape la Reserve Secrete, which in 2007 is a blend of 55% Syrah and 45% Grenache. Despite the high percentage of Syrah, you wouldn’t know it from tasting this beauty, and it offers a...
$155.00
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Domaine de la Solitude Réserve Secrète 2004
Domaine de la Solitude Réserve Secrète 2004
94 WA. The 2004 Chateauneuf du Pape la Reserve Secrete (65% Grenache, 25% Syrah and 10% Mourvedre) is about as good as it gets in 2004. Ripe, sexy, full-bodied, meaty, and yet always light on its feet and graceful, it offers lots of incense, fig,...
$110.00
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Domaine de la Solitude Réserve Secrète 2006
Domaine de la Solitude Réserve Secrète 2006
94 WA- Made from 75% Grenache, 15% Mourvedre and 10% Syrah, the classic 2005 Chateauneuf du Pape la Reserve Secrete is a full-bodied, concentrated, tannic and almost austere wine that has lots of graphite, asphalt, licorice and chocolate aromas and...
$160.00
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Hugel "Gentil" 2015
Hugel "Gentil" 2015
It has a magnificent pure and sophisticated aroma which generously releases a sense of freshness, openness and perfumed, expressive, fruity and floral spontaneity with delicate hints of muscat, white peach, lemon balm, rose, hawthorn, jasmine, freesia,...
$12.00
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Domaine Le Couroulou "Vieilles Vignes" 2013
Domaine Le Couroulou "Vieilles Vignes" 2013
91pts Vinous- Vivid ruby. Complex aromas of ripe red berries, incense and smoky minerals, and a suave floral nuance in the background. In a supple, fruit-driven style, offering intense raspberry liqueur and floral pastille flavors and a spicecake...
$30.00
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Domaine de la Charbonniere "Vieilles Vignes" 2010 Magnum
Domaine de la Charbonniere "Vieilles Vignes" 2010 Magnum
95 pts WA:Another sensational wine is the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Vieilles Vignes. Coming all from the famed la Crau lieu-dit, its notes of cassis, licorice, mint and crushed rock lead to a full-bodied, structured, tannic, yet concentrated 2010...
$99.00
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Pierre Usseglio Réserve des Deux Frères 2005
Pierre Usseglio Réserve des Deux Frères 2005
98 WA-Lastly, the 2005 Châteauneuf du Pape Reserve des Deux Freres is a more blockbuster-styled effort that has overflowing notes of black fruits, licorice, roasted meats, truffle and peppery herbs. Made from 100% Grenache that saw time in 1-, 2-,...
$129.00
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Domaine de la Solitude Réserve Secrète 2005
Domaine de la Solitude Réserve Secrète 2005
94 WA- Made from 75% Grenache, 15% Mourvedre and 10% Syrah, the classic 2005 Chateauneuf du Pape la Reserve Secrete is a full-bodied, concentrated, tannic and almost austere wine that has lots of graphite, asphalt, licorice and chocolate aromas and...
$130.00
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Clos Saint Jean 2010
Clos Saint Jean 2010
93+pts WA- the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape has rocking mid-palate depth and length on the palate. Giving up ample dark fruit, kirsch, pepper, leather and big minerality, this beauty will see its 15th birthday in fine form. 
$40.00
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Domaine La Barroche "Pure" 2014
Domaine La Barroche "Pure" 2014
94pts WA- A wine that checks in near the top of the vintage is the 2014 Châteauneuf du Pape Pure. Julien commented that they took a risk in 2014 by dropping tons of crop and leaf thinning, all with the goal of getting as much ripeness as early...
$100.00
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Domaine St Damien les Souteyrades 2007
Domaine St Damien les Souteyrades 2007
98pts WA-Deeper and richer, with just slightly more purity than the La Louisiane, the blockbuster 2007 Gigondas les Souteyrades (80/20 Grenache and Mourvèdre) is full-bodied and decadent, with huge notes of meaty black currants, smoked meats,...
$69.00
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M. Chapoutier "Hermitage Les Greffieux" 2005
M. Chapoutier "Hermitage Les Greffieux" 2005
95pts WS-"Ripe and very fresh, with bright floral, licorice snap and cassis bush notes leading the way for plum sauce, blackberry and raspberry fruit flavors. The long, taut finish shows the fine structure of the vintage. Best from 2010 through 2025. 139...
$150.00
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Les Darons 2015
Les Darons 2015
91-93pts WA-“What looks like another great vintage here, the 2015 AOP Languedoc les Darons is made from 75% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 5% Carignan; grapes were completely destemmed, and fermented and aged all in concrete tanks. It sees absolutely no...
$11.99
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Château Le Bon Pasteur 2010
Château Le Bon Pasteur 2010
A fleshy, full-throttle wine with lots of mocha, kirsch, mulberry, and plum, their 2010 displays a smorgasbord of aromas, a full-bodied mouthfeel, terrific purity, density and even a hint of lead pencil shavings and subtle toasty oak. If you want to...
$79.00
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Mouriesse Vinum "Tour d’Ambre" 2012
Mouriesse Vinum "Tour d’Ambre" 2012
The 2012 Châteauneuf du Pape Tour D’Ambre is another outstanding wine from this producer. Made from 100% Grenache and loaded with strawberry, raspberry, sweet spice and red licorice, it has full-bodied richness, and plenty of sweet tannin...
$48.99
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Mouriesse Vinum "Pierre d’Ambre" 2012
Mouriesse Vinum "Pierre d’Ambre" 2012
93 WA - The Grenache-dominated (incorporates 10% Syrah) 2012 Châteauneuf du Pape Pierre d’Ambre is also superb. Inky-colored, seriously polished and elegant, with fabulous, fine, silky tannin in its full-bodied profile, it offers blockbuster...
$38.99
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Bollinger La Grande Année Rose 2004
Bollinger La Grande Année Rose 2004
96 AG - The 2004 Brut Rosé La Grande Année is a beautifully focused, vibrant wine endowed with striking minerality and fabulous overall balance. Clean veins of chalkiness run through the fruit in this energetic, taut Rosé, while...
$160.00
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Grossot "Chablis" 2014
Grossot "Chablis" 2014
“Pure aromas of citrus peel, white pepper and menthol. Savory and gripping, offering lovely intensity to its lemon drop and crushed stone flavors. Nicely chiseled”.  (Vinous.com, Oct. 2015, R. Parker)
$21.99
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Chateau Meyney 2010
Chateau Meyney 2010
90pts WA-It is good to see this well-situated estate in St.-Estephe get back on track. The 2010 has loads of beef blood, charcuterie and smoked game along with black currant fruit. Some underlying graphite notes are also present in this full-bodied,...
$44.99
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Guigal "Ex Voto" 2005
Guigal "Ex Voto" 2005
98+pts WA Made in the style of the 2010, the massive 2005 Hermitage Ex Voto offers searing minerality and crushed-rock nuances as well as tons of black raspberries, licorice, toasted spice and charcoal. Full-bodied, incredibly concentrated, with a wall...
$244.99
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Clos Des Papes Magnum 2010
Clos Des Papes Magnum 2010
99pts+ WA-“Mind blowing stuff, the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape is most likely the greatest wine ever from this estate. Still inky colored, it has a powerful, slightly backward feel in its crushed rocks, cassis, kirsch, toasted spice, licorice and...
$325.00
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Clos Des Papes 2007
Clos Des Papes 2007
100pts WA- One of the great vintages from this estate, surpassing even the 1990, 2000, 2001, 2003, and maybe the 2010 (time will tell with this one), the 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape from Vincent Avril delivers everything you could want from a wine...
$169.00
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Domaine Santa Duc "Grand Grenache 66" 2009
Domaine Santa Duc "Grand Grenache 66" 2009
94-96+ WA - The newest cuvee, the 2009 Grand Grenache 66 (16.2% alcohol) is a tiny cuvee bursting with kirsch liqueur, lavender, licorice and spice box. This is a stunning example of Grenache at its best, with wonderful freshness, and for Grenache...
$59.99
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Christian Moreau "Valmur" 2012
Christian Moreau "Valmur" 2012
95pts WA-This wine was tasted blind at the Burgundy 2012 tasting in Beaune. The 2012 Chablis Grand Cru Valmur is a knockout wine that under tough blind conditions trumped its peers and surpassed my own expectations. It has a delightful and engaging...
$69.99
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Vincent Paris "Granit 60" 2012
Vincent Paris "Granit 60" 2012
95pts WA-There’s 5,000 bottles of the sensational 2012 Cornas Granit 60 Vielles Vignes. Completely destemmed and aged 18 months in 2- to 8-year-old barrels, its purple/black color is followed by an incredible nose of black raspberry, kirsch,...
$49.99
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Pol Roger "Sir Winston Churchill" 1996
Pol Roger "Sir Winston Churchill" 1996
93pts WS-The structure of the 1996 vintage is softened by a fine, silky mousse in this intensely wrought bubbly. Fresh, with citrus, berry, nut and coffee aromas and flavors and a rounded finish. Drink now through 2015. 500 cases imported.
$345.00
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Domaine de la Vieille Julienne "Les Hauts Lieux" 2010
Domaine de la Vieille Julienne "Les Hauts Lieux" 2010
93pts WA-There are only 6,000 bottles of the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Les Hauts Lieux, which comes from pure limestone soils. It boasts an impressive purple color in addition to lots of mineral-laced, crushed rock, blueberry, boysenberry and raspberry...
$78.99
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Clos Saint Jean 2009
Clos Saint Jean 2009
94pts WA- A spectacular showing, the 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape was firing on all cylinders at this tasting. As sexy and seamless as they come, with blackberry liqueur, kirsch, creamy licorice, orange peel and dried flower-like aromas and flavors, it...
$35.00
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Roger Sabon "Secret de Sabon" 2010
Roger Sabon "Secret de Sabon" 2010
99+prs WA-On another level, the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Le Secret du Sabon is insanely good and possibly up there with some of the greatest Chateauneufs ever made. Loaded with notions of black fruits, black licorice, roasted herbs and olive tapenade,...
$215.00
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Chateau Prieure-Lichine 2010
Chateau Prieure-Lichine 2010
Dense purple, with loads of blueberry and blackberry fruit as well as hints of smoke and subtle charred wood, this wine is expansive, round, generous, lush and multi-dimensional. This beauty can be drunk now or cellared for 15-20 years. A beautiful...
$65.00
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Domaine de la Mordoree "La Reine du Bois" 2009
Domaine de la Mordoree "La Reine du Bois" 2009
96pts WA.  TA blockbuster-styled effort, the 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee de La Reine des Bois doesn’t pull any punches and gives up rocking aromas and flavors of black raspberry, cassis, graphite, spice-box, lavender and herbs. Possessing...
$79.99
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