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Inventory updated: Mon, Mar 16, 2026 04:02 PM cst
Under $50, At Least 12btls
Today at Flickinger Wines we would like to showcase our current collection of bottles under $50 with at least 12 bottles available in-stock. Do not miss out on the 2023 Domaine des Malandes Chablis 1er Cru Mont de Milieu, the 2022 Domaine Coursodon St. Joseph Rouge Silice, the 2021 Dr. Loosen Bernkasteler Lay Grosses Gewachs, the 2020 Caprili Brunello di Montalcino or the 2022 Diatom Santa Barbara County Chardonnay. Happy Hunting!!
The following are the wines remaining from the offer sent on Monday, July 28, 2025. Please enter your desired quantities and click the 'Add' button.
| Producer |
Vint. |
Wine |
Price |
Qty |
Order |
| | Bordeaux Red |
| Baron de Brane |
2019 |
Margaux  Ex-Negociant |
$32.99 |
43 |
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VM 92 (2/2022): The 2019 Baron de Brane is a gorgeous second wine. Succulent black cherry, plum, spice and leather are front and center. This racy Margaux offers a compelling interplay of bright red-toned fruit and silky contours. Drink it over the next handful of years. Tasted two times.
JA 89 (10/2026): Inky plum colour, deep and rich damson and raspberry fruits, with touches of peony aromatics. This is good quality, confident stuff. An upscore from En Primeur.
JD 88 (4/2022): The second wine of Brane-Cantenac, the 2019 Baron De Brane is more Merlot-dominated and has a fleshy, medium-bodied, supple style as well as rock-solid aromatics of black cherries, cedar pencil, and chocolaty herbs. It's already drinking nicely yet should keep for a decade. |
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| Ch. Capbern |
2019 |
St. Estephe Ex-Negociant |
$32 |
43 |
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JD 94 (4/2022): I love the nose on the 2019 Château Capbern, a medium to full-bodied, spicy, rich, tobacco and cedar pencil-filled beauty with ripe yet building tannins, a great mix of richness and freshness, and a blockbuster of a finish. It's incredibly impressive, and while it offers pleasure even today, it deserves 5-6 years of bottle age, and I can't imagine it not evolving for two decades. (Drink between 2027-2042).
VM 89 (2/2023): The 2019 Capbern has improved since I tasted it just after bottling. Finally, it has developed a more elegant bouquet, mainly black fruit fused with cedar and undergrowth scents. It has mustered more classicism. The palate is medium-bodied with a strong graphite element on the entry, fine depth, quite fresh with a structured, gritty finish. Fine. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting. (Drink between 2025-2045). Neal Martin. |
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| Ch. Carbonnieux |
2019 |
Pessac Leognan Ex-Negociant |
$37.95 |
39 |
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JD 94 (4/2022): The 2019 Château Carbonnieux sports a deep purple/ruby hue to go with a brilliant nose of red and black currants, spring flowers, spicy oak, and hints of tobacco. It's beautiful on the palate as well and is medium to full-bodied, has a seamless, elegant texture, ripe tannins, and a great finish. It's the finest wine I've tasted from this estate. The blend is 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and the balance Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, all brought up in 40% new barrels. It’s well worth tracking down some bottles and will keep for two decades. (Drink between 2022-2042).
WA 91 (4/2022): Exhibiting aromas of earthy black fruits, bay leaf, burning embers and forest floor, the 2019 Carbonnieux is medium to full-bodied, rich and enveloping, with a broad attack that segues into a fleshy core of fruit framed by ripe acids and fine, powdery tannins that assert themselves gently on the finish.
VM 90 (2/2023): The 2019 Carbonnieux has quite a showy, pastille-like bouquet with black cherries, blueberry and light violet scents. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, quite plush and showy with a touch of white pepper on the finish. This should age well in bottle although it fails to replicate its deeply impressive showing after bottling. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting. (Drink between 2024-2040). Neal Martin. |
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| Ch. Fonbadet |
2019 |
Pauillac Ex-Negociant |
$41 |
10 |
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JD 93 (4/2022): Blackcurrants, smoked tobacco, chocolate, and some cedary, spicy, lead pencil notes all emerge from the 2019 Château Fonbadet, a medium to full-bodied, rich, mouth-filling Pauillac with plenty of tannins, a balanced, layered mouthfeel, good concentration, and outstanding length. It will evolve for 20+ years if stored properly. (Drink between 2022-2044).
VM 93 (2/2022): The 2019 Fonbadet, impressive from barrel, has a delineated bouquet of blackberry, bilberry and touch of licorice that gains intensity with aeration; this is a Pauillac with ambition. The palate is medium-bodied with grip and density, broad shoulders and a very saline finish. This should age supremely well. (Drink between 2025-2050). Neal Martin.
WA 90 (4/2022): From a 12-hectare estate sandwiched in between Pontet Canet, Pédesclaux and Lafite, the 2019 Fonbadet offers up aromas of cassis, plums, cocoa nib and cigar wrapper. Medium to full-bodied, lively and creditably concentrated, it's built around powdery tannins that assert themselves on the youthfully chewy finish. |
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| Ch. Fonplegade |
2019 |
St. Emilion Ex-Negociant |
$44.99 |
15 |
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JD 94 (4/2022): From a great terroir on the south-facing hillside just outside of the village, the 2019 Château Fonplégade has pretty notes of ripe black cherries, cassis, spring flowers, sandalwood, and classy oak. I love the nose, and while it's still young and relatively unevolved, it already has hints of complexity and nuance, and the purity is spot on. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, with a great mid-palate and sweet, velvety tannins, it already offers pleasure yet will benefit from 4-6 years of bottle age, and I'd be shocked if it didn't evolve nicely for at least 15-20 years. (Drink between 2026-2048).
VM 91 (2/2023): The 2019 Fonplégade has a cohesive and well-defined nose of red berry fruit, sous-bois and dry tobacco, the oak neatly folded into the fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with a little chewiness on the entry, fine acidity, maybe a little rustic compared to others but it has freshness and charm. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting. (Drink between 2024-2038). Neal Martin.
WA 91 (4/2022): Aromas of ripe cherries, licorice, crème de cassis, burning embers and loamy soil introduce the 2019 Fonplegade, a medium to full-bodied, muscular wine that's rich and powerful, reflecting its clay-rich soils. It's a fleshy, generous wine that represents a fine success in a more impactful style. |
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| Ch. Joanin Becot |
2019 |
Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux ex-Negociant |
$21.95 |
4 |
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JD 92 (4/2022): Mulberries, ripe cherries, tobacco leaf, and chalky mineral notes all emerge from the 2019 Château Joanin Bécot, another pure, incredibly elegant, balanced beauty from this family. Readers who love vibrant, elegant, yet still concentrated and impeccably made Bordeaux will love this medium-bodied, seamless 2019 that can be drunk any time over the coming 10-15.
VM 90 (2/2023): The 2019 Joanin Bécot has quite a precise nose, a mélange of red and black fruit laced with cedar and graphite. It unfurls nicely in the glass though never achieves the complexity of the 2019 Carignan. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, plenty of graphite infused black fruit, a bit old school yet harmonious and delineated. This has potential - it just requires time in bottle. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting. Neal Martin. |
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2020 |
Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux Ex-Negociant |
$22.95 |
34 |
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WA 93 (4/2023): The 2020 Joanin Bécot offers up notes of cherries, dark berries, violet and flower aromas with delicate hints of peony flowers. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, precise and fresh, with bright acidity and a delicate, crystalline and fine texture; in a word: exquisite.
JD 91 (3/2023): I always love this cuvée, and the 2020 Château Joanin Bécot shows the class of the vintage with its limestone-driven aromatics of black raspberries, framboise, rose petals, iris, and exotic flower-driven aromatics. With medium-bodied richness on the palate, it has silky tannins, a pure, elegant mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and a great finish. This is just pure, classic Right Bank goodness to enjoy over the coming decade or so. (Drink between 2023-2033).
VM 89 (11/2024): The 2020 Joanin Bécot has a ripe and bold bouquet with blackberry, cedar and tobacco scents. It is strangely reminiscent of say, a Saint-Julien, with just a touch of morels. The palate is medium-bodied with soft tannins, a light-styled Right Bank. It's fleshy and generous toward the finish but without the same complexity and grip as its peers. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. (Drink between 2026-2039). Neal Martin. |
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| Ch. Marsau |
2022 |
Francs Cotes de Bordeaux 2023 en Primeur Release |
$29.95 |
36 |
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WA 92-94 (5/2023): This medium to full-bodied 2022 Marsau is an attractive wine produced from 100% Merlot. It has a delightfully pure bouquet of peony, violet, iris, menthol and cassis, followed by a crunchy and juicy yet fresh texture and then by a mineral-driven finish of remarkable purity, expressing elegant notes of licorice and pencil lead. Anne-Laurence and Mathieu Chadronnier have produced a red wine that punches above its weight. Bravo!
JA 92 (5/2023): Floral notes on the aromatics, shows the heavy spice of the vintage with black pepper, rosemary and turmeric notes, begins to lift through the palate as it opens. An unusual spot in Franc Côtes de Bordeaux with a lot of clay in the soils, and this is powerful and concentrated, with a flash of heat on the finish. 12ha vineyard, entirely clay, entirely Merlot, organic since 2018, no till farming, 25hl/h yield. Harvest September 7 to 12, to be aged 80% large oak casks (no new oak), 10% one year old, 10% neutral oak and amphora. |
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| Ch. Pibran |
2020 |
Pauillac Ex-Negociant |
$39 |
41 |
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JD 93 (3/2023): Based on 55% Merlot and 45% Cabernet Sauvignon that saw 50% new oak, the 2020 Château Pibran is a classic wine in the vintage that has a pure, layered, medium to full-bodied style as well as textbook notes of darker berries, cassis, irone, and tobacco. With ripe tannins, a good spine of acidity, and plenty of texture, it's going to evolve for 15-20 years in cold cellars. (Drink between 2023-2043).
VM 93 (2/2023): The 2020 Pibran is a potent wine. Black cherry, plum, mocha, licorice and chocolate are nicely dialed up in this rich, heady Pauillac. Soft, plush and exuberant, Pibran is a total charmer. Best of all, it will be ready to drink with minimal cellaring. Bright acids and floral notes lift the finish. (Drink between 2025-2035). Antonio Galloni.
WA 90+ (4/2023): Aromas of cassis, raw cocoa, licorice and loamy soil introduce the 2020 Pibran, a medium to full-bodied, layered and velvety wine framed by powdery tannins that assert themselves on the finish. |
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| Clos Sainte Anne |
2018 |
Premiere Cotes de Bordeaux ex-Negociant |
$16.99 |
55 |
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| La Dame de Montrose |
2022 |
St. Estephe 2023 en Primeur Release |
$46 |
7 |
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JD 93-95 (5/2023): The second wine of Château Montrose, the 2022 La Dame De Montrose, tastes like a Grand Vin. More Merlot-dominated (71% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc), the terrific purity in its cassis and blue fruits give way to complex floral, forest floor, and violet aromas and flavors. Medium-bodied, balanced, and elegant, I'd be happy to drink a bottle any time over the coming 15 years.
VM 92-94 (5/2023): The 2022 La Dame de Montrose is deep, pliant and rich. All of the intensity of this warm, very dry vintage comes through in the wine’s sheer size and ripe, dark profile. Black cherry, plum, chocolate, licorice, spice and espresso are all amplified in this decidedly intense, concentrated La Dame. Qualitatively, there is little question this could have easily been a Grand Vin in a preceding generation. The 2022 is a stunning La Dame. Antonio Galloni.
WA 92-94 (5/2023): A second wine that would embarrass numerous classified growths, the 2022 La Dame de Montrose unfurls in the glass with aromas of blackberries, violets, rose petals, charcoal and loamy soil, followed by a medium to full-bodied, layered and fleshy palate of striking concentration, energy and dimension. Seamless and complete, it's a blend of 71% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Sauvignon and the balance Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc.
JA 92 (5/2023): Higher proportion of Merlot than usual in the blend, this is deep ruby red in colour and opens to sandalwood, cedar, black pepper and rosemary notes, alongside ripe blackberry and creme de cassis fruits. A lucky vineyard located next to the river at one of the widest points of the Estuary, this is impactful and confident, with the fingerprints of the vintage. 31hl/h yield. 30% new oak. |
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| Les Griffons de Pichon Baron |
2019 |
Pauillac Ex-Negociant |
$49 |
51 |
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JD 94 (4/2022): The second wine of this great estate, the 2019 Les Griffons De Pichon Baron is a more Merlot-dominated release and is 59% Merlot and 41% Cabernet Sauvignon that saw 40% new oak. It has a gorgeous nose of ripe blackcurrant and darker cherry fruits as well as tobacco, smoked herbs, violets, and freshly sharpened pencils. Vibrant, pure, and complex aromatically, it's medium to full-bodied on the palate, has the vintage's pure, elegant character, terrific depth on the mid-palate, and outstanding length. It's a wonderful, already approachable Pauillac that will deliver the goods over the coming 20+ years. (Drink between 2022-2044).
VM 90 (2/2023): The 2019 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron has a slightly evolved nose, red fruit mixed with melted tar and mixed herbs. The palate is better with firm tannins, fine acidity, quite a solid wine with admirable grip on the finish. Enjoy this over the next 10 to 12 years. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting. (Drink between 2025-2035). Neal Martin. |
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| Les Pagodes de Cos |
2020 |
St. Estephe Ex-Negociant |
$47.95 |
1 |
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JD 94 (3/2023): Showing even better from bottle than barrel, the 2020 Pagodes De Cos checks in as 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34 % Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Remarkably elegant and balanced, it has a great nose of red and black fruits, sandalwood, tobacco leaf, and spice as well as medium to full-bodied richness on the palate. It's shockingly good and up with the top second wines out there. It will evolve for at least two decades. (Drink between 2024-2044).
VM 89 (11/2024): The 2020 Pagodes de Cos has an enticing, vigorous nose, with redcurrant, cranberry, loam and forest floor scents coming through with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins (for a Saint-Estèphe). It's powdery in texture with a bit of austerity on the finish. This just needs to flesh out a little. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. (Drink between 2027-2040). Neal Martin.
WA 89 (4/2023): The 2020 Les Pagodes de Cos is fleshy and dramatic, bursting with aromas of crème de cassis, lilac, spices and creamy new oak. Medium to full-bodied, rich and textural, it's an unctuous, ripe, modern-styled red that will drink well young. |
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| Sarget de Gruaud Larose |
2019 |
St. Julien Ex-Negociant |
$36 |
5 |
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| VM 89 (2/2023): The 2019 Sarget de Gruaud-Larose has a well-defined bouquet with tertiary red berry fruit, understated initially but gaining intensity with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, quite tarry with a fair proportion of tobacco and black pepper on the finish. There is quite a lot going on in this wine and it should age well in bottle. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting. (Drink between 2026-2040). Neal Martin. |
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| | Bordeaux White |
| Ch. Rieussec |
2022 |
"R" de Rieussec Bordeaux Blanc Sec |
$31.99 |
4 |
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| | Burgundy Red |
| Maison Henri Boillot |
2023 |
Bourgogne Pinot Noir Ex-Domaine |
$34.99 |
47 |
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BH 87 (4/2025): (from vineyards in Santenay, Marsannay and the lower portions of Volnay). This is unusually pretty for a Bourgogne with its array of ripe plum and violet scents. There is fine volume to the utterly delicious and solidly concentrated middle weight flavors that display impressive length on the bitter pit fruit-inflected finale where the only nit is a touch of warmth. This is a quality Bourgogne and worth a look, especially for value. Drink 2026+.
JM 86-88 (10/2024): The Bourgogne includes fruit from Pernand and Santenay and Marsannay. Rich deep purple, very ripe cherry, not cooked, but in the opulent style. Slightly firm fruit behind, with a certain glossiness before the crunchy finish. Drink from 2026-2028. |
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| | Burgundy White |
| Ch. de Fuisse |
2020 |
Pouilly Fuisse Tete de Cuvee |
$49.99 |
5 |
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| JM 91 (3/2023): A touch of colour, with a southern ripeness but not too soft, very alluring then with a breadth of flavour and a considerable oakiness, which the fruit can handle. Length, breadth and depth. 13.5 % alcohol. |
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2022 |
Pouilly Fuisse Tete de Cuvee |
$44.95 |
34 |
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JM 92 (3/2024): This is a substantial cuvée of 120,000 bottles, made in barrel except for the schist and clay components. Overall, 60% is in wood, of which 25% is new. The wood element is taken out of barrel in the summer, kept on lees, then all assembled after the harvest without lees, and bottled in December. Clear mid yellow. There is useful tension here along with the flesh of a fine Pouilly-Fuissé in a good vintage. Touch of vanilla from the wood, excellent length. Fine keeping potential. 13.5%
BH 90 (10/2024): A touch of phenolic character is present on the lightly wood nose of mineral reduction, acacia and essence of pear. The sleek, delicious and vibrant, if not super-dense, flavors are rich to the point of opulence while displaying fine power on the bitter lemon rind-inflected finale where the only reproach is a hint of warmth. This should drink well young but also drink well with a few years of bottle age. (Drink starting 2028).
VM 90 (8/2024): The 2022 Pouilly-Fuissé Tête de Cuvée is raised 60% in oak barrels and the rest in tank, bottled at the end of 2023. This cuvée includes some Premier Crus, including Combettes, which were not bottled separately this year. It has a winsome nose with mint-tinged citrus fruit that opens with gusto in the glass. The palate is well-balanced with a fresh entry. It's spicy with stem ginger and lemongrass towards the lively finish. Maybe it is not the most refined Pouilly-Fuissé, but there is commendable energy in the context of the growing season. (Drink between 2025-2034). Neal Martin. |
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| Dom. des Granges |
2021 |
Pouilly Fuisse 1er Cru Vers Cras |
$49.99 |
28 |
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| Dom. Patrick Javillier |
2022 |
Bourgogne Cuvee des Forgets ex-Domaine |
$39.99 |
60 |
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BH 87 (6/2024): Bright aromas of just sliced citrus, white peach and pretty floral nuances are complemented by delicious middleweight flavors that are supported by lemon-tinged acidity on the vibrant, lingering and refreshing finale. Moreover, this is not your usual 'pop and pour' Bourgogne as it has the legs to repay 4 to 7 years of keeping. Worth checking out. Drink 2027+. Outstanding Top Value!
JM 87-89 (10/2023): A similar colour, pale primrose perhaps. A little bit crisper and more classic in bouquet. Delicious white fruit, very balanced, feel the limestone, enough flesh yet with precision as well. A longer and more mineral finish than Forgets. |
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| | Rhone Red |
| Dom. Coursodon |
2020 |
St. Joseph Rouge Silice ex-Domaine |
$31.99 |
60 |
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VM 93 (12/2022): Saturated violet color. Displays fresh-mineral-accented aromas of fresh red and blue fruits and candied flowers, with hints of savory herbs and black pepper in the background. Juicy and lithe on the palate, offering appealingly sweet cherry and boysenberry flavors and a touch of licorice. Finishes long and smooth, with resonating red fruit character and round, even tannins that come on late. Josh Raynolds.
JD 91 (12/2022): A great introduction to the wines of this terrific vigneron, the 2020 Saint Joseph Silice has classic darker berry fruits as well as peppery herbs, violets, and some obvious minerality on both the nose and palate. These carry to a medium-bodied effort with good acidity, firm yet ripe tannins, and outstanding length.
JS 91 (2/2022): An interesting nose of blackberries and blueberries with some graphite and leather adding interest. Robust structure for a St.-Joseph with plenty of pepper and spice, but the fruit is more than adequate to carry all this. Good length, if not tremendously complex. Sustainable. Drinkable now, but best from 2023. |
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2021 |
St. Joseph Rouge Silice ex-Domaine |
$28.99 |
60 |
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| JD 91-93 (12/2022): The 2021 Saint Joseph Silice is also beautiful, with a round, supple, layered style that shines in the vintage. Black raspberries, spice box, dried flowers, and hints of violets give way to a medium-bodied, up-front, charming, layered 2021 that certainly stands out in the vintage. |
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2022 |
St. Joseph Rouge Silice ex-Domaine |
$29.99 |
41 |
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JD 94 (5/2025): Showing the least amount of oak in Coursodon's lineup, the 2022 Saint Joseph Silice offers blackberries, peppery herbs, damp earth, and sappy flowers, all with remarkable purity and complexity. All Syrah, destemmed and aged 12 months in barrel, this cooler-fruited effort is terrific. Drink bottles over the coming 8-10 years. Drink 2025-2035.
VM 92 (1/2025): The 2022 Saint-Joseph Silice unfolds with ripe black cherry, pencil shaving, black tea, crushed violet and gently leafy subtleties. Medium-bodied at most, the 2022 is a classic, age-worthy Silice that’s gently structured by ripe tannins. Drink between 2025-2035. Nicolas Greinacher. |
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| Dom. de Mourchon |
2022 |
Cotes du Rhone Villages Seguret Family Reserve Syrah Ex-Domaine |
$36.99 |
41 |
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| JD 93 (11/2025): A bigger, richer wine, the 2022 Côtes Du Rhône Villages Seguret Syrah Family Reserve offers blackberries, chalky minerality, pepper, and gamey, meaty nuances. Based on 98% Syrah from vines planted in the 1950s and aged 18 months in oak barrels, it's medium to full-bodied and has a concentrated, layered mouthfeel with ripe tannins. It will continue to drink nicely over the coming decade, and there are 333 cases produced. Drink 2025-2035. |
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2022 |
Cotes du Rhone Villages Seguret Grande Reserve Ex-Domaine |
$23.99 |
60 |
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| JD 92 (2/2025): The 2022 Cotes du Rhone Villages Segurey Grande Reserve is based on 70% Grenache and 30% Syrah. Black raspberries, peppery herbs, spicy wood, and some meaty nuances all shine here, and it's medium to full-bodied, with a broad, layered mouthfeel, plenty of tannins, and a great finish. I love it today yet it's going to have a solid 10-12 years of prime drinking. |
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2024 |
Cotes du Rhone Villages Seguret Loubie Rose Ex-Domaine |
$14.99 |
60 |
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2021 |
Cotes du Rhone Villages Seguret Tradition Ex-Domaine |
$17.99 |
60 |
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2022 |
Cotes du Rhone Villages Seguret Tradition Ex-Domaine |
$17.99 |
60 |
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| JD 89 (2/2025): Blackberries, darker cherries, peppery garrigue, and plenty of curshed stone-like notes define the 2022 Cotes Du Rhone Seguret Tradition, a medium-bodied, structured, yet elegant Seguret that has tons of character. |
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| Dom. Duclaux |
2020 |
Cote Rotie La Chana ex-Domaine |
$44.99 |
47 |
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JD 89-91 (2/2022): Starting with the 2020 Côte Rôtie La Chana, which includes 7% Viognier, this has a ripe, up-front, charming style as well as classic Côte Rôtie black raspberry fruits mixed with spice and bacon fat nuances. It's going to drink nicely right out of the gate.
WA 89-91 (1/2022): Blended from several parcels and barrels for my evaluation, the 2020 Cote Rotie La Chana usually contains approximately 7% Viognier and sees no new wood. It shows attractive aromas of raspberries and apricot on the nose, a medium to full-bodied feel on the palate and a savory finish that nicely balances mouthwatering acids and softly dusty tannins. It should drink well for the rest of this decade. |
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| Dom. Faury |
2013 |
St. Joseph |
$30 |
1 |
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| VM 91 (4/2016): Opaque ruby. Smoky, perfumed scents of fresh dark berries, violet and allspice are joined by a lively mineral nuance that builds in the glass. Juicy and focused on the palate, offering energetic black and blue fruit flavors and a deeper licorice nuance that gains power with air. A peppery quality adds spiciness to the long, focused finish, which is shaped by supple, harmonious tannins. Josh Raynolds. |
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2015 |
St. Joseph Vieilles Vignes |
$65 |
1 |
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| VM 93 (4/2018): Bright violet. Heady, smoke- and spice-tinged blueberry, cherry liqueur and violet aromas show excellent clarity and pick up olive and smoky bacon notes with aeration. Sweet and energetic on the palate, offering deeply concentrated black and blue fruit and floral pastille flavors plus a suggestion of fine-spice powder. The impressively long, sappy finish features bright mineral cut, an echo of juicy blue fruit and velvety tannins that sneak up slowly. Josh Raynolds. |
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| Dom. la Bouissiere |
2004 |
Vacqueyras Bel-Air |
$25 |
7 |
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| VM 88 (1/2007): Dark ruby. Mineral-accented red and dark fruit aromas, with a note of anise. Focused raspberry and cherry flavors are suavely framed by dusty tannins. Finishes with good lift and a late hint of lavender. Josh Raynolds. |
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| Domaine les Goubert |
2020 |
Beaumes de Venise Rouge Ex-Domaine |
$19.99 |
4 |
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| Jean-Luc Jamet |
2022 |
Cotes du Rhone Rouge l’Enclave Ex-Domaine |
$34.99 |
60 |
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2022 |
IGP Collines Rhodaniennes Rouge Syrah Valine Ex-Domaine |
$29.99 |
29 |
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| Le Clos du Caillou |
2001 |
Cotes du Rhone |
$15 |
1 |
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2001 |
Cotes du Rhone Villages Tres Vieilles Vignes Reserve |
$30 |
4 |
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| Mourchon |
2023 |
Cotes du Rhone Ex-Domaine |
$12.99 |
60 |
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| JD 92 (11/2025): Lots of peppery red and black berry fruits, garrigue, and spice-driven aromatics emerge from the 2023 Côtes Du Rhône, with a hint of flowers. It's medium to full-bodied, has a round, layered mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and a juicy finish. It's one seriously good Côtes du Rhône that you could pretty much put up against anything in the appellation – count me impressed. This should have 10-12 years of prime drinking as well, and I'd be happy with a case in the cellar. Drink 2025-2037. |
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| | Rhone White |
| Dom. Coursodon |
2021 |
St. Joseph Blanc Silice ex-Domaine |
$29.99 |
60 |
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| JD 92 (12/2022): The 2021 Saint Joseph Silice Blanc has a Burgundian-like sense of reduction as well as beautiful quince, white flowers, honeyed minerality, and a kiss of background spice and toastiness. It's medium-bodied and has a clean, classy style that's going to evolve for 7-8 years in cold cellars. |
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2023 |
St. Joseph Blanc Silice ex-Domaine |
$43.99 |
60 |
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JD 92 (5/2025): Based on 100% Marsanne, the 2023 Saint Joseph Silice Blanc reveals melon, honeyed flowers, spice, and toasted notes, showing impressive purity and cleanliness. It's fleshy on the palate, with beautiful balance and good purity, and while it has a slightly hazy color, it remains an impressive white. Drink bottles over the coming 4-6 years. Drink 2025-2031.
WA 91 (3/2025): Fresher and livelier than its Paradis Saint-Pierre counterpart, the 2023 Saint-Joseph Silice Blanc reveals aromas of confit citrus, spring blossoms and pear. Moderately weighted and delicately enveloping, it's juicy and layered with bright acids, concluding with a mouthwatering, floral finish.
VM 90 (1/2025): Flinty elements introduce the 2023 Saint-Joseph Blanc Silice, accompanied by notes of cedar, ripe pear, white peach and lemon flesh. Full-bodied, round and generous, the 2023 bundles vibrant energy and checks out with persistence on the sapid finish. This is an exquisite white Saint-Joseph. Drink between 2025-2027. Nicolas Greinacher. |
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| Dom. du Tunnel |
2023 |
Saint Peray Cuvee Prestige ex-Domaine |
$44.99 |
11 |
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JD 95 (5/2025): Based on 80% Marsanne and 20% Roussanne, the 2023 Saint-Péray Cuvée Prestige reveals a light gold hue and brilliant aromatics of stone fruits, ripe melon, honeysuckle, and subtle spicy, toasty nuances. Medium-bodied and pure on the palate, it has a layered, elegant profile with terrific freshness and the classic salinity of the appellation on the finish. This was fermented with native yeasts and aged in third- and fourth-fill barrels. Drink 2025-2030.
WA 93+ (3/2025): A blend of 80% Marsanne and 20% Roussanne, the 2023 Saint-Péray Cuvée Prestige is another real success at this address. Despite its elegantly introverted character, it offers aromas of almonds, white flowers, spices and pear. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and layered, incisive and enrobing with good depth at the core and a long, mineral finish, it's a classic and a very well crafted Saint-Péray with a broad drinking window.
VM 93 (1/2025): The 2023 Saint-Péray Cuvée Prestige is complex, with honeysuckle, chamomile, jasmine, white peach and lemon flesh notes. Medium-bodied and sleek, it features a chalky finish with solid tension. This will be best enjoyed after another year in bottle. It's not quite at the level of the standout 2022s, but this is still quite enjoyable. (Drink between 2026-2030.) Nicholas Greinacher. |
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2023 |
Saint Peray Marsanne ex-Domaine |
$34.99 |
21 |
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JD 94 (5/2025): The 2023 Saint-Péray Marsanne (100% Marsanne) has a bigger, richer style, offering honeyed melon, dried herb, quince, and toast-like aromatics. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, it shows beautiful balance, integrated acidity, and outstanding length. Aged 10 months in oak barrels, drink bottles over the coming 5-7 years or so. Drink 2025-2032.
VM 92 (1/2025): Bottled in July 2024, the 2023 Saint-Péray Marsanne showcases fragrant notes of honeysuckle, yellow apple, jasmine and chamomile. Checking in at 13% alcohol, the 2023 is a medium-bodied, concentrated Saint-Péray, neatly capturing sufficient freshness to keep it all in check. (Drink between 2025-2028.) Nicholas Greinacher.
WA 89 (3/2025): The attractive, lively 2023 Saint-Péray Marsanne offers aromas of almond, white flowers and menthol, followed by a moderately weighted, enrobing and supple palate with a juicy, gourmand core of fruit and a long, fresh finish. It gives you everything you want in a Saint-Péray. |
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| Dom. Duclaux |
2021 |
Condrieu Les Caillets ex-Domaine |
$46.99 |
47 |
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2022 |
Condrieu Les Caillets ex-Domaine |
$49.99 |
13 |
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| VM 90 (1/2025): Banana, lemon flesh, white peach and apricot of good intensity introduce the 2022 Condrieu Les Caillets. Coming in at 13% alcohol, the juicy 2022 is balanced by soft acidity, clocking out with ample juiciness on the expressive finish. Enjoy this over the next three years. (Drink between 2025-2028), Nicholas Greinacher. |
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| Jean-Luc Jamet |
2021 |
Cotes du Rhone Blanc Couzou ex-Domaine |
$25.99 |
14 |
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| JD 89 (5/2024): The 2021 Côtes du Rhône Couzou Blanc is based on Marsanne, Roussanne, and Viognier, all from more granitic soils. It has a light gold hue as well as a subtle nose of ripe stone fruits, honeyed orange, and spice, and it's medium-bodied, nicely textured, and nicely balanced on the palate. It has a good sense of freshness, but it's certainly a rich white that's going to shine on the dinner table. |
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2022 |
Cotes du Rhone Blanc Couzou Ex-Domaine |
$26.99 |
43 |
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| Mourchon |
2024 |
Cotes du Rhone Blanc La Source Ex-Domaine |
$15.99 |
30 |
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| | Southern France |
| Ch. d'Aussieres |
2020 |
Corbieres Ex-Negociant |
$25 |
6 |
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| JA 93 (1/2024): Deep cherry red, intense and characterful, good quality, kicks off with a twist of bitter orange peel, with pomegranate, blueberry and cassis fruits, liquorice root, black chocolate, salt-licked with rosemary spice. Jean de Roquefeuille director, heading over to Aussières after a number of years at Château Rieussec. Olivier Tregoat consultant at this 167ha estate. |
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| Ch. de Pibarnon |
2020 |
Bandol ex-Chateau |
$44.99 |
18 |
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2021 |
Bandol ex-Chateau |
$46.99 |
60 |
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2022 |
Bandol Rose ex-Chateau |
$38.99 |
60 |
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WA 93 (6/2023): The citrusy, mentholated 2022 Bandol Rosé was crafted with a blend of 65% Mourvèdre and 35% Cinsault and matured six months in barrels. It displays aromas of pomegranate, citrus, spring flowers, iodine, jasmine and crushed stones, followed by a beautifully defined texture, a fleshy core of fruit and racy acids that underpin a delicate, well-delineated and calcareous finish. It's going to drink nicely in its youth, but I suspect it will also age gracefully over the next 2-5 years.
VM 91 (5/2023): The 2022 Rosé is savory and sweet with a rich blend of rosemary, sage and tomato leaf, giving way to dried cherries. It's silky-smooth and round with a buzz of minerality and brisk acidity up front as ginger-spiked nectarine forms toward the close. This tapers off with a salty flourish. Spice and citrus notes keep the mouth watering. Eric Guido. |
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2023 |
Bandol Rose ex-Chateau |
$36.99 |
60 |
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VM 93 (5/2025): The 2023 Bandol Rosé is a powerful, classy Rosé that delivers the proverbial “iron fist in a velvet glove.” Deep and rich, the 2023 takes its time in the glass, gradually unfurling layers of waxy cherry fruit, Mediterranean herbs, raspberry liqueur, , crushed oyster shell and dried apricot. There’s an impressive phenolic core and a wealth of complexity here, not to mention a long, long finish. This is a very serious wine with the stuffing to improve in the cellar. Billy Norris.
WA 92+ (7/2024): A blend of 65% Mourvèdre and 35% Cinsault, the 2023 Bandol Rosé from Château de Pibarnon offers up a delicate, complex bouquet of spices, licorice, red berries, lemon, spring flowers and herbs. Medium-bodied, enveloping and beautifully structured, it’s round and juicy with a delicate, lively core of fruit and a mineral, calcareous finish. This is a classical rosé wine from Bandol. |
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2022 |
Bandol Rose Nuances ex-Chateau |
$46.99 |
60 |
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| Dom. Le Roc des Anges |
2016 |
Vin de Pays des Cotes Catalanes Asterolide |
$31 |
17 |
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| Les Restanques de Pibarnon |
2021 |
Bandol ex-Chateau |
$37.99 |
60 |
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| Klipfel |
2012 |
Riesling Cuvee Louis Klipfel |
$18 |
23 |
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| Leon Beyer |
2008 |
Riesling Comtes d’Eguisheim |
$35 |
8 |
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VM 93 (2/2016): Dark golden-yellow. Diesel fuel, baked apple, caramel and botanical herbs on the nose. Then tangy in the mouth, showing slightly high-toned aromas of orange oil, pineapple and sweet herbs. A very concentrated, big wine but with a fine-grained texture and just enough freshness on the long, saline, palate-staining finish. Less acid-dominated than I might have expected from a 2008. Drink between 2017-2030. Ian D'Agata.
WA 91 (5/2011): Scents and palate suffusion of iodine and shrimp shell reduction lend the Beyer 2008 Riesling Comtes d’Eguisheim every bit as minerally a cast – albeit of a very different sort – as its Ecaillers counterpart. High-toned whiffs of pit fruit distillates and mothball pique the nose. Saliva-inducing, saline savor is mingled with yellow plum and zesty grapefruit, while hazelnut, pistachio, and fruit pit add piquancy to an impressively sustained finish. This is a surprisingly voluminous rendition of Comtes d’Eguisheim, yet in its way also as minerally a one as you are likely to encounter. Expect it to be worth following for the better part of two decades. |
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| | Other France |
| Dom. Laurent Gauthier |
2018 |
Morgon Cote du Py ex-Domaine |
$17.99 |
1 |
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| Dom. Richard Rottiers |
2022 |
Moulin a Vent ex-Domaine |
$21.99 |
4 |
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| VM 91 (5/2023): The 2022 Moulin-à-Vent is a blend of 24 small parcels (10-hectares) and matured 20% in barrel. This is very fruit-driven and floral on the nose, outgoing already. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, open and expressive, showing black pepper and Asian spices with more structure on the finish compared to the Brouilly. Very fine. Neal Martin. |
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2022 |
Moulin a Vent Dernier Souffle Ex-Domaine |
$22.99 |
14 |
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VM 93 (4/2024): The 2022 Moulin-à-Vent Dernière Souffle comes from the parcel behind the cemetery (as the name suggests) and Rottiers told me that he was set to buy the plot from the owner just 15 days after my visit. This has vivacious red cherry and cranberry scents on the nose, hints of cassis just in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with a fine line of acidity, fresh and saline with a brisk, graphite-tinged finish. This is an adorable Moulin-à-Vent that takes your breath away. Neal Martin.
JS 92 (2/2024): This is showing aromas of wild blueberries, strawberries, lavender, stone and dried mint. It’s medium-bodied, lively and bright, with tight tannins. I like the minty and mineral freshness at the end. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold. |
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2022 |
Moulin a Vent Mortperay ex-Domaine |
$21.99 |
19 |
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| VM 92 (4/2024): The 2022 Moulin-à-Vent Mortperay comes from clayey soils just below Fleurie; the vines here are 70 years old. It aged in old barrels sourced from Chablis. It has another mineral-driven nose but with more roundness and depth than the classic bottling. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, very well-balanced and poised, touches of freshly rolled tobacco on the finish. Excellent. Neal Martin. |
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2022 |
Moulin a Vent Mortperay ex-Domaine |
$21.99 |
60 |
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| VM 92 (4/2024): The 2022 Moulin-à-Vent Mortperay comes from clayey soils just below Fleurie; the vines here are 70 years old. It aged in old barrels sourced from Chablis. It has another mineral-driven nose but with more roundness and depth than the classic bottling. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, very well-balanced and poised, touches of freshly rolled tobacco on the finish. Excellent. Neal Martin. |
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| Pascal Aufranc |
2018 |
Julienas Les Cerisiers ex-Domaine |
$15.99 |
60 |
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| Richard Rottiers |
2022 |
Brouilly ex-Domaine |
$19.99 |
1 |
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| VM 90 (5/2023): The 2022 Brouilly is made of purchased fruit from a vineyard that Rottiers harvests himself. It is matured 10% in barrel and the rest in stainless-steel. The nose is fresh and vibrant with black cherry and cassis fruit, iris petal emerging with time. The palate is well-balanced with juicy, slightly peppery red fruit - a kind of "laid back" Brouilly with a composed and judiciously-spiced finish. Neal Martin. |
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| | Germany |
| Weingut Emrich-Schonleber |
2021 |
Monzinger Fruhtau Riesling |
$29.99 |
17 |
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| Weingut Georg Gustav Huff |
2020 |
Niersteiner Hipping Riesling Trocken |
$39.99 |
23 |
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2012 |
Niersteiner Pettenthal Riesling Trocken |
$39.99 |
12 |
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| | Italy |
| Altesino |
2019 |
Brunello di Montalcino |
$49.95 |
5 |
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WA 95 (12/2023): The Altesino 2019 Brunello di Montalcino boasts a rich and savory side that this wine wears very well. There is a beautiful level of dark fruit that folds into the wine's velvety texture. Blackberry and plum envelop the palate, adding elegant full-bodied volume and fine tannins along the way. The wine is aged in traditional Slavonian casks, and production reaches 110,000 bottles annually (which is very ambitious considering this level of quality).
JD 95 (2/2024): Pouring a rich ruby color, the 2019 Brunello Di Montalcino offers an attractive nose of cherry candies, sweet herbs, polished leather, and orange oils. It moves seamlessly to the palate with equally harmonious structure and a great, long finish. Medium to full-bodied, it lasts for ages. This is one of those wines that’s going to have a very wide drinking window and is exceptional already. Drink 2026-2046. Audrey Frick.
VM 94 (12/2023): A dark ruby color in the glass, the 2019 Brunello di Montalcino opens with a beguiling blend of dusty earth, crushed rocks, savory herbs and dried roses. This is racy and sleek, with vividly ripe wild berry fruits elevated by orange and sage, all guided by vibrant acidity. Grippy tannins take control through the finish, yet the mouth is left watering for more as a bitter licorice tinge and dark chocolate adds a crunchy sensation. Eric Guido. |
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| Antonio Vallana & Figlio |
2020 |
Gattinara |
$39.99 |
24 |
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| VM 91 (2/2025): Vallana's 2020 Gattinara is powerful, rustic and a bit rough around the edges, and yet it conveys so much genuine, uncomplicated character. Dark fruit, new leather, licorice, dried herbs and mint are some of the notes that take shape as this rambunctious Gattinara gradually opens in the glass. Don't look for finesse here. (Drink between 2025-2035). Antonio Galloni. |
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| Cantina Tibaldi |
2023 |
Langhe Favorita ex-Domaine |
$23.99 |
60 |
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2021 |
Roero Arneis Bricco delle Passere Riserva ex-Domaine |
$24.99 |
60 |
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2022 |
Roero Arneis Bricco delle Passere Riserva ex-Domaine |
$24.99 |
60 |
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2020 |
Roero Roccapalea ex-Domaine |
$29 |
54 |
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| Caprili |
2020 |
Brunello di Montalcino |
$42.99 |
21 |
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JD 94 (1/2025): Bright jeweled ruby in color, the 2020 Brunello Di Montalcino is flush with pure aromas of candied flowers, cherry lozenge, pine needles, and blood orange. Medium-framed, it’s ripe and pure on the palate, with refreshing energy, a very balanced feel, wonderfully refreshing salinity, and well-defined tannins. I love this vintage for Caprilli, and although this is showing off today, it should age with ease over the coming 20 years. In a second tasting, I was even more impressed with this wine, which has a lot of clarity and balance. Bravo. (Drink between 2025-2045). Audrey Frick.
VM 94 (11/2024): The 2020 Brunello di Montalcino reveals the dark side of Sangiovese, with more black fruit than red. A mass of crushed stone minerality blows off to reveal spiced orange peels and incense. It's silken and round, with a polished core of ripe blackberries offset by a tinge of sour citrus toward the close. It leaves the cheeks puckered with tension as edge tannins resonate and hints of licorice fade slowly. (Drink between 2026-2038). Eric Guido. |
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| Carlo Giacosa |
2020 |
Barbaresco Montefico |
$45 |
16 |
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| Cavallotto |
2021 |
Barbera d’Alba Superiore Vigna Cuculo ex-Domaine |
$36.99 |
1 |
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| WA 93 (4/2024): The Cavallotto 2021 Barbera d'Alba Superiore Vigna Cuculo has something a little exotic like toasted cumin seed or sweet cinnamon stick that pops from the bouquet. The wine's core of fruit shows dark cherries or crème de cassis, and these come through especially well on the palate. This wine is a tight little package that shows elegance, and it delivers on all fronts: concentration, intensity and balance. The fruit also shows good length. Fruit comes from 50-year-old vines in the Bricco Boschis cru, and 8,373 bottles were released. |
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2022 |
Barbera d’Alba Superiore Vigna Cuculo ex-Domaine |
$36.95 |
60 |
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2022 |
Langhe Nebbiolo ex-Domaine |
$38.95 |
60 |
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| Franco Molino |
2016 |
Barolo Rocche dell’ Annunziata Riserva |
$49.99 |
13 |
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| Girolamo Russo |
2023 |
Etna Bianco Nerina |
$39.95 |
6 |
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2022 |
Etna Rosso ’A Rina |
$31.99 |
12 |
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| WA 92 (4/2025): The Girolamo Russo 2022 Etna Rosso 'a Rina is a 40,000-bottle blend of 80% Nerello Mascalese and 20% Nerello Cappuccio. The winemaking approach consists of a simple formula that sees equal parts oak, cement and stainless steel. Fruit comes from across several sites, including Contrade Feudo, San Lorenzo and Calderara Sottana, which are fermented separately. It shows a mid-weight appearance and dark ruby highlights. The bouquet offers an interesting mix of dried berry, star anise, pressed rose and a savory side with licorice and barbecue spice. The effect is quite open, immediate and charming, fundamentally. |
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| Ilatium Morini |
2021 |
Soave Campo le Calle |
$19.99 |
13 |
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| Rocche Costamagna |
2017 |
Barolo Rocche dell’Annunziata |
$54.99 |
11 |
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| VM 93 (2/2021): The 2017 Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata is forward, open-knit and very nicely balanced. Silky tannins wrap around a core of succulent red berry fruit. Medium in body, gracious and so inviting, the 2017 will be easy to drink and enjoy pretty much upon release and for a number of years thereafter. Antonio Galloni. |
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| Quevedo |
2006 |
Late Bottled Vintage Port |
$29.99 |
56 |
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2010 |
Quinta Vale d’Agodinho Port |
$49.99 |
16 |
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| | USA Red |
| David Hill |
2022 |
Estate Pinot Noir |
$23.99 |
11 |
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| Donelan |
2013 |
Cuvee Moriah Proprietary Blend |
$50 |
12 |
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| JD 93 (7/2017): The 2013 Cuvee Moriah is 87% Grenache and 13% Syrah that’s all from the Dry Stack Vineyard in the Bennett Valley. It has a gorgeous (as well as complex) bouquet of ripe cherries, cranberry, dried flowers and incense. This carries to an ethereally textured, elegant Grenache that that has sweet fruit, medium-bodied richness and a great finish. It’s not going to make old bones, but it’s going to be impossible to resist over the coming 4-5 years. This may be my favorite vintage of this cuvee to date. |
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| Girasole |
2019 |
Mendocino Pinot Noir |
$16.99 |
19 |
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| Solomon Hills |
2013 |
Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir |
$39 |
8 |
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WA 92 (8/2016): The 2013 Pinot Noir Solomon Hills offers lovely notes of spice, autumn leaves, red currants and framboise in a medium to full-bodied, silky, polished package. Fermented with 30% whole clusters and raised 18 months in 40% new French oak, it has terrific complexity, and its tight, lively feel on the palate should allow it to age gracefully over the coming decade as well.
VM 90 (9/2016): The 2013 Pinot Noir Solomon Hills Vineyard is dark, pliant and expressive. Sweet black cherries, plum, menthol, licorice and lavender blossom in the glass. I would prefer to drink this soft, mid-weight Pinot over the next handful of years. Antonio Galloni. |
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| Vincent Wine Co. |
2017 |
Bjornson Vyd. Pinot Noir |
$35.99 |
23 |
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| VM 93 (8/2020): Brilliant red. Highly expressive aromas of fresh red fruits, potpourri, exotic spices and candied rose, along with a hint of smoky minerality. Juicy and seamless in texture, offering penetrating raspberry, bitter cherry and spicecake flavors that show fine definition and back-end lift. Intensely flavored and finely delineated, with an impressively long, perfumed finish that delivers firm mineral cut and resonating florality. (Drink between 2022-2029). Josh Raynolds. |
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| Walter Hansel |
2022 |
Cuvee Alyce Pinot Noir |
$49.95 |
24 |
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VM 93 (1/2024): The 2022 Pinot Noir Cuvée Alyce shows the riper side of the year in its flavor profile, textural breadth and overall feel. Succulent dark cherry, plum, lavender, menthol and cloves fill out the layers, while polished tannins wrap it all together in style. For the first time, the blend includes some 943 Clone to complement the traditional mix of 777, 115 and 114 used in this bottling. (Drink between 2024-2032). Antonio Galloni.
JD 93 (6/2024): The 2022 Pinot Noir Cuvee Alyce is a deep magenta/purple-tinged hue. A blend of Pinot Noir Dijon Clones 777, 115, and 943 grown on heavier clay soils, it has a spicier profile, with notes of black pepper, blackberries, lavender, and pine. Medium-bodied, it's rounded and fills the palate with a generous feel, and it has darker earth notes and smoky incense on the finish. It's going to show well over the next 6-8 years. (Drink between 2024-2032). Audrey Frick. |
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| | USA White |
| Convene (Dan Kosta) |
2021 |
Russian River Valley Chardonnay |
$48.99 |
50 |
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| Gambal Work |
2017 |
Santa Rita Hills Chardonnay ex-Domaine |
$43.99 |
55 |
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| Girasole |
2019 |
Mendocino Chardonnay |
$10 |
60 |
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| Lewis Cellars |
2016 |
Sonoma County Chardonnay |
$36 |
19 |
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| | Argentina |
| Terrazas de Los Andes |
2015 |
Las Compuertas Malbec |
$34.99 |
11 |
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| VM 90 (7/2018): Dark ruby-red. Less roasted on the nose than the 2014 version, offering scents of cassis, ripe plum and red cherries macerated in alcohol. Very plush and ripe but dry, and a step up in concentration and density from the '14. Still more a wine of breadth than verticality but at least as dark in its fruit character as the '14 and firmer, longer and more vibrant on the finish. A bit less sweet on the end than the 2014 example, showing a positive hint of mintiness. Moureau expressed the opinion that peak drinkability for this bottling is typically about six or seven years after the vintage, "then it loses fruit and freshness even if shows more complexity." Stephen Tanzer. |
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| | Other White |
| Quevedo |
2011 |
Oscar’s White Douro |
$9.99 |
33 |
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| | Bordeaux Red |
| Ch. Bernadotte |
2000 |
Haut Medoc |
$40 |
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| Ch. Cantemerle |
2016 |
Haut Medoc |
$38.99 |
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| Ch. Kirwan |
2019 |
Margaux |
$49.99 |
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| Ch. La Caze Bellevue |
2020 |
St. Emilion |
$19.99 |
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| Ch. Langoa Barton |
2019 |
St. Julien |
$49.79 |
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| Ch. Latour Martillac |
2019 |
Pessac-Leognan |
$36.95 |
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| Connetable Talbot |
2019 |
St. Julien |
$34.99 |
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| Le C de Carmes Haut Brion |
2019 |
Pessac Leognan |
$29.95 |
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| Ch. Doisy Daene |
2019 |
Sauternes |
$49 |
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| Ch. Puyanche |
2022 |
Cotes de Bordeaux Blanc |
$16.99 |
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| | Burgundy Red |
| Maison Henri Boillot |
2022 |
Bourgogne Pinot Noir |
$34.99 |
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| Patrice Rion |
2022 |
Bourgogne Pinot Noir |
$29.99 |
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| | Burgundy White |
| Dom. des Malandes |
2023 |
Chablis 1er Cru Mont de Milieu |
$44.99 |
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| Dom. Patrick Javillier |
2022 |
Bourgogne Cuvee Oligocene |
$36.99 |
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| Les Malandes |
2023 |
Saint-Bris |
$21.99 |
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2022 |
Bourgogne Chardonnay |
$29.99 |
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| | Rhone Red |
| Dom. de Mourchon |
2022 |
Cotes du Rhone Villages Seguret Family Reserve Grenache |
$28.99 |
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2021 |
Cotes du Rhone Villages Seguret Grande Reserve |
$18.75 |
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| Dom. Vincent Paris |
2023 |
Cornas Granit 30 |
$39.95 |
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| Domaine les Goubert |
2021 |
Gigondas |
$23.99 |
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| Mourchon |
2022 |
Chateauneuf du Pape |
$29.99 |
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| | Rhone White |
| Dom. Duclaux |
2023 |
Condrieu Les Caillets |
$49.99 |
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| | Southern France |
| Dom. de Triennes |
2023 |
Rose |
$13.50 |
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| | Alsace |
| Dom. Baumann |
2011 |
Pinot Gris Brand |
$40 |
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| | Champagne |
| Charpentier |
NV |
Tradition Brut Champagne |
$32.99 |
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| J. M. Labruyere |
NV |
Prologue Brut Champagne |
$45.99 |
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| | Loire |
| Matthias et Emile Roblin |
2020 |
Sancerre Origine |
$36.99 |
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| | Other France |
| Dom. Laurent Gauthier |
2019 |
Chiroubles Chatenay Vieilles Vignes |
$19.99 |
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| Dom. Richard Rottiers |
2022 |
Moulin a Vent Champ de Cour |
$27.99 |
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| | Germany |
| Dr. Loosen |
2021 |
Bernkasteler Lay Grosses Gewachs |
$39.99 |
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| JJ Prum |
2022 |
Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett |
$49.99 |
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| | Italy |
| Bertoldi |
2019 |
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico |
$42.95 |
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| San Giorgio |
2018 |
Brunello di Montalcino Ugolforte |
$49.99 |
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| Sottimano |
2022 |
Langhe Nebbiolo |
$23.99 |
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| Tenuta Cocci Grifoni |
2023 |
Tara Pecorino |
$16.99 |
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| | USA Red |
| Sullivan |
2003 |
Estate Merlot |
$15 |
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| | USA White |
| Diatom |
2022 |
Santa Barbara County Chardonnay |
$19.95 |
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| Liquid Farm |
2015 |
Golden Slope Chardonnay |
$38.99 |
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