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Inventory updated: Fri, Jul 18, 2025 04:02 PM cst
New Old World Cellar
Today at Flickinger Wines we would like to showcase a recently acquired cellar of Old-World wines. Do not miss out on the 2015 Chapelle d’Ausone St. Emilion, the 2016 Chateau Pavie St. Emilion, the 2014 Le Petit Cheval Blanc Bordeaux Blanc or the 2010 Fuligni Brunello di Montalcino Riserva. Happy Hunting!!
The following are the wines remaining from the offer sent on Thursday, January 16, 2025. Please enter your desired quantities and click the 'Add' button.
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Vint. |
Wine |
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| | Bordeaux Red |
| Ch. Ausone |
2009 |
St. Emilion  |
$895 |
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JS 100 (2/2012): Incredible nose of currants and blueberries. Flowers too. Licorice. Such purity on the nose of Cabernet Franc. Full body, incredible structure, with fabulous tannins and a long, long finish. Built out of stone. The perfect Ausone. Try after 2022.
WA 98+ (2/2012): A masterpiece in the making, proprietor Alain Vauthier’s 2009 Ausone boasts a dense purple color along with notes of powdered chalk, crushed rocks and wild blue, red and black fruits. Extravagantly rich with great minerality, precision and freshness as well as a voluptuous texture (unusual for a baby Ausone), this is an extraordinary wine. Sadly, there are fewer than 1,200 cases ... for the world. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2060+.
VM 97 (3/2019): The 2009 Ausone has a sumptuous bouquet with pure blackberry, raspberry, rose petal and orange blossom aromas. The wine is beautifully defined blossoms with aeration. It becomes very liquorice and menthol-like after 10 minutes’ aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. It is not a powerful 2009 and it feels sleek and quite tensile. Pure red fruit linger in the mouth with a very deft, almost understated finish. So elegant, so Ausone. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners’ 2009 Bordeaux tasting. Neal Martin. |
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| Ch. Margaux |
2015 |
Margaux |
$1,499 |
2 |
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JD 100 (11/2017): The grand vin is the 2015 Château Margaux and it’s as good a wine as I’ve ever tasted. Coming from just over one-third of the total production and a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and the balance Petit Verdot, brought up in 100% new French oak, its deep ruby/purple-tinged color is followed by a thrilling bouquet of crème de cassis, toasted spice, hints of toasty oak, and cedar wood. Incredibly elegant and finesse-driven, yet packed with fruit, depth, richness, and structure, it has as much class as you can fit inside a glass. While the vintage provides plenty of upfront charm, this is a wine to cellar for at least a decade, and enjoy over the following 40+ years.
JS 100-100 (4/2016): The greatest Margaux ever made. More than perfection. Full body, firm and ultra-silky tannins. Black currant, mineral and floral character. It starts slowly and seems almost endless on the palate. Seamless. I want to sing! This is the wine that Margaux never made in some of the classic vintages like 1961, 1959 and 1945. Maybe it's the 1900 all over again? Breathtaking.
WA 98-100 (4/2016): The 2015 Château Margaux is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, all together representing 35% of the total production at the estate. Raised entirely in new oak, it has a lucid garnet color. The bouquet is aimed directly at the senses - there is no dilly-dallying about, as it almost knocks you off your stool with its intense mineralite embroidered into this iridescent, graphite-tinged nose. The focus and penetration here ranks among the finest that I have tasted at this estate since first coming here in 1997. The palate is astonishingly well balanced, perfectly poised with super-fine tannins wrapped around pure blackberry, bilberry, graphite and cedar fruit. Like the Pavillon Rouge this year, there is a Pauillac-like sense of authority and aristocracy, leavened by Margaux-inspired femininity that completes that standout 2015 on the Left Bank. Beg for a bottle and worry about the cost later. Post script: I composed this tasting note five days before the passing of Paul Pontallier. It is a final gift from a gifted winemaker.
VM 95-98 (4/2016): The 2015 Margaux is a super-classic wine. In 2015, most Margauxs are notably intense, but Château Margaux expresses the richness of the year in its surprising tannic backbone and overall structure. Far from an up-front or sensual wine, the 2015 Margaux is likely to require considerable cellaring. It is a tightly-wound wine that manages to be both powerful and crystalline in its translucent purity. The 2015 is a wine of real density and yet so very much Margaux. About 35% of the crop went into the Grand Vin. Antonio Galloni. |
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| | Bordeaux White |
| Ch. d' Yquem |
2013 |
Ygrec "Y" du Yquem Bordeaux Superieur |
$169 |
1 |
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| WS 96 (4/2015): This stunning white offers a rich display of mango and papaya flavors, gilded with peach, lemon curd and tangerine notes, all allied to a gorgeously creamy mouthfeel. Shows an extra honeyed edge, with white ginger and heather details stretching out. Despite the overall opulence, a hint of citrus oil underscores the finish for cut and vibrancy. Drink now through 2025. |
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2015 |
Ygrec "Y" du Yquem Bordeaux Superieur |
$245 |
2 |
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| WA 92 (4/2017): No, not a 2016, but since it is the vintage currently for sale, then I will publish my review of the 2015 Ygrec here. The Sauvignon Blanc (75% of the blend) was picked quickly from 25-27 August this year, the Semillon on 3 and 4 September. It has six grams per liter of residual sugar and the pH, a sizzling 3.20. It has an intriguing bouquet of melted wax, white flowers and hints of sea spray, that marine influence becoming quite strong with aeration. The palate is fresh on the entry with fresh ginger and lemongrass, lively in the mouth with shades of orange rind and sour lemon towards the persistent finish. I would afford this several years in bottle and I suspect you will end up with a very distinctive dry Bordeaux from the most famous Sauternes estate. |
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| Le Petit Cheval Blanc |
2014 |
Bordeaux Blanc |
$190 |
1 |
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WS 92 (1/2017): This has a lovely feel, with a light shortbread frame around a core of white peach, honeysuckle and quinine notes, and shows both blanched almond and thyme flavors through the finish. Has an intriguing combination of weight and zip and really stretches out nicely in the glass. Sauvignon Blanc. Drink now through 2020. 375 cases made.
WA 91 (11/2016): The 2014 Le Petit Cheval Blanc, the first release to be commercialized, has a crisp and well-defined bouquet with scents of linden, yellow flowers and citrus fruit. Certainly there are no pyrazine elements here that Pierre-Olivier Clouet told me that he wanted to avoid. The palate is taut and linear, the acidity noticeable, conveying a light marine influence towards the finish with lip-smacking salinity on the aftertaste. It is a neutral style of Bordeaux Blanc that deftly disguises the oak. It is an impressive wine, though I wager that it will be even more so once the Semillon comes on board in 2018. |
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| | Bordeaux Red |
| Ch. Leoville Las Cases |
2008 |
St. Julien |
$195 |
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| Ch. Pavie |
2016 |
St. Emilion |
$359 |
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| Ch. Valandraud |
2015 |
St. Emilion |
$155 |
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| Chapelle d' Ausone |
2015 |
St. Emilion |
$225 |
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| | Bordeaux White |
| Ch. d' Yquem |
2009 |
Sauternes |
$499 |
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2014 |
Ygrec "Y" du Yquem Bordeaux Superieur |
$199 |
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| Ch. Pape-Clement |
2009 |
Pessac Leognan Blanc |
$349 |
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| | Rhone Red |
| Etienne Guigal |
2011 |
Cote Rotie La Landonne |
$325 |
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| Paul Jaboulet Aine |
2017 |
Hermitage La Chapelle |
$169 |
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2018 |
Hermitage La Chapelle |
$159 |
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| | Italy |
| Fuligni |
2010 |
Brunello di Montalcino Riserva |
$175 |
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| La Massa |
2010 |
Giorgio Primo Toscana IGT |
$100 |
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| Piero Antinori |
2008 |
Solaia |
$325 |
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| Sette Ponti |
2011 |
Oreno |
$79 |
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