Show Off Your Magnum Size Love This Valentine’s Day!

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You will definitely get lucky holding a sexy Trimbach Torpedo!

2007 was a miracle vintage for Trimbach: a warm spring and a beautiful harvest season resulting in top, dry, precise wines. Pierre Trimbach (11th generation to continue the purist vision for this exceptional terroir) considers this vintage one of the best ever produced in Alsace.

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Magnums 2007 Riesling Cuvee Frederic Emile $140 each

Dry, bone dry, precise, pure, with some beautiful ripe fruits. Let’s say a true Frédéric Emile as you love it! Start to drink it or keep it for ages. 18/20 Jancis Robinson

Magnums 2007 Riesling Clos Ste Hune $440 each

is more than promising: it is already gorgeous and giving a lot. Deep intensity with some mineral shades, characteristic from the wine. It’s a Riesling for aging and for gastronomy, it will be at the top in a few years from now…19/20 by Jancis Robinson

96 Points Wine Advocate

“Trimbach’s 2007 Riesling Clos Ste-Hune displays genuine intrigue in its array of floral, mineral and animal shadings focusing on narcissus, musk, shimmering crystalline stoniness, alkalinity, and savory salinity. Grapefruit and orange are tinged with juniper berry, quinine, as well as hints of white truffle that enhance the resemblance to 1996 (although Trimbachs compare this with their 2001). And while less austere than the corresponding Frederic Emile, this is no less penetratingly or exhilaratingly long. An amazingly extract- and energy-rich, kaleidoscopically multi-faceted Ste-Hune, it should be absorbing to follow for a quarter century or more. I cannot recall a collection at this address that was more consistently fine.”

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The much anticipated 2010 Brunellos are starting to trickling in!

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Wines of traditional elegance that are aged exclusively in large Slavonian oak. Even diehard Burgundy lovers will fall to the charms of this Brunello made by Paolo Vagaggini, one of the most sought after monologists in Tuscany!

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2010 Gianni Brunelli Brunello di Montalcino

$360 6pack

95 Points James Suckling

“The aromas of iron, burnt orange, and dried cherry are compelling. Mineral undertones as well. Meat, earth. This is full body, firm and lightly toasty. Structured. This needs at least three years to soften. Muscular style as always but succulent too. Best ever from here!”

Nebbiolo Never Tasted So Good!

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From the greatest vintage in Barolo in decades, the Master Blaster Angelo Gaja has created two wines for the Ages!!

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2010 Gaja Conteisa Nebbiolo $1530 6pack
97 Points Wine Advocate

“The 2010 Conteisa is a stunner with all the overwhelming elegance that is inherent to this vintage. It opens steadily to reveal red flower, cassis, baking spice, anisette and tobacco. The aromas are expressive and deep with enduring richness. The tannins are slightly sweet and already soft. This is a collectors’ choice. Drink: 2018-2040.”

2010 Gaja Sperss Nebbiolo $1650 6pack
97 Points Wine Spectator “Collectibles”
96 Points Wine Advocate

“The 2010 Sperss delivers a broad approach to the bouquet with bold flavors of red fruit, spice and milk chocolate that caress the palate. The wine sports a broad frame with beautiful fruit filling at its core. The tannins in Sperss are very firm and structured and this wine won’t be ready for five to ten more years. Drink: 2018-2040.”

Be Ready for Valentine’s Day!

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With over 250 years of history and experience behind it, Lanson knows how to deliver a truly remarkable champagne experience at a price we like! We guarantee these bubbles will melt your Valentine’s Heart!
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Lanson Black Label Brut Champagne $252 6pack
91 Points Wine Spectator

“The Lanson Black Label Champagne (pinot Noir and Chardonnay blend) is an elegant, berry and citrus-infused bubbly, very fresh and lively, with an intensity that carries through to the long, long finish.”

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We can’t pronounce it but we LOVE it!

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Who Loves Blaufränkisch?! We do!!!Blaufränkisch
2012 Uwe Schiefer Blaufränkisch “K” Konigsberg $252 case
Sudbergunland, Austria

Lovely, bright and fresh with balanced berry and mineral flavors.

Schiefer’s principle: “Less is more” is his aim to genuine winemaking. He produces unfiltered wines in a very puristic style focusing on naturalness and is working biodynamically. The Südburgenland is Austria’s smallest wine producing province and straddles the border with Hungary. This rich terroir coupled with Uwe’s traditional wine-making style produces stunning Blaufränkisch!

And we are not alone talking about this grape. Read more below about this flavorful, spicy grape!

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The Best Price in town! Magnums Available!

Along with D’Angerville, Gouges, and Rousseau, Tollot-Beaut was a pioneering Burgundian who started producing and bottling their own wines in the early part of the 20th Century, their first domaine bottling being 1921. Natalie is the fifth generation to run the cellars that are over 250 years old.

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2010 Domaine Tollot Beaut Beaune Greves Premier Cru $360 6pack

92 Points Bruce Sanderson WIne Spectator “The high quality can be attributed to the high proportions of old vines from the Pinot Fin strain, a very old and delicate Pinot Noir variety considered the most desirable for quality…Rich andopulent for the vintage, showing black cherry, blackberry and spice flavors. Picks up a mineral accent as the vibrant acidity focuses the finish, with an aftertaste of oak spice. Open and racy. Best from 2016 through 2030. Only 45 cases imported!”

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Super rare in magnum size. Bottled exclusively for us!

2 magnums 2010 Tollot Beaut Beaune Greves Premier Cru $165 each

5 magnums 2009 Tollot Beaut Beaune Clos du Roi Premier Cru $175 each

3 magnums 2010 Tollot Beaut Beaune Clos du Roi Premier Cru $175 each

3 magnums 2010 Tollot Beaut Corton Bressandes Grand Cru $225 each

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Calling All Pinot Noir Drinkers!!!

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All the famous, in-the-know French winemakers are buying up Oregon wine property for a reason! And these two stars from the Willamette Valley are perfect examples of the subtle purity this great terroir and climate can produce from the noble Pinot Noir grape! Trust us on this one! And the price is right!

lenvoye2013 Maison L’Envoye Two Messengers Pinot Noir Willamette Valley $168 6pack
The winemaker here is Mike Etzel Jr, the son of Beaux Freres owner and the Burgundy consultant is Louis-Michel Liger-Belair. A dynamic duo headed by former Evenling Land founder Mark Tarlov. Blended from Yamhill Carlton, Ribbon Ridge and Eola-Amity Hills.

cristom2012 Cristom Mt Jefferson Pinot Noir Willamette Valley $192 6pack
The Mt. Jefferson Cuvée is always blended from all of Cristom’s estate vineyards in an attempt to capture the diversity of Willamette Valley while creating what the winery calls “one of the most expansive yet stylistically consistent Pinot Noirs in the world.” This wine is the #1 choice for restaurant Pinot Noirs and sommeliers in 2014.

Magnum Fever Continues!

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Fabulous Magnums to Enjoy for Many Years to Come! Ex-Chateau, original wood cases

 

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2006 Chateau Lynch Bages $2340 case / $390 magnum

94+ Wine Advocate “Tasted blind at Southwold ’06 Bordeaux tasting. I have always felt that the Lynch Bages ’06 was one of the real treasures of the vintage and this blind tasting verifies that belief. It is ripe and very pure on the backward nose with subtle touches of tobacco and cigar box. Refined and understated. The palate is full-bodied, very well balanced, toasty new oak but there is sufficient ripe black tarry fruit to support it. Great weight and persistency on the structured, dense, masculine, edgy finish. Excellent. Returning after 15 minutes I find this so elegant and brimming with tension. Do not under-estimate this Lynch. Tasted January 2010.” Drink 2014-2039

 

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2005 Chateau La Lagune $1320 case / $220 magnum

95 Points Robert Parker “This is the finest wine made at this estate since 1982, and possibly the greatest La Lagune of all time. Its dense ruby/purple color is followed by an exquisite bouquet of spice box, incense, sweet unsmoked cigar tobacco, black cherry liqueur, forest floor, and subtle toasty oak. Reminiscent of a Cote de Nuits grand cru blended with a top-notch Bordeaux, this beauty possesses silky tannins, a broad, savory, expansive mouthfeel, and intrinsic precision as well as elegance. Moreover, this fabulous wine is a relative bargain for the vintage. Seamless and prodigious! Anticipated maturity: 2010-2025.”

 

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Chateau Moncets Lalande de Pomerol 2010

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Don’t Panic and Drink Your Last Petrus….

We have the perfect and exclusive substitute while you are Snowbound!

2010 Chateau Moncets Lalande de Pomerol $294 case

Set in an exceptional location a few acres from the best grand crus of Pomerol and Saint Emilion, Chateau Moncets’ two towers have been standing tall and proud for two centuries. The elegant Merlot and Cabernet Franc blend in the superb 2010 vintage has great length and freshness — a charming wine with good aging capacity. At this price it is a Must Buy for all Pomerol lovers!

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Opus One!

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Sitting on a special pedestal in Napa Valley, Opus One is the legendary collaboration between Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild.
These original cases have just arrived today and not expected to last at this special pricing. Enjoy!

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2011 Opus One Napa Valley $250 bottle / $1500 6pack
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94 Points Antonio Galloni “The 2011 Opus One comes across as quite powerful and intense. Raspberry jam, rose petals, savory herbs and mint, all come together beautifully in the glass. The tannins are going to need a few years to soften, but the 2011 continues to develop very nicely in bottle.”