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Chateauneuf-du-Pape Sale 3-1-25
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Chateauneuf du Pape Sale
Close-Out Featurette: Merkelbach
Chateauneuf du Pape Sale
Close-Out Featurette: Merkelbach
Regal Rhônes
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Chateauneuf-du-Pape
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Chateauneuf-du-Pape
The Southern Rhone region of Chateauneuf-du-Pape is the king when it comes to power and impact. These wines are loaded to the hilt with aromatics, tannins, bombast, and terroir. Even the whites hit like no other.
What makes these so delicious?
This is the home of GSM blends, the trio of grapes (Grenache-Syrah-Mourvèdre) that comprise the majority of CDP wines. Grenache typically is the base with proportions of the other two varying widely between producers. Rustic herbal and rich spice notes frame the red and black fruit aromas typical to the wines.
You’ll find plenty of terroir here, especially among the top estates, where vines are grown in poor, stony soils that impart deep and dark mineral notes.
What makes these so delicious?
This is the home of GSM blends, the trio of grapes (Grenache-Syrah-Mourvèdre) that comprise the majority of CDP wines. Grenache typically is the base with proportions of the other two varying widely between producers. Rustic herbal and rich spice notes frame the red and black fruit aromas typical to the wines.
You’ll find plenty of terroir here, especially among the top estates, where vines are grown in poor, stony soils that impart deep and dark mineral notes.
Vinopolis Newsletter 2-28-25
Special Arrivals
Champagne Supernova
Cedric Bouchard
Cult Producer alert! This Côte des Bar producer releases only single-vineyard, single-varietal, single-vintage, zero-dosage Champagnes. Cedric Bouchard features some of the lowest restricted yields in Champagne, and places extra emphasis on picking at the optimum moment. The Côte des Bar itself is partially composed of the same Kimmeridgian soils as Chablis, which gives these a surge an almost electric intensity. Think of them as lightning in a bottle!
Cedric left the Sommelier world in 2000 and hit the ground running with a mission: to create un-adulterated wines that reveal the time and place of their origins above all else. By 2008, he had been named winemaker of the year by Gault Millau, one of France’s most respected restaurant and wine guides.
Emrich-Scholeber Sale 2-27-25
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Emrich-Schonleber Sale
Close-Out Featurette: Dal Forno
Emrich-Schonleber Sale
Close-Out Featurette: Dal Forno
Inspirational Riesling
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Emrich-Schonleber
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Emrich-Schonleber
Despite the fame and renown of the estate inside Germany, Emrich-Schonleber flies under the radar in the USA. These are spectacular wines—every bit the equal of Dönnhoff, their main competition in the Nahe. This is the producer that inspired Stephan Bitterolf to open Vom Boden, the mostly-German wine importer best known for bringing Keller to the States.
Father and son team Werner and Frank Schönleber work with awe-inspiring sites, the most prominent being Halenberg and Frühlingsplätzchen. Both are unusually steep for the Nahe—they have slopes of up to 70%. Halenberg is as you’d dream for the Nahe: a mixture of blue slate (like the Mosel) and quartz.
Father and son team Werner and Frank Schönleber work with awe-inspiring sites, the most prominent being Halenberg and Frühlingsplätzchen. Both are unusually steep for the Nahe—they have slopes of up to 70%. Halenberg is as you’d dream for the Nahe: a mixture of blue slate (like the Mosel) and quartz.
Vinopolis Newsletter 2-26-2025 PM
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Arriving Friday, March 7th
“Il Marroneto remains at the top of their game and at the head of the pack.”
New Arrivals
Purple Hands, Cameron, COS, Donnhoff, Telmo Rodriguez, Donnhoff, and more!
Featured Close-outs
The best Austrian sparkling wines ever ‘Madl?’
Arriving Friday, March 7th
“Il Marroneto remains at the top of their game and at the head of the pack.”
New Arrivals
Purple Hands, Cameron, COS, Donnhoff, Telmo Rodriguez, Donnhoff, and more!
Featured Close-outs
The best Austrian sparkling wines ever ‘Madl?’
Arriving Friday, March 7th
Italy
Il Marroneto
“Il Marroneto remains at the top of their game and at the head of the pack.” -Ian D’Agata
In a region like Brunello, which is crowded with amazing producers such as Biondi Santi, Sassetti, and Pian Dell’Orino, Il Marroneto proves there is still room at the top.
These immaculate wines have built a near cult-like following over the decades, and while devotees like Antonio Galloni and and Kerin O’Keefe have been singing its praise for years now, it has done a good job of keeping below the radar; a fact that no doubt only adds to its appeal.