Vinopolis Tuesday Newsletter 3-6-18
In Today’s Newsletter:
… Read the rest The 95 Point Cuilleron St. Joseph Blanc
2015 Clos de Papes – A Long Awaited Powerhouse
#Trending Wines from the Weekend
Spring Arrives Friday: Clos St. Magdeleine Rosé
Staff Picks: Oregon and Burgundy, Intertwined and Incredible
March Clearance Sale, Continued
Almaviva: A Perfect (100pt) Chilean Wine
Anakota’s High Scoring, Massive Cabernet
Two Magical Burgundies
95 Points from Grapelive
The Cuilleron St. Joseph Blanc “Digue”
Cave Yves Cuilleron Saint-Joseph Lieu-Dit Digue, Rhone 2016 750ML ($49.95) $39 special, 18 bottles in stock now
Grapelive 95 points “At Rosenthal Imports Tasting in San Francisco featuring their fantastic set of old world producers, with a focus on Rhone and Bordeaux, I was struck by just how brilliant the 2016 Northern Rhone whites were, in some cases like this Cuilleron Saint-Joseph Blanc, they managed to out shine the amazing and show stopping 2015 reds, both from the Rhone and Bordeaux!
Grapelive 95 points “At Rosenthal Imports Tasting in San Francisco featuring their fantastic set of old world producers, with a focus on Rhone and Bordeaux, I was struck by just how brilliant the 2016 Northern Rhone whites were, in some cases like this Cuilleron Saint-Joseph Blanc, they managed to out shine the amazing and show stopping 2015 reds, both from the Rhone and Bordeaux!
The March Clearance Sale rolls on, with a special treat today—all three 2016 single vineyard Sec’s from Domaine Huet. These are some of the most profound dry white wines in the world and a bargain at full price. At these clearance prices, well…these are no-brainers if we ever saw them.
Grapelive 94 points “Mark Vlossak’s brilliant 2014 Freedom Hill Pinot is bursting with minty rose oil, Bing cherry and mineral tones. This bright and gripping wine is absolutely everything you’d want from an Oregon Pinot. In fact it’s very Volnay like in the glass with racy fruits, earth, spice and intense detail.
The 2016’s from Mo Ayoub have landed here at Vinopolis—an exciting event for one of the new-benchmark wineries in the Willamette Valley. Ayoub has established itself as a go-to for customers looking for big, rich, silky Pinot Noir. These are full throttle wines, as Oregon Pinot goes, and their small quantities mean that they have become coveted bottles to have in the cellar. Mo is very excited about the 2016’s—a vintage that is deservedly gaining a lot of buzz here in Oregon.