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Midweek VinopolPick 10-22-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Boisset’s Top Rank, Top Value Burgundy

First Offer: Highlights of Bedrock’s Fall Release

New 2016 Burgundy Reviews from Neal Martin at Vinous

Two Iconic California Cabernets

Grapelive Love for Two Excellent Crozes-Hermitages

Staff Pick: Our Best-Selling Rose is Fizzy & Absurdly Delicious

Two Top Nikolaihof Bottlings, Arriving Tomorrow

Trending Offer: Profound, Classical Brunello

A Giant of the Rhone

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Boisset’s Top Rank, Top Value Burgundy

The best values in Burgundy might be coming out of the venerable negociant Jean-Claude Boisset, now helmed by Jean-Charles Boisset and winemaker Grégory Patriat.  Patriat, who did not go to school for enology (and instead worked for a number of venerable producers, including Leroy), crafts wines with much less intervention than many other negociants and the results are stunning.  
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Weekend VinopolPick 10-18-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Profound, Classical Brunello

Cadence’s Bordeaux-Influenced Washington Vision

Staff Pick: Classic St. Estephe

Featured New Arrival: Fenocchio’s Traditional Barolos

Top Italian Values

First Offer: New Wines from Montevertine

Trending Wines

New Reviews for Az. Ag COS

Rose of the Day

A Top Winter Chateauneuf Pick

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Profound, Classical Brunello
Livio Sassetti is one of the founding fathers of Brunello and the wines coming off of his “Pertimali” estate define the genre.  This is a Grand Cru site in Montalcino and the wines are thrilling whenever you get a chance to taste them. We’ve worked hard to acquire some of both the ’14 and ’15 Brunello and finally get to offer them to you today.

These are wines that define what “traditional” means within the context of Brunello—robust personalities with delicate aromatics, long aging in botti and the capacity to age for a long time in a cool cellar.  

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Midweek VinopolPick 10-15-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

The Best Value in Italy?

Trending Wines

Staff Pick: A Go-To Chianti

Rose of the Day

By the Vintage/Buy the Vintage: 2015 Barolo

Collector’s Corner: The Scarce Wines of Clos Rougeard

Keller: Beyond the GG’s

The Best Vin Santo

Jaboulet’s 2016’s – Monuments in the Making

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The Best Value in Italy?

Introducing Tiberio, Secret Star of Abruzzo

“Abruzzo’s Tiberio winery has quickly risen to the top of the hierarchy not just in Abruzzo’s but in all of Italy.” –Ian D’Agata, Vinous

Abruzzo is an Italian wine region best known for two standout producers: Valentini and Emidio Pepe—but it’s probably time to add a third to the list: the wines of the Tiberio family.  They’re not quite at the level of their two closest peers, but importantly their pricing is still in line with the value producers that dot the Abruzzese wine landscape.  

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Midweek Addition 10-9-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

The Last Undervalued Great Barolo House?

New Reviews from Wine Spectator and Grapelive

Trending Wines

High Scoring Napa Cab from Bevan Cellars

Vajra’s Top Tier Dolcetto : 93 Points, Under $25

Rose of the Day – Cult Loire Hero

The Revolutionary Dry Riesling of Marcus Molitor

New Champagne: Bollinger and Lilbert Fils

2017 Domaine Grand Veneur Chateauneufs

 
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The Last Undervalued Great Barolo House?

It’s remarkable that even as Brovia’s star is rising in the echelons of Barolo, prices have yet to seriously escalate for these wines. They stand with any producer’s collection of Barolos and yet are priced below many ‘name’ producers that are making wines of less character and interest.  For traditionally made Barolo, these are some of the best wines you can buy (at any price, really, but especially for the price).
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Midweek VinopolPick 10-8-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

The Long Shadows Vintners Collection

First Offer: St. Damien’s 2017 Gigondas

Highlights from Jorge Ordonez Imports

Trending Wines

Rosés of the Day

Arnaldo Caprai’s Fantastic Rosso

Charles Heidsieck: The Overlooked Grande Marque

Delas’ Powerful Rhone Vision

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The Long Shadows Vintners Collection

Long Shadows was created to highlight the best that Columbia Valley wines could be.  Allen Shoup, the founder of Chateau St Michelle, wanted to create a winery solely for the purpose of showing off the best qualities of Washington wine.  Rather than create one winery, though, he created a set of them—with the best winemakers in the world each having an equity stake in a brand that was tailored to their vision and what they did best.  
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