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Midweek VinopolPick 9-4-18

In Today’s Newsletter:

The Insider’s Cornas
Trending Wines of the Week
Perrot-Minot and Simone In the September Sale
Warm Days Call for Rosé
Resonance Subscriber Special Ends Thursday at Midnight
French Treasures from Beaujolais, Burgundy and Sauternes
Mosel Fine Wines Loves the Incoming ’17’s of Thanisch
Clos Apalta: Chilean Perfection
September Clearance Roundup

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The Insider’s Cornas

The Best Under-the-Radar Producers

Of the Rhone’s Hottest Region
Cornas is the hot appellation in the Rhone, possibly in all of France. It’s coveted for its unique blend of elegance, power and raw character, with the top wines as good as any Grand Cru Burgundy or Hermitage.  Unfortunately, pricing for the top producers is skyrocketing, to the point where if you have to ask, then…

That said, there’s a clear tier of growers just below the Clape/Allemand level whose wines are priced far, far lower, reminding us of Allemand and Gonon five to ten years ago in terms of QPR.  

… Read the rest

Arterberry Maresh Stars: September 2018

With Two 96 Point Scores

In the New Issue of the Wine Advocate

We’ve long supported and loved the wines that Jim Arterberry makes under the Arterberry-Maresh (pronounced “marsh”) label, so it was no surprise to see him get a lot of critical praise in the new issue of the Wine Advocate.  These are some incredible wines, made in a understated style from exceptional, often extremely old, vineyards.  In the words of WA reviewer Erin Brooks:

“The 2016 Pinot Noirs from Arterberry Maresh offer amazing layers of sweet, precise fruits, exotic spices and earth—everything you want from great Pinot Noir. They’re concentrated and jam-packed with flavor while still maintaining excellent grainy tannic structure and very juicy acidity, not to mention they age beautifully.… Read the rest

A Trove of Tuscan Treasure

August 30th, 2018

New Releases From Felsina and La Gerla

Arriving in September

la gerla tuscan estate vineyard brunelloRecent vintages have been kind to Tuscany.  2012, 2013 and now 2015 have all been marked successes, delivering wines of opulence and class.  Whether you prefer Brunello, Chianti or Super-Tuscans, there are a multitude of brilliant wines across the region that all deserve your attention.  We have a set of classic producers we love and new releases from two of them arrive in September.

La Gerla makes fantastic Brunello in a traditional (yet approachable) way.  The wines always have striking purity of fruit and elegant structures but are free of the sweet tinted oak that masks many “easy drinking” Brunellos. The pricing is on-point and the combination of all of the above has turned the estate into a Vinopolis staple. … Read the rest

Vinopolis Thursday Special 7-19-18

In Today’s Newsletter:

Special New Review Edition

Arriving Tomorrow: Orin Swift’s Sensation
Two New Reviews from Grapelive and James Suckling
Josh Raynolds Raves About 2016 Chateauneuf
Two Treats from Wine Spectator Advance

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Arriving Tomorrow

Orin Swift’s Top Catalan Sensation

At the Best Price in the Country
Orin Swift makes a bit of wine in southwestern France—big powerful bottles that are probably even better than the wines produced in California.  They come from old, old vines in the Cotes Catalanes and we’re getting the top wine from that project, Pharoan, tomorrow. This is a wine not to be missed for lovers of the producer and a mere 18 bottles arrive tomorrow.

Orin Swift Department D 66 ‘Pharaon’, IGP Cotes Catalanes 2014 ($189.95) $136 pre-arrival special
Wine Advocate 95 points “The top wine is the 2014 IGP Cotes Catalanes Pharaon, and it’s a barrel selection that ended up being an even split of Grenache and Syrah that was aged in 75% new French oak.

… Read the rest

Weekend VinopolPick 3-31-18

In Today’s Newsletter:

A Lionnet Vertical: Hot Stuff from the Northern Rhone
2016 Marcus Molitor – First Offer, Incredible Wines
New April Sale Wines, Including: Jamet, Huet, Donnhoff and More!
You Better, You Better, You Betz: New Releases

New Arrivals Including:
New Rosé, Quilceda Creek, No Girls,
Louis Latour, Lapierre and More!

Last Chance at March Sale Prices on
 Montevertine, Heymann-Loewenstein, Montraponi and 61 Others!

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Featured New Arrival:

A Vertical of Lionnet Cornas

The New “It” Vigneron of the Northern Rhone

There’s no two ways around it—Cornas has become the hot AOC in the Northern Rhone, perhaps in France.  Allemand, Clape, Ooka, Paris, etc—prices have been going up, demand has been going up, and wines are in stock for shorter and shorter periods of time.  

… Read the rest