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Chateau Cos dEstournel Saint Estephe 2010
Chateau Cos dEstournel Saint Estephe 2010
Regular priceYour Price: $349.97
Available: 26
Representing 55% of the production and cropped at 35 hectoliters per hectare, Cos d'Estournel's final blend in 2010 is 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot and the rest tiny portions of Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Compared to the massive 2009 (14.6% natural alcohol), the 2010 achieved slightly less alcohol, but also a lower pH, which accounts for its more tannic, backward, huge style. An inky/purple color is accompanied by aromas of damp earth, black currants, blackberries, licorice and charcoal. Firm, thick and super-concentrated, it is another outrageously impressive wine that will require 6-10 years of cellaring. It should keep for 30+ years. It is somewhat 2005-ish in its structure and palate impression. -WS 95-97
W02080
France
Saint Estephe
Red
2010
Red Blend
.750L
yes
Chateau Cheval Blanc St. Emilion 2000
Chateau Cheval Blanc St. Emilion 2000
Regular priceYour Price: $1,199.97
Available: 21
Coming out of a relatively dormant state, this 2000 is a spectacular Cheval Blanc. Of recent vintages, I think only the 2009 can give it a run for its money. A blend of 53% Merlot and 47% Cabernet Franc, the wine has a sweet nose of menthol, melted licorice, boysenberry, blueberry, and cassis. A broad wine with compelling purity, a layered texture, and sweet tannin, with hints of coffee and earth in the background, this is by far the best Cheval Blanc since 1990 and before 2009. It is a legend in the making and can actually be drunk now, as the tannins have nearly melted away. This is a beauty with incredibly complex aromatics. Drink it over the next 25-30 years. 99WA
W00932
France
Saint Emilion
Red
2000
Red Blend
.750L
yes
Chateau Cheval Blanc Saint Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classe 2006
Chateau Cheval Blanc Saint Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classe 2006
Regular priceYour Price: $794.97
Available: 40
As always, the 2006 Cheval Blanc is made in a lighter, more elegant style based on finesse, purity, and beautiful nuances. A deep ruby/purple color is accompanied by scents of crushed rocks, menthol, raspberries, cherries, and assorted blue as well as black fruits. An impeccable integration of new oak, medium body, terrific palate penetration and purity, and light tannins suggest it will be drinkable in 2-3 years, but it should put on considerable weight because of its large Cabernet Franc component. - WA95
W-00003398
France
Bordeaux
Red
2006
Red Blend
.750L
yes
Chateau Sociando Mallet Medoc 1986
Chateau Sociando Mallet Medoc 1986
Regular priceYour Price: $179.97
Available: 9
"A powerful, rich wine as good as many cru classes. Inky color and intense vanilla, violet and cassis aromas; full-bodied, with great balance, full but integrated tannins and a long finish." 94pts WS
W00978
France
Bordeaux
Red
1986
Red Blend
.750L
yes
Jean Luc & Eric Burguet Gevrey-Chambertin Grand Cru Clos de Beze 2006
Jean Luc & Eric Burguet Gevrey-Chambertin Grand Cru Clos de Beze 2006
Regular priceYour Price: $264.97
Available: 11
Alain was born in 1950 to Yvon Burguet, a tacheron for Domaine Tortochot who also worked his own vines in Gevrey. fter military service, Alain returned to Gevrey and decided to start his own domaine, working exclusively with rented vines until 1974 when the opportunity arose to buy his first 2.10 ha of vines in the village. He bottled his own production from the start, and began to earn a reputation for himself, which was boosted around 1982 when Becky picked up Alain’s wines. She brought Jean Troigros to taste, who was utterly impressed with the Gevrey Vieilles Vignes and promptly added them to his restaurant’s list. Alain continued to expand his domaine, acquiring 1er Cru Les Champeaux in 1985, inheriting some of his father’s 3.5 hectares in 1991, while still working rented vineyards. Well before the more global movement toward sustainability and almost 20 years before Ecocert was created to certify organic agriculture, Alain insisted on organic methods.
W07330
France
Burgundy
Red
2006
Pinot Noir
.750L
yes
Jimenez Landi The End Mentrida D.O 2008
Jimenez Landi The End Mentrida D.O 2008
Regular priceYour Price: $71.97
Available: 8
W00051
Spain
Mentrida
Red
2008
Garnacha
.750L
yes
Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia Gran Reserva Rioja 1976
Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia Gran Reserva Rioja 1976
Regular priceYour Price: $499.97
Available: 27
"Thirty years after the vintage the two 1976 Gran Reservas still fully express the qualities of their unique terroirs. The outstanding 1976 Vina Tondonia Gran Reserva offers a multitude of tertiary nuances in its suggestions of leather, licorice, coffee beans, earthiness and dried prunes on a medium-bodied frame of notable elegance. It is sweeter and riper than the Bosconia Gran Reserva, with a resonating note of alcoholic warmth that frames the long, lingering finish. 92/Anticipated maturity: 2006-?" 92pts WA
W-00003165
Spain
Rioja
Red
1976
Tempranillo
.750L
yes
Lopez de Heredia Vina Bosconia Gran Reserva Rioja 1976
Lopez de Heredia Vina Bosconia Gran Reserva Rioja 1976
Regular priceYour Price: $379.97
Available: 25
"The seductive 1976 Vina Bosconia Gran Reserva is another ethereal beauty, revealing an expressive nose along with notes of earthiness, sweet perfumed fruit, cocoa, flowers and an occasional hint of white truffle that floats out of the glass. Fresher and more vibrant than the Tondonia Gran Reserva, it offers outstanding length and notable structure in an understated yet profound expression of Rioja. It is that rare wine that invites contemplation by engaging all of the taster?????s senses. A great effort. 95 Anticipated maturity: 2006-?" 95pts WA
W-00003161
Spain
Rioja
Red
1976
Tempranillo
.750L
yes
CVNE Vina Real Gran Reserva Rioja 1978
CVNE Vina Real Gran Reserva Rioja 1978
Regular priceYour Price: $229.97
Available: 73
I think context is very important in wine, and when I drink old bottles I always think how the world was when they harvested the grapes: what happened that year, how people lived and how they made the wine. It's sometimes mind boggling to drink some very old wines, a real privilege which, I often say, is as close as you can get to time travel. So I've given some context to all these wines. I'm told nobody reads the tasting notes and people only look at the scores, let's see if we get some reaction on these. Even though the tasting was excellent, I expected even more; we had too many corked wines and some vintages had shown better on other occasions. But such is the case with old wines, there are no great vintages anymore, only great bottles. Highlights of the tasting were 1959, 1947 and 1938. On top of those, there was one outstanding and perfect wine that day, and, as I might not find better excuse to publish a note on it than now, I've included it here. It's an historical wine, a one-off, semi-sweet white produced at the end of the Spanish Civil War, a wine impossible to replicate, fruit of impossible circumstances, a wine I've had the luck to drink and share with many people on a number of occasions and which never fails to impress everyone.
W-00003342
Spain
Rioja
Red
1978
Tempranillo
.750L
yes
Benjamin Romeo Contador Rioja 2007
Benjamin Romeo Contador Rioja 2007
Regular priceYour Price: $299.97
Available: 8
"The flagship 2007 Contador receives the same elevage as the Cueva cuvee, the difference is based entirely on selection. Deep purple in color, it surrenders an already multifaceted perfume of sandalwood, truffle, Asian spices, incense, black cherry, and blackberry. On the palate it exhibits a satin texture, intense flavors, loads of spice, impeccable balance, and an elegant personality in combination with its power. It demands 6-8 years of cellaring at the minimum and its drinking window will extend from 2016 to 2042." 98pts WA
W-00003348
Spain
Rioja
Red
2007
Red Blend
.750L
yes
Staglin Family Vineyards Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2017
Staglin Family Vineyards Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2017
Regular price Regular Price: $274.99 Sale priceYour Price: $255.97
Save $19.02
Available: 6
Review is on the 2016.
97 pts Wine Advocate
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate bursts out of the glass with beautiful black cherry compote, warm cassis and freshly crushed blackberries scents plus touches of chargrill, violets, dark chocolate and pencil shavings and a waft of English lavender. Full-bodied, the palate features great intensity combined with fantastic freshness, textured by soft, finely grained tannins and lifted by the most gorgeous floral perfume, finishing long and layered. Beautiful wine.
95 pts Vinous
The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is another wine in this range that shows the natural breadth and dimension of the year. Ample, powerful and broad, with real depth...New leather, spice, menthol and sweet dark cherry all build in a rich, textured Cabernet.
W19643
US
California - Napa Valley
Red
2017
Cabernet Sauvignon
.750L
Michael Mondavi M Animo Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
Michael Mondavi M Animo Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
Regular priceYour Price: $189.99
Available: 9
The 2005 is bottled and made in a rich yet elegant style, with loamy currant, spice and dried berry with a touch of cedary oak and a hint of graphite. It?????s very tight and young now, but well-balanced and fairly typical of the 2005 vintage for Napa Cabernet. - WS
W-00003884
US
California - Napa Valley
Red
2005
Cabernet Sauvignon
.750L
yes
Kelleher Brix Vineyard Oakville, Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Kelleher Brix Vineyard Oakville, Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Regular priceYour Price: $85.99
Available: 22
"Our 2009 estate grown Cabernet Sauvignon has a deep dark ruby color with gorgeous aromas of Bing Cherry. Aged for 24 months in 50% new and 50% once used French Oak Barrels, our Cabernet Sauvignon is bold, fruit forward and suitable for aging. Look for a hint of chocolate and a dash of spice on the palate. The well-structured yet smooth tannins are present throughout the lingering finish and you can count on enjoying this wine for many years to come."
Aging takes place in 50% new and 50% once used French Oak for 24 months
W-00001969
US
California
Red
2009
Cabernet Sauvignon
.750L
yes
Gilgal Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot Galilee 2021
Gilgal Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot Galilee 2021
Regular priceYour Price: $15.97
Available: 12
This 50-50 blend of Cabernet and Merlot is medium-bodied, complex and flavorful.
W11123
Israel
Galilee
Red
2021
Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot
.750L
Vino de Eyzaguirre Colchagua Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Vino de Eyzaguirre Colchagua Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Regular priceYour Price: $7.97
Available: 34
"Rich, deep burgundy. Aromatic profile features red apples and raspberries. On the palate, bright fresh cherries with toasty elements and just a hint of pepper."
W-00000106
Chile
Colchagua Valley
Red
2019
Cabernet Sauvignon
.750L