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"This shimmers with its flavors of apple and lime, its hint of toast and its soft finish. It's finely balanced, a great selection that is ready to drink now." 94pts WE

"All the lightness of white floral notes: hawthorn blossom, linden blossom and white clover. A fresh, stylish wine with good structure, silky and elegant, based on the mineral notes of the best Chardonnay Grand Crus. The floral, fruity notes give way to subtle spicy hints for a pleasant finish on the palate." Winemaker notes

A benchmark premium Tequila, the Patron Silver has aromas of fruit and citrus, and is smooth and sweet on the palate with a light pepper finish.

The iconic Don Julio 1942 Tequila is the choice of connoisseurs around the globe. Produced in small batches and aged for a minimum of two and a half years, Don Julio 1942 Tequila is handcrafted in tribute to the year that Don Julio Gonzalez began his tequila-making journey. An elegant and luxurious Tequila, best served in a snifter.

The iconic Don Julio 1942 Tequila is the choice of connoisseurs around the globe. Produced in small batches and aged for a minimum of two and a half years, Don Julio 1942 Tequila is handcrafted in tribute to the year that Don Julio Gonzalez began his tequila-making journey. An elegant and luxurious Tequila, best served in a snifter.

Sustainable / Natural / No Added Sulfites

92 points Wine Advocate
The new white 2023 Nauda Viura was produced with nothing other than grapes showcasing their minimal-intervention approach. It has a golden color and notes of yellow fruit and pollen, clearly influenced by the contact with the skins. It fermented in old tinajas in contact with the skins for six months after which it was pressed and bottled. It has contained ripeness and 12.5% alcohol, keeping a pH of 3.35, with a bone-dry, faintly tannic finish. 4,745 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2024.

White grapes that have been partially crushed. Fermentation occurs slowly and spontaneously. There is no pumping or punching down, no cold control, and no chemicals, allowing for a gradual fermentation. After the alcoholic fermentation is finished, the tank is finished and closed for extended maceration with skins. Skin maceration for 11 months, bleeding of the wine without pressing the skins, resulting in a low yield of only 45%. Prior to bottling, light filtration is performed. Wine with minimal intervention and no additions. 585 Bottles produced from .5 of a hectare.

97 points Wine Advocate
Tasted a few months after it was bottled, the Ornellaia 2022 Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia will be coming to market in March 2025. The blend is 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 10% Petit Verdot. The wine sees 18 months of aging with up to 70% new oak, but the trick, proprietor Lamberto Frescobaldi tells me, is drawing from a large group of coopers with different toast levels and forests. "I don't want to make a wine of any one tonnellerie," he says. The oak element is crucial to the identity of this wine that reveals dark fruit, blackberry, sweet spice and cinnamon. Most of the vines were planted in the 1980s, and the average age of the plants is over 20 years old. Fruit comes from many parcels, including Bellaria, Bellaria Nuova, Bellaria Alta, Pero, Fosso, Vigna Vecchia and Stallina. Indeed, some 80 wines are made before final blending. The 2022 vintage will be remembered for its full-bodied appeal, concentrated fruit and generous oak renderings. Petit Verdot plays a slightly larger role in this vintage and was one of the surprise hits of 2022. It serves to elongate the wine and adds to its length. The wine's abundant fruit weight cedes to elegantly integrated tannins. This vintage will appeal to die-hard Ornellaia enthusiasts.

96 points Vinous
The 2022 Ornellaia is a terrific wine for the year. Dark red-toned fruit, mocha, new leather, licorice and spice all take shape in a mid-weight, pliant Ornellaia that is quite alluring, even in the early going. The blend is 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 10% Petit Verdot, unusual for the elevated presence of Petit Verdot, which did better than Franc in 2022. The higher percentage of Petit Verdot comes through in the wine?????s dark-leaning personality and also in the quality of tannins. More than anything else, the 2022 is a reminder of how important a tool blending is, especially in challenging years. I can?????t wait to see how this ages. The 2022 Ornellaia is clearly among the most successful wines of the vintage..

True Hudson River Region brut champagnes, estate bottled from our own grapes; 3+ years sur lees aging. Blended from estate grown Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes. Champenoise Methode.

Vegan friendly.

Organic / Natural

A fresh and bubbly experience, this Fizzy White lands both crisp and fruity. It’s made up of an easily digestible mix of Trebbiano and Yellow Muscat. Drink it before a big dinner, during those long party nights, on the top of a (reasonably) high mountain, or whenever you feel the call for some celebration bubbles. 10.5% abv. Crafted in Italy from Trebbiano/Yellow muscat.

Organic / Orange

We’re a bunch of wine nerds and wanted to make a California version of our favorite Italian orange wine - where the winemaking style was born. We took white grapes and fermented them with their skins, and the resulting wine is full of texture, dry tropical flavors and refreshing. It's all about skin contact.

50% Chardonnay, 27% Albarino, 23% Gruner Veltliner. Organically farmed grapes. Chardonnay was machine harvested, destemmed, fermented on it’s skins for 10 days with 3 pump overs daily until dry. Full malolactic fermentation.

Organic / Natural

A more quirky experience for the self-proclaimed connoisseurs, but still fun and easy going. The Juicy Orange carries notes of orange blossom and apricot, with a light to medium body. If you’re more into the natty wines of the world, this will probably be your weapon of choice. 12% abv. Crafted in Italy from Grillo/Catarratto/Zibibbo.

Organic

91% Cabernet Sauvignon 6% Petite Verdot, 3% Cab Franc. Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from 3 vineyards: the 60yr old Brigantino Vineyard, the 45yr old Wheeler Ranch, and the 75yr old Tres Pinos Creek Vineyard. The Petite Verdot and Cabernet Franc come from Paicines AVA, rocky alluvial deposits above the Tres Pinos arroyo. All vineyards experience warm days, cold nights typical of the Central Coast, allowing these late ripening Bordeaux varieties to be picked at high acidity and moderate sugars. Fermented whole berry with a very light crush in open top fermenters, allowing slower extraction, of tannins into the must and lots of oxygen into the fermentation for polymerization of tannins. Pressed after approximately 20 days. Aged for 11 months on lees in mostly neutral barrels with a couple of active oak barrels sprinkled in. 13.2% abv

Sweet red.

This exceptionally rich, thick Lafite came in with the highest level of natural alcohol (13.5%) ever achieved at Lafite Rothschild. To put that in its proper context, the 2009 and 2005 were 13.3% and in the hottest Bordeaux summer ever recorded in over 200 years, the 2003 achieved 12.8%. A blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon and 16% Merlot, all harvested between October 9 and 14, the 2010 exhibits an extraordinarily dense color, an unctuous texture and sweet black currant fruit intermixed with graphite, charcoal and truffle notes. A director Charles Chevalier told me, between July and the October harvest, Bordeaux had its driest weather since 1949, but it never got excessively hot. Hence the tiny berries, freshness and extraordinary precision of Lafite Rothschild. This superb effort will undoubtedly shut down slightly once it is bottled despite a pH of 3.8. It needs no building up because much of Lafite Rothschild has now become an obsession with the wealthy Chinese and most of it will undoubtedly be consumed before it ever hits its prime. Ideally, it should be cellared for 10-15 years and drunk over the following 50+ years. -WS 98-100