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750ml
Bottle:
$17.84
$18.40
12 bottles:
$17.48
A rich and distinct with complex notes of blackberry, coffee, nutmeg, and caramel. A velvety smooth finish of plump...
750ml
Bottle:
$22.24
Cherry pie and red licorice notes are rounded, forward and open-knit in style, ending with a frank dose of vanilla on...
750ml
Bottle:
$54.94
$60.79
Dark and concentrated fruit and wood aromas are intense but not overblown on the nose of this rich bottling. Very...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$17.93
This fruit driven Chardonnay bursts with ripe green apple, pear and stone fruit. Our Chardonnay has good texture and...
750ml
Bottle:
$72.79
$80.88
The 2019 Oublié is a blend of 31% Syrah, 27% Mourvèdre, 4% Tannat and 4% Petite Sirah with a medium ruby-purple...
750ml
Bottle:
$79.88
$88.08
The 100% Syrah 2019 Fracture comes all from the Booker Estate Vineyard and is another pure, balanced, incredibly...
750ml
Bottle:
$29.90
$33.20
This is nicely rendered—compact and energetic, without being too dense or overly fruity—offering juicy red...
750ml
Bottle:
$63.05
12 bottles:
$61.79
Aromas of red and black cherries, violets and sage. Medium-to full-bodied with silky tannins. Lovely length and...
750ml
Bottle:
$16.63
$18.48
12 bottles:
$11.75
Dark ruby in color, with aromas of classic Paso blackberry and spice. Mouth-filling flavors of ripe plum, vanilla oak...
750ml
Bottle:
$13.94
$15.00
12 bottles:
$11.12
Dark mulberry, brambly blackberry, violets, and cocoa aromas. Soft juicy black fruit and leather flavors combine in...
750ml
Bottle:
$55.94
$57.20
The 2019 Estate Blend is comprised of 51% Syrah, 17% Mourvèdre, 14% Grenache, 7% Tempranillo, 6% Graciano, 3%...
750ml
Bottle:
$14.99
$16.66
Foxglove Chardonnay always represents a great value. With this wine you have the richness of fruit from California's...
750ml
Bottle:
$79.84
12 bottles:
$78.24
The 2019 Chopping Block is a gorgeous blend of 52% Syrah, 31% Mourvèdre and 17% Grenache grown on limestone that...
750ml
Bottle:
$33.55
$35.28
6 bottles:
$31.20
This is one of the more widely available Cabs in American restaurants, and yet manages to be thoroughly enjoyable...
750ml
Bottle:
$30.40
12 bottles:
$22.53
The 2019 Chardonnay Oceano Spanish Springs Vineyard comes from a cooler site outside of San Luis Obispo that's just a...
750ml
Bottle:
$46.20
$52.80
Clear, direct fruit flavors such as red cherries and cranberries are nicely framed in moderate tannins and balanced...
750ml
Bottle:
$54.95
12 bottles:
$53.85
This head-turning chardonnay is a notable example of what happens when Philippe and Maayan’s remarkable...
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Daou Vineyards Red Blend Soul Of A Lion 2016
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$178.95
Also bottled the week before this tasting, the 2016 Soul of a Lion includes more Cabernet Sauvignon than the 2014 and...
Pre-Arrival
Daou Vineyards Red Blend Soul Of A Lion 2019
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$161.41
The 2019 Soul Of A Lion is a blend of free-run Cabernet Sauvignon (77%), Cabernet Franc (14%), and Petit Verdot (9%),...
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Hyde De Villaine Chardonnay California 2019
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$112.49
Aromas of yellow apple and mango skin are balanced by crisp minerality and notes of smoked almond. The palate...
2019 United States California Carneros San Luis Obispo 750ml
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.
Carneros is one of California's key wine producing regions, situated close to the Pacific coast. Although Carneros is relatively young, having been first used for viticulture in the 1940's, it has proven to be a highly successful region, capable of growing high quality grapes and producing wines of real character and distinction. Unlike many other regions of California, Carneros is considerably cooler, and benefits from the tempering effect of Pacific fog on the vineyards. As a direct result of this, Carneros wineries are able to produce fine grape varietals which require cooler temperatures, such as Chardonnay and Pinot Noir – grapes perfect for the sparkling wines the region has become famous for. However, plenty of still red and white wines are made in the region, from a wide array of grape varietals.