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$214.94
93-95 The 2020 Broken Stones offers more classic Syrah character in its ripe blue fruits, black cherries, roasted...
750ml
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$219.94
97-99 Not yet bottled but already incredibly impressive, the 2021 G2 will be Grenache-dominated but includes smaller...
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$219.94
95-97 A lush, sexy, forward beauty, the 2021 Heart Stone Vineyard is based on 31% Grenache, 28% Syrah, 21% Graciano,...
750ml
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$249.94
A step up over the Rocket Block and one of the finest 2020s out there, the 2020 Hexe is 51% Grenache, 17% Petite...
750ml
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$234.94
Lots of red and blue fruits as well as peppery notes emerge from the 2021 James Berry Vineyard, a medium to...
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$249.94
Where Saxum started, the Bone Rock Block, planted in 1990, is the oldest block of Syrah on the James Berry Vineyard....
750ml
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$214.94
93-95 The 2020 Paderewski Vineyard checks in as 57% Syrah, 13% Graciano, and the rest Mourvèdre, Petite Sirah, and...
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$219.94
The 2021 Paderewski checks in as 48% Syrah, 19% Mataro, 17% Zinfandel, and the rest Graciano. It’s a brilliant...
750ml
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$259.94
Just bottled, the 2020 Rocket Block checks in as 82% Grenache, 13% Counoise, and the rest Mataro. It shows the more...
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Saxum Vineyards James Berry Vineyard 2020
750ml - Case of 12
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$232.67
A knockout wine as always, polished yet potently built, with dynamic blackberry and raspberry flavors laced with...
750ml - Case of 6
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$185.33
Checking in as a final blend of 30% Mourvèdre, 22% Zinfandel, 13% Syrah, 13% Tempranillo and the balance Grenache...
United States California Wine
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.