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Monday 10-12-20

In This Newsletter:

Remelluri Subscriber Sale
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The Great Spanish Wines of Telmo Rodriguez

New Week – New Arrival

Trending

Staff Pick

2019 Merkelbach


Remelluri Subscriber Sale

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The Great Spanish Wines of Telmo Rodriguez

Telmo Rodriguez is one of the most talented winemakers in Spain.  Internationally trained, he returned to the family estate, Remelluri, and has taken it to new heights.  Remelluri is in Rioja Alavesa—the smallest part of Rioja which is known for intense, powerful wines, and these are no exception.  The soils in their vineyards are exceptionally shallow, creating small berries and greater concentration in the wines and their organic farming and careful cellar work keeps a sense of brightness and energy even in warm vintages. 

Remelluri eschews American oak, finding it too overblown, and instead works with only the highest quality French cooperage.  
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Weekend Bonus 10-10-20

In Today’s Newsletter:

Armando Parusso:
Modern Barolo with a Twist

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Armando Parusso

Modern Barolo with a Twist

Armando Parusso is an iconic and avant-garde producer in Bussia. He is especially known for his unique methods to produce wines with mature tannins and great fruit. During winemaking, he rests the grapes after harvest for several days to allow them to ripen further and then ferments whole cluster, a la Burgundy. Aging occurs in oak barriques with a generous splash of lees. The wines are racked into new barriques after a year, leaning in to the oak influence. The lees are stirred to help preserve the wine against oxygen exposure. The results are generous wines with tannins moderated by the extended pre-fermentation rest and heavily influenced by the extended lees and oak aging.
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Weekend VinopolPick 10-9-20

In Today’s Newsletter:


Newly Arrived
Il Poggione 2013 @ Subscriber Special Pricing!

Staff Pick
Grange Cochard’s Impressive Morgon

New Reviews for Staff Favorites

Trending Wines

Fantastic Fondreche
Ventoux’s Powerhouse Producer

Rose of the Day
Lulu Peyraud’s Domaine Tempier Rose

Stunning Wines from Southern Spain

Collector’s Corner
2018 Diamond Creek at Subscriber Special Pricing

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Newly Arrived

Il Poggione 2013 @ Subscriber Special Pricing!

Let’s cut to the chase: any lover of Brunello—no, any lover of Italian wine—should have a case of Il Poggione’s Brunello in their cellar if they can afford it.  The combination of classical proportions and attention grabbing power and complexity is extremely rare in a wine, especially at these sorts of prices.  They are truly Great Brunello, along with names like Biondi-Santi, Soldera, Saliciutti, etc.
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Monday Newsletter 10-5-20

In This Newsletter:

Subscriber Sale:
Delas’s 2015 St Joseph

Paolo Bea Sale

Bereche & Fils Champagne
New Releases Arriving in November

Von Winning
New Releases Arriving in November


Subscriber Sale:

Delas’s 2015 St Joseph

Known for crafting some of the Northern Rhone’s most powerful wines, Delas is a signature producer in a region with no shortage of legendary names. It is thanks to their significant holdings throughout the region that allow Delas to not only produce some of the region’s finest expressions, including their Hermitage Les Bessards, but also some of its best values. Wines like the St Joseph Francois de Tournon prove that world-class Northern Rhone wines don’t necessarily have to break the bank.’

With consistently strong scores from some of the world’s most respected critics, including a perfect score on their 2015 Hermitage Les Bessards, Delas’ wines no longer fly under the radar.
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Weekend Bonus Newsletter: 10-3-20

In Today’s Newsletter:

Il Poggione 2015:
Best USA Pricing!

2019 German Wines Offer:

Willi Schaefer
The Ne Plus Ultra of the Mosel

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Kruger-Rumpf
Storied Estate / Delicious Wines / Ridiculous Value

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Donnhoff 2019 Recap!

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Jump Start Offer:

Il Poggione 2015 Brunello

On the heels of our subscriber special pricing on the 2013 vintage, we’re offering the latest release from Il Poggione: the 2015 Brunello di Montalcino!

If you’re unfamiliar with the wines of Il Poggione, let’s catch you up quickly.  They are a classic Brunello Brunello producer working with very traditional methods in the subzone of Sant’Angelo in Colle, a region that tends to produce wines with big, bold personality.  The resulting wines are both crowd pleasing (rich fruit, up front aromatics) and intellectually stimulating (age-worthy, not obstructed by new oak) in way that is nearly unique in Brunello, outside of names that trade for significantly more money per bottle. 
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