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Weekend VinopolPick 9-11-20

In Today’s Newsletter:

Hot Deals on 2013 Il Poggione Brunello
& 2016 Caiarossa Pergolaia
Two Top Tuscans from Great Vintages

First Offer
’18 Beaux Freres Upper Terrace

New Reviews for Saint Cosme

Staff Picks:
Three Under-$20 Bubbles

New Reviews and New Wines from Ridge
Pure, Classic, California

New Reviews for Etna’s Flagship Producer
Terre Nere

Trending Wines

Grapelive Reviews a Standout Oregon Value

Collector’s Corner:
Levet’s Cult Classic Cote-Rotie

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Hot Deals on 2013 Il Poggione Brunello

& 2016 Caiarossa Pergolaia

Two Top Tuscans from Great Vintages

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.  
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Midweek Bonus 9-9-20

In Today’s Newsletter:

New Lower Prices on Latour’s Entry Level Pauillac

Subscriber Pricing on Classic California

Wine Spectator Praises ’15 Produttori Riservas

A Steal on Day Wines’ Flagship Pinot
Save Over $20 per Bottle!

Don’t Miss Our Raul Perez Sale
Even Better Prices on the Spanish Icon

Staff Pick
An Under-$15 Red to Write Home About

#Trending

New Reviews from Wine Spectator and Vinous

Just Secured:
Col d’Orcia’s Outstanding 2015 Brunello
Plus, More Highlights From a Dream Brunello Vintage

 
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New Lower Prices on

Latour’s Entry Level Pauillac

Chateau Latour is one of the great names in wine—a Bordeaux house that needs no introduction or explanation.  While many focus on their Grand Vin, they also offer two other bottlings from their property in—the least expensive of which is simply labeled as “Pauillac.”
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Monday Bonus Newsletter 9-7-2020

In Today’s Newsletter:

Subscriber Special Pricing Ends Friday!
A Vertical of Oddero’s Majesterial Riservas

New French Arrivals:
Beaujolais, Rhone & Loire!

Trending

New Gilman Reviews for Weingut Keller

Josef Spreitzer

Mature and Rare Champagne from de Venoge

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Subscriber Special Pricing Ends Friday!

A Vertical of Oddero’s Majesterial Riservas

We love hyper-traditional Barolo—there’s something about it that seems aristocratic, truly the wine of kings and the king of wines.  The combination of power and delicacy, the youthful austerity that blooms into glorious aromatics and texture with age is magic.  While it doesn’t always lead to high scores from reviewers, it does lead to absolutely stunning wines down the road.

Oddero’s wines represent some of the best, most traditional Barolo on the market today.
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Midweek VinopolPick 9-1-20

In Today’s Newsletter:

First Offer, at National Best Pricing
Opus One Subscriber Special

Subscriber Special
Kruger-Rumpf: Nahe Riesling Sleepers

Staff Pick
The Most Undervalued White in France?

Mount Eden’s 93-Point, Under $20 Chardonnay

#Trending

Newly Arrived
Santa Duc’s Regal Gigondas and More
At National-Best Pricing

A New Review for Arterberry Maresh’s Old Vines Pinot

Collector’s Corner
The Best Ever from La Spinetta, Piedmont Icon

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Opus One Subscriber Special

Little introduction is needed for Opus One—one of the world’s most recognizable, iconic bottlings.  We’ve just locked up our allocation of the impressive 2017, which arrive in late September. Although the wine is getting harder and harder to source (there’s a lot of demand outside of the US now), we’re offering you some pretty impressive pricing on it—with the catch that it’s so good that we can’t list it online.  
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Vinopolpick Monday Bonus 8-31-20

In Today’s Newsletter:

Towering Barolo Ravera from Elvio Cogno

Ferrando Carema’s Profound Nebbiolo

Collector’s Corner
Cult Wines from Comando G / Daniel Landi

Trending

Staff Pick
Your New Pizza Wine

Produttori Subscriber Sale
Ends Tuesday

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Newly Arrived from Piedmont

Towering Barolo Ravera from Elvio Cogno

 
If you’ve heard about the Ravera cru in Barolo (see Vajra), you have Elvio Cogno to thank.  Born and raised in Novello, the village associated with the famous vineyard, he left his partnership with Marcarini in his sixties to start his namesake winery in 1990.  He purchased Cascina Nuova, an underperforming but historic estate, and started making wines under his own name from the Ravera cru.

The resulting wines have been stupendous ever since, prompting a rush on land in Novello (and Ravera in particular), but no wineries have surpassed the original master and his son-in-law (winemaker since ’96 Valter Fissore—who is arguably even more talented than Elvio).  
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