In Today’s Newsletter:

Pommery Subscriber Special

Beaux Freres: Arriving Tomorrow

Staff Picks
Two Fantastic Brunellos (and Bonus Rosso)

Collector’s Corner
New Releases from Clos Rougeard

Trending Wines

Clos Apalta: Chile’s First Growth

The Stunning Priorat of Clos Erasmus

Last Chance!
K Vintners Subscriber Special

Pommery Subscriber Special

Pommery is one of the best kept secrets in top Champagne—at least in the US.  In France and in the UK they’re (rightly) held in top regard, especially for their Tete du Cuvee “Cuvee Louise” bottlings.  We’re secured excellent prices on the Nature and Rosé editions, both from the ’04 vintage and happily present them now.  These are wines that are delicious now and have the stuffing to go another decade if you’re patient now.

In Today’s Newsletter:

James Suckling’s Wine of the Decade

Charles Heidsieck’s Brut Reserve Returns!

A Stellar Rhone Wine from Lucien Le Moine

Trending Wines

Don’t Forget: K Vintners Subscriber Special
Back By Popular Demand!

Wine Spectator Insider Explores Cayuse

Two Great Bordeaux Values

Telmo Rodriguez’s Secret Star Sticky

Collector’s Corner
The High Scoring Bevan Cellars

 

James Suckling’s Wine of the Decade

James Suckling declared his “wine of the decade”—the single bottling that impressed him most over the course of the last ten years.  His choice? The profoundly powerful 2017 Almaviva Puente Alto—a perfect wine made under the auspices of Mouton Rothschild and Concha y Toro.

The winery has been one of the best in the world over the course of the decade, earning two perfect scores, and Suckling notes that “”For the last 10 years, vintage after vintage, Almaviva vineyard has been quietly, consistently establishing a track record as one of the greatest wine producers in Chile, if not all of the world.” 

In This Newsletter:

Subscriber Special:
Brovia

New Continuum Review from the Wine Advocate

A Grand Grand Venuer Sale

New Week – New Arrivals

Trending

Subscriber Special:

Brovia

For traditionally made Barolo (and if you’re looking for a not-discovered-pricing alternative to Burlotto), Brovia are some of the best wines you can buy (at any price, really, but especially for the price).

If you’re new to Brovia, here’s the scoop:  Wonderful, expressive wines made and farmed in traditional methods.   They hit all the right notes in terms of thoughtful vineyard management (organic without certification, careful pruning, and hand harvesting) and are unapologetically classic in their winemaking (long and slow fermentation and long aging in large barrels and, subsequently, in bottle).

Brovia has an assortment of excellent vineyard holdings that are mostly in Serralunga.