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Weekend VinopolPick 11-1-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

The Best Cristal Since…

Your New House White

The Perpetual Favorite, Coutier Blanc de Blancs

Staff Pick: A Star Montepulciano

Chateau Simone’s Iconic Rosé

Gatinois: The Glory of Äy

Trending Wines of the Week

2005 Defaix Chablis Returns

A New Review for a Syrah Value

Delas: Sleeping Giant of the Rhone

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The Best Cristal Since…
The 2008 edition of Cristal is a wine that needs little in the way of further hype.  It’s easily the best vintage since 2002, more likely the best since ’96 or 1990.  It’s a stunning wine, which was further evidenced when we tasted it in a lineup of other ’08 Tete du Cuvees.  It was easily the best in class, even among other wines in its prestige category.
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Midweek Addition 10-30-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Piper-Heidsieck’s Top Wine
The Truly Rare “Rare” Rose

The Hidden Rhone Gems of St. Jean du Barroux

The Defining Wines of Valdeorras

Wine Spectator Reviews Resonance

Trending Wines

Staff Pick: The Loire in Oregon

Nervi Conterno: The New Giant of Gattinara

A Vinopolis-Exclusive German Star

Rich, Explosive 2017 Chateauneufs

 
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Piper-Heidsieck’s Top Wine

The Truly Rare “Rare” Rose

Piper-Heidsieck is best known for their red and gold labeled entry level wine, a bottling that always over delivers for its very modest price.  Among true aficionados of Champagne, though, they’re best known for their top end “Rare” bottlings—wines with incredible complexity, depth and nuance that are among the most coveted in Champagne.  We’ve secured some incredible prices on the 2007 Rare Rosé—the hardest to find wine in the P-H stable.  
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Midweek VinopolPick 10-22-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Boisset’s Top Rank, Top Value Burgundy

First Offer: Highlights of Bedrock’s Fall Release

New 2016 Burgundy Reviews from Neal Martin at Vinous

Two Iconic California Cabernets

Grapelive Love for Two Excellent Crozes-Hermitages

Staff Pick: Our Best-Selling Rose is Fizzy & Absurdly Delicious

Two Top Nikolaihof Bottlings, Arriving Tomorrow

Trending Offer: Profound, Classical Brunello

A Giant of the Rhone

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Boisset’s Top Rank, Top Value Burgundy

The best values in Burgundy might be coming out of the venerable negociant Jean-Claude Boisset, now helmed by Jean-Charles Boisset and winemaker Grégory Patriat.  Patriat, who did not go to school for enology (and instead worked for a number of venerable producers, including Leroy), crafts wines with much less intervention than many other negociants and the results are stunning.  
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Weekend VinopolPick 10-18-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Profound, Classical Brunello

Cadence’s Bordeaux-Influenced Washington Vision

Staff Pick: Classic St. Estephe

Featured New Arrival: Fenocchio’s Traditional Barolos

Top Italian Values

First Offer: New Wines from Montevertine

Trending Wines

New Reviews for Az. Ag COS

Rose of the Day

A Top Winter Chateauneuf Pick

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Profound, Classical Brunello
Livio Sassetti is one of the founding fathers of Brunello and the wines coming off of his “Pertimali” estate define the genre.  This is a Grand Cru site in Montalcino and the wines are thrilling whenever you get a chance to taste them. We’ve worked hard to acquire some of both the ’14 and ’15 Brunello and finally get to offer them to you today.

These are wines that define what “traditional” means within the context of Brunello—robust personalities with delicate aromatics, long aging in botti and the capacity to age for a long time in a cool cellar.  

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Midweek VinopolPick 10-15-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

The Best Value in Italy?

Trending Wines

Staff Pick: A Go-To Chianti

Rose of the Day

By the Vintage/Buy the Vintage: 2015 Barolo

Collector’s Corner: The Scarce Wines of Clos Rougeard

Keller: Beyond the GG’s

The Best Vin Santo

Jaboulet’s 2016’s – Monuments in the Making

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The Best Value in Italy?

Introducing Tiberio, Secret Star of Abruzzo

“Abruzzo’s Tiberio winery has quickly risen to the top of the hierarchy not just in Abruzzo’s but in all of Italy.” –Ian D’Agata, Vinous

Abruzzo is an Italian wine region best known for two standout producers: Valentini and Emidio Pepe—but it’s probably time to add a third to the list: the wines of the Tiberio family.  They’re not quite at the level of their two closest peers, but importantly their pricing is still in line with the value producers that dot the Abruzzese wine landscape.  

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