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Bründlmayer Sale
Nerd Alert Featurette: Experience the Dessert Renaissance



The White Wines You’ve Always Longed For
 
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Bründlmayer
 

Austrian wines rarely get the attention they deserve despite the dedicated love of wine nerds and sommeliers. If Austrians crafted their wines in France, these biodynamic, single-vineyard, Grand Cru, and food-friendly gems from thousand-year-old wineries would be three times as expensive. Instead, we get the best value high end whites in the world.
 
The Kamptal region in Austrian is the slightly less famous brother to the Wachau. As a result, the best wines are somehow an even better value. The quality is on par, so the wines from the likes of Bründlmayer end up being the best deals across the Old World.

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Dominus & Ulysses Sale
Close-Out Featurette: Budget-Friendly Vibes



Bordeaux’ Christian Moueix in Napa
 
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Dominus & Ulysses
 

Christian Moueix is an iconic winemaker best known for his legendary Bordeaux wines from Château Petrus in Pomerol. Moueix brought his expertise and French winemaking skills to Napa Valley, founding Dominus in Napa Valley and quickly began racking up 100-point reviews.
 
His vision has shaped Dominus into the force it is today. Despite its French heritage, the wine is defiantly California in tone and style, combining waves of rich fruit and beautiful aromatics with enough tannin to ground the wine. Practicing both dry and organic farming, Christian Moueix’s Dominus produces one of the most terroir expressive wines in the United States. 

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2018 Mosel Rieslings Sale
Rosé of the Day


 
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2018 Mosel Rieslings
 

Though not a classic vintage by any means, the long, dry, and warm 2018 provided us with delectable wines loaded with flavor and untouched by disease that require minimal cellaring to achieve their full potential. This is great news for anyone looking for wines ready to drink (or even to stock up on some cellar defenders).
 
Though the heat was a major player in 2018, it ironically helped rein in overripeness. Vines shut down ripening when stressed by the temperatures. David Schildknecht noted, too, that tartaric acid dominated, imparting a “welcome animation” to the riper styles on display. Proper canopy management seemed to help prevent the “baked or cooked aromas” found in the hot 2003 and 2011 vintages.

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Saint Cosme Sale
Collector’s Corner: Montepeloso


 
600 Years of History, Yet Never More Relevant
 
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Saint Cosme
 

Saint Cosme somehow combines affordability, luxury, and over 600 years of history into some of the most remarkable wines in the Southern Rhône. Considered a benchmark in its home town of Gigondas, Saint Cosme is a historical gem, founded in some time before 1416. Louis Barroul heads the estate as the 14th generation of his family to do so. Professionals and reviewers consider him one of the region’s greatest winemakers who offers consistently excellent quality and value across the entire portfolio.
 
Barroul crafts rich and powerful wines with undeniable terroir signatures. To highlight these varying terroirs, the estate bottles a handful of single-vineyard Gigondas, which are the most interesting and coveted wines in the portfolio.