Category Archives: Special Features

Zero Patience for Siro Pacenti

    

Do you drink Brunello?

You should.

 

5% off any 3-5 in-stock Siro Pacenti wines
10% off any 6 or more in-stock Siro Pacenti wines
Sale ends Wednesday July 3rd at 9AM PST

 
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2019 is being heralded as one of the all-time great Brunello vintages, building off of similar success for the year in the region of Piedmont to the north. As such, we’ll be bringing in a wide variety of top producers and bottlings from 2019 that demonstrate the incredible character of Montalcino and its ageworthy wines. One producer that consistently grabs our attention and is a MUST BUY for any Brunello enthusiast, is Siro Pacenti. This winery, founded in 1970 by Siro and now run by his son Giancarlo makes deliciously structured Brunello of a more opulent quality than many of its peers.
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BOND Estates Sale! 6-16-24

BOND - Winery | Wine-Searcher
 
Napa Valley makes some some of the finest wines on planet Earth. Which means the best wines from Napa are literally some of the greatest wines on Earth. Bond Estates is in that category year after year. This project from Bill Harlan (yes THE Bill Harlan) is about as far humanity can currently reach into producing ultra high-end cabernet sauvignon with our current knowledge of viticulture and winemaking. Harlan employs 55 full-time vineyard workers to nurture and ultimately hand-select only the most pristine grape clusters for the finished single-vineyard wines. The vineyard sites themselves were curated after more than a decade of research and quality testing to uncover which plots produced wine of the utmost pedigree.

Naturally, these wines are extremely limited.
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Boulay 3 Day Sale! 5-26-24

 
 
 
We’ll get to Boulay, but first…..a few thoughts on Sancerre

It’s my belief that we’re witnessing a return to glory for the region of Sancerre. Not that the prestige ever quite went away, but wine drinking society certainly turned its back for a bit on what they perceived to be a region and a style that was almost too classic, too well understood. Part of the problem was that Sancerre experienced a major jump in production following the 90s and early 2000s that wasn’t always backed by top quality juice in the bottle. At its best, this region shows a wonderfully complex side of sauvignon blanc that no other place can. That steely lemon and grapefruit citrus, delicate white flowers, and subtle smoky aromas of gunflint.
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Jaboulet 3 Day Sale! 5-1924

 

On offer today in our Sunday sale release is a winery which is known the world over. Founded in 1834 by Antoine Jaboulet, the Jaboulet Aine brand quickly established itself as a producer of exceptional quality syrah based wines, and a beacon for the quality that the Northern Rhone possesses. The Flagship wine of the estate is the Hermitage La Chapelle, named after the small Saint Christophe chapel that overlooks the vineyards on top of Hermitage hill. The place itself is steeped in historical heritage stemming all the way back to the Albigensian Crusades. As the legend goes, a knight named Gaspard de Stérimberg returned home wounded in 1224 from the crusades and was granted permission  to build a small shelter to recover in on the hill, where he remained living as a hermit.… Read the rest

Temporary Tempier Sale! 5-12-24

 
 lucie et lucien peyraud tempier
 


You saw the title and now you’re upset. You have every right to be. But I just want you to know that it’s much harder than you think to come up with a tag line that works with Tempier. Btw for those that have always read it as “temp” like in “temperature”…..hate to break it to you….but it’s pronounced “tahhmp”.

There are few producers and wines that have been written about so passionately and fervently. The love affair that Kermit Lynch acquired for this domaine is the stuff of legend and a seriously long chapter within Adventures on the Wine Route. The Peyraud family and the timeless impression of the quieter France they embody are perhaps what so many romantic wine drinkers are searcher for every time they pour and raise a glass.… Read the rest