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Vinopolis Tuesday Newsletter 2-13-18

In Today’s Newsletter:

Trending Wines Not To Miss
Library Cayuse Syrah
Staff Pick: Value Brunello Edition
Austrian February Clearance Sale Wines
All the Points, Arriving Tomorrow
Stuart Pigott Joins Suckling and Reviews Selbach
Taylor Fladgate, Fifty Years On

#Trending

The Hot Wines of the Last Week

Scacciadiavoli Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG, Umbria 2011 750ML ($37.95) $29 special, 26 bottles in stock now
Case-12 Scacciadiavoli Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG, Umbria 2011 750ML ($419.95) $316 special (that’s only $26.33/bottle!)
#66 Wine Of The Year – Wine Spectator Top 100 2017
Wine Spectator 92 points “This finely balanced Sagrantino layers creamy tannins with a pretty array of raspberry ganache, fig cake and dried sage flavors, accented by aromatic hints of rose petal and spice.
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Thursday VinopolPick 2-8-18

In Today’s Newsletter:

Marvelous Mascarello Monprivato
New February Sale Additions
Library Releases from Castel’in Villa
Puech Haut’s Powerful Languedocs
Stonestreet and JJ Prum Get Scores
New Reviews for Old School Barolo
Coulee de Serrant – Wine of Kings
Clos St Jean’s Powerful Chateauneuf
95 Points, Under $20 : Feudi San Gregorio’s Rubrato

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Arriving Friday

Magnificant Mascarello Monprivato

“Monprivato is distinguished by its intensely floral aromatics, fine, chalky tannins, red-toned fruit, saline minerality and ability to age…The personality of this hillside site comes through consistently, making Monprivato one of the greatest sites in Italy, and the world.”– Antonio Galloni

The release of Giuseppe Mascarello’s Monprivato is always one of the highlights of the vintage in Barolo—a monument to the glory of Nebbiolo.  

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Vinopolis Tuesday Newsletter 2-6-18

New to Our February Clearance Sale: Ingrid Groiss & Ramey Chards; Emmanuel Darnaud: Trending & Restocked; Looking for Love In All the Right Places: Grand Champagnes / Grand Marques; A Sweet Secret for Your Sweetie: Declassified d’Yquem; Arriving in March: Drouhin’s Oregon Project: 2015 Zephirine; What’s the Most Exciting Set of Wines Arriving This Spring? Produttori del Barbaresco 2013 Crus; February Clearance Sale: Philippe Foreau

Keeping Up With Clearances

New to Our February Clearance Sale

Weingut Ingrid Groiss ‘Pankraz’ Gruner Veltliner Reserve 2015 750ML ($59.95) Was $49, Now $39 special, 5 bottles in stock now
David Schildknecht–Vinous 90-91 points “From old vines on a site near the Schablau, and featuring a similarly complex mix of sand, gravel, conglomerate and marl, this first-time Groiss offering was raised in older 500-liter Austrian oak barrels, with nearly one-third of the fruit having been destemmed by hand and its berries incorporated intact in the fermentation.
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Thursday VinopolPick 1-11-18

Caprili Brunello; January Closeout Sale, Now With Gahier; Long Shadows; Levet’s Wild Cote Rotie; Yves Cuilleron’s Amazing Northern Rhone Array; 2013 Casanova di Neri Tenuta Nuova—A Classic in the Making
94 Point Brunello, Under $35

Caprili at the Best Price in the Country
Caprili has become one of the most notable names when talking about Brunello producers whose star is on the rise.  Founded relatively recently for a Tuscan estate, in 1965, the small family producer has continued to turn out some of the most exciting, traditionally styled wines from the Brunello appellation, though only recently has their name become a buzzword in industry circles.

Stylistically, these are powerful wines, with rich full textures and intense aromatics.  Fermentations here are long and in stainless, with grapes spending 25+ days on the skins before going into large format, old Slavonian oak barrels for a full three years before botting.  

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Tuesday VinopolPick 1-9-18

Domaine de la Solitude’s 95 Point Chateauneuf Blanc; Vinopolis Plays The Hits; Grand Marques, Grand Markdowns; New Grapelive JJ Prum Review; K Vintner’s Sale Update; New Bin End Price Reductions 
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Featured Wine, Arriving Friday

A 95 Point Gem of a Chateauneuf Blanc

Domaine la Solitude has become known for making some of the best white Chateauneuf around.  Taking the natural richness the wines are known for, Solitude manages to polish them with a little more finesse than many others in the region and this effort, arriving Friday, is a classic.  2016 looks to be yet another fantastic southern Rhone vintage, with the whites as some of the shining stars.  This fantastic bottling looks to be the perfect way to start getting into the wines and deserves a place on your table and in your cellar.
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