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CHATEAU SIMONE PALETTE ROSE 2018
Article code VF0000
$59.00
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“The Château Simone Rosé is a wine that belies the notion that rosés are simple wines to be drunk up young. We have marveled at the tenacity, vibrancy and complexity of this very serious wine. The blend is identical to the rouge: 45% Grenache, 30% Mourvèd
ABBATUCCI CUVEE COLLECTION 'GENERAL DE LA REVOLUTION : JEAN-CHARLES ABBATUCCI' BLANC NV
Article code VF1564
$105.00
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In the colorful, picturesque city of Ajaccio, capital of Corsica, you can’t get very far without seeing the name Abbatucci. There are streets, monuments and plazas that carry the name, which is normal given that General Jean-Charles Abbatucci from Ajaccio
CH LATOUR 1990 5L
Article code VF6308
$11,985.00
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95+ Points - Robert M. Parker Jr.’s The Wine Advocate - “This is one of the more perplexing Latours to evaluate. It has plenty of sweetness as well as a gorgeous, rich fruitiness, but it lacks the firmness one finds in more recent great vintages such as 1
RENARDAT-FACHE CERDON DE BUGEY SPARKLING ROSE 2018
Article code VF4453
$25.00
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“70% Gamay/30% Poulsard. The certified-organic fruit is picked by hand, pressed and fermented in cold vats until it reaches about 6% alcohol. After a light filtration that leaves most of the active yeast in the unfinished wine, it is bottled and continues
DOMAINE DES BILLARDS “SAINT-AMOUR” 2018
Article code VF4424
$22.00
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"The Beaujolais region is finally getting the recognition it deserves and the Barbets are a perfect example of why; these are impressive wines with surprising complexity and elegance. They would not be out of place in any collector’s cellar nor on the tab
CH HAUT BRION BLANC 2005
Article code VF5056
$1,685.00
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95+ Points - Robert M. Parker Jr.’s The Wine Advocate - “While not as concentrated or monumental as this estate’s 1989, the 2005 is a fleshy, racy, hypothetical blend of the 1994 and 1998 Haut-Brion, only better. It boasts a gorgeous perfume of citrus oil
CH LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1990 1.5L
Article code VF5480
$3,200.00
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96 Points - Robert M. Parker Jr.’s The Wine Advocate - “Interestingly, a bottle of 1990 Lafite Rothschild I pulled from my cellar for a video blog on my web site was still buttoned down, tight, and even with extended decanting was not showing as much as I
REGIS FOREY CLOS DE VOUGEOT GRAND CRU 2016
Article code VF0126
$180.00
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92-94 Points - Allen Meadows’ Burghound.com - “Producer note: Régis Forey describes the 2016 vintage as "a massive struggle for the first half of the season and one of cautious optimism for the second. We got killed by the frost in most if not all of our
NAVERAN BRUT NATURE VINTAGE CAVA 2018
Article code VF4978
$15.00
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"(50% Xarello/30% Macabeu/20% Parellada). The grapes are harvested, pressed, and fermented separately in stainless steel. After fermentation, the final blend is assembled and ages for 18 months on its lees in the bottle.
Very pale yellow. Slightly yeasty,
Very pale yellow. Slightly yeasty,
AGRAPART ET FILS EXTRA BRUT 'TERROIRS' BLANC DE BLANCS CHAMPAGNE NV
Article code VF0169
$89.00
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94 Points - Antonio Galloni’s Vinous - “The NV Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Terroirs is positively brilliant. Citrus, white flowers, crushed rocks and mint are all finely sketched in this super-expressive Champagne from Agrapart. Readers who want
CH SIMONE PALETTE ROUGE 2011
Article code VF1209
$71.00
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“Those of you who know Simone realize that the red, a tenacious but ultimately elegant wine, is an equal, rather than dominant, partner to the striking rosé and the sublime white. Like the rosé, it is a blend primarily of Grenache, Mourvèdre and Cinsault
CH SIMONE PALETTE BLANC 2012
Article code VF2098
$62.00
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“The white from Simone is a truly unique creation based primarily on Clairette that is supplemented with Grenache Blanc, Bourboulenc, Ugni Blanc and a touch of Muscat Blanc. The white, brisk in its youth, animated by a bouquet of pine-resin, evolves slowl
MONTEVERTINE 'LE PERGOLE TORTE' 2014 3L
Article code VF3801
$540.00
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93 points - Monica Larner - The wine Advocate - “The 2014 Le Pergole Torte has come together quite nicely since I last tasted this wine as a barrel sample shortly after the new year. The wine is now showing deeper dimension and a tighter textural constitu
GOOSE BAY SAUVIGNON BLANC 2018
Article code VF4542
$23.00
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"A vibrant, crisp Sauvignon Blanc with a bouquet that includes Gooseberries and lush tropical fruit and a palate including ripe Gooseberries, green gage plums, and tropical fruits with a slight hint of oak." Kosher
AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS 'CUVEE RENAISSANCE' 2015
Article code VF0659
$92.00
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92 Points - Joe Czerwinski - The Wine Advocate - “The 2015 Cornas Renaissance is a blend of two young-vine (under 25 years of age) parcels with a bit of Sabarotte to bind them together. It’s fruit-forward and verging on jammy in this hot vintage, but it h
ANDRE PERRET CONDRIEU 'COTEAU DE CHERY' 2007
Article code VF8030
$70.00
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“This Condrieu with the golden yellow dress
Tastefully combines elegance with power.
This strong character is confirmed by the exhibition
exceptional of its hillside and the age of its vines.
Its bouquet composed of citrus,
violets and peach-apricot confe
Tastefully combines elegance with power.
This strong character is confirmed by the exhibition
exceptional of its hillside and the age of its vines.
Its bouquet composed of citrus,
violets and peach-apricot confe
GIUSEPPE QUINTARELLI RECIOTO DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO 1997
Article code VF0860
$295.00
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94 Points - Antonio Galloni - The Wine Advocate: "The 1997 Recioto della Valpolicella Classico is a gorgeous, refined wine with layers of sweet, perfumed fruit that flow gracefully from its medium-bodied frame. The 1997 Recioto isn’t quite as extroverted
GIUSEPPE QUINTARELLI RECIOTO DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO 1995 375ML
Article code VF0859
$295.00
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97 Points - Antonio Galloni - The Wine Advocate: "There’s not too much I can say about the 1995 Recioto other than it is a stunning, unforgettable wine. It explodes from the glass with an array of heady, exotic black cherries, graphite, roasted coffee bea
PHILIPPE COLIN CHEVALIER MONTRACHET GRAND CRU 2006
Article code VF0853
$259.00
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93+ Points - Vinous Media: "Aromas of pineapple, ginger, crushed stone and vanillin, spicy oak. Wonderfully sweet on entry, then stony and tactile in the mid-palate, with penetrating stone fruit and quinine flavors and a very long, palate-dusting back end
MUHR-VAN DER NIEPOORT 'SPITZERBERG' 2012
Article code VF4841
$54.00
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93 Points - Anne Krebiehl - Wine Enthusiast - “An earthy, smoky note emerges above the peppery, red fruit. There is tone, verve and a background of ivy leaf, and the fruit has a tarry edge. All suggests that this needs to come into its own, because someth
VEGA SICILIA 'UNICO' 2000
Article code VF2688
$450.00
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95 Points - Josh Raynolds - Vinous - “Deep red. High-pitched aromas of redcurrant, dried cherry, potpourri and spicecake. Silky in texture and alluringly spherical, offering seamless red fruit and floral pastille flavors and late notes of blood orange and
VEGA SICILIA RESERVA ESPECIAL NV (2014 RELEASE IS A BLEND OF 1994, 1995, 2000)
Article code VF1470
$600.00
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98 Points - Luis Gutierrez - The Wine Advocate: "The NV 2014 Release Reserva Especial is a blend of different harvests, and therefore sold without a harvest year. This 2014 Release is a blend of 1994, 1995 and 2000, three very good years for Unico. Reserv
DIAMOND CREEK CABERNET SAUVIGNON 'RED ROCK TERRACE' 2016
Article code VF1245
$275.00
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“Red Rock Terrace, a warm microclimate, is 7 acres of north facing vineyard. The red tinted soil is high in iron content. The wine from Red Rock Terrace is the most accessible and earliest drinkable of all our wines.
Our winemaker describes Red Rock T
Our winemaker describes Red Rock T
DUBLERE CORTON CHARLEMAGNE GRAND CRU 2008
Article code VF4184
$150.00
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“Blair Pethel, formerly a Washington DC-based political and economic journalist, first stumbled across Burgundy in the late 1980s. He was working and living in London at the time, but quickly made it a point to return to this fascinatingly complex region
