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Staff Favorites

If you’re going to have Robert Parker or Stephen Tanzer over for dinner, selecting a wine they’ve rated highly will be a nice choice. However, when you’re buying wines for yourself, we’d love to see you find wines that match up your unique palate and pocketbook. We have a large staff of friendly and knowledgeable wine professionals that taste hundreds of wines each week. They can put you in touch with bottles that you are likely to love, often at a much lower cost than the highly-rated gems that often see a run-up in price and frequent availability issues. Like any great group of opinionated professionals, our staff has varied tastes themselves. Often our customers will find a particular staff member with a style that corresponds to their own. That concept works extremely well in our retail stores, and this section is our effort to bring you the same online. Don’t get us wrong, we love the highly rated wines from the press and will continue to offer them, but we think you’re missing out if you’re not augmenting those selections with picks from our excellent staff. Here are their favorites. (Click on a name to see their other selections - or to drop them a line.) Cheers!


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2008 Kalinda Napa Valley Chardonnay
 By: Jim Barr | Review Date: 8/5/2009 | Send Email
  This year's harvest has to be smaller than normal, with a once-again cold spring and most of the summer (last time I wrote that, we experienced a prolonged heat wave). I have no feel for this harvest, as I did last year, which brings me to the fact that I may have made a judgment error regarding last year's harvest quality. And I do not know why, since I do not make mistakes about such aspects of this nature, and that alone has caught me off guard. The samples that I have tasted from wineries primarily in the North Coast from last year and from what I have in barrel and have bottled thus far have totally amazed me. Most of the wines are totally complete, with Cabernet and Pinot Noir showing incredible structure depth and superb balance. So, why? "Hang time" has been written off as pure nonsense and essentially mythical, but it would seem this concept, which I firmly believe in, might be true. The 2008 California wines are showing intense characteristics and richness. The 2008 vintage in Bordeaux that was written off as a loser because of all the weird weather during spring and summer (read Clyde's '08 Bordeaux report), is suddenly showing up as a stunning vintage, with immense proportions of character and depth, with self-anointed "Mr. Wine God" going ballistic over it. Hang Time! That is what this vintage is all about in California and Bordeaux, and you cannot explain this kind of natural concentration and intensity of flavor by writing off "hang-time" as being mythical. If you want evidence of the above assertion, you must try our newly-released Kalinda 2008 Napa Valley Chardonnay, made for us by the same "cult" winery that produced our 2007, which sold out within six weeks of its release after some of you discovered who it was. This is a full-blown Chardonnay that provides a real tropical, white peach and spicy cinnamon apple set of varietal smells and flavors enclosed in a creamy/vanillin tone that provides richness, viscosity, and lushness. There's good acidity here to not make it flabby and the finish is long and intense. Sort of like a Rombauer, but unlike "R," it is dry and offers structure, and it's half the price. This Gem will be one of our house whites for September according to The Beaner. 15.4% abv.
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2008 Kalinda Napa Valley Chardonnay
 By: Christie Cartwright | Review Date: 11/5/2009 | Send Email
  This is by far one of Kalinda's best overall vintages for Chardonnay! Trust my palate on this one, it will overwhelm your tastebuds with all the delights of its rich, tropical Napa fruit. Showing pineapple, peach, baked apples and spice, creamy notes of honeysuckle, vanilla cream and toast, and everything isbalanced out by the amazing acidity and shocking structure. This is the perfect wine for fall because it will stand up to all the wonderful autumn flavors and foods of harvest.
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2005 Verdignan Rouge, Haut-Médoc
 By: Doug Davidson | Review Date: 2/27/2010 | Send Email
  This ia an amazing deal on a 2005 Bordeaux that drinks great now and has a great future -- buy some for now and a few for the cellar!
Price: $16.99 Add To Cart WS 90
2005 Verdignan Rouge, Haut-Médoc
 By: Susan Thornett | Review Date: 3/5/2010 | Send Email
  As the many fans of Verdignan know, this old-school Bordeaux needs a little age to really show its best. Give this fantastic 05 a good vigorous decant or enjoy it over a few evenings for a very rewarding drink!
Price: $16.99 Add To Cart WS 90
2004 Mille Roses, Haut-Médoc
 By: Jim Barr | Review Date: 2/24/2010 | Send Email
  From the southern area of the Haut-Medoc, near the village of Macau, and near Chateau Margaux and Giscours, is Chateau Mille Roses, Haut Medoc ($11.99), a wine that needs to be classified other than a Cru Bourgeouis. This is a lovely near-term drinker, with a medium-deep ruby color and bouquet of currants and blackberries, with undertones of dusty minerals and a mild cedary tone. This equal blend of merlot and cabernet sauvignon has perfect balance, integrated silky tannins, good depth and complexity, a long, juicy finish, and is ready to drink now. Anderson has pointed out that this will be one of our other house reds for the month... a thousand roses rating... 13% abv (Jim Barr)
Drink from 2010 to 2015
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2004 Mille Roses, Haut-Médoc
 By: Gary Westby | Review Date: 1/12/2010 | Send Email
  This very refreshing, light- to medium-bodied Bordeaux is framed by oak, but not at all dominated by it. The cool curranty fruit is the best feature of this wine, and it is a fine alternative to the blockbuster style that many of us have become tired of. This wine would go very, very well with a steak or richer poultry dish. I am going to buy some for my own cellar today!
Top Value! Drink from 2010 to 2014
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2004 Mille Roses, Haut-Médoc
 By: Steve Greer | Review Date: 2/11/2010 | Send Email
  I can almost hear the reactions to seeing this wine listed: "2004 wasn't a good vintage;" "I've never heard of this château;" or, my favorite, "Bordeaux at this price can't be good." To all of that I say, give this wine a try and I am sure you will like it. The 2004 Mille Roses is an elegant, lighter-style Bordeaux that will go well with dinner or drink fine on its own to wrap up a Tuesday. The nose is all cedar and currant. The palate is polished with lots of black fruit, a bit of toasty oak and cedar. The tannins and finish are still a bit astringent. At this price this wine would also make for a great dinner party wine.
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2008 Domaine de la Maurelle Côtes du Rhône
 By: Scott Beckerley | Review Date: 2/11/2010 | Send Email
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  A wonderful buy for the Rhone! Full and lush, with dark red fruits. In the background, fresh herbs, olives and spice. This wine has the perfect balance between Old World and New World. It is at home with the hearty meats of winter fare or with the grilled meats of summer. A perfectly delicious buy!
Top Value!
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2008 Domaine de la Maurelle Côtes du Rhône
 By: Doug Davidson | Review Date: 12/26/2009 | Send Email
  Another great Rhône value for everyday drinking! Nice fresh red fruits, with a touch of olive and spice on the finish. A great wine to buy by the case and keep around for any occasion.
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2008 Pontet-Canet, Pauillac Pre-Arrival
 By: Clyde Beffa Jr. | Review Date: 8/21/2009 | Send Email
  2008 Vintage Report: **+ Very spicy nose. A huge wine but not overextracted. Everything in harmony. Big time cellar candidate with so much fruit and tannin. A spicy monster. (06/09)
Price: $84.99 Add To Cart RP 96-  98 ST 91-  94 WS 90-  93
2008 Cantemerle, Haut-Médoc Pre-Arrival
 By: Clyde Beffa Jr. | Review Date: 8/21/2009 | Send Email
  2008 Vintage Report: *½ 55% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot and 7% Cabernet Franc. This has blackberry aromas that explode from the glass with forward, black fruit flavors and rounded tannins on the palate. A great value. Much better than their 2005 and 2007. On par with their 2006. At UGC: Old school wine. Big wine with tons of blackberry flavors. (06/09)
Price: $24.99 Add To Cart RP 89-  91 WS 87-  90
2007 Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe "La Crau" Châteauneuf-du-Pape
 By: Keith Mabry | Review Date: 3/1/2010 | Send Email
  Easily the best young Vieux Telegraphe I have ever tasted. This could also be one of my favorite wines of the 2007 vintage. Intense flavors of smoke, blackberry and hoisin but still focused and balanced. Many of the wines from this vintage are a little over-the-top with fruit but this is classic VT with the volume turned up. You'll let the wine envelop you with its incredible sound and resonance and it won't leave with your ears bleeding.
Price: $69.99 Add To Cart RP 96 WS 95 ST 93
2007 Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe "La Crau" Châteauneuf-du-Pape
 By: Keith Wollenberg | Review Date: 2/26/2010 | Send Email
  I thought this would be very backwards and need tremendous time in the cellar. But due to the ripeness of 2007, once it had been open a day it had charming, rich fruit and was extremely drinkable. Feeling hedonistic? Go ahead and decant this and enjoy it now, or put it away for a nap in your cellar.
Price: $69.99 Add To Cart RP 96 WS 95 ST 93
2006 Cantemerle, Haut-Médoc
 By: Keith Mabry | Review Date: 9/9/2009 | Send Email
  This is a tremendous effort from this Chateau. Lovely coffee and caramel aromas are surrounded by flavors of cassis and black cherries. Great balance of acidity and refined tannins, this will make a good candidate for a few years of bottle age but there is something extremely appealing about this wine right now.
Price: $29.99 Add To Cart RP 90
2006 Cantemerle, Haut-Médoc
 By: Gary Westby | Review Date: 2/11/2009 | Send Email
  I have written a lot in these staff reviews about the virtues of wel-balanced claret, and if you have patience to wait 6 or 7 years, I believe this wine will come to epitomize that virtue. Anyone with a cellar and a love for Cabernet-based wines should strongly consider this wine for a case purchase. Clyde, Alex B, Alex P, Ralph, Joe Z, Steve and I tasted through an entire ballroom of 2006 Bordeaux at the UGC tasting this January and all of us agreed that the Cantemerle was one of the stars. I thought it was THE star, since the other wines in its class were all more than twice its price, and many wines three times its price could not even touch it! It is perfumed, layered, cassis-driven and framed (but in no way dominated) by oak on the nose and follows through with richness that is not at all overweight on the palate. It is great Bordeaux for a small price; all you have to do is cellar it!!
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2006 Cantemerle, Haut-Médoc
 By: Clyde Beffa Jr. | Review Date: 2/18/2009 | Send Email
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  This Bordeaux is by far one of the greatest values in the history of Bordeaux. A fabulous wine in all respects. K&L's notes - 50% cabernet sauvignon, 42% merlot, 8% petit verdot. At Joanne-boysenberry nose with spice. Full bodied. Harmonious. Good sweet finish. Lovely wine-better than 2005. At UGC-elegant style. Complete and round. At the property-cinnamon spice and some clove hints. Very fine aromas that lead to the palate. Long and deep on palate. High acid, delicious. A sure "sleeper of the vintage" and much better than their 2005!
Drink from 2011 to 2020
Price: $29.99 Add To Cart RP 90
2006 Cantemerle, Haut-Médoc
 By: Alexandre Brisoux | Review Date: 2/20/2009 | Send Email
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  I still believe this is the best young Cantemerle I've ever tasted. I just re-tasted it at the UGC tasting in San Francisco in January 2009. Better then the '05, '03, or '00... Nice rich textured wine. I liked it so much it's one of only two wines I purchased on pre-arriva (the other was the Leoville Barton). Look for this wine to improve over the next 10-15 years.
Drink from 2011 to 2021
Price: $29.99 Add To Cart RP 90
2006 Cantemerle, Haut-Médoc
 By: Leah Greenstein | Review Date: 2/25/2009 | Send Email
  If you're in the market for Bordeaux, you shouldn't miss the '06 Cantemerle. If someone was willing to subsidize my wine collection, I would by multiple cases of this gem. Remarkably affordable, this may very well be THE wine of the vintage. I love it's barnyard-y nose and melange of plum, cherry and coffee flavors on the palate, kissed by a healthy, but not overwhelming, dose of oak spice and vanilla. Amazing, long finish.
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2006 Urbanite Cellars "Amplio" California Cabernet Sauvignon
 By: Jeff Garneau | Review Date: 1/13/2010 | Send Email
  Fans of the Redart take note! Another winner from Luis Moya. In Spanish "amplio" means rich, abundant, substantial, and this wine is nothing if not that. Big, expansive, generous fruit with sweet, ripe cherry notes. And at an everyday price that's easy on the wallet. Full-bodied and lushly textured with soft tannins at a mere 13.5% alcohol, this is an easy drinking California Cab that won't break the budget. Try a bottle tonight. Come back for a case tomorrow.
Price: $10.99 Add To Cart
2006 Urbanite Cellars "Amplio" California Cabernet Sauvignon
 By: Jacques Moreira | Review Date: 2/1/2010 | Send Email
  I tend to shy away from those over-the-top, high alcohol, heavily oaked domestic wines, regardless of how many points they are awarded. And that's why I enjoyed this Cabernet. It drinks so well with food or simply by itself upon arriving home from work.
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2007 Joseph Carr Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
 By: John Majeski | Review Date: 1/26/2010 | Send Email
  Finally tasted this wine today, and if you enjoy well-crafted Cabernet Sauvignon chosen from some of the finest fruit in and around the famous Oakville AVA, you will not be disappointed, but you better get in line. A Bordeaux-styled cuveé dominated by 80% Cabernet, with 10% each Merlot and Cabernet Franc, this beautifully-crafted wine is impressive, smooth and polished, with seductive black cherries and ripe currant aromas followed by a presence on the palate of leather, vanilla and bittersweet cocoa. This complex Cabernet would be fairly incomparable at twice the price, which makes the very obvious point that it is truly "case-worthy." But don't take my word for it, just buy a bottle and be convinced.
Price: $19.99 Add To Cart
2007 Joseph Carr Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
 By: Steve Greer | Review Date: 12/19/2009 | Send Email
  The 2006 Joseph Carr didn't last long, fortunately we just received the 2007. This is a riper version than the 2006, with lots of dark fruit on the nose and palate. The tannins are polished with just a bit of oak on the finish. If you liked the '06 you will love the '07.
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2007 Joseph Carr Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
 By: Michael Jordan | Review Date: 2/15/2010 | Send Email
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  The next super value from Napa Valley. This is a powerhouse. Bright black and blue fruit with hints of leather, smoke, vanilla, chocolate and Bing cherry. This wine tasted blind would surpass many Napa Cabernets that are twice the price.
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2006 Jean St. Honoré Meursault
 By: Kirk Walker | Review Date: 3/5/2010 | Send Email
  This is a negociant label that offers estate- and domaine-bottled wines without the domaine name or price tag! We cannot tell you who the domaine is, but once you see the bottle you'll know right away!This is classic Meursault: nutty, round mid-palate and a long finish. There is a decent amount of this, but it is such a deal that I cannot image we'll have it in stock for long.
Price: $29.99 Add To Cart
2006 Chante Cigale Châteauneuf-du-Pape
 By: Jacques Moreira | Review Date: 10/5/2009 | Send Email
  I know that the 2007 vintage in the Rhone is all the rage these days, and rightly so. However some of the 2006 Chateauneufs are drinking really well right now. The Chante Cigale is an example of this. With a dark plum color, and a fruit profile of cherries, plums, and cassis. All framed by intense spiciness and minerality. Very approachable and pleasing right now.
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2006 Chante Cigale Châteauneuf-du-Pape
 By: Mike Barber | Review Date: 10/14/2009 | Send Email
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  A great wine from a brilliant, young producer- the 2006 Cigale showcases this vintage in the Southern Rhone perfectly. It has a dense, rich core of dark fruit and it is very serious wine: brooding and delicious with a big finish of firm tannins.
Top Value! Drink from 2009 to 2029
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2006 Chante Cigale Châteauneuf-du-Pape
 By: Catherine Stefani | Review Date: 2/28/2010 | Send Email
  It's rare to find a Chateaneuf at this price. This wine is approachable with dark plum, warm black cherry fruit, nice spice, and a firm finish that lasts. Drink this tonight while you are watching your 2007's hang out in the cellar for a few more years....
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2006 Chante Cigale Châteauneuf-du-Pape
 By: Mari Keilman | Review Date: 6/27/2009 | Send Email
  Consisting of 65% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre and 5% Cincault, this wine is made from from vines averaging 45 years. Getting the opportunity to taste this CNdP with its 23 year old propietor Alexandre Favier, I was completely impressed with how open and accessible this young wine is and how motivated and passionate Alexandre is too. The wine has great full bodied black fruit and a layered, supple palate with hints of kirsch and pepper.
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2008 Bernier Chardonnay Vins du Pays Jardin de la France
 By: Scott Beckerley | Review Date: 2/12/2010 | Send Email
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  As Gomer Pyle used to say, "Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!" The thing about this wine is that it is a major surprise for how little money it costs. Rich in the forefront, with apple fruit and a touch of cream. The finish is surprisingly crisp with citrus notes for those of you who aren't into big, fat cChardonnays. This is a perfect everyday wine and versatile enough to pair with many kinds of food.
Top Value!
Price: $6.99 Add To Cart
2007 Clos Reissier Pouilly-Fuissé
 By: Kirk Walker | Review Date: 3/5/2010 | Send Email
  This is like drinking history. This vineyard site dates back to Roman times, and has carried the same name for the last 200 years, and it is not ridiculously priced! A classic Pouilly-Fuissé, with bright fruit backed with fresh acidity and just a touch of oak. This is what Pouilly-Fuissé used to be, and it's priced that way too!
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2006 Campo Viejo Tempranillo Crianza Rioja
 By: Steve Bearden | Review Date: 10/15/2009 | Send Email
  Those of you who fell in love with the 2005 vintage of this wine and have not yet tried the new version are in for a treat, as this might be even better. This has tons of sweet vanilla and cherry aromas, but with much darker fruit flavors on the mid-palate than the '05 had. This blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha and Mazuelo is velvety and rich and offers lots of personality for little money.
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2006 Campo Viejo Tempranillo Crianza Rioja
 By: Doug Davidson | Review Date: 10/13/2009 | Send Email
  The new vintage of this great everyday Rioja is every bit as delicious as last year's. Still the same great red fruit with a bit of tannic grip on the finish. An outstanding red for cool evenings!
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2006 Campo Viejo Tempranillo Crianza Rioja
 By: Steve Greer | Review Date: 2/24/2010 | Send Email
  I liked this wine for a couple reasons. First it is a good example of Rioja in a more modern style with blackberry fruit, some cherry and a bit of spice with softer tannins. The other reason I liked it is most Rioja's are over $20 and this is only $9.99. Enjoy.
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2004 E. Guigal Châteauneuf-du-Pape
 By: Michael Jordan | Review Date: 3/8/2010 | Send Email
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  There is lot of talk in the wine press about the 2007 Rhone wines and it is well deserved. Those of you looking for a CNP to drink tonight should look to something with a few years of aging. The Guigal CNP is a beautiful Grenache based wine with lovely bright red fruit with amazing structure and balance with lovely notes of smoked meats and spice. This is the wine to drink while you wait for all the beautiful 2007's to age.
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2004 E. Guigal Châteauneuf-du-Pape
 By: Jim Barr | Review Date: 3/16/2010 | Send Email
  When most of us in this industry think of the productions of E. Guigal, the immediate visualization is that of great wines coming from the villages of the Northern Rhone Valley, particularly those that are coming from Cote-Rotie, with the single vineyard offerings from “La Landonne,” “La Moulinne,” and “La Turgue” being stunning wines, perhaps some of the greatest being made in the world. And, because of this, most of us have a tendency to disregard the fact that Guigal also produces outstanding Chateauneuf-Du-Pape, comparable to those great single vineyard productions coming from Beaucastel and Vieux Telegraphe. Although the 2004 vintage is considered not a great vintage, but a good one, Guigal cranked out a CDP that is incredibly complex and loaded with character. Deeply colored, this grenache (85%)/mourvedre(15%) blend offers opulent smells of blackberry, anise, raspberry, and clove-like fruit with a touch wild game and truffles. These characteristics carry over nicely into its rich and broad mouthfeel combining with well-integrated, round tannins, excellent acid structure, a touch of flint-like minerality, and a finish that last, at least, seven minutes and beyond. Anderson has informed me that this will be one of our house red wines for however long this is available. (Jim Barr)
Drink from 2010 to 2015
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2006 Valpidio Ribera del Duero (Was $25)
 By: Chris Miller | Review Date: 3/5/2010 | Send Email
  The first thing I thought when I nosed this wine was Mclaren Vale Shiraz. Certainly not the full thottle intensity of the real thing, but more like the ethereal essence of wild blackberries, blueberry pancake syrup, fennel seed and oak spice. On the palate the wine is far from a fruit bomb. It's light+ to medium bodied with semi-firm tannins and a vervy intensity, with those wild berry flavors coming forth with hints of mocha and/or chocolate covered espresso beans. Clean finish with a tiny hint of damp earth. All this for $12.99? Wow!! The glass for lunch left over from the bottle at dinner the night before was even better, so pop this a couple hours ahead of time if you think of it.
Price: $12.99 Add To Cart RP 89
2007 Bodegas Olivares "Altos de la Hoya" Jumilla
 By: John Majeski | Review Date: 7/18/2009 | Send Email
  Ink in a bottle? Maybe, but don't write with it, drink it please! Monastrell, better known as Mourvèdre in France, is believed to have originated in Catalonia during the Roman occupation, migrating north and south until it found its true home in the arid, high desert plateau of Jumilla, in the Murcia province of southeastern Spain. You'd figure that any grape grown in such an impossible drought-stricken region would ripen unmercifully into an intolerably high-alcohol, raisin-faced creation, but this just isn't the case here. Because of the relatively high altitude and dry, continental climate, the ungrafted Monastrell vines in Jumilla endure extreme fluctuations in day and night temperatures, a prime factor in preserving good acidity and sugar levels while assuring perfect ripening and smooth, unaggressive tannins. Crackling with lively blackcurrant, mineral, mocha and blackberry flavors, the Altos de la Hoya is a robust, intense wine filled with great character and polish, far more sophisticated and complex that one would expect for the incredible price. The perfect answer to the midweek question of "What to drink tonight?" Or any night, in my mind. Highly recommended!
Top Value! Drink from 2009 to 2010
Price: $9.99 Add To Cart ST 91
2006 St-Hilaire, Médoc
 By: Michael Jordan | Review Date: 3/8/2010 | Send Email
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  This wine has been very popular with our customers for several vintages now. The blend is 50% cabernet sauvignon, 45% merlot and 5% cabernet franc. A wine that has a little more forward fruit, a modern Bordeaux. This wine has enough ripeness to satisfy the domestic palate while showing enough structure, tobacco and earthiness to keep the Bordeaux fans happy. A great wine to drink now or in the next year or two. One of our best bargain Bordeaux's at K&L.
Price: $16.99 Add To Cart
2008 Elsa Malbec Mendoza
 By: Doug Burress | Review Date: 10/6/2009 | Send Email
  As we head into the holiday party season I am excited to say that the Elsa Malbec will continue to be a great wine for any gathering. The promise of a great Malbec from Argentina, at a super affordable price, comes true with this easy-drinking, delightful red wine. Valentin Bianchi’s 2008 Malbec has a delightful berry-filled nose, with a slight hint of lavender and spice. On the palate, the dark berry fruit continues along with a soft, supple texture. I can see this bottle showing up at many family dinners over the next few months!
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2008 Elsa Malbec Mendoza
 By: Jeffrey Jones | Review Date: 2/8/2010 | Send Email
  When I think of this wine I always think of a nice velvety and easy to drink crowd-pleaser. The Elsa Malbec is soft and round with nice dark fruit flavors. It will taste great with simple meals and is a wonderful party wine.
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2008 Elsa Malbec Mendoza
 By: Scott Beckerley | Review Date: 7/2/2009 | Send Email
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  This is a hugely popular Argentinian malbec that is unbelievably priced. Lush, with ripe cherries, red plums and raspberries, this little wine is absolutely perfect for everyday and is great with barbecue. The convenient screw cap means that you won't have to have your wine opener at hand. Practically paradise!
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2008 Elsa Malbec Mendoza
 By: Jim Barr | Review Date: 7/8/2009 | Send Email
  This is an amazing wine, particularly if you take price into consideration. Medium-deep ruby in color, the nose is bright and flashy with distinctive plum and white pepper spiciness. In the mouth, you will be treated to a Malbec that is nicely balanced, offers excellent viscousity and structure, and has well-integrated tanins with a long, satisfying finish.
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2004 Nino Negri Sassella Superiore "Le Tense"
 By: Mike Barber | Review Date: 3/19/2010 | Send Email
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  I love valtellina nebbiolo. Unlike its counterparts in Barolo and Barbaresco, valtellina nebbiolo has more dust, cinnamon, dark fruit, and sage that the grapes pull from extremely rocky and high elevation soils. Because we bought so much of this wine for our club, we are selling it for a ridiculous price for this quality of wine!
Drink from 2010 to 2020
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2008 Sherwood Pinot Noir Marlborough New Zealand
 By: Jeff Garneau | Review Date: 7/28/2009 | Send Email
  New Zealand made a big splash on the international scene a few years back with their outstanding Sauvignon Blancs, and they are poised to do the same for Pinot Noir. This wine may very well be the best value in Pinot Noir in our entire inventory. The 2008 Sherwood is medium bodied and very much in the Burgundian style with a New World twist. Fans of Oregon Pinot Noir take note! Exotic fruits on the nose: pomegranate and orange zest. In the mouth, red fruits and spice: red plum and rhubarb and a hint of cinnamon. Perfectly paired with a range of dishes: New Zealand lamb with fresh thyme and lemon or plank smoked salmon.
Price: $14.99 Add To Cart RP 91 WS 89
2008 Sherwood Pinot Noir Marlborough New Zealand
 By: Mike Parres | Review Date: 2/11/2010 | Send Email
  Wow! This is really one of the best Pinot Noirs I've tasted at this price point, and from one of the original regions to put New Zealand Pinot on the map no less. The bouquet has notes of plum, dark strawberry, clove, chocolate and earth. On the palate there is beautiful balance, with good acidity, silky tannins and very good length. If your a fan of Pinot, don't miss this great value.
Price: $14.99 Add To Cart RP 91 WS 89
2008 Sherwood Pinot Noir Marlborough New Zealand
 By: Susan Thornett | Review Date: 11/25/2009 | Send Email
  I often recommend the Sherwood Pinot Noir to customers because it is so well balanced and performs so well for the price! Full of cherry and berry fruit, with a touch of elegant French oak for richness, this wine is never sweet or overly spicy, but just right!
Price: $14.99 Add To Cart RP 91 WS 89
2008 Sherwood Pinot Noir Marlborough New Zealand
 By: Patty Torrel | Review Date: 11/30/2009 | Send Email
  The 2008 Sherwood Pinot Noir has all the elements to be a real beauty. It possesses a dark yet vibrant ruby color, outstanding fruit purity, and although a bit young and primary at the moment it has some serious depth and delineation. On the nose are aromas of fresh dark cherry, raspberry and baked rhubarb with just a touch of spice. The palate has bright, tangy red fruit, a hint of dried flowers, fine-grain tannins, ample acidity and a persistent finish. Decant this one for 15 to 20 minutes and it will flesh out nicely showing some impressive fruit intensity. This is a terrific food wine.
Price: $14.99 Add To Cart RP 91 WS 89
2008 Sherwood Pinot Noir Marlborough New Zealand
 By: Mari Keilman | Review Date: 2/26/2010 | Send Email
  For all those who are looking for a classic, elegant Pinot Noir that won't break the bank, Sherwood is your pick. This wine has an extremely supple and smooth mouthfeel of sweet raspberry and black cherry. The rich red fruit and ample acidity on the finish make this the perfect wine to sip alone and to have with dinner.
Price: $14.99 Add To Cart RP 91 WS 89
2008 Sherwood Pinot Noir Marlborough New Zealand
 By: Jacques Moreira | Review Date: 7/1/2009 | Send Email
  Classic Pinot Noir from NZ. Full of ripe dark berries balanced with lots of complexity and a touch of smoke. I honestly think this is the "very" best Pinot in this price range. Think pork chops, roast chicken (with Morel mushroom sauce perhaps...), lamb curry, meatloaf, quail and potato salad, and let's not forget the Thanksgiving table!
Price: $14.99 Add To Cart RP 91 WS 89
2006 Milz Laurentiushof Estate Riesling 180°
 By: Eric Story | Review Date: 3/3/2010 | Send Email
  This is my new house Riesling. Light and refreshing and drinking much better than the $10 price point. Load up on this one for the upcoming Spring...
Top Value!
Price: $9.99 Add To Cart
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