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Wine Scores
Below is a listing of the wine review scores we frequently reference in our notes. While these sources remain an excellent source of information, we always recommend that you trust your own palate. Scores in these publications often represent the personal taste of an individual critic, which may not always coincide with your own. We have a huge team of excellent wine professionals that can match wines you've had in the past with new arrivals that meet your flavor profile.
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Francois Peyrot Heritage Grande Champagne Cognac 750ml
Review Date: 4-17-2013
An amazing brandy, especially for the money. Fifty year old spirits don't even exist anymore in the whisky market and they certainly don't exist for less than a couple thousand dollars. The Peyrot is a big, woody, spicy, robust Cognac. This isn't the ultra-smooth, supple, Louis XIII replacement. It's an old school Cognac from a country producer using nothing but his estate fruit and his own distillates.
Price: $184.99
Francois Peyrot Heritage Grande Champagne Cognac 750ml
Review Date: 4-16-2013
This is good Cognac. This is really good Cognac actually. I had forgotten what high quality Peyrot offers until they came into see us and pour through their line up. It was a tasting of repeated double takes, me looking at David with my eyes asking, “This is really that good?” I was well impressed through the whole line, but really was floored with the Heritage.
This is what I want out of Cognac, rich and luscious, tones of vanilla and caramel, all wrapped up in perfectly integrated and textured French oak. There is a mantra that I always have in mind when tasting Spirits, “You can’t Fake Age.” This bottle has nuance and intrigue, it is rich, but it possesses and underlying complexity that you simply cannot recreate without a half of a century of aging in the French country side. We certainly hope you enjoy this truly great bottle.
Price: $184.99
2010 Sobon"Estate" Amador County Syrah
Review Date: 4-16-2013
The wineries that Leon Sobon owns (Sobon Estate and Shenandoah Vineyards) have produced some of the best Zinfandels, Syrahs, and other fine red and white varietals over the past twenty years at comparatively, wonderfully low prices This estate Syrah is a perfect example of my assertion. Deep ruby in color, the opulent aromas of classic white pepper to plumy fruit notes explode from your glass, and leads to richly flavored, well integrated and focused Syrah in the mouth, with silky tannins and lush characteristics. The finish refuses to surrender and, as Rusty so well stated it, this Gem is an amazing value. This will be one of our house reds for the month, according to Rusty. 14.1% ABV
Drink from
2013
to
2018
Price: $12.99
Germain Robin Low Gap 2 Year Old Wheat Whiskey 750ml
Review Date: 4-15-2013
I think that Germain Robin makes elegant and well crafted spirits. The Low Gap is no exception from the other quality Germain Robin products. It is interesting and different but a pleasure to drink. It is smooth and round with a little spice. The Low Gap is medium bodied and a joy to drink.
Price: $59.99
Port Charlotte 10 Year Old Single Malt Whisky 750ml
Review Date: 4-15-2013
This Port Charlotte 10 year old is a delicious single malt for those who love a little smoke with their drink. In the mouth there is a nice almost creamy roundness with subtle hints of brine. It is one of the most elegant smokey single malts from Islay that I have had.
Price: $59.99
2009 MacRostie Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
Review Date: 4-15-2013
A ripe fruity wine in the mouth, with tons of bright high toned berry fruit, spice and a zippy acidity. This wine will pair well with, grilled meats and pasta dishes with heavier sauces. Give at least 30 minutes of air beforehand and the fruit will shine!
Price: $22.99
2012 A.A. Badenhorst "Secateurs" Chenin Blanc Swartland
Review Date: 4-15-2013
This is a great value, and a wonderful introduction to South African Chenin Blanc.The fruit comes from bushvines planted in the 1960's and a some amount sees a little time in neutral oak for texture. The nose has notes of jasmine flower, honeysuckle, apricot, kumquat and honey. On the palate the wine is medium bodied with a round creamy texture and moderate "lemony" acidity that has a persistent finsih.
Price: $13.99
2009 du Tertre, Margaux
Review Date: 4-15-2013
½* Good upfront fruit. Mid-palate? At UGC: Lighter in style here. Sweet and racy. Quite forward.
Price: $49.99
2010 Louis-Antoine Luyt Carignan "Trequilemu" Maule Valley
Review Date: 4-15-2013
A must try for any fan of honest, pure wine with a sense of place, these naturally made wines from Antoine Luyt are dead ringers for Cru Beaujolais. Take one to your next blind tasting and it will stump the best of them. "Trequilemu" is 100% Carignan, from 70 year old vines. Its raspberry and blackberry aromas and flavors are flecked with earthy minerals; it is fresh and fruity but shows real substance and length. I would love this with a simple grilled steak lightly seasoned with herbs.
Price: $19.99
2010 Louis-Antoine Luyt Carignan "Sauzal" Maule Valley
Review Date: 4-15-2013
A must try for any fan of honest, pure wine with a sense of place, these naturally made wines from Antoine Luyt are dead ringers for Cru Beaujolais. Take one to your next blind tasting and it will stump the best of them. This 100% Carignan from Chile is juicy, vibrant, and fresh, with crunchy red and blackberry notes and nice lift on the palate. It is almost too easy to drink...the perfect choice for for picnics or barbecues.
Price: $19.99
2002 Louis Lequin Santenay 1er Cru "Le Passe-Temps"
Review Date: 4-15-2013
Here's a chance to get ready to drink red Burgundy at a great price. Very Chassagne-like in style, this Santenay nonetheless shows a wonderfully rich texture for a 2002. The nose is exceptionally round and supple with a nice minerally note and lightly spiced. On the palate the wine still shows a lovely texture with a nice structure of fine tannins and minerals with a light touch of earth while maintaining the wonderful sweet cherry richness the nose promised. It absolutely calls out for lambchops on the grill, .
Drink from
2013
to
2016
Price: $39.99
2002 Louis Lequin Santenay 1er Cru "Le Passe-Temps"
Review Date: 4-15-2013
The intensity on the nose of this is incredible. Dusty dried roses, dried blue berries, and a background of toasted wood. This would have gone really well with the spinach and toasted barley risotto I served for dinner last week utilizing a bag full of organic handpicked spinach from Clyde's garden that I then blanched, pureed, and folded into the risotto with a heavy portion of cream and butter.
Price: $39.99
2005 Malescot-St-Exupéry, Margaux
Review Date: 4-15-2013
One of the great wines of the vintage. Very deep and concentrated. A little clove and cinnamon on the nose and on the palate. Very mouth-coating. An older school wine with great balance. Broad, fantastic wine. Will last a long time. Fabulous buy. **1/2
Price: $159.99
2009 Giscours, Margaux
Review Date: 4-15-2013
*½ At UGC: Subdued nose, but fine structure on the palate. Very rounded tannins and a good finish. Reserved right now. Will need some time.
Price: $72.99
2012 Skouras "Zoe" Rosé Peloponnese
Review Date: 4-15-2013
This was such a joy to drink. It has a deep color and is such a pretty wine to smell. It has bright lively aromas that are so inviting. In the mouth the Zoe is full bodied and juicy, but ends nice and dry. It drinks well alone but will go well with fish or fowl.
Price: $9.99
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