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ransparent and minerally, showing dark-cherry and forest-floor aromas with some ink and blood undertones. Medium-bodied with beautiful integration and excellent length that goes on for minutes. Firm tannins. Vivid. From ungrafted vines planted in the 1970s.

Utterly clean and delicious aromas of lemon meringue, chiseled chalk and chipped flint show on the attention-grabbing nose of this bottling. There's a lively acidity and chalky grip to the palate, where tight Asian pear and jicama flavors align. (MK)

The 2021 Pinot Noir Radius is a gorgeous wine from a favorable growing season. Velvety berry fruit and elegant structure are the orders of the day. Supple and focused, it is supremely clear and precise, with beautiful curves. Tea leaves, blood orange and sweet black cherry flesh out, expanding like a peacock's tail on the epically long finish. What a beautiful wine. (BN)

This newer producer really starting hitting its stride in the 2023 vintage, as viticultural improvements on the older vines began to take hold. Juicy yet earthy aromas of blackberry, damp sage and mossy soils lead from the nose into a palate that sizzles with nearly prickly acidity. Flavors of sage, olive and brisk fruit ride across leathery tannins, making an mouthwateringly savory sip.

Bid on this bottle of 1787 Provenance 8 Year Old Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey - Private Barrel.

Mexico’s Mixteca extends across parts of Puebla, Oaxaca, and Guerrero, a culturally distinct area with longstanding agave-distilling traditions. The fourth edition of 5 Sentidos’ Colección Mixteca brings together Azul and Papalome agaves from Puebla and is presented as an uncertified mezcal.

Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca, is renowned for a deeply rooted tradition of small-scale agave distillation. This 5 Sentidos release was made by Tío Pedro Hernández Arellanes from Espadín and highlights the “puntas,” the early portion collected during distillation. It is presented as an uncertified Oaxacan mezcal.

Bid on this 6-bottle lot of 2015 A. Christmann Konigsbacher Idig Riesling Großes Gewächs.

This plush port barrel-finished Bourbon opens with brown sugar, drying to a spiced edged with red fruit notes. Adding a splash of water snaps it into focus, suggesting a slice of cherry pie topped with caramelized brown sugar and maple. *Top 100 Spirits of 2018* (KN)

Growers like Coutelas are making the most innovative wines in Champagne, and no wine in our stock shows that more than the Cuvée Louis Victor. This comes from a single large barrel and is made in the solera style, with wines dating back to 2007 included in the blend. The composition is unknown, as 20% is bottled each year and replaced with the best vin clair in the cellar, regardless of variety. It is then aged for an additional three years on the lees and rested six more months on the cork. This wine has savory, deep richness and fans of Selosse and Krug should take note… It is easily one of the most complex Champagnes that we have on the shelf.

The 2016 Points Unknown, Grenache/Mourvedre/Syrah blend from Sonoma Valley, is powerful, dense and aromatically expressive. Iron, smoke, leather, tobacco and a host of savory inflections add character to this deep, beautifully layered wine. The 2016 is a wine of real character and personality. (AG)

This full-bodied wine shows a more serious side of Chenin Blanc, wrapping a rich texture around baked apple, vanilla and mineral flavors. It is nice and dry, mouthfilling and adds a touch of grippy tannin to cleanse the palate. An addition of 20% Verdejo was blended in. (JG)

Abbot’s Passage was founded by sixth-generation Sonoma vintner Katie Bundschu, extending a family winegrowing history that began in California in 1858. The Crossing is the estate’s field-blend expression, presented here from the 2016 vintage and rooted in Sonoma County’s long tradition of blended red wines.

Sonoma County encompasses 19 distinct American Viticultural Areas, reflecting remarkable geographic diversity across its valleys, mountains and coastal reaches. Abbot’s Passage’s 2014 “The Crossing” is a Cabernet Sauvignon-based red field blend rooted in this historic California wine region.

The 2013 Página Uno is their top of the range, a blend of 55% Cabernet Franc and 45% Malbec from Los Chacayes and La Consulta in the Valle de Uco, produced as a micro-vinification in French barriques and an aging period in 70% new oak for two years. This is a serious, powerful and energetic Malbec, with very good depth, still marked by the oak but with sweet tannins and juicy fruit, with good overall balance. Somehow classical, well-oaked and in need of time. But this is very good in its style. (LG)

Ripe blackcurrants, darker cherries, chocolate, baking spices, and new leather-like aromatics all define the 2021 Capella, a deep, full-bodied, absolutely majestic red that has a stunning mid-palate, a broad, layered mouthfeel, velvety tannins, and a great finish. As I commented last year, there’s a First Growth Pauillac-like style here, and this deserves 4-6 years of bottle age and will evolve gracefully over the following 2-3 decades. Don’t miss it.

From Abreu's vineyard on Howell Mountain, the 2021 Las Posadas Proprietary Red features floral, violet-like highlights, scents of graphite and crushed stone and layers of dark, ripe fruit. Full-bodied and concentrated, it's deeply textured and tannic, with a long, long finish. Give it some serious cellar time. 98+ (JC)

The 2021 Thorevilos is stunning. What a wine. Inky, deep and marvelously vibrant, the 2021 sizzles with tension. Graphite, crushed rocks, pencil shavings, lavender and menthol are all amplified in this towering, statuesque beauty. All the 2021 Abreu wines are super, but this one has the magic dust. This is as good as it gets. (AG)

Acqua Panna is a still natural mineral water sourced in Tuscany, where the brand traces its origins to the historic Villa Panna estate. This 750ml bottle brings a long-established Italian table-water tradition to the dining table in a format designed for sharing.

Praise from Decanter: "A highly-respected grower with one of the best collections of old Calvados around, normally showing notes of baked apples and licorice." Located in Normandy, the Camut family has farmed 115 acres and grown 25 different types of apples for centuries. They carefully craft cider from their apples, then age it for 11 months in barrel. The cider is double distilled from the property's wood-fueled stills (one is 75 years old!), then aged and transfered for years between neutral barrels and foudres until it achieves a luscious complexity. The Prestige is 40 to 50 years old. Tasting notes from the producer: "Deep Amber. Tremendous legs. Nutty vanilla on the nose. Deep notes of preserved, baked apple, smoke, and prune. Impeccably balanced, earthy complexity. Long, pure finish." Break out your snifter--this is the good stuff!

This is the grand daddy of the Camut Calvados. This contains brandy older than 35 years.

This easy-going, six-year-old from Adrien Camut is so mellow that the drinking experience might seem akin to a reggae beat. Honeyed-gold in color, there’s an affable, round, expressive nose of fresh apple and toffee, and in the mouth it’s rich and mouthcoating, with notes of coffee and chocolate that are balanced by freshness on the midpalate that glides into a lengthy finish. This Calvados is in no hurry. (JW)

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Perfumed and aromatic, this opens with soaring floral notes typical of the vintage before revealing additional layers of delicate complexity with a hint of smoke and sweet calamansi. The palate is refined, elegant and detailed but also quietly powerful with linear acidity which tapers down to a grainy, pithy grapefruit-infused finish. *Recommended, Top Value* (SW)

Bid on this 3-bottle lot of 2009 Alain Hudelot-Noellat Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru "Les Suchots" (93BH, 93VN, 91JG, 91RP). Vinous: "Medium red. A step up in sappiness on the nose from the preceding samples, with notes of mint and orange zest lifting the aromas of cherry, raspberry and red licorice. Lush, suave and intense on the palate, with excellent inner-mouth tension to the red berry, mineral and spice flavors. Lovely fruit and energy here. The slowly mounting finish features thoroughly integrated tannins and very good focus for the year. A superb showing. (ST)" (03/2012)

This all estate grown, Verzy Grand Cru champagne is even parts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from the best plots in the Lallement vineyard. It is aged fro six years on the lees and is a super creamy, classy champagne. -Gary Westby, K&L

Only one press load of this old vine Pinot Noir champagne was made, and it won't be made every year. This wine gets over four years on the lees of ageing and is a bright, polished, excellent example of Pinot Noir from this famous, north facing village. -Gary Westby, K&L

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Bid on this 3-bottle lot of 2015 Albert Bichot (Domaine du Clos Frantin) Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru "Les Malconsorts" (96JM, 96VN, (91-94BH), 94WS). Vinous: "The 2015 Vosne-Romanée Les Malconsorts 1er Cru seems to have been born to embarrass my rather tepid reaction to this wine from barrel. Wow! This has me smitten. It offers a very floral, seductive bouquet with pressed violet petals liberally scattered over the black cherry and wild strawberry fruit, and just a hint of vanilla in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannin. This is very cohesive, harmonious and silky-smooth in texture, with a light touch of blood orange and brown spices that impart complexity on the finish. Excellent. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting. (NM)" (11/2018)

The 2024 Pinot Blanc is a blend of Pinot Blanc from 60-year-old vines and Auxerrois planted in 1946 and 1943, grown on granite. Tart, fresh pear is framed by lemon zest on the nose. These taut, citric notions carry onto the palate, where they are colored by riper, rounder pear. This strikes a perfectly concentrated but light balance and is bone dry. (Bone-dry) (AK)

Bid on this bottle of Alberta Premium "Limited Edition" Cask Strength Canadian Rye Whisky. Whisky Advocate: "Strong barrel tones on the nose enhanced by mint, bread-and-butter pickles, and prunes. A floral palate is hot, slippery, and quite sweet, with restrained barrel tones, roses, mild menthol, sweet rummy molasses, and brilliant peppery spices in the middle. Later sips show slightly sour orange juice. Finishes with hot spices and vaguely bitter pith. (DK, Winter 2019)"

Bid on this bottle of Alberta Premium "Limited Edition" Cask Strength Canadian Rye Whisky. Whisky Advocate: "Strong barrel tones on the nose enhanced by mint, bread-and-butter pickles, and prunes. A floral palate is hot, slippery, and quite sweet, with restrained barrel tones, roses, mild menthol, sweet rummy molasses, and brilliant peppery spices in the middle. Later sips show slightly sour orange juice. Finishes with hot spices and vaguely bitter pith. (DK, Winter 2019)"

Bid on this bottle of Alberta Premium "Limited Edition" Cask Strength Canadian Rye Whisky. Whisky Advocate: "Strong barrel tones on the nose enhanced by mint, bread-and-butter pickles, and prunes. A floral palate is hot, slippery, and quite sweet, with restrained barrel tones, roses, mild menthol, sweet rummy molasses, and brilliant peppery spices in the middle. Later sips show slightly sour orange juice. Finishes with hot spices and vaguely bitter pith. (DK, Winter 2019)"

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From vines planted in 1937, Romirasco sports its classic balsamic herb accents joined by tobacco, cigar smoke, nutmeg and liquorice. A mix of macerated berries, wild brambles and grenadine saturate the thick, concentrated palate. Vertical tannins are upfront and immediate – dry and rigid on the one hand but juicy on the other. This will need time to digest both its structure and wood before black pepper and rosemary anchor the finish. The estate trialled slightly cooler fermentation temperatures in 2022, giving a longer fermentation period, while macerations were shortened to just two weeks. The idea was to manage extractions while still coaxing out the distinct personalities of each cru. (MM)

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Bid on this bottle of 2000 Aldo Conterno "Cicala" Barolo (96WS, 93RP, 93ST). Wine Spectator: "This is a big, powerful red with loads of floral, berry, plum and truffle aromas and flavors. Full-bodied, yet refined. It builds on the palate with lots of racy tannins and an ultralong finish. A long-ager. Nearly matches the amazing 1996 in quality. The best from Conterno this year. " (07/2004)

Bid on this 6-bottle lot of 1988 Aldo Conterno "Cicala" Barolo (93WS). Wine Spectator: "*Highly Recommended* Firm and beautifully focused, a chewy wine with generous flavors of raspberry, rose petal, violet and tar, sharply concentrated and long. Flavors are exquisite and distinctive, and they persist on the finish. Tannins are tough enough to want cellaring. " (10/1993)

Aromas of truffle, camphor and new leather form the nose along with oak-driven spice on the structured 2022 Barolo Bussia Cicala. Bold and intense, the palate features ripe Morello cherry, orange zest, vanilla, graphite and licorice alongside a backbone of close-grained tannins. A mineral note recalling iron lingers on the finish. (KO)

Aromas of truffle, camphor and new leather form the nose along with oak-driven spice on the structured 2022 Barolo Bussia Cicala. Bold and intense, the palate features ripe Morello cherry, orange zest, vanilla, graphite and licorice alongside a backbone of close-grained tannins. A mineral note recalling iron lingers on the finish. (KO)

The 2022 Barolo Bussia Colonnello is a bold wine that opens with aromas of dark spice, violet, French oak and camphor. On the palate, notes of coconut, licorice and coffee bean accent a black cherry core accompanied by tightly woven, close-grained tannins. While it’s full-bodied and structured, it also boasts the estate’s hallmark finesse. (KO)

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Balsamic notes of camphor mingle with dark exotic spice, sun-warmed hay and tobacco on the impressive 2022 Barolo Bussia Romirasco. On the structured, delicious palate, notes of menthol, vanilla and licorice accent a succulent core of raspberry compote. A backbone of crushed velvet tannins provides support while an orange zest note jumps in at the end and lifts the finish. It’s bold and full-bodied but also boasts weightless concentration and poise. (KO)

Tasted at the Ottoman restaurant in Canberra. A brilliant Barolo from Conterno from the splendid 2004 vintage. It is showing a fair bit of oak on the nose although there is plenty of fruit to back it up. But those aromatics are just packed full of well-defined fruit. The palate is beautifully balanced with svelte tannins, so silky smooth, so lithe in the mouth you cannot possibly resist its charms. It just gets better and better in the glass. (NM)

The 2023 ‘Mosaic’ comes from a whopping 22 soil types and utilizes Pommard, Wadenswil, La Tache and a range of clones. This comes off fresh and marvelously earthy, with sea salt and stony accents that collide with a fresh Satsuma orange zest and a glorious core of red and dark fruits. Big, bold and sumptuous on the mouth, enjoy now and over the next fifteen plus years to come. Drink 2025-2042

Although labeled as non-vintage, this has the style and impact of a vintage wine, with a full five years on the lees. This Champagne is composed of half and half Chardonnay and Pinot Noir and tastes much more expensive that it is. If you like creamy, toasty Champagne with depth and richness, this is one of the best that we carry. I find the combination of brioche generosity and the gentle, mineral laden finish entrancing every time I drink it!