Wines
4 Items Found
- Gaillard Marsanne 2011 Product #26157 (In Stock)
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Pierre Gaillard’s more famous for his blockbuster Cornas and Northern Rhone reds, but he’s got a fine touch with whites as well. This is 100% Marsanne – one of the building blocks of white Hermitage – that’s loaded with creamy stone fruit flavors and a touch of wet stone. Very rich, round, and deep but with enough acidity to shine with food. If you enjoy Viognier or any kind of white Rhone, you’ll love this!
- Dom Francois Villard Viognier Les Contours De Deponcins 2010 Product #25763 (In Stock)
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This heady Northern Rhone white exemplifies everything we love about Viognier. Its aromas of white flowers, apricots and peaches jump out of the glass, but on the palate it's bright, juicy, and finishes clean. Winemaker Francois Villard chooses to declassify the Condrieu made from his younger vines, so this is a great way to sample his style at a reasonable price!
- Guigal Saint Joseph Rouge 2009 Product #26387 (In Stock)
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As always, one of the very best values in the Guigal line-up.
"Inky purple. Sexy aromas of candied dark berries, violet and Moroccan spices, with a bright mineral overtone. Lively and precise on the palate, which offers sweet dark berry flavors and gently chewy texture. Shows very good intensity on the finish, which clings with lingering minerality and spiciness. These vines are mostly in Mauves, according to Philippe Guigal."International Wine Cellar 91 points
"As I have written many times before, no one in the wine world is better at ‘raising’ a wine (or as the French call it elevage) than Marcel Guigal, who learned the skills from his father, Etienne. Because everyone tends to focus on vintage conditions and terroir, the importance of a wine’s elevage is often overlooked, but Guigal’s unusually long tank, foudre and small barrel aging regime for all his red wines as well as several of his whites results in an array of remarkable wines time and time again. The dense purple-colored 2009 St.-Joseph was scheduled to be bottled soon after my visit. It reveals lots of crushed rock, black raspberry, licorice and floral notes in its medium to full-bodied, attractive personality. It should offer plenty of charm over the next 7-8 years." Wine Advocate 90 points
"This has lovely notes of apple wood, incense and espresso up front, followed by a solid core of crushed plum and steeped blackberry fruit. A smoldering tobacco edge hangs on the lightly firm finish. Best from 2013 through 2018."Wine Spectator 91 points
- Dom Marc Sorrel Crozes Hermitage 2009 Product #25484 (In Stock)
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We think of Northern Rhone Syrah as being powerful and dark, but here’s an example of Crozes-Hermitage that is almost Burgundian in grace and complexity. The aromas are floral and swirling with nice hints of black plum, blackberry, and smoked meats. In the mouth, it’s vibrant and fresh with plenty of spicy black fruit in the middle and then floral and stone notes emerging at the end. An elegant take on Crozes that will work beautifully with smoked pork or grilled lamb or even roast chicken.
