Wines
36 Items Found
- Honig Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley 2011 375ml Product #26296 (In Stock)
-
-
This is yet another in a long line of fantastic Sauvignon Blancs from the good folks at Honig. This blend of 96% Sauvignon Blanc, 1% Muscat and 3% Semillon has lovely aromas of orange blossom and grapefruit are accompanied by lemon, melon, peach and nectarine flavors that are ripe, juicy and refreshing. Medium bodied with a crisp, refreshing, slightly minerally finish. Just delicious stuff!
- Honig Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley 2011 Product #25733 (In Stock)
-
-
This is yet another in a long line of fantastic Sauvignon Blancs from the good folks at Honig. A blend of 96% Sauvignon Blanc, 1% Muscat and 3% Semillon, this gets two separate fermentations - one whole cluster pressed and another destemmed with a little time on the skins. The wine is fermented at cool temperatures in stainless steel to preserve its fresh fruit flavors and aromas. Aromas of orange blossom and grapefruit are accompanied by lemon, melon, peach and nectarine flavors that are ripe, juicy and refreshing. Medium bodied with a crisp, refreshing, slightly minerally finish. Just delicious stuff!
- Educated Guess Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 Product #27033 (In Stock)
-
-
A consistent winner in the "value Cab" category for a few years now, the 2011 Educated Guess is even richer and more full of unctuous blackcurrant, vanilla, milk chocolate, and spice character than usual. A blend of 100% Napa fruit (mainly Rutherford and St. Helena this year) with a good dose of French and American Oak, this is classic Napa steak or sipping Cabernet with a creamy texture and just enough fine tannin to hold its shape.
- Parcel 41 Merlot Napa Valley 2010 Product #26428 (In Stock)
-
-
"Parcel 41" was the original surveyor's designation for this winery's site in Napa, and the wine is a touch "old school" too! It's rock solid, right down the middle, Napa Merlot with flavors and aromas of redcurrant, coffee, vanilla and herb. The texture is plump and soft in the middle before fine, firm, tannin comes up on the lightly creamy finish. Easy to like and drink on its own or with lamb or beef.
- Antica Chardonnay Napa 2011 Product #27057 (In Stock)
-
-
A delicoius, distinctive, Chardonnay from Piero Antinori's Napa Valley project. As always, showing off a certain European class and finesse, this year's release also packs in a denseity and power not often seen from wines in this part of the Valley. Satisfying on its own and great with grilled chicken or rich seafood.
“Antica’s 2011 Chardonnay is laced with lemon peel, white flowers, spices and crushed rocks. In this vintage, the estate’s Chardonnay is especially rich and powerful, largely because the irregular flowering lowered yields by 50%. This is an unusual Chardonnay that is bright in its aromas and flavors but fairly broad-shouldered in style. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2016.”Wine Advocate 92 points
- Ladera Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2009 Product #26775 (In Stock)
-
-
Ladera is best known as a Howell Mountain Cab specialists, but we prefer the Napa Valley designate which includes a dash of Petit Verdot and Syrah. As the Advocate suggests, the 2009 is for drinking now - but how is that bad?!
"Ladera’s 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon is a relatively simple, straightforward offering in this vintage. Plums, sweet spices, crushed flowers and menthol are woven together nicely. The wine’s mid-weight structure suggests it is best enjoyed upon release and for a handful of years thereafter. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2019."Wine Advocate 89 points
- Worthy Sophia's Cuvee Napa Valley 2007 Product #25702 (In Stock)
-
-
Worthy’s Sophia’s Cuvee is the second wine of Axios, a Napa “cult Cabernet” producer best known for its $125 flagship Cab. It’s been one of our best-selling Napa Cabs ever since its 2001 debut vintage earned 92 points and a place on Wine Spectator’s Top 100 list. Since then, it’s been a super-reliable bottle of Napa Cab with ripe, supple, currant, smoke and green herb flavors and a darkly fruited finish.
Now, the 2007 vintage has arrived and there’s been a BIG step up! Maybe it’s just the vintage – 2007 is one of the best ever in Napa – but this Worthy is exploding with black currant, blackberry and black plum fruit sweetened with a generous dash of sweet baking spice and a sprinkle of dusty cocoa and shaved bitter chocolate. Mouth filling and rich, the 2007 Worth remains graceful and elegant and oh so easy to drink. A winner and a great value."The 2007 Sophia’s Cuvee (a 8,000-case blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc, and Malbec) is a big-time sleeper of the vintage. An outstanding example of Napa Bordeaux varietals, it displays loads of white chocolate, creme de cassis, licorice, and a touch of subtle smoke in a medium to full-bodied style. Silky tannins, flesh, and plenty of concentration characterize this wine, which has no hard edges. It is a beauty to drink over the next 5-7 years."Wine Advocate 90 points
- Green & Red Zinfandel Chiles Mill 2010 Product #26974 (In Stock)
-
-
Perhaps our favorite Zinfandel producer, the almost off-the-grid guys at Green & Red up on the high eastern slopes of Napa. Red soils (clay and iron) with sparkling green flecks (malachite) give the winery it's name. As always, this single-vineyard Zin is plenty ripe, but with uncommon balance, grace and class. Dark cherry and raspberry fruit get accents of fresh bay leaf, clove, and cracked pepper. Long and zesty on the finish, this works equally well with grilled vegetables or big hunks of meat.
- Porter Creek Chardonnay Russian River 2011 Product #27097 (In Stock)
-
-
The 2011 Porter Creek Chardonnay - from 30+ year-old vines and yields of less than 2 tons per acre - is once again remarkable. This release is richer, creamier, and more round than the 2010, with generous aromas of ripe stone fruits, pineapple, vanilla, and fresh cream. Richly textured but still vibrant with ripe apple, peach, and pineapple fruit and a generous squirt of citrusy acidity to keep things fresh. A note of cream and fresh butter emerges on the long, mouthwatering, finish.
- Ch Montelena Zinfandel Estate 2010 Product #26969 (In Stock)
-
-
From the winery famous for California's breakthrough Chardonnay and classic Cab, this is an elegant, almost European, take on Zinfandel. Aromas of bright plum, boysenberry, and dried fruit with accents of spice and coconut. Firm acid and ripe tannins frame blackberry and red-berry fruit with a meaty hint of hoisin and soy. Notes of walnut and smoked meat hide under the richly fruity, long, finish.
- Shane Syrah Jemrose Syrah 2009 Product #27067 (In Stock)
-
-
Rich and spicy, but fresh, too! Lovely with lamb or herb-rubbed pork.
"Glass-staining ruby. Liqueur-like mulberry and smoky Indian spices on the expressive nose. Fresh, sweet and lively, with harmonious acidity giving shape and lift to the floral black and blue fruitl flavors. Finishes spicy, with a fine dusting of silky tannins. Distinctly energetic syrah with considerable immediate appeal but the spine to age."International Wine Cellar 93 points
- Chappellet Chardonnay 2011 Product #26885 (In Stock)
-
-
Our best-selling Napa Chard has rung up 10 straight vintages with 90-92 point ratings from Wine Spectator, and the new release is another winner. As always, a perfect marriage of richness, density, and brightness, this is packed full of ripe pear, melon, and green apple flavors with just a kiss of oak spice and cedar. Drink it now for the energy and cut or let it ride a bit and get creamier and more round.
- Robert Biale Petite Syrah Royal Punishers 2011 Product #27077 (In Stock)
-
-
As Wine Advocate likes to say, the entire Biale lineup "delivers outstanding quality for the money. The wines are loaded with personality and distinctiveness throughout." Another blockbuster Petite Sirah from Biale, you'll find oodles of blueberry, violet, clove, herb, smoke and more in this full-bodied, perfumed, red. Tannins are firm - as you'd expect - so enjoy with something meaty off the grill.
- Robert Biale Zinfandel Black Chicken Napa 2011 Product #27076 (In Stock)
-
-
By the time the inevitable and annual 90+ point score comes up, the 2011 Black Chicken will have flown the coop. So, if you love big, lush, Zinfandel that comes loaded with black cherries, menthol, licorice and sweet spices, grab this while you can. During Prohibition n the 1930s, when friends who called Aldo on the family party line and asked for a dozen "black chickens," this is what they got!
- Cakebread Chardonnay Napa 2011 Product #26670 (In Stock)
-
-
A perennial "Top 10" wine in fine restaurants across the USA, the 2011 Cakebread once again opens with vanilla, light butter, and cinnamon/nutmeg scents. Medium-bodied, the flavors follow the nose with the addition of ripe apple, melon, and bright citrus fruit. Bright and fresh with no heaviness. These guys have been on a bit of a roll the past few vintages, with very solid results.
- Relic Ritual Red 2010 Product #26634 (In Stock)
-
-
Case price applies to orders for 12 or more bottles of any Relic wines (mix/match). Note that your mix/match Case savings will NOT show on your web site receipt. Don’t worry – we’ll adjust the prices when we pull the wines in the store and before your card is charged.
As with the 2009, there’s just so much to love about this wine. Start with Bandol’s Mourvedre grape in the staring roll – there are a whopping 11 acres of it in all of Napa, so you don’t often see it playing the lead. Then, add red fruit from juicy Grenache and blue fruit and minerality from 110 year-old Carignan grown at the end of Pickett Road in Calistoga (right next door to one of California’s best and most famous Cabernet vineyards). Round things out with a bit of meaty Syrah and juicy, structured, Petite Sirah, and you’ve got a luscious, highly drinkable, red that will knock your socks off. While still tightly wound, it’s clear that the 2010 edition of Ritual is even more pure, deeply flavored, and complete than the outstanding 2009. There’s not very much wine like this made in Napa, still less at this price point. Grab it now.
“47% mourvedre, 21% carignane, 15% grenache, 12% petite sirah and 5% syrah. Deep ruby-red. Sexy aromas of blackberry, cracked pepper, flowers and spices. Cool, spicy and aromatic in the mouth, with blue and black fruit flavors lifted by flowers and white pepper and given structure by firm tannins. This bottling features the highest percentage of mourvedre yet, notes winemaker Mike Hirby, as well as 110-year-old carignane vinified with whole clusters. Really lovely aromatics here.”International Wine Cellar 92 points
“Slow to reveal all its charms, with supple, ripe plum and blackberry fruit woven among crushed rock, cedar and sage notes, this red offers a delightfully teasing mix of flavor, texture and surprising subtleties. Mourvèdre, Carignane, Grenache, Petite Sirah and Syrah. Drink now through 2022. 460 cases made.” Wine Spectator 92 points
- Plumpjack Syrah Napa Valley 2009 Product #25417 (In Stock)
-
-
The 2009 Plumpjack Syrah is at once lush and surprisingly Rhone like. In fact, the winery's tasting notes seem spot on: "The 2009 PlumpJack Syrah is, in our opinion, the most Northern Rhone like Syrah we have yet crafted. In the nose aromas of white pepper, smoked meat, olive tapenade and baked plums. Flavors of five spice, cardamom, star anise, vanilla and boysenberry coat the palate. On the finish it shows more lushness than the 2008 but still boasts the structure to age for over the next 5 to 7 years."
- Paul Hobbs Crossbarn Cabernet Sauvignon Napa 2010 Product #26552 (In Stock)
-
-
Another fine vintage for Paul Hobb's "entry-level" Napa Cab. As WA said about the nearly identical 2008: "A terrific bargain in Napa Cabernet...a brilliant perfume of smoked herbs, sweet creme de cassis and blackberry fruit, incense and hints of charcoal and herbs. Savory, broad and expansive on the palate, this full-bodied, supple-textured effort is a classic Napa Valley Cabernet that is silky enough to be drunk early in life and over the next 10-15 years."
- White Rock Vineyards Cabernet Napa Laureate 2007 Product #26738 (In Stock)
-
-
Old-fashioned Napa Cabernet from very up-to-date, but respectful of history, wine growers working in Napa's Soda Canyon. The vines grow on terraces up the side of the Canyon and get minimal water and no chemical fertilizers or herbicides. The natural vineyard work continues in the winery (6000 sq ft of caves quarried to build the winery house) where the wines rest until ready to release.
The Laureate Cabernet comes from the highest elevation Cabernet vines and opens with youthful aromas of red currant, tobacco leaf, fresh herb, eucalyptus and coffee. In the mouth it's rich and bright with plenty of red fruit and spice. The finish is long, persistent and firm with ripe fruit flavors lingering nicely. Tasty now and better over the next decade plus. - Forman Chardonnay Napa Valley 2011 Product #26851 (In Stock)
-
-
Another terrific vintage for one of our favorite old-school Napa winemakers.
"Ric Forman is arguably Napa Valley’s first superstar winemaker. Although sometimes overlooked today, there is little question Forman has had a profound influence on a number of younger winemakers who still speak of him with great reverence. In 2012 Forman celebrated his 46th harvest. Forman’s 2011 Chardonnay is very pretty. Lemon, pastry, white flowers and spices come together nicely as this vivid wine shows off its considerable personality. The 2011 still needs time to fully harmonize in bottle. Stands out for its textural purity and class. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2025." Wine Advocate 92 points
