Only Highly Rated Wines-
May 31, 2007
LAST CALL ON THESE HIGHLY
RATED "REMNANT" WINES!
NET wines build for discount, but do not
discount. Combine 12 or more bottles of any of
these wines only to receive an
additional 10% DISCOUNT.
Limited
to stock on hand!
03 Leuuwin Chardonnay -
Artist Series, Margaret River, Western Australia -
$79.95
Rich, ripe and seamless, not quite as dense as some vintages, but it has
real elegance. It plays its citrusy pineapple, guava, pear and spice flavors
over a polished frame, letting them linger effortlessly. Could gain greater
depth with age. Drink now through 2015. 400 cases made. 94 points - Wine Spectator,
November 15, 2006 (Previously 01 - 98
points, and 02 - 96
points......can't believe this is the "worst" Chardonnay of the last
3 vintages! It is amazing!)
2005 Mt. Difficulty Pinot Noir,
Bannockburn, Central Otago, New Zealand - $34.95
Crushed stone and mineral nuances weave through a vibrant array of black
cherry, spice and wild strawberry flavors. The streamlined structure and cedary
oak marshal fruit and mineral through the finish. Drink now through 2011. 336
cases imported. 91
points - Wine Spectator, April 30,
2007
04 Goldeneye (Duckhorn) Pinot
Noir, Anderson Valley, Mendocino - $52.95
Exhibits dusty berry, cola and wild raspberry flavors in a complex,
well-focused style. Ripe and tannic, this shows nice fruit on the finish,
where the tannins provide traction. Drink now through 2011. 91 points, Wine Spectator, June
15, 2007
05 Beaux Freres Pinot Noir -
Ribbon Ridge, The Vineyard, Willamette Valley, Oregon - $74.95
Firm in texture at first, but then blossoms into a panorama of flavors,
fanning out its raspberry cream flavors and hinting at floral, mineral, green
tea and Asian spice notes as the finish picks up steam. Not a big wine, but has
many layers to explore. Best from 2009 through 2015. 93 points - Wine Spectator, May
31st., 2007
2004 Clarendon Hills - Old Vine Grenache,
Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale, AU - $79.95
As usual for this cuvee, the 2004 Grenache Blewitt Springs possesses an
extraordinary, exotic, flamboyant personality that causes Roman Bratasiuk to say
it's his "Dolly Parton-styled wine." Terrific notes of blackberries,
raspberries, and rich kirsch liqueur are accompanied by an opulent, flamboyant
wine with tremendous viscosity and richness as well as a lusty, heady finish. In
short, it's a mouthfilling, full-bodied red to drink during its first 5-7 years
of life.
93 points - Robert Parker's
The Wine Advocate, Issue 167, October 2006
Firm tannins provide grip for the dense blackberry and plum flavors, which
turn distinctly peppery and aromatic on the long, pointed finish. Needs time to
flesh out, but it has the goods. Best from 2008 through 2016. 500 cases
imported. 93 points - Wine
Spectator, October 15, 2006
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05 Saxum Broken Stones,
Paso Robles - $74.95 NET
The 2005 Broken Stones (a blend of 74% Syrah, 24% Grenache, and 2%
Mourvedre aged in 500 liter French oak pungeons) reveals great purity of fruit
along with a beautiful bouquet of flowers, and blue, red, and black fruits, a
structured, tannic mouthfeel, full-bodied density, and good freshness as well as
depth. It should drink well for 7-8 years. 92-95 points - Robert Parker's
The Wine Advocate #166
August 2006
04 Big Basin Syrah - Madala, Santa Cruz
Mountains - $44.95
The outstanding, opaque ruby/purple-hued 2004 Syrah Mandala
(100 cases) reveals notes of graphite, flowers, and black currants. Rich and
medium to full-bodied, with sweet tannin as well as toasty oak in the
background, it should drink well for a decade. 90-92 points - Robert Parker's The
Wine Advocate #166 August 2006 - Potential to be the "next"
PAX!
04 Saxum Bone Rock Syrah, James Berry
Vineyard, Paso Robles - $89.95 NET
It was difficult to resist swallowing the 2004 Bone Rock James Berry
Vineyard, a blend of 85% Syrah and the rest Mourvedre and Grenache. While not a
blockbuster like the 2003, the 2004, probably because of the cooler year,
possesses more minerality, definition, and delineation. Enormously well-endowed,
with creme de cassis, raspberry, smoke, licorice, incense, and crushed rock-like
characteristics, it is a fabulously concentrated, multilayered, intense effort
that should handsomely repay cellaring for more than a decade. I highly
recommend that wine enthusiasts who love Rhone Ranger wines pay a visit to the
James Berry Vineyard, one of the true grand cru sites in the region.
95-98 points - Robert Parker's
The Wine Advocate #159 June 2005
Made from a blend of 85% Syrah, 12% Grenache, and 3% Mourvedre, there are
500 cases of the 2004 Bone Rock James Berry Vineyard. It possesses a saturated
ruby/purple color along with tight, restrained aromatics of blackberries,
blueberries, and flowers, good acidity, fleshy, full-bodied flavors, and fine
elegance, delicacy, and finesse ... rare for a wine of this size and intensity.
It will drink well for 10-12 years. 93 points - Robert Parker's The Wine
Advocate #166 August 2006
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RATED & DIFFICULT TO FIND
Great cellaring
potential!
04 Emrich-Schonleber
Riesling Spatlese Monzinger Halenberg, Nahe,
Germany -
$52.95
Scintillating aromas and flavors of berries, citrus, vanilla and stone
highlight this elegant, intense Riesling. An amazing range of flavors packed
into a light-weight frame, with a vibrant structure that resonates through the
finish. Terrific, complex aftertaste. Drink now through 2025. 365 cases
made. 95 points - Wine
Spectator, March 31st., 2006
05 Hirtzberger Gruner
Veltliner Rotes Tor Smaragd, Wachau,
Austria -
$48.95
Harvested November 8-10 from the steepest terraces of the Rotes Tor
(adjacent to Singerriedel), Hirtzberger's 2005 Gruner Veltliner Smaragd Rotes
Tor smells of sweet pea, citrus, and rhubarb. It comes onto the palate with
creamy texture yet loads of juicy fruit and positively shimmering wet stone,
salty mineral expression. Like its Federspeiel counterpart, this exhibits great
clarity of fruit, even though one can detect accents of honey and brown spice
attributable to botrytis. A brothy, rich meld of stone, spice, and fruit pours
itself into a long, evocative finish that outdistances all but a handful of
other Gruner Veltliner from this vintage. I would be unafraid to stash some of
this in my cellar for a decade or more indeed I would regret not doing so, and
while I was at it I would track some bottles of the Federspiel as well. 94 points - Robert Parker's The Wine
Advocate #166 August 2006
2004 Kracher TBA #7 - Zwischen den Seen
Welschriesling - Burgenland, Austria (375 ml) - $89.95
NET
Ripe and
luscious. Shows impeccable balance, depth and concentration, with ripe
apricot, peach and pineapple flavors. 97 points (highest score)
- Wine Spectator, June 15, 2007
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