{"id":1812,"date":"2013-06-18T22:09:21","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T22:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=1812"},"modified":"2013-06-18T22:09:21","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T22:09:21","slug":"dons-june-collectors-series-top-picks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/dons-june-collectors-series-top-picks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019s June Collector\u2019s Series Top Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/iStock_000006887537Medium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1838\" alt=\"iStock_000006887537Medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/iStock_000006887537Medium-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/iStock_000006887537Medium-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/iStock_000006887537Medium-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/iStock_000006887537Medium.jpg 1694w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Our June Collector Series wines offer what I like to think of as ideal summer wines.\u00a0 But, this month I can\u2019t just choose two.\u00a0 Tie goes to the runner in baseball, and as baseball is the nation\u2019s summer pastime I\u2019m going to adopt that rule this month.\u00a0 So, my first Top Pick belongs to Josh Bergstr\u00f6m\u2019s incredibly elegant and pure 2009 Old Stones Chardonnay, a wine that started out great and keeps getting better.\u00a0 This is a tiny production Chardonnay from Bergstr\u00f6m, who is best known for his incredible Pinot Noirs.\u00a0 But what most people don\u2019t realize, Josh is equally adept at fashioning compelling white wines, including Old Stones Chardonnay.\u00a0 My second Top Pick is a tie between Josep Grau\u2019s deep, pure 2010 Vespres Montsant and the 2009 Ch\u00e2teau Fourcas-Borie Listrac M\u00e9doc.\u00a0 Grau\u2019s Vespres is born of old vines of Garnacha (80% Grenache) and Sams\u00f3 (20% Carignan), many of which are100 years of age, and the wine\u2019s got it all going on: an opaque purple robe, a heavenly aroma, and a boatload of flavors that gush from the glass.\u00a0 Equally compelling but totally different in flavor and style is the Fourcas-Borie, a polished, beautiful M\u00e9doc from an outstanding Bordeaux vintage.\u00a0 It\u2019s truly a sleeper of the vintage, but just don\u2019t take my word for it.\u00a0 You can ask Mr. Robert Parker and other critics, or better still, taste it yourself.\u00a0 <i>A votre sant\u00e9<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Don<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our June Collector Series wines offer what I like to think of as ideal summer wines.\u00a0 But, this month I can\u2019t just choose two.\u00a0 Tie 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