Featured Wines - July 2019

The 2015 Atze’s Corner GSM displays a beautiful deep ruby and violet colored robe that pleases the eye, which complements a sensuous bouquet that heralds the wine’s juicy palate-pleasing flavors. Savory scents and flavors of black currant and mulberry infused with hints of cocoa, spring flowers and touches of toasted oak delight the nose and mouth. Soft and succulent on the palate, the 2015 Atze’s Corner GSM gives very little hint of the latent...

Vigne Sannite’s 2017 Falanghina del Sannio embodies the allure and beauty of Campania’s Amalfi Coast. It blends the full tropical flavors of Falanghina with the salty freshness of the nearby Tyrrhenian Sea. To whet the appetite, fresh scents of green apple, lime, and sea spray splashed with a dash of quince spring from the glass to tantalize the nose before magically re-emerging in the wine’s fresh, invigorating mid-palate. Crisp and zesty from...

We were thrilled to discover the last cache of Valle Secreto’s outstanding 2012 First Edition Carmenère and to be able to offer it to our members. This is a wine that has continued to mature in bottle, gaining both weight and depth with age. In true Valle Secreto fashion, the 2012 First Edition Carmenère sports an intense red color with purple notes, which foreshadows the wine’s charming, extroverted personality. Amplifying berry aromas bound...

The Mâitres Vignerons de la Vidaubanaise have fashioned an absolutely delicious 2018 Le Provençal Côtes de Provence Rosé. The 2018 Le Provençal conjures images of the sun-drenched Provençal countryside along with the region’s rarified air and illuminated landscapes, all of which shimmer beside the sparkling Mediterranean Sea. Le Provençal is bottled in the traditional “flute à corset,” the distinctive bottle of the Provence region, that recalls...

Zinfandel is ever the chameleon. No other red grape variety grown in California can change form quite like Zinfandel, depending upon terroir as well as the whim of the winemaker. Talty’s style of Zinfandel embodies elements of Old and New World winemaking, resulting in a wine that exhibits both dense fruit and a tannic backbone along with all of the brambly elements that Dry Creek Valley happily imparts to its finest Zinfandels. Rich in color...

Elegance, purity, and complex flavors, which one rarely experiences in other rosé wines, set Château Margüi’s 2018 Côteaux Varois Rosé above the rest. For starters, the 2018 Château Margüi Côteaux Varois offers a captivating salmon-pink color to dazzle the eye, while a pretty set of aromatics entices the nose with citrus, white peach, and faint touches of lavender and wild herbs. In the mouth, the wine’s clean, crisp fruit, juicy acidity, and...

Dustin Pfaff’s 2015 Bernier Vineyard Petite Sirah demonstrates how downright dazzling head-pruned, dry-farmed Petite Sirah from Dry Creek Valley can be, especially when grown by Paul Bernier. Emanating from one of the very finest Petite Sirah vineyards in Sonoma County and superbly crafted by Dustin Pfaff at Talty, this exquisite blend of 90% Petite Sirah and 10% Zinfandel is knock out gorgeous. Only the third release of this wine from a...