Featured Wines - June 2022

Post COVID, we are thrilled to once again feature the very special 2018 P.S. Garcia Bravado Old Vine Red Blend (40% Syrah, 36% Carignan, 14% Grenache, 9% Petit Verdot, 1% Mourvèdre). Still big, bold, and beautiful after four years of age, the 2018 P.S. Garcia Bravado (93 Points – Tim Atkin) truly lives up to its name. Made from vines averaging 120 years of age, the 2018 P.S. Garcia Bravado offers up heady aromatics, intense lush flavors, and...

The Gabards consistently fashion superb Bordeaux Blanc, using, Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, Bordeaux’s two most important white grapes. The 2020 Château La Gabarre Bordeaux Blanc (80% Sauvignon Blanc, 20% Semillon) first delights the eye with its brilliant sun-splashed color before enticing the nose with a sensuous bouquet of citrus, freshly cut melon, and mango, all infused with a delightful touch of herbaceousness. The wine’s sensual appeal...

Grown in an eight-acre high altitude vineyard, the 2020 Adega Cachin Peza do Rei Ribeira Sacra Mencia captures the beauty of its surroundings. A deep cherry red color and an amplifying nose of ripe cherries, forest berries, and Ribeira Sacra’s mineral-rich terroir greet the nose from the moment the wine is poured. In the mouth the wine explodes with juicy ripe cherry and raspberry fruit flavors, laser-like precision, and a suffused minerality...

Grown in a high hillside vineyard, the 2020 Adega Cachin Peza do Rei Ribeira Sacra Blanco is rich in flavor and delightfully lithe in spirit, with wonderful energy, intoxicating aromatics, and mouthwatering palate appeal. With Godello (70%) taking the lead with delightfully round fruit, herb, and mineral tones and Treixadura (20%) and Albariño (10%) playing strong supporting roles with deft touches of fresh citrus, quince, and tropical fruit...

Crafted from 100% Certified Biodynamically farmed Syrah, the brooding, deeply colored, nearly impenetrable 2019 Beckmen Vineyards Purisima Mountain Vineyard Ballard Canyon Syrah (94 Points – Vinous) captivates all of the senses from the moment it is poured. A gush of blackberry, boysenberry, violet, cured meats, and sizzling bacon wrapped in fine grain oak pour from the glass. In the mouth, this dense, beautifully endowed Syrah offers massive...

The single-vineyard 2017 Villa Sparina Monterotondo Gavi del Comune di Gavi (94 Points – James Suckling) is nothing short of a tour de force in winemaking. Fashioned from all organically grown grapes from the revered Monterotondo vineyard, the 2017 Villa Sparina Monterotondo Gavi del Comune di Gavi had us from the moment it was poured. Sporting a bright sunshiny color and offering a heady draught of fruit, mineral and stone, we couldn’t wait to...

Once again, Ken and Akiko Freeman have fashioned a superb Pinot Noir in their 2019 Freeman Russian River Pinot Noir (92 Points – Wine Advocate). Rich, concentrated and highly aromatic, this Pinot Noir is suffused with delicious blackberry, cherry and plum fruit, hints of lavender and exotic spice flavors, and a fine patina of oak. Rich, almost robust in flavor, this youthful Pinot Noir sings from the glass just moments after it has been...