Our weekend wine tastings are on hiatus, but we will still be featuring select wines for discount! We have a classic summer lineup this week, and a few new introductions for you to explore. Apologies for the rainy-day photos - it was unavoidable!
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Domaine Du Mont Epin Macon Peronne 2017
Origin: France
Retail: $21.95 | Sale: $19.75
Richard and Stephanie Martin, owners of St. Veran’s renowned Croix Sennaillet estate, purchased the historic Mont Epin domaine in 2015. Situated in the commune of Clesse in the Maconnais region of southern Burgundy, Domaine du Mont-Epin specializes in chardonnay, the grape of Macon. This vintage is a fresh and open wine, crisp with apple fruits. It is lightly textured but its main thrust is all about fruit, with a lifted aftertaste, underlying richness, and a distinct thread of minerality.
100% Chardonnay
86 Points Wine Enthusiast
Terredora Dipaolo Falanghina 2018
Origin: Italy
Retail: $19.95 | Sale: $17.95
Featuring estate-grown fruit, this wine is pale yellow in color with rich and intense aromas of apple, pineapple, quince, and pear. Aged on its lees in stainless steel, it sees no oak. It is fresh and clean in the mouth with excellent acidity, good structure, and a strong finish. A wine for the whole meal, enjoy with hors d’oeuvres, soups, seafood, and fresh cheeses.
100% Falanghina | 90 points James Suckling.
Ovum Base Line Riesling 2018
Origin: Oregon
Retail: $24.95 | Sale: $22.45
Founded by husband-and-wife duo John House and Ksenija Kostic in 2011, Ovum is a celebration of the diverse expressions of Oregon Riesling. Their 2018 Base Line has an intoxicating nose of guava, passion fruit, strawberry, sea spray, aloe vera - and yet it is completely dry. Once it hits your palate you feel the weight of a medium to full bodied wine that is similar to a extended lees aged white Burgundy. Native ferments, no subtractions or additions, except for SO2 – extended lees contact 8-9 months, for textural complexity. A rare but impressive wine to enjoy paired with pork, shellfish, spicy food or poultry.
100% Riesling
Figuière Magali Côtes-de-Provence Rosé 2019
Origin: France
Retail: $21.95 | Sale: $19.75
Figuière is located in La Londe-les-Maures between Marseille and Nice with vineyards that lie just a few hundred meters from the Mediterranean Sea. Magali is made from a blend of Cinsault, Grenache, Syrah, and Cabernet Sauvignon with a two to three-hour maceration on the skins before vinification in stainless-steel tanks. It is a medium-bodied rosé with aromas and flavors of strawberries, orange peel and white flowers. This wine shows bright and refreshing acidity and salty minerality.
20% Cinsault, 20% Grenache, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Syrah, 13% Mourvedre, 2% Rolle
Cupertinum Copertino Riserva 2010
Origin: Italy
Retail: $15.95 | Sale: $14.35
In the Apulian plain, in the center of the Salento peninsula, between the Ionian and the Adriatic sea, extends the territory of Copertino. On this red soil, vineyards and olive trees harmoniously alternate: century-old twisted trunks of olive trees often introduces the characteristic Apulian shrub-vines that produces this strong and generous wine. The result is generous, nicely focused aromas and flavors of red fruit, tar, licorice and underbrush. This wine has a marvelous acid-fruit-tannin balance and finishes long, smooth and breezy. A knockout wine and an exceptional buy for the money.
Negroamaro, Malvasia Nera, Montepulciano
Chateau Pesquie Les Terrasses Rouge 2017
Origin: France
Retail: $16.95 | Sale: $15.25
Remarkably consistent in even the most challenging vintages, Les Terrasses Rouge benefits from being sourced from vineyards scattered around the foothills of Mont Ventoux. These protected microclimates are warm during the day and cool at night. The limestone-rich soils, where Syrah does particularly well makes for a bright, lively wine with enticing red fruit flavors and aromas of garrigue – thyme and rosemary.
Grenache, Syrah
Practicing Biodynamic
94 Points Jeb Dunnuck
Cuarenta Cuarenta 40/40 Cabernet Franc 2017
Origin: Argentina
Retail: $24.95 | Sale: $22.45
40/40 planted their Cabernet Franc in 2013 in rocky soils with a high percentage of clay. All wines are fermented with indigenous yeasts and are aged 12 months in barrels. Aromas of fresh green and red bell pepper welcome you in to the glass, followed by a juicy, fruity palate and a biting acidity that gives it personality and style. The finish is spicy and persistent with polished, round tannins.
100% Cabernet Franc | Organic