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Caballito de Mar Rueda Verdejo 2020
Origin: Spain
Retail: $9.95 | Sale: $8.95
The raison d’être of Bodega Cuatro Rayas is making Verdejo wine for the world. Since its establishment in 1935, the winery has become a benchmark in the production of white wine. Since the beginning, some of the priorities of the Cooperative have been taking care of the environment and the well-being of the people who live in rural areas. This commitment to a natural and social environment is now supported by the launching of ‘green & social’, a hallmark that attests the actions carried out in all the stages of the production of the wines to improve the living standard of their members and workers and the protection of the environment. A yellow color with green highlights, fresh and fruity aromas of pear and apple. Citrus and tropical fruit flavors, smooth and soft on the palate, well structured and complex.
100% Verdejo
Hugl Gemischter Satz 2020
Origin: Vinna, Austria
Retail: $11.95 |Sale: $10.75
Weingut Hugl Wimmer is a family-run winery in Ketzelsdorf-Poysdorf, Austria. Owners Sylvia and Martin Hugl both grew up in family wineries. "Gemischter Satz" has a long history in Austria. It is a field blend where different grape varieties are picked at the same time and vinified together. Thanks to the dynamic efforts of ambitious winegrowers, this traditional rarity has grown in stature and recognition to become the calling card of viticulture in Austria’s capital city. Gemischter Satz is very popular in Vienna’s Heurigen. Historically, Heurigen were simple places, where vineyard owners would open their doors during wine season to serve glasses of this years wine and juices to guests. At most, a plate of cold meats and cheese could be served along with the delicious wine. The regulation for the Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC requires that at least three white quality wine varieties must be planted together in one vineyard that is listed in the Viennese vineyard register as Wiener Gemischter Satz. The highest portion of one grape variety must be no more than 50%; the third highest portion must be at least 10%. Wines without vineyard indication must be dry and without any prominent wood flavour. The wine displays a mix of green-spicy flavors mixed with muscat, white pepper on the palate.
50% Gruner Veltliner | 40% Gelber Muskateller | 10% Riesling
La Remise de la Mordoree (No Sulfites added)
Origin: Rhone, France
Retail: $19.95 | Sale: $17.95
Mordorée’s vineyards consist of 55 hectares (135 acres) on 38 different parcels, containing a rich, wide range of soils and climates. The soil is a mix of clay, chalk and sand with pebble stones and they follows the culture raisonnée method, intervening in the vineyard only when necessary. The yield is reduced in the vineyard by ébourgeonnage (de budding in spring) and vendanges vertes in summer (green harvesting). La Remise de la Mordoree represents Mordoree's signature quality at an affordable price. Deep red color with aromas of red & black fruits (blueberry, blackcurrant) and flowers (violet, peony). Nice mouthfeel & freshness. With its exceptional resistance to oxidation (due to Marselan), this wine will remain pleasant for a long time after opening the bottle.
40% Marselan (Marselan is a cross between Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache) | 40% Merlot | 20% Grenache
Luis Cañas Rioja Crianza 2017
Origin: Sicilia, Italy
Retail: $35.95 | Sale: $32.35
Located in the town of Villabuena de Alava, south of the province of Álava, Bodegas Luis Cañas is one of the leading wineries in the Rioja Alavesa region. Sheltered from harsh weather extremes by the Sierra Cantabria Mountains to the north, the hillside vineyards are comprised of nutrient-poor chalky clay soil. What the soil lacks in nutrients is compensated for with small plot cultivation with low yields to produce small firm clusters of berries of excellent quality. After its primary fermentation, the wine is placed in barrels where it undergoes malolactic fermentation and is aged for a minimum of 12 months (60% French; 40% American oak; 3 years old). It is further aged in bottle for 12+ months. This wine shows a ruby red color, a clean nose with nuances of balsamic, plum and cedar. The palate is smooth and velvety, complex and structured, with fruit, spice flavors with toasted oak.
95% Tempranillo | 5% Garnacha
Octopada Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Origin: Napa Valley, California
Retail: $29.95 | Sale: $26.95
Trevor Sheehan spent nearly 10 years collecting and trading some of the world’s finest wines and learning from masters of winemaking in Bordeaux and Burgundy before he decided to create his own value-based brands that showcase the unique characteristics of California wine regions by founding Precision Wine Company.
This wine offers an incredible aroma of big black, rich fruit, spring flowers, graphite and toast. Full-bodied with stunning concentration and flavors of dark cherries, black plum, melted milk chocolate. Well integrated French oak, this well balanced wine has supple, but ripe tannins and a lengthy finish. From a single vineyard in Oakvill it was aged for 14 months in 60% new French oak. Just 350 cases produced.
100% Cabernet Sauvignon