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Heathen Wines Blanc de Franc 2023
Origin: Virginia
Retail: $63.00 | Sale: $56.70
This Blanc de Franc is produced in the traditional Champagne method using 100% Cabernet Franc, sourced from the Blue Ridge Mountain slopes of the Monticello AVA. The grapes were hand-harvested and foot-stomped. Fermentation and aging in neutral barrels give a generous mouthfeel, livened by crunchy bubbles and Franc's hallmark springtime flowers personality.
Courtalt Michelet Petit Chablis 2022
Origin: France
Retail: $40.95 | Sale: $36.85
This Chardonnay is a generous wine with beautiful aromatic complexity but refreshing simplicity. The entrance is fruit-forward and crisp while the finish, with mineral notes, ends with fresher and more floral sensations. This wine would be excellent as an aperitif or served with seafood dishes.
Quinta da Devesa Red Reserva 2020
Origin: Portugal
Retail: $25.95 | Sale: $23.35
This Portuguese wine is a blend composed of Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca and Tinta Barroca. The vineyard uses careful selection of the best grapes, with manual harvesting from schist soils. The juice is aged for 18 months in new French and American oak barrels and requires minimum aging of 12 months in the bottle. The nose is aromatic, concentrated, and offers power. On the palate this wine expresses notes of blackberry, wild cassis, strawberry, black cherry, blueberry with floral notes and Sichuan pepper in the background.
Quinta da Devesa 20 Year White Tawny Porto
Origin: Portugal
Retail: $57.95 | Sale: $52.15
Quinta da Devesa Port wines are produced exclusively from lots vinified and aged in the estate. Since 1941, vintages considered of superior quality by the family winemakers, were kept and stored in wooden barrels in the winery cellars. These extraordinary quality wines are used today to produce Quinta da Devesa Port Wines. Clean, amber color, with a hint of copper. The bouquet is complex, with rich notes of almonds and honey. The palate is soft and velvety with a long finish.