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$49.95
WINE ADVOCATE 95 POINTS - "A glass-coating opaque purple color, it is already displaying a complex aromatic array of sandalwood, smoke, espresso, lavender, Read More...
Asian spices, and assorted blue and black fruits. Smooth-textured, succulent, and structured, it will evolve for 2-3 years and offer a drinking window extending from 2013 to 2028+. In the scheme of things, it offers great value in top-flight Ribera del Duero.
Bodegas y Vinedos Aalto is a partnership between legendary vigneron Mariano Garcia and Javier Zaccagnini, former President of the governing body of the Ribera del Duero DO. Aalto is sourced from 7 different villages on a variety of soils with vineyard age ranging from 40-100 years and was aged for 24 months in French and American oak."
Bodegas y Vinedos Aalto is a partnership between legendary vigneron Mariano Garcia and Javier Zaccagnini, former President of the governing body of the Ribera del Duero DO. Aalto is sourced from 7 different villages on a variety of soils with vineyard age ranging from 40-100 years and was aged for 24 months in French and American oak."
$26.98
STEPHEN TANZER 90 POINTS - (75% tempranillo, 15% cabernet sauvignon and 10% syrah, aged for 18 months in French and American oak): Deep ruby. Aromas Read More...
and flavors of cherry compote, vanilla, mocha and tar, with smoke and floral overtones. Lush and open-knit, finishing with punch and pliant tannins. This wine is approachable now, with a little air.
$13.98
Made in the small village of Gumiel de Mercado in the Ribera del Duero in the family's state of the art winery, this is a fabulous and modern style of Spanish wine. An opaque ruby colour. Powerful, plentiful, Read More...
seductive blackberry and blackcurrant aromas including baking spices and floral qualities.
$21.98
Heavy robe, dark cherry red with pink rim. Very intense to the nose, with a pleasant blend of deep wood, blackberries and sugared plums against a spicy background of clove, cedar and Read More...
noble wood. Powerful and well-balanced to the palate, marked by gentle tannins. This Ribera is becoming more polished in the bottle.Áster Crianza 2006 is great company for roast lamb, game stews and highly cured cheese.
$54.98
Bodega Los Astrales is the joint project of the Romera de la Cruz family-a family with 3 generations of growers and Eduardo Garcia, son of Mariano Garcia the superstar winemaker of Read More...
Ribera del Duero ( Vega Sicilia, Aalto, Mauro ) This powerful combination has given birth to one amazing wine. The focus of the winery is to extract all the character of head pruned, organically farmed Tinto Fino vines that are 30-80 years old.
$34.98
WINE ADVOCATE 93 POINTS - "The 2004 Gran Reserva spent 30 months in French and American oak. It is a mouth-filling, opulent effort from the great 2004 Read More...
vintage that straddles the line between traditional and modern-style Rioja. It offers up a soaring perfume of wood smoke, pencil lead, exotic spices, lavender, and blackberry that leads to a dense, impeccably balanced, lengthy effort that has the structure to evolve for 5-7 years while showing why 2004 is such an esteemed vintage in Rioja. It should see its 20th birthday in fine form."
It’s finally arrived!!! Founded in 1985, Baron de Ley is a single estate winery located in Rioja Baja focusing on high quality Reserva and Gran Reserva wines. Based on the “Chateau” concept, grapes are sourced exclusively from the property’s estate vineyards. This is an innovative step in a region where bodegas typically source grapes from independent growers throughout the area.
Baron de Ley’s unique personality blends the best of old and new. Located on the grounds of a 16th century monastery on the east bank of the river Ebro in Mendavia, the estate covers 175 acres planted primarily to Tempranillo, and a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon. Quality and attention to detail are an obsession at Baron de Ley, where the ancient architecture belies to the latest winemaking equipment.
We have been waiting for this 2004 Gran Reserva for a while. Tasting other vintages we think you will like this wine now as well as in the future.
On the nose, we get a vast palette of scents: black cherry, sandalwood, soy sauce, carob, mixed exotic spices and herbs, dark florals, black raspberry-- pretty much a "wow!" nose; very expressive. The palate leads with sweet fruit, more exotic spices, a dark medley of berries and minerality. This is elegant but confident wine as the flavors and scents merge harmoniously without 'too much' of any single component blaring through; this while the tannins and acidity interweave throughout the rich mouthfeel, uplifting and sustaining the complete mise-en-scéne of the wine. The finish is lengthy and tasty. Again: wow!
It’s finally arrived!!! Founded in 1985, Baron de Ley is a single estate winery located in Rioja Baja focusing on high quality Reserva and Gran Reserva wines. Based on the “Chateau” concept, grapes are sourced exclusively from the property’s estate vineyards. This is an innovative step in a region where bodegas typically source grapes from independent growers throughout the area.
Baron de Ley’s unique personality blends the best of old and new. Located on the grounds of a 16th century monastery on the east bank of the river Ebro in Mendavia, the estate covers 175 acres planted primarily to Tempranillo, and a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon. Quality and attention to detail are an obsession at Baron de Ley, where the ancient architecture belies to the latest winemaking equipment.
We have been waiting for this 2004 Gran Reserva for a while. Tasting other vintages we think you will like this wine now as well as in the future.
On the nose, we get a vast palette of scents: black cherry, sandalwood, soy sauce, carob, mixed exotic spices and herbs, dark florals, black raspberry-- pretty much a "wow!" nose; very expressive. The palate leads with sweet fruit, more exotic spices, a dark medley of berries and minerality. This is elegant but confident wine as the flavors and scents merge harmoniously without 'too much' of any single component blaring through; this while the tannins and acidity interweave throughout the rich mouthfeel, uplifting and sustaining the complete mise-en-scéne of the wine. The finish is lengthy and tasty. Again: wow!
$21.98
STEPHAN TANZER'S INTERNATIONAL WINE CELLAR 91 POINTS - "Pale-rimmed ruby-red. Pungent aromas of dried cherry, spicecake and vanilla, with smoke and Read More...
cigarbox overtones. Sweet, palate-coating cherry and cassis flavors are braced by gentle acidity and become spicier with air. Mocha and smoke note linger on a long, supple and gently tannic finish with very good energy.”
WINE SPECTATOR 90 POINTS - "Still fresh and bright, this juicy red offers cherry, berry, chocolate and licorice flavors. The tannins are light but firm, the acidity has an orange peel note, and the finish is sweet and clean. Drink now through 2015."
We see a pattern here—the 2001 Gran Riserva from Beronia made Wine Spectator’s Top 100 list for 2011, but the wine had just sold out when the list was published. Again, with the 2004 vintage, Beronia’s Gran Riserva made the Spectator’s Top 100 in 2012, about a month after the 2004 had completely sold out. We love the balance of age and aroma, pot-pourri flowers and lovely cherry fruit that we’ve seen in these Gran Riserva wines. The newly released 2005 Gran Riserva is here and it delivers again—a top quality wine aged for seven years at the winery to ensure prime drinking is a rare and beautiful thing in the wine business, and we love Beronia for their Gran Riservas.
WINE SPECTATOR 90 POINTS - "Still fresh and bright, this juicy red offers cherry, berry, chocolate and licorice flavors. The tannins are light but firm, the acidity has an orange peel note, and the finish is sweet and clean. Drink now through 2015."
We see a pattern here—the 2001 Gran Riserva from Beronia made Wine Spectator’s Top 100 list for 2011, but the wine had just sold out when the list was published. Again, with the 2004 vintage, Beronia’s Gran Riserva made the Spectator’s Top 100 in 2012, about a month after the 2004 had completely sold out. We love the balance of age and aroma, pot-pourri flowers and lovely cherry fruit that we’ve seen in these Gran Riserva wines. The newly released 2005 Gran Riserva is here and it delivers again—a top quality wine aged for seven years at the winery to ensure prime drinking is a rare and beautiful thing in the wine business, and we love Beronia for their Gran Riservas.
$33.95
Born in Michoacan, Mexico, winemaker Edgar Torres has lived in the coastal town of Cambria, California since the age of 8. As it seems to happen to many people who live close to Read More...
Paso Robles, he fell in love with wine and decided to make his livelihood in the wine business. Hey…can you blame him?!? He has worked with many of the superstars of the Central Coast, including Matt Garretson, Augie Hug, and Alta Maria Vineyards. Today, he is the assistant winemaker at Barrel 27, and works alongside one of our best friends, McPrice Myers (what a mentor!), when Edgar isn’t tinkering on his own wines. We sampled his latest releases a few months ago, and they really knocked our socks off! The intensity of these wines are rivaled by few here in the United States, and we suggest you check out what Edgar can do!
Edgar’s Tempranillo comes from French Camp Vineyard on the hilly Southeast area of Paso Robles. While it is warm enough to fully ripen Tempranillo, this region of Paso is slightly more moderate than other parts. This means you get physiologically mature fruit that isn’t overripe. Aged for 18 months in a combination of new and used barrels, this wine has a crazy aroma of rhubarb pie, lingonberry, sweet applewood smoke, mint leaf, cinnamon, red licorice, camphor bark, coffee. The Tempranillo offers flavors of rich dried raspberry and cherry, baking chocolate, vanilla bean, and has fine and grippy tannins with a long, strong finish.
Edgar’s Tempranillo comes from French Camp Vineyard on the hilly Southeast area of Paso Robles. While it is warm enough to fully ripen Tempranillo, this region of Paso is slightly more moderate than other parts. This means you get physiologically mature fruit that isn’t overripe. Aged for 18 months in a combination of new and used barrels, this wine has a crazy aroma of rhubarb pie, lingonberry, sweet applewood smoke, mint leaf, cinnamon, red licorice, camphor bark, coffee. The Tempranillo offers flavors of rich dried raspberry and cherry, baking chocolate, vanilla bean, and has fine and grippy tannins with a long, strong finish.
$36.95
Last year, winemaker Edgar Torres brought us a couple wines that were simply amazing! This year is no different, other than the fact that he has a new wine that is really gets us excited! Read More...
His latest bottling is called "Toro de Paso", a blend of 37% Tempranillo, 26% Grenache, and 37% Merlot. The Tempranillo and Grenache are a couple of the primary grapes in many Spanish reds, and coming from this Central Coast region, calling this wine Toro de Paso just made sense. From the first pour, we were hooked, as this wine displays an intense garnet color with a purple hue, and aromas of violets, spice, dried cherries, strawberries, plums, and violets. Similar flavors follow suit, where they are joined by blueberries, blackberries, minerals, grilled meat, and just the right amount of tannin. Rich, juicy, forward, and still retaining good structure, this wine is tasty now, and should continue to drink well for another 5-7 years. Could this Spanish/Bordeaux blend be the next big style to come out of Paso Robles?...We think other wineries should take note!
$15.98
WINE SPECTATOR 90 POINTS-A silky texture carries expressive flavors of black plum, violet, licorice and smoke in this focused, balanced red. Has good Read More...
intensity yet remains vibrant and accessible.
$56.99
WINE ADVOCATE 91 POINTS-The 2006 Torresilos was sourced from 60- to 80-year-old vines and aged for 18 months in new French oak. Deep purple-colored, Read More...
it has an expressive perfume of pain grille, pencil lead, espresso, mineral, blueberry, and blackberry. This is followed by a full-bodied, large-scaled wine with enough tannin to suggest that 8-10 years of cellaring is warranted. There are gobs of fruit for balance but this is a wine that will require patience. Drink it from 2015 to 2035
$26.98
Alejandro Fernandez, well-known as the owner/winemaker for Pesquera, has scored a home run with this delicious Tempranillo. It began when he discovered an abandoned hillside on the Read More...
banks of the River Duero in themid-1980s that seemed to bring together the ideal conditions to become one of the best vineyards of the region. Ithad a gentle south-facing slope that ended in the river and different soils composed of gravel, clay and gypsum thatpromised to produce the nuances needed to create complex wines from Tempranillo. The results of his discoveryspeak from the bottle and more than a few critics have heard the call.
$64.95
This is the first release of Conde de Hervias. Many of the vines are pre-phylloxera planted on sandy soil (hence their survival) in the town of Torremontalvo. The wine was aged Read More...
in French and American oak for 16 months. The reticent nose offers up cedar, mineral, spice box, incense, and black cherry. Elegant on the palate, structured, and nicely concentrated, the flavors offer considerable complexity, no doubt from the old vines, with the promise of more to come for those who give it another 6-8 years of cellaring. This fine effort will be at its best from now to 2020. Only 300 six packs produced.
$24.98
WINE ADVOCATE 91 POINTS - The 2004 Conde de Valdemar Gran Reserva is a blend of 85% Tempranillo, 10% Mazuelo, and 5% Graciano aged for 26 months in Read More...
French and American oak. Made in a traditional style, it is already beginning to show aromatic complexity from its extended aging. Cedar, leather, Asian spices, incense, black cherry, and blackberry lead to a rich, elegant, plush wine in the style of the superb 2004 vintage. Flavorful, stylish, and lengthy, it will continue to blossom with several more years of cellaring and drink well through 2024.
$44.98
In 1973, Contino was founded and became the first of the 'new wave' of single vineyard Rioja estates. Today, winemaker Jesús Madrazo makes some of Rioja's finest wines, polished Read More...
and comparably modern, but with sense of balance and restraint that gives them amazing elegance and great longevity. Simply put, this is modern Rioja executed perfectly.
The nose of sea salt, loamy earth and cedar box leads to a palate of soft flavors and uplifting tannins; dried cherry with touches of dark florals violets). This is very refined wine but with the right tannic balance. Contino's Rioja also boasts a healthy 10% dollop of Graciano, which enhances the wine's color, freshness and ageability.
The nose of sea salt, loamy earth and cedar box leads to a palate of soft flavors and uplifting tannins; dried cherry with touches of dark florals violets). This is very refined wine but with the right tannic balance. Contino's Rioja also boasts a healthy 10% dollop of Graciano, which enhances the wine's color, freshness and ageability.
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