The Bottle Shop: Popular Products

Bodega Teso La Monja Almirez Toro 2007

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:31:41 +0000

Espresso, graphite over juicy sour cherry. Silky, melt-in-your mouth tannins with a very tactile mineral layer. Very fine-grained and poised. 100% Tinto de Toro. This replaces Numanthia in Ordoñez' portfolio.

Josh Raynolds (IWC): "Deep, vivid ruby. Very pretty, focused arom..

Price: $30.00

Huff Riesling Niersteiner Hipping Trocken Spatlese 2008

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:58:24 +0000

Price: $14.95

Brewer-Clifton Santa Rita Hills Chardonnay 2007

Thu, 27 May 2010 14:04:46 +0000

"The largest cuvee is the 2007 Chardonnay Santa Rita Hills (14,400 bottles). This light gold-colored effort reveals no evidence of wood aging, offering terrific acidity as well as a distinctive subtle earthiness underlying the abundant display of honeysuckle, marmalade, and lemon blossom-like f..

Price: $39.00

Melville Viognier Vernas Vineyard 2009

Thu, 27 May 2010 14:11:34 +0000

Simply the best American Vee-Oh. That Parker guy thinks so too: "The full-bodied 2009 Viognier Verna's Vineyard Estate continues to showcase this vineyard's ability to produce a Viognier with minerality, wonderful delineation, and abundant complexity as well as freshness. Possibly the finest 10..

Price: $26.00

Finca El Reposo Cabernet Sauvignon 2007

Thu, 27 May 2010 14:31:56 +0000

Old-vine Cab Sauv from a high-elevation vineyard, aged in second use oak. Medoc-like. A real find. Lots of personality. Not a cookie cutter Cab. Can't believe it's only $11.

From the importer: "This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon comes from Cristian's vineyard in the Uco Valley. While most of ..

Price: $10.95

Vinos Sin Ley M-1 Monastrell Valencia 2008

Thu, 27 May 2010 14:44:52 +0000

32 year old Monastrell on sand and clay in Valencia. Tank fermented/no wood. Ridiculous bang for the buck here, people.

Josh Raynolds writes: "Deep ruby-red. Spicy aromas of redcurrant, black cherry and dried flowers. Supple and full but lively, with a silky texture to the red fruit and..

Price: $8.95

Domaine de la Cadette Vezelay La Chatelaine 2007

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:58:27 +0000

Schildknect on the 2006:

2006 Domaine de la Cadette Bourgogne Vezelay l..

Price: ~~$27.00~~ $25.00

Cortijo III Rioja Tinto 2008

Thu, 27 May 2010 14:53:03 +0000

Terroir and fruit: 1,865 ft elevation on clay and limestone in Rioja Alta. No oak. Super pure. Ten bucks? WTF?

"The 2008 Cortijo III Tinto is a blend of 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha fermented and aged in stainless steel. It shows off a terrific aromatic array of cherry, black raspbe..

Price: $9.95

Domaine de la Tour Vieille Collioure Rosé des Roches 2009

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:44:35 +0000

Rock and Rosé: 60% Grenache, 40% Syrah. 100% Saignée. Best dry pink of 2009. You be the judge. Well I haven't tried the 09 Tempier yet. So it's a qualified judgement. And I can actually afford this wine.

Dixon Brooke, Kermit's man on the ground in France, writes: "Th..

Price: $19.95

Domaine Leon Barral Faugeres 2007

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:25:53 +0000

Other things I can't get enough of right now: the brilliant Faugeres reds from Didier Barral. If you consider yourself in any way a southern-Rhone/Languedoc person, you need to know these wines. Barral's idiosyncratic, biodynamically-farmed, concrete-aged (some not all) Grenache, Carignan, Syra..

Price: $27.00