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  • Sale! 2011 Champagne Lelarge-Pugeot Les Charmes de Vrigny Premier Cru Extra Brut Champagne

    2011 Champagne Lelarge-Pugeot Les Charmes de Vrigny Premier Cru Extra Brut Champagne

    Original price was: $85.00.Current price is: $42.50.

    Finding any 14-year-aged Champagne direct from the winery cellar is a tall order, but this is an absolute jewel.  From a small, insider-favorite Champagne house featured at MICHELIN-starred restaurants like SingleThread Farms and St. Helena’s PRESS, this tête de cuvée was aged over ten years on the lees before disgorgement. Now, it’s showing a profound…

  • Sale! 2011 Chateau Musar Bekaa Valley Lebanon

    2011 Chateau Musar Bekaa Valley Lebanon

    Original price was: $42.00.Current price is: $33.60.

    A Legend’s Last Few Vintages Like previous vintages of Château Musar—which have sold out on Wine Access repeatedly— this 2011 is sure to be one of the most fascinating selections in your entire cellar—a true conversation piece for you and whoever you deem lucky enough to share in it. About 15 miles north of Beirut,…

  • Sale! 2011 Favia Cerro Sur Red Wine Napa Valley

    2011 Favia Cerro Sur Red Wine Napa Valley

    Original price was: $227.00.Current price is: $113.50.

    Fruit Intensity Oak Intensity Body Acidity Tannin ABV 14.80% 30 mins Now – 2029 71% Cabernet Franc29% Cabernet Sauvignon Serving temperature – 62° Cork

  • Sale! 2011 Guerrieri Rizzardi Calcarole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

    2011 Guerrieri Rizzardi Calcarole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

    Original price was: $65.00.Current price is: $32.50.

    If you ever get a chance to visit Verona, make sure to set aside some time for an afternoon visit to the immaculately manicured 18th-century garden where the famed Guerrieri Rizzardi winery conducts its tastings. Expect the spread at your table—set amidst lemon trees and mythological statues—to include hunks of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, slices of paper-thin…

  • Sale! 2011 Opus One Proprietary Red Wine Napa Valley

    2011 Opus One Proprietary Red Wine Napa Valley

    Original price was: $465.00.Current price is: $199.26.

    A Historic Day Technically, we’d had the appointment for about a month. But realistically, we’d been looking forward to it for years. So on a beautiful August day, the Wine Access offices in the town of Napa emptied. Everyone in the company headed north on Silverado Trail to the Oakville AVA, to make our first…

  • Sale! 2011-2016 Dana Estates Cabernet Sauvignon Onda Napa Valley

    2011-2016 Dana Estates Cabernet Sauvignon Onda Napa Valley

    Original price was: $1,495.00.Current price is: $199.76.

    Wine cannot possibly get better than this.  That’s what our Master of Wine Vanessa Conlin was thinking years ago, as she let her first-ever sip of Cabernet from Dana Estates linger on her palate. Eventually she became so enamored with the winery that she sought a job there, and for three years she had the…

  • Sale! 2012 Andrew Will Winery Two Blondes Vineyard Red

    2012 Andrew Will Winery Two Blondes Vineyard Red

    Original price was: $39.99.Current price is: $31.99.

    Forbes: Is This America’s Best Red Wine? “Readers looking for classic, age-worthy Washington state Bordeaux blends need look no further than this terrific estate,” the Wine Advocate declared last month. “Easily some of the best wines I’ve tasted from him,” they raved. When Forbes asked about his 2012, “Is This America’s Best Red Wine?” —…

  • Sale! 2012 Bodegas Contador Benjamin Romeo Contador Rioja

    2012 Bodegas Contador Benjamin Romeo Contador Rioja

    Original price was: $299.99.Current price is: $150.00.

    Benjamin Romeo was the first “garagiste” of Rioja, and he won back to back 100-point scores in 2004 and 2005, catapulting his under the radar wines to well-deserved international fame. The Contador showcases his chart-topping style with aromas of macerated plums, blackberries, and violets, tinged with resinous notes of herbs, licorice, and allspice. This is…

  • Sale! 2012 Bollinger La Grande Annee Brut Champagne

    2012 Bollinger La Grande Annee Brut Champagne

    Original price was: $145.00.Current price is: $72.50.

    The 2012 Bollinger Grande Année is the ultimate expression of one of the world’s greatest Champagnes. That’s how we’ve felt from the moment we first tasted it at the estate, just after the London launch preview that had Decanter raving: “Here we are again, bombarded with superlatives for yet another extraordinarily eloquent expression of the…

  • Sale! 2012 Chateau de Fieuzal L’Abeille de Fieuzal Pessac-Leognan

    2012 Chateau de Fieuzal L’Abeille de Fieuzal Pessac-Leognan

    Original price was: $33.99.Current price is: $27.19.

    “Top Tip” For Value is This Tip-Top Pessac-Léognan Produced by winemaking consultant Hubert de Bouärd — owner of the majestic Saint-Émilion Premier Grand Cru Classé Château Angélus and author of multiple 99+ and 100-point wines — this ravishing release from Château de Fieuzal is unbeatable at $33.99 per bottle. For Bordeaux value-seekers, “my top tip…

  • Sale! 2012 Chateau Duhart Milon Pauillac (Pre-Arrival)

    2012 Chateau Duhart Milon Pauillac (Pre-Arrival)

    Original price was: $105.00.Current price is: $52.50.

    There is some woodiness, but it is very refined and does not dominate. The fruit is subtle and develops after the wine has had some time to breathe. The powerful attack makes way for a rounded, full-bodied mid-palate before finishing on fresh, slightly spicy notes that are still a little intense. This wine will benefit greatly from…

  • Sale! 2012 Chateau Larrivaux Haut-Médoc Bordeaux

    2012 Chateau Larrivaux Haut-Médoc Bordeaux

    Original price was: $24.99.Current price is: $19.99.

    The Case-Buy Hidden Jewel of Bordeaux’s 2012 Vintage If you’ve been holding off on locking in a case of red 2012 Bordeaux, waiting for that killer deal to come along, the moment has arrived. Château Larrivaux furnished the sleeper hit of the Haut-Médoc, delivering black fruit power and finesse for just $19.99—the best case price…

  • Sale! 2012 Chateau Montrose Saint-Estephe Bordeaux (375 mL)

    2012 Chateau Montrose Saint-Estephe Bordeaux (375 mL)

    Original price was: $75.00.Current price is: $37.50.

    On release, Robert Parker raved that the Second Growth 2012 Château Montrose was “one of the highlights” of the vintage, and the late, legendary Steven Spurrier praised it as “a great classic” with “Latour-like depth.” Last year, the 2012 Montrose had a helluva 10th birthday party. Decanter featured it in their “Top-Rated Wines Tasted 10…

  • Sale! 2012 Contino Rioja Reserva Spain

    2012 Contino Rioja Reserva Spain

    Original price was: $39.99.Current price is: $31.99.

    Contino is Rioja’s Original “First Growth” Modeled after the classified-growth chateaux of Bordeaux, Contino is Rioja’s original “First Growth,” pioneering single-vineyard wines in the region. Since 1973, it has consistently produced one of the finest Rioja Reservas coming out of Spain today. Jancis Robinson has lauded Contino as one of a handful of estates that…

  • Sale! 2012 Domaine de Baron'Arques Limoux Languedoc

    2012 Domaine de Baron’Arques Limoux Languedoc

    Original price was: $29.99.Current price is: $23.99.

    Bordeaux Royalty: “An Estate to Watch!” Collectors salivate at the mention of Mouton Rothschild or Opus One — two of the world’s most storied wineries, both bearing the mark of the legendary Rothschild family. This marks a rare shot at a wine blessed with perfect Rothschild genes — at a fraction of the regular price….

  • Sale! 2012 Gianni Brunelli Amor Constante Toscana IGT

    2012 Gianni Brunelli Amor Constante Toscana IGT

    Original price was: $39.00.Current price is: $31.20.

    Overseeing the vines at Gianni Brunelli estate is Paolo Vagaggini, the guy nicknamed “Mr. Sangiovese,” Wine Enthusiast’s Winemaker of the Year nominee. Vagaggini’s 2012 Amor Constante Toscana IGT is plush and radiant, much like the Tuscan hills where it is grown. James Suckling awarded the wine 94 points and a place on his 2017 list…

  • Sale! 2012 Hernando Cortes Mission Vineyards Winemakers Edition Red Blend Napa Valley

    2012 Hernando Cortes Mission Vineyards Winemakers Edition Red Blend Napa Valley

    Original price was: $20.00.Current price is: $16.00.

    Every now and then, we pull a needle out of a haystack. This is one of those times.  Decadent, perfectly aged Napa reds from 2012—one of the most sensational vintages of this century or last—get harder and harder to find with every passing year. The values were snapped up by collectors and bargain hunters alike…

  • Sale! 2012 Jacques Lorent Brut Champagne

    2012 Jacques Lorent Brut Champagne

    Original price was: $44.00.Current price is: $35.20.

    Vintage-dated wines have always carried extra prestige in Champagne: Most producers make them only in the best years, and by rule they have to be aged longer than their common non-vintage siblings. As a result, they’re rare—making up less than 5% of all Champagne—and often pricy. So when we had the chance to secure the…

  • Sale! 2012 La Massa Giorgio Primo Toscana IGT

    2012 La Massa Giorgio Primo Toscana IGT

    Original price was: $95.00.Current price is: $47.50.

    Napa Valley Meets Tuscany From Wine Advocate’s “favorite estate” in Panzano-in Chianti, Giorgio Primo is Napa Valley meets Tuscany: a full-bodied blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Petit Verdot that is perfectly hitting its stride right now. Chianti’s Concha d’Oro, or Golden Basin, has long been known for producing some of the top reds in…

  • Sale! 2012 Monteverro Toscana IGT

    2012 Monteverro Toscana IGT

    Original price was: $89.00.Current price is: $44.50.

    Michel Rolland’s Super Tuscan Triumph It came as no surprise when I discovered that this 2012 Monteverro Toscana, the best new wine that I tasted this month, was made under the guidance of Michel Rolland. He has an incredible talent for coaxing gorgeous flavors and svelte textures from the outstanding sites that he chooses to…