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  • Sale! 2014 Château Gemeillan Médoc

    2014 Château Gemeillan Médoc

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

    Château Gemeillan’s 2014 is practically the definition of insider Bordeaux. Made by one of the Médoc’s most important winemakers—a master who counts Latour, Margaux, Lafite, and Mouton Rothschild as clients—it boasts a 94-point score and an incredible price. We’ve been following their winemaker, Eric Boissenot, for years. Decanter called him “one of the most influential…

  • Sale! 2014 Chateau Lassegue Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

    2014 Chateau Lassegue Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

    Original price was: $50.00.Current price is: $40.00.

    Pierre Seillan is a legend. The French-born winemaker is the genius behind the 100-point-scoring Vérité in California, Tuscan standout Tenuta di Arceno, and Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Château Lassègue.  It’s rare to be able to enjoy a cellared example of Seillan’s work, which tends to be spoken for by collectors. Lucky diners will also find them…

  • Sale! 2014 Chateau Prieure-Lichine Margaux

    2014 Chateau Prieure-Lichine Margaux

    Original price was: $55.00.Current price is: $27.50.

    Collector-Worthy Bordeaux Showstopper Consistently among the best producers in Margaux, Château Prieuré-Lichine released a sensuous, brooding showstopper in Bordeaux’s classic 2014 vintage. The critics have been all over this effort, with Vinous’s Antonio Galloni declaring in a 94-point review: “Silky, perfumed and gracious on the palate, the wine exudes class.” James Suckling matched Galloni’s 94…

  • Sale! 2014 Château Sociando-Mallet Haut-Médoc

    2014 Château Sociando-Mallet Haut-Médoc

    Original price was: $45.00.Current price is: $36.00.

    Take it from Robert Parker, Sociando-Mallet’s most ardent champion: “Consistently performing above its pedigree, in most vintages, Sociando Mallet is one of the longest-lived and finest wines of Bordeaux.” Perhaps more than any other wine in its category, Château Sociando-Mallet is a Bordeaux lover’s Bordeaux, especially in vintages like 2014, when it received 95 points…

  • Sale! 2014 Chateau Tertre Roteboeuf Saint Emilion Grand Cru

    2014 Chateau Tertre Roteboeuf Saint Emilion Grand Cru

    Original price was: $189.00.Current price is: $94.50.

    Fully Under-the-Radar Saint-Émilion Top Dog One of the greatest joys of my job is getting to turn people on to incredible wines they would likely never hear of otherwise, and this wine is a perfect example. On a trip to Bordeaux this past May I tasted a lot of spectacular wines. But at a private…

  • Sale! 2014 Chateau Tronquoy-Lalande Saint-Estephe

    2014 Chateau Tronquoy-Lalande Saint-Estephe

    Original price was: $40.00.Current price is: $32.00.

    Beneath the peaked stone towers of Bordeaux icon Château Montrose’s shining white stone facade, beneath its arched barrel caves, we found a diamond in the rough. It’s one that comes in at less than 1/5th the price of the standard-bearer’s $225 flagship, yet radiates the same complexity, class, and understated elegance of Saint-Estèphe. That’s because…

  • Sale! 2014 Chateau Valandraud Saint Emilion Grand Cru Classe

    2014 Chateau Valandraud Saint Emilion Grand Cru Classe

    Original price was: $165.00.Current price is: $82.50.

    At the Top of Saint-Émilion’s 2014 Class Chateau Valandraud took the critics by storm with the sensational 2014 release, which asserted its place among the year’s greatest offerings from the Right Bank. Wine Enthusiast laid on 96 points and a Cellar Selection commendation, calling it “at the top of the tree in Saint-Emilion’s classification” and…

  • Sale! 2014 Coho Headwaters Proprietary Red Wine Napa Valley

    2014 Coho Headwaters Proprietary Red Wine Napa Valley

    Original price was: $40.00.Current price is: $32.00.

    Chappellet Winemaker’s Sophomore Wine for Coho It’s midseason in Napa Valley, and the vines are beginning to shelter tiny clusters of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Petit Verdot under their verdant leaves, protecting the slowly ripening berries from Mother Nature’s unforgiving sun. Between the rows, winemakers are already walking back and forth, engrossed in the excitement,…

  • Sale! 2014 Cune Imperial Reserva Rioja

    2014 Cune Imperial Reserva Rioja

    Original price was: $40.00.Current price is: $32.00.

    Sur Lucero MS in Rioja at Cune The 2014 Cune Imperial Reserva is a wine that rides that perfect line between being traditional and modern in style. It’s that unique balance between Rioja traditionalism and modern technique that won the 2004 Cune Imperial Reserva the #1 spot in Wine Spectator’s Top 100 feature in 2013—the…

  • Sale! 2014 Cune Vina Real Rioja Crianza

    2014 Cune Vina Real Rioja Crianza

    Original price was: $15.00.Current price is: $12.00.

    Sipping Cune’s 2014 Viña Real Rioja Crianza, with all of its wild strawberry aromas, ripe raspberry, and soulful undercurrents of leather, tobacco, and cocoa, we were reminded instantly why Cune is the only Spanish winery ever to receive Wine Spectator’s Wine of the Year award.  After snapping out of our cherry-scented reverie, we were determined…

  • Sale! 2014 DeLille Cellars Doyenne Aix Red Mountain

    2014 DeLille Cellars Doyenne Aix Red Mountain

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

    Top 100 Winery is Parker’s “Lafite-Rothschild of Washington” This just in! DeLille was named a Top 100 winery in the world by Wine & Spirits—further cementing their reputation as the cream of the crop of Washington wineries.   Add to that the greatest compliment ever given to an American winery by Robert M. Parker Jr….

  • Sale! 2014 Gazin Rocquencourt Rogue Pessac-Leognan

    2014 Gazin Rocquencourt Rogue Pessac-Leognan

    Original price was: $30.00.Current price is: $24.00.

    A decade works magic for Bordeaux. It transforms wines both humble and grand into more full, expressive, thrilling versions of themselves, and the years have certainly cast their spell on the 2014 Gazin Rocquencourt.  Made by Michel Rolland and one of the most ambitious families in Bordeaux, it was absolutely delicious on release—Antonio Galloni noted…

  • Sale! 2014 Guerrieri Rizzardi 3Cru Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Veneto

    2014 Guerrieri Rizzardi 3Cru Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Veneto

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

    Red wine doesn’t get more rich, robust, and satisfying than Amarone—and Amarone doesn’t get more classic than this. From some of Valpolicella’s best terroir and one of its standard-bearing estates, the 2014 Guerrieri Rizzardi 3Cru shows the dense concentration, savory depth, and dried-fruit complexity that we hope to find in every Amarone we taste. Guerrieri…

  • Sale! 2014 Juicy Rebound Cuvee Unique No. 84 Juicy Villages Russian River

    2014 Juicy Rebound Cuvee Unique No. 84 Juicy Villages Russian River

    Original price was: $19.99.Current price is: $15.99.

    The Wine for Winemakers Who Love a Good French Accent Doug and Mary Danielak are francophiles to the core. This dynamic husband and wife duo of wine industry veterans learned the ropes working in France, where Doug attended winemaking school in Beaune. He was one of the first American “Rhône Rangers,” and has consulted with…

  • Sale! 2014 Kapcsándy Family Winery State Lane Vineyard Estate Cuvee

    2014 Kapcsándy Family Winery State Lane Vineyard Estate Cuvee

    Original price was: $125.00.Current price is: $62.50.

    From Nasa to Latour—Kapcsandy Pulls Out All the Stops To some, Kapcsandy Family’s rise to Napa superstardom may have seemed impossibly fast. A closer look at their 15-year rise reveals the secret to their success was nothing short of the usual: the right place at the right time. The family knew that Napa’s best producers…

  • Sale! 2014 Le Roc des Anges Segna de Cor Cotes du Roussillon Villages

    2014 Le Roc des Anges Segna de Cor Cotes du Roussillon Villages

    Original price was: $19.00.Current price is: $15.20.

    The 2014 Le Roc des Anges Segna de Cor Côtes du Roussillon is bright dark-red. Silken, almost candied aromas of blackberry, violet, crushed stone, and sweet spice. Broad, dense, and powerfully built, yet perfectly weightless on the palate. The flavors are both lush and vibrant, but it’s the schiste minerality that makes it so hard…

  • Sale! 2014 Lola Kay Proprietary Red Wine California

    2014 Lola Kay Proprietary Red Wine California

    Original price was: $14.00.Current price is: $11.20.

    Lola Kay winemaker Tim Milos has earned just about every accolade a winemaker can achieve—multiple placements on annual Top 100 lists, countless wines rated 95 points and above, and a coveted 100-point perfect score from Robert Parker. He lavishes the same care and attention on this 2014 Lola Kay Proprietary Red Wine as he does…

  • Sale! 2014 Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore Tuscany (1.5 L)

    2014 Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore Tuscany (1.5 L)

    Original price was: $425.00.Current price is: $199.85.

    Every famous wine country has its icon bottlings, and few Italian reds have captured as many hearts as Ornellaia. One of the world’s most accomplished wines of the last 35+ years, the legendary Super Tuscan producer is often referred to as “Italy’s First Growth,” a nod to Ornellaia’s ability to stand alongside its $500-$800+ counterparts…

  • Sale! 2014 Ovid Napa Valley Red Wine Set of 3

    2014 Ovid Napa Valley Red Wine Set of 3

    Original price was: $1,140.00.Current price is: $199.29.

    We have just 20 three-bottle packs of this previously-unobtainable cult red from the cellars of Ovid in Napa Valley, and are offering them to a limited group of Wine Access members. Ovid’s waiting list, we’re told, is years long, and today we invite you to cut the line. As always, our allocation of the 2014…

  • Sale! 2014 Relic Ritual Red Blend

    2014 Relic Ritual Red Blend

    Original price was: $50.00.Current price is: $40.00.

    19 Barrel Red Blend Rarity This is a Napa rarity: a Chateauneuf-du-Pape-meets-California cuvée culled from impeccable sites on Mount Veeder, in Pope Valley, and from century-old vines at the iconic Al Frediani vineyard, next to the famed Eisele Vineyard in St. Helena. The tiny 19-barrel lot of this 2014 Relic Ritual Red earned 94 points…