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8-Year-Old Beauty From Top Brunello Vintage Harvested from Talenti’s five-acre Paretaio Vineyard, the 2010 Pian di Conte Brunello di Montalcino Riserva hails from what Decanter calls one of the top Brunello vintages in the last half-century. Most 2010 Brunello disappeared amid the well-deserved fanfare surrounding the initial release, so the 2010 Talenti Riserva is a…
2010 was a spectacular year in Chianti. Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate pinned 96-points on the vintage overall. So, there’s no better time to seek out those over-achieving Super Tuscans—and thankfully, our friend Piergiorgio Castellani has something special for Wine Access clients. We met Castellani in NYC earlier this year, and as a result offered his…
A Winemaker’s Best-Kept Secret, Yours for the Taking Martin saw our eyes drifting, again and again, to the stacks of cases in the corner. We couldn’t help it. Because while we were tasting a new release of Topel Winery’s Battuello Vineyard Cabernet, we were looking at twenty pristine cases of the same wine—but from four…
Criomaceration and Andrea Cortonesi’s 2010 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva In February 2014, the greatest names of Montalcino arrived in New York for the unveiling of the 2010 Brunelli, the highest-rated vintage in history. We arrived at Gotham Hall two hours before the doors opened, sipping double cappuccinos to take the bite out of the light…
Vieux Château Certan’s Golden Age is Now In 10, 20, or 50 years, the Wine Access clients who see the 2010 Vieux Château Certan’s signature pink capsule in their cellars will rejoice. Alexandre Thienpont has capped three exceptional vintages in a row with one of Pomerol’s greatest wines ever, a rich and concentrated “stunner” that…
“Like a Pauillac on Steroids” What Stephen Tanzer of Vinous said about the 2010 Viña Alicia Morena while sitting across the table from our friend importer belied its 92-point score: “It’s like a Pauillac on steroids.” Crafted by Alberto Arizu, third-generation winemaker from a founding family of Argentine icon Luigi Bosca, this high-altitude Cabernet-dominant blend…
As wine retailers, we tend to hone in on those moments when a bottle grabs you on a visceral, gut level, and this gorgeously perfumed, seductive Italian red did just that. With a bowl of truffle-flecked risotto and a carafe of this 2011 Anzivino Riserva in front of us, it only took one sip to…
A Perfectly-Cellared Classic Joe Davis of Arcadian Winery is a ratings juggernaut and his wines are manna for Wine Access clients: The last time we offered his 2011 Clos Pepe Chardonnay, the entire allocation was spoken for within hours. We raided his cellar once again and came away with 35 perfectly cellared cases, available at…
2011 Bernardus Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands: We ADORED This Wine! For Burgundy collectors, the nuances of each growing season from village to village, cellar to cellar, is always a hot topic of conversation. In California, however, Pinot Noir enthusiasts tend to be far less precise when evaluating the vagaries of vintages. All too often,…
Our VP of Wine, Eduardo Dingler, returned from a recent trip to Spain with a goodie bag of gifts: jamón ibérico sliced into wafer-thin, melt-on-your-tongue shavings; a wedge of Manchego aged to nutty perfection; and coins of rich, delicate chorizo spiced with smoked paprika. But the last thing he pulled from his leather satchel proved to be…
Any time we can get our hands on ten-year-old Gran Reserva Rioja, it’s a special occasion. When that wine is Bodegas Riojanas’ Monte Real—a beloved, Wine Access member-favorite—it’s even better. So, it’s with understandable delight that we’re able to offer a tiny amount of their 2011, a wine that’s entering glorious maturity now, but will…
“There’s so much complexity and balance for the money here,” Master Sommelier Sur Lucero said when he pulled out Bodegas Tobía’s 2011 Gran Reserva. His audience was a patio full of Napa insiders who don’t even blink at triple-digit-priced reds, and who had some of their vinous favorites in tow. But after the glasses were drained,…
Resisting “Funny Money” Temptation in Ribera del Duero We called it “funny money.” Less than a year after the Common Market was formed, Europe’s central bank turned on the faucet. Millions of euros poured into Spain’s vineyards and bodegas. The intent was noble, but for the most part, the results were lackluster. When we visited Ribera…
While most Mt. Etna wineries were releasing their 2018 Rossos, Calabretta was preparing to debut their 2011 Vigne Vecchie. It had spent nearly a decade in the cellar, and when it emerged, it left no doubt: This is Etna Rosso at its ageworthy best. Even as Mt. Etna has found its way to the forefront…
This 2011 “Arnione” Bolgheri Superiore hails from an estate neighboring Ornellaia, Sassicaia and Gaja’s Ca’ Marcanda and is far less than half the price of its storied neighbors. With 93 points from Wine Spectator, this “elegant and intense” Super Tuscan Superiore is a hidden gem, with production at a fraction of the tens of thousands…
Stunning Senior Editor Bruce Sanderson for a Second Straight Year In 1967, nearly all the wines of Chianti Classico were unmarketable to the global economy. One producer joked with us that during harvest, he instructed pickers to toss seeds as they clipped bunches because “wheat was more valuable than Sangiovese.” As is so often the…
“The Godfather of The Super Tuscan” In the 1970s, Tuscany was fighting for its viticultural life. Uninspired Sangiovese in squat, straw-wrapped bottles was the best the region had to offer, and it wasn’t much. Mediocrity was the norm and it proved more devastating than Phylloxera. Still, a handful of visionaries knew that there was more…
96pt Castello di Ama Gran Selezione: #6 on Wine Spectator’s Top 100 last year. And this year? In the mid-1990s, a band of Tuscan pioneers, tired of being upstaged by Montalcino, wrote a two-part blueprint designed to match the richness and density of Brunello while retaining the chiseled structure of the cool soils of Chianti…
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…
Wine Spectator’s 99pt Chateau d’Yquem [[image0_right]] In 1784, Thomas Jefferson visited Sauternes. Upon his return to Monticello, Jefferson wrote, “This is the best white wine of France and the best of it is made by Monsieur de Lur-Saluces.” As our first Secretary of State, Jefferson ordered 250 bottles of the 1784 Château d’Yquem for himself…
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