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144 bottles. That’s all that remains of the exquisite 2008 Arietta Variation One. And after today, all of those bottles will be headed from the cool, dark recesses of Arietta vintners Fritz and Caren Hatton’s wine library to the cellars of Wine Access members. This is one of the wines we pour for our most…
Back in August 2008, the Champenois were not sanguine about the season. The spring was frosty. Then it hailed. July was chilly and wet. A cold August didn’t offer much help—but hey, at least it was dry. Then came a glorious September. The sun emerged, raising temperatures but remaining mild enough to stretch the ripening…
In Champagne, vintages like 2008 only come around once every 50 years or so: Wine Advocate rated the vintage 99 points, its highest of all time (since 1970). Champagne guru Richard Juhlin wrote that it is “An absolutely wonderful vintage that has it all!…My initial reaction was that this was the vintage where you should…
“Outstanding” 2008 Chateau d’Yquem Ramon Felipe Eyquem had made a fortune as a wine and herring merchant when, in 1477, he bought an estate in the southern part of Bordeaux. More than two centuries later, the first vines were planted around Château d’Yquem. In 1784, while Minister Plenipotentiary to France, Thomas Jefferson visited the château….
Expressive, heady, open nose. Notes of very ripe, very red fruit. Excellent body, after a fine complex attack. Very rounded, long finish, with a touch of spice. The growing season was closely monitored, coming after a severe winter and some spring frost. Flowering was not very productive, constant humidity favoured disease and the summer was…
The 2008 Clos du Marquis is a find that gets our adrenaline pumping, because it’s a perfect storm of Bordeaux value: A library bottle from prime St.-Julien terroir and an “outstanding” vintage that rivals Second Growth quality—this is the rare ticket to Bordeaux’s upper echelon without a three-digit price. Pour a glass of this concentrated…
The Bordeaux the French Didn’t Want to Share The 2008 Château Magence Rouge from Graves is as under-the-radar as they come. This 11-year old, perfectly-cellared, mint-condition Bordeaux was never submitted for review to any critic, and the only reason we know about it is because of a savvy importer friend of ours. At $20 a bottle,…
If we had to pick one desert-island wine in Bordeaux’s Northern Médoc, it’s Château Potensac. A favorite of world-class wine programs like The Little Nell in Aspen and Aldo Sohm Wine Bar in NY, Potensac is a true insider’s bargain. Robert Parker once wrote that the château produces “wines that are clearly of classified-growth quality,”…
King Louis XV of France while entertaining Madame de Pompadour at Versailles, created history when he served her, “The wine of kings, the king of wines.” Today, Tokaji is firmly back on its throne, seriously challenging First Growth Sauternes for the mantle of greatest sweet wine on earth. There are few better examples that demonstrate…
10-Year-Old Champagne, Knockout Vintage The savvy Champagne collector knows to have a bright non-vintage sparkler at the ready at all times, and a bubbly like the 2008 H. Blin Champagne Millésime Brut stashed with the future in mind. Only produced in stellar vintages, this Wine Spectator 94-pointer hails from Vincelles, a village known as “le…
The 2008 Hesperian Cabernet Sauvignon — a blend of pristine Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from select vineyards in Rutherford, Yountville, Coombsville, and Mt. Veeder — is a wonderful opportunity to savor the complexity and mellowed textures of a majestically-aged Napa Cabernet at nearly 10 years old, direct from Hesperian’s cellars. But it’s so much more, too:…
Vintage Sonoma Cabernet from 1,700 Feet If you want to get a sense of the pedigree that Hidden Ridge carries in Northern California, turn to Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, where the critic has raved: “These are clearly world-class Cabernets and should be considered by any serious collector for their cellars.” 100-point winemaker Tim Milos crafts…
Since Joséphine’s first release in 1982, only nine vintages have proved worthy of Joseph Perrier’s flagship cuvée. Today’s 2008 is not just the best Joséphine ever, but one of the best prestige cuvéesof the spectacular 2008 vintage: It topped premier vintage-dated cuvées from Dom Pérignon ($278), Bollinger ($173), Perrier-Jouët ($192), Taittinger ($219), and dozens more. …
Down into the Catacombs of Louis Latour’s Château Corton Grancey There were four extraordinary Chardonnay vintages in Burgundy in the last dozen years. Among them, 2005 will be remembered for its structure and focus. 2010 and 2014 will always be recalled for their juicy minerality. But if we were to pick just one vintage that…
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 official visit to…
Rodolfo’s Outstanding Cru Barolo — The “Suave, Seductive, and Totally Impeccable” 2008 Thirty years ago, a group of renegade Piedmontese winegrowers began experimenting with a different approach to the farming and making of Barolo. The “Modernists” were led by the likes of Elio Altare, Valentino Migliorini, Paolo Scavino, Angelo Gaja, and Roberto Voerzio. In the…
Spectator’s 92pt Rocca Winery Grigsby Vineyard Syrah … A Buster Posey Throw from the Stags Leap Line In 1996, Mary Rocca purchased a 21-acre property situated in the northwest corner of the intersection of Yountville Cross Road and the Silverado Trail, just a Buster Posey toss from the Stags Leap line. The soils were comprised…
“The wine is intense, but never heavy or overbearing,” said Robert Parker himself, in his 97 point review of this Roussanne-dominant white. He continues by calling out the wine’s “beautiful intensity and purity,” as well as its “extraordinary aromatics.” *Due to the exclusive nature of this limited release, all offers are final sale. Some labels…
Called a “prodigious effort that possesses overflowing richness and depth,” in The Wine Advocate’s 99-point review, this is a full-bodied Syrah that defines the heights attainable on California’s Central Coast. *Due to the exclusive nature of this limited release, all offers are final sale. Some labels may have minor superficial damage such as scuffs or…
Enjoy the one magnum of the 2008 The Duel Grenache and one magnum of the 2008 The Duel Syrah, packed in their original wooden crate. *Due to the exclusive nature of this limited release, all offers are final sale. Some labels may have minor superficial damage such as scuffs or minor staining. Bottles will be…
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