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Closeout: Patton Valley Estate Pinot Noir 2017 (don't miss this deal!) | 28th March 2024 | View Details |
Puligny-Montrachet Grapes Femelottes Chavy-Chouet | 27th March 2024 | View Details |
Little Meursault Chavy-Chouet Les Saussots | 26th March 2024 | View Details |
Belle Glos Dairyman Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021 | 24th March 2024 | View Details |
Napa's Faust Cabernet Sauvignon | 22nd March 2024 | View Details |
Patricia Raquin Santenay 1er Cru Beaurepaire | 22nd March 2024 | View Details |
Belle Glos Las Alturas Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021 | 21st March 2024 | View Details |
DAOU Vineyards Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 | 21st March 2024 | View Details |
Anakota Helena Montana Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon | 21st March 2024 | View Details |
Closeout James Goddard Barossa Shiraz 2018 | 20th March 2024 | View Details |
Refined and very floral on the nose, with a shiny straw yellow color. The nose opens up citrus and honeyed, followed by white peach and cantaloupe notes. It is creamy and voluptuous on the palate. 2020 Gaia & Rey is a moving wine, with a vibrant freshness and lingering finish with a quality of sapidity. It shows remarkable elegance.
Review:
Always a fantastic chardonnay with apple pie, nougat, vanilla, and flint aromas and flavors. Hints of salted caramel. Medium to full body with racy acidity and bright fruit. Complex and lively. Tight and reserved at the end. Needs time to open. Try after 2024.
-James Suckling 96 Points
Alleme Getariako Txakolina is 100% Hondarribi Zuri
A very fruity, persistent and clean Txakoli. It reminds the white exotic fruits, such as lichy. It has a straw yellow color, without the slightest tone of rust and a faint natural gas pearl crown, due to the grape juice fermentation. In the mouth, it is greasy and unctuous, with a good balance of structure and acidity. In order to get such a Txakoli, we have combined the most traditional and the most innovative production methods to create it. Thanks to the batonnage (stirring of the lees), we have attained the characteristic unctuosity of this Txakoli.
After harvesting and pressing, the must is left to ferment in stainless steel tanks. Traditionally, and until recently, this was done in oak or chestnut barrels, called kupels, in Basque. Fermentation lasts 20–25 days and then the txacolí is left to lie on its lees. The CO2 prevents oxidation and dissolves the sediments and gives the wine its sparkling characteristic. The wines is not racked so it does not lose its sparkle and is clarified by natural sedimentation by gravity in the tank or barrel. Traditionally, the wine is tasted on the feast of San Antonio on 17 January, which is known as Txacolí Day (Txacoli Eguna, in Basque).