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$70.00 $62.95
The latest edition is absolutely worth the price and will age beautifully for the next 10 years
94 Points - Wine Independent
Roederer’s specialty multi-vintage house blend is the annual Collection creation, and this year’s Collection 245 is a finely woven, mineral-laced beauty. Composed of 41% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir, and 24% Pinot Meunier, the backbone (55%) is from the 2020 harvest, while 35% comes from a Perpetual Reserve of 2012-2019 vintages, and 10% is Reserve Wines aged in oak (2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019). The dosage is just 7 grams per liter. Notes of citron blossom, lemon tart, and lime leaves slowly emerge from the glass, leading to hints of raising bread dough, fresh ginger, and sea spray, with a touch of coriander seed. The light-bodied, very dry, beautifully poised palate is elegantly crafted with intense citrus and mineral layers and a lively yet well-knit backbone, finishing long and chalky. I love the restraint here—unmistakably Roederer.
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$30.00 $23.95
Light fun, fresh clean optimal
Made in a take-me-now style for immediate gratification, this is a Pinot all about its snappy, front-and-center dark, mulberry-infused fruit, its focused and forward aromatics and its crunchy, lively finish. Fun and fruity enough to enjoy all on its own in the backyard with your feet up (and dreaming of Mount Fuji), there’s plenty enough chutzpah as well to make it a fine partner with grilled salmon, all sorts of poultry dishes and even some burgers off the grill. Priced very well, this is one to buy by the case and drink a ton of over the next three or four years
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$100.00 $92.95
Top of the food chain
99 Points - James Suckling
The wine blooms with pear blossoms, lemons, lime zest, tangerines, lemon blossoms, then creamy but delicate flavors of butter, vanilla bean, lemon curd, chalky minerals and salinity. Medium- to full-bodied, it finishes long and lingering. It was the Hyde Vineyard’s smallest harvest in many years, but the mix of 70% Wente clone and 30% Calera clone grapes from 30- to 42-year-old vines brings a wonderful intensity. Best from 2028.
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$209.95
Try something that will blow your mind from Washington
99 Points - Owen Bargreen
Salty soils, ultra-refined tannins and a lengthy finish complete this beautiful wine that is drinking marvelously right now.
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$34.00 $27.95
A great ambassador for Sardinia
93 Points - James Suckling
Red cherries, wild berries, thyme and mushrooms on the nose. Wild and a little stemmy on the palate, with a medium to full body and gently chewy tannins. Some bitter-herb and mineral character at the end. Drink or hold.
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$27.00 $21.95
Crispy like Chablis from the sea
90 Points - Wine Advocate
The Douloufakis 2023 Vidiano has a hint of ashy mineral on first nose, and it takes a minute or two before you get to honeydew melon and Golden Delicious apple. The wine is lean-bodied for the most part, but it does have a good amount of fruit weight and concentration that adds to its subtle power. It finishes dry with mid-weight intensity. You have the substance to pair with spicy shrimp.
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