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  • Vin

    SETTLEMENT WINES - Sauvignon Blanc Heritage Vineyard - 2020

    • - 91 points-

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    Rebecca Gibb MW, March 2022

    The 2020 Sauvignon Blanc Heritage Vineyard is a more restrained and supple style from Marlborough....

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    SETTLEMENT WINES - Chardonnay Poplars Vineyard - 2019

    • - 91 points-

    Vinous

    Rebecca Gibb MW, March 2022

    The 2019 Chardonnay Poplars Vineyard is intense, racy and vigorous. This nutty little number offers...

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    EL ENEMIGO - Bonarda La Esperanza - 2019

    • - 94 points-

    James Suckling

    March 2022

    Perfumed nose of brambleberries, wild blackberries, raspberries, violets, cinnamon stick and tea...

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    FAIVELEY - Gevrey-Chambertin 1er cru les Cazetiers - 2019

    • - 95 points-

    Wine Spectator

    February 2022

    A gush of succulent black cherry fruit introduces this effusive red, along with black currant,...

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    FAIVELEY - Beaune 1er cru Clos de l'Ecu - 2019

    • - 93 points-

    Wine Spectator

    February 2022

    This is opulent and concentrated, offering black cherry, plum, earth and peppery spice flavors....

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    DOMAINE ROSTAING - Côte Rôtie Ampodium - 2019

    • - 93 points-

    Wine Spectator

    February 2022

    Gently steeped cherry and plum notes form the core in this red, while light floral, white pepper...

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    SETTE PONTI - Oreno - 2019

    • - 99 points-

    James Suckling

    February 2022

    Wow. Fantastic aromas of blackberries, currants, minerals, violets and graphite. Full-bodied with...

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    CIACCI PICCOLOMINI D'ARAGONA - Brunello di Montalcino Vigna Pianrosso Riserva Santa Caterina d'Oro - 2016

    • - 99 points-

    James Suckling

    February 2022

    Glorious aromas of flowers, nutmeg, dark berries, earth and black cherries follow through to a full...

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  • Vin

    SOKOL BLOSSER - Dundee Hills Estate Pinot Noir - 2019

    • - 92 points-

    Vinous

    February 2022

    Ripe red berry and cherry aromas are complicated by candied rose and baking spice notes and display...

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    DOMAINE ROSTAING - Condrieu La Bonnette - 2020

    • - 92 points-

    Jeb Dunnuck

    February 2022

     "Always beautiful, and a wine you don't hear enough about, Rostaing's 2020 Condrieu La Bonnette...

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    DOMAINE DE LA MORDORÉE - Lirac La Dame Rousse - 2019

    • - 92 points-

    James Suckling

    February 2022

    For this appellation this is a remarkably restrained and rather elegant red with complex red-fruit,...

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  • Vin

    MAX FERDINAND RICHTER - Riesling Kabinett Veldenzer Elisenberg - 2020

    • - 95 points-

    James Suckling

    February 2022

    Diamond-bright and super-mineral, this a very exciting Kabinett that leaps and bounds across the...

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    LANGMEIL - Hangin' Snakes Shiraz - 2019

    • - 90 points-

    Gismondi on Wine

    Anthony Gismondi, February 2022

    There is only two percent viognier in the mix, but it does what it is supposed to do: lift the...

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    CATENA - Alta Chardonnay - 2019

    • - 91 points-

    Gismondi on Wine

    Anthony Gismondi, February 2022

    Two single vineyards at almost 5000 feet elevation at Gualltallary. Tupungato is the engine behind...

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    DOMAINE BONNET-HUTEAU - Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine Les Gautronnières - 2020

    • - 91 points-

    Gismondi on Wine

    Anthony Gismondi, February 2022

     This 42 hectare vineyard run by the Bonnet brothers, Jean-Jacques and Remi has been certified...

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    L'ECOLE NO. 41 - Cabernet Sauvignon - 2018

    • - 90 points-

    Wine Spectator

    February 2022

    Svelte and well-defined, with currant, black olive and stony mineral accents that build toward...

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    L'ECOLE NO. 41 - Frenchtown - 2019

    • - 90 points-

    Wine and Spirits Magazine

    Patrick Comiskey, February 2022

    L'Ecole's well-priced blend is about half merlot, the remainder a combination of Bordeaux and...

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    ORTAS CAVE DE RASTEAU - La Domelière - 2019

    Gismondi on Wine

    February 2022

    Featured as a Top Ten: Red Wine Values from Anthony Gismondi on Wine.  "Some wines just deliver...

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    ARNOT-ROBERTS - Syrah Que Syrah - 2019

    • - 97 points-

    James Suckling

    February 2022

    Such an inviting, peppered nose of black peppercorn, hot paprika and turmeric with notes of...

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    ARNOT-ROBERTS - Syrah Clary Ranch - 2019

    • - 95 points-

    James Suckling

    February 2022

    Ground spice and fresh red and purple flowers mix with fennel seeds, brambleberries and a hint of...

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    ARNOT-ROBERTS - Syrah Sonoma Coast - 2019

    • - 94 points-

    James Suckling

    February 2022

    Ground black and white-pepper aromas jump out of the glass with pine and red fruit as well....

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    ARNOT-ROBERTS - Trousseau North Coast - 2019

    • - 93 points-

    James Suckling

    February 2022

    An expressive nose of cranberry, raspberry, rosemary and elderberry. Medium-bodied with fine,...

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    ARNOT-ROBERTS - Cabernet Sauvignon Fellom Ranch - 2018

    • - 95 points-

    James Suckling

    February 2022

    Blackberry, black cherry and baking spice on the nose. Full-bodied with firm, grippy tannins. Dried...

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    DOMAINE SANTA DUC - 'Le Pied de Baud' Châteauneuf-du-Pape - 2019

    • - 93 points-

    Wine Spectator

    February 2022

    Nicely expressive, with an open and inviting array of warmed raspberry and plum reduction notes,...

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