RHONE SPECIALS
November 28, 2009 by PWM
THE RHONES:
04 cotes rhone, avignon
A RHONE STEAL!!
$9.95 BTL./$51.00 6-PACK
This ranks up there with the best Rhone we have ever had at $10!! Packed in 6-packs!! Was $19.95 per bottle. Must be tasted to be believed. 48 six packs. A total staff favorite!! Perfect with anything from a ham sandwich to T-Day Turkey! You can thanks us later!
07 LE PARDOU LUBERON RED
90 POINTS - PARKER
$14.95 BTL./$80.00 6-PACK
If you are a fancier of the rich, full-bodied wines of the Rhone Valley this wine will make your day! This special bottling of 350 cases was hand selected by winemaker Jon-David Headrick who has taken over the reins of Vieux Telegraph. This side project is from two old vine vineyards father down the Rhone River in the Luberon around the town Loumarin. This is an absolute hedonistic Syrah/Grenache blend. The top wine, the outstanding 2007 Le Pardou Cotes du Luberon, is a deep, dense, full-bodied blend of 60% Grenache and 40% Syrah. This deep ruby/purple-tinged, full-bodied, oold vine cuvee, reveals plenty of blackberry, pepper, tar, and lavender notes as well as a hint of Provencal typicity with a subtle herbaceous character, chewy, fleshy flavors, a touch of oak, and a spicy, long finish. Drink it over the next 5-7 years. – 90 pts. – Parker.
Nv clos des papes house red
LE PETIT VIN D’AVRIL
$17.95 BTL./$90.00 6-PACK
Made by one of the important estates in Chateauneuf du Pape, Clos des Papes Chateauneuf du Pape’s sell for well over $100 a bottle. The Le Petit Vin d’Avril (two-thirds from the 2007 vintage and one-third from 2006) is juicy, with loads of crunchy cherries and new saddle leather notes with some pepper, flowers, and spice. It is always one of most anticipated Rhone wines every year. Find out why! “This exquisitely run estate continues to turn out wines of great fragrance, richness as well as flavor authority and integrity. The yields are always among the lowest in the appellation. While they have 87 acres and can produce as much as 8,000 cases of Chateauneuf du Pape, the yields in 2007 were 23 hectoliters per hectare, in 2006, 22 hectoliters per hectare, and in 2005, 21 hectoliters per hectare. The Petite vin d’Avril is their best value, and it’s one heck of a bistro wine, is the non-vintage concoction of Grenache, Syrah, Merlot, and Carignan actually cropped at an amazingly low 32 hectoliters per hectare.” – Robert Parker.
07 CLOS DE LA BRUSSIERE
MAFFIF D’UCHAUX RED
$24.95 BTL./$126.00 6-PACK
Better than all but a few Chateauneuf du Papes. This wine is made right outside of the Ch. Du Pape appellation. AMAZING!! The 2007 Cotes du Rhone-Villages Cairanne Clos de la Brussiere Massif d-Uchaux (60% Grenache, 30% Mourvedre, and 10% Carignan) is one of the finest Cairannes I have ever tasted. It boasts a dense ruby/purple color in addition to a gorgeous nose of black raspberries, incense, scorched earth, and garrigue. Deep, chewy, full-bodied, super pure, and gorgeously-textured, its abundant fruit admirably counterbalances the wine's structure. Consume it over the next 7-8 years. RORY’S PICK!! This wine will go quickly!!