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  2015 Clos de Sarpe: Offers Great Value for the Money

  Posted: October 25, 2024

  You can still afford to drink great Bordeaux! We have one of the largest inventories of fine and rare wine in the United States, including great value Bordeaux.

  “My eyes were recently opened to drinking great, young and inexpensive Bordeaux. 2015 is an A rated vintage that drinks very young. I've been tasting these and love them!” - Dave Sokolin

  2015 Clos de Sarpe is a perfect example of the terrific value that still exists in Bordeaux. This 97+ pointer is priced at $74.99 and is in a prime drinking window.

  Clos de Sarpe is a small, walled vineyard sitting high on the plateau of Saint Emilion, on the Right Bank of the Gironde River in Bordeaux. At a mere 3.7 hectares (just over 9 acres) this is a very small estate, when compared to other St. Emilion powerhouses such as Cheval-Blanc (over 40 hectares) and Angelus (over 25 hectares). They have been farming organically since 1920, and recently con

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  2019 Lynch Bages – 100 Points of Perfection!

  Posted: October 18, 2024

  If you’re looking to grow your Bordeaux collection, we have an amazing wine to add to your cellar - 2019 Lynch Bages. 2019 is THE Lynch Bages to own for any collector! It’s the first Lynch Bages vintage in history to score 100 points, and we are down to our final allocation of this gem! It’s hard to believe that this legendary estate has never had a perfect score, until now. And we have it for only $199 / bottle. For perspective, the 1989 & 1990 vintages that scored 99 points are now trading for $650+ bottle in original wood case. That’s an excellent indication of where the 2019 vintage is headed in the future.

  2019 will be one of those vintages that catches fire and doubles in the near term, and perhaps again.

  Lynch Bages always steals the show, and 2019 is a terrific buying opportunity! Jeb Dunnuck named it his #2 Top Wine of 2022 - it’s

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  2019 Brunellos: The Hottest Wine Releases on the Market Right Now!

  Posted: October 11, 2024

  Did you know that 2019 Brunellos are the hottest wine releases on the market right now?!? This is the vintage that everyone has been waiting for, and it’s already very highly sought-after. There is so much excitement around the 2019s!

  Brunello is one of the best values in fine wine that you can find, and we have over 60 wines from the A+ 2019 vintage available at various price points. We have so many top name producers that consistently produce amazing wines, year after year. Lots of high scores in the 2019 Brunello category, too!

  2019 is one of those vintages that is just beautiful, forward, and it’s drinking great already. According to Italian wine expert, Kerin O’Keefe, she has “…never tasted so many drop-dead-gorgeous young Brunellos from a single vintage.” She confesses that many of the best wines stopped her in her tracks, generating that “…magical moment when everything

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