Club•WS | Reds GIFT our club: 3 months membership
After four consecutive years of success with the club, we're still committed to delivering each month a true value filled with nuance.
WHAT: 4 bottles of reds each month | DURATION: 3-month commitment
PRICE: $149.97 | ENJOY: wine, notes, and first dibs on many new wines arriving at the shop. OPTIONAL ADD ON: Upgrade to Club•WS | Gourmet for an additional $15 and
your notes will come with food pairings for each wine.
3-Bottle Set of 2008 Vintage Champagne Perfect for dinner for two | DEUTZ Champagne Trio 375ml.
Amour de Deutz Brut Millésimé
"A rich, vivacious Champagne, with toasted brioche and smoked walnut accents, this offers flavors of black cherry pâte de fruit, pickled ginger and poached apricot on a lively bead. Shows fine minerally cut to the lingering finish." C.E.
Brut Millésimé
"Based on Premier and Grand Cru grapes, except for the Pinot Meunier. It is a blend of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and rounding Meunier. The 2008 opens pretty aromatic on the clear, pure and delicate nose. Pure, complex and finesse-full on the palate, this is a very delicate, light and elegant cuvée with a good intensity of sweet cherry fruit and mineral flavors." C.E.
Amour de Deutz Rosé Brut Millésimé
"Dressed in a beautifully bright and brilliant salmon rosé color and further characterized by a creamy effervescence creating an extremely noble bead chain, a ridiculously pure, subtle, refined and delicate aroma of red currant, white nectarines, coconut milk, wild flowers (alpine rose) and berries as well as densely woven minerals is revealed on the nose." C.E. Price: $300
i Clivi: Just right to put away for a bit After working with i Clivi
for eight or so years, and having had the pleasure of tasting their production from the 1990s, I can confidently say that these gems are safe and solid to be cellared, especially in this large 1.5-liter Magnum format. About i Clivi "What distinguishes i Clivi from their peers are their devastatingly low yields, steep terrain, and old vines that range from sixty to eighty years of age. It is not surprising that their calcareous/clay/sandstone soils, or "ponca" in local dialect, have been noted for their similarities to
Burgundy’s Côte d’Or and organic farming goes without saying for vineyards of this caliber and rigor. All work in the cellar follows similar principles and attention to detail. Whole bunches are pressed very gently at Champagne levels so as to squeeze only the purest must, a philosophy that sets the stage for the superb quality of the finished wines. Using only stainless steel vats for the white wines, the Zanussos produce wines of precision and definition without the interference of maceration or prolonged contact with the skin." - Giannoni Selections NOTES:
2006 i Clivi Brazan
"A rather precocious vintage in every sense. Bud break happened in advance due to an uncharacteristically warm early spring and was then retarded by marked shifts in temperature, including those on the cooler side. June – August were hot and dry, especially August, tending towards drought-like conditions. The vintage was brought in between September 4-7. Big, rich, complex, and mouth-filling showing mineral and spice." - A.A.
Price: $95
Price: Buy the set, save 15%.
While supplies last - very limited quantity available
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2000 i Clivi Galea
"A very regular vintage with perfect maturation of the grapes. The winter was dry and then rainy in March, with a sunny spring until the end of June. July was rather cold and rainy but then August turned out to be perfectly warm and dry, maintaining such favorable conditions for harvest
(Sept. 11-14). A wine that conjures fine White Burgundy showing an intricate palate of dried apricots, acacia, and honey with a long, lingering finish." - A.A.
Price: $115
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