Ten Thousand Vines
Château d'Oupia
Les Hérétiques Pays d'Hérault Carignane Syrah 2014
Two Vines
Columbia Valley Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
For under ten bucks this is a great wine. — 10 years ago
Gitton Père et Fils
Sancerre Silex Galinot Sauvignon Blanc 2007
A rich great wine with spicy notes, Wine produced from one plot"Galinot" "flint on ground, a 50 years-old vines vinified ten months in half barrels of new oak, small production and great experience — 11 years ago
Bodegas Breca
Old Vines Garnacha de Fuego 2011
Good for a Tuesday night. On sale for 7.99. Normally ten. — 13 years ago
Moone
One Thousand Vines Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
Prat Sura
La Cuvée Vacqueyras Grenache Syrah Blend 2012
The 2012 Olivier Gras Prat Sura Vacqueyras La Cuvée is certainly more giving on the second day—this structured Vacqueyras wants to unfurl slowly, no surprise, because the vines are around 35 years old, and are grown in an arid climate, and in stony limestone-galet soil. Prat Sura is a single vineyard bottling, and a small one at that, at roughly 1,000 cases total. Tight on opening, but when revisited the second day, it reveals dense, bordering-on-brooding layers of blackberries steeped in fresh thyme, black raspberries and violets. Texturally, there's a lot going on, I feel that it will evolve with a bit of patience. Plum skins and fleshy black fruit at the core, trussed in firm tannins, accentuated by cinnamon bark, creosote and and the merest hint of juniper berries on the finish. Tuck this one into your cellar for five to ten years. 14.5% ABV | Sample — 9 years ago
Domaine Badoz
Côtes du Jura Trousseau 2012
Ridge Vineyards
Benito Dusi Ranch Paso Robles Zinfandel 2014
Gravelly rocky vyard with old scrub waist-high vines. Benito Dusi Ranch farmed by Benito since 1940s (older brother Dante owned vyard twice as big and half as old.... Turley/four vines/J.Dusi origins). Oldest vines in Paso. First winery to put "PasoRobles" on a wine label est 1969 (not officially AVA until ten years later in the 80s) so keep it as appellation for historical purposes even though it's a single vineyard. 3 miles south of 101. 25acres/92-years old planted in 1922. Head trained, 2.6t/a. Purple floral nose; Dark, brooding, black fruit, molasses, tar, and barrel spice on the palate. Robust well knit tannin. — 9 years ago
Ten Thousand Vines
Cabo Rojo Red Blend
Great all around blended red from a local micro-winery. — 10 years ago
Domaine des Terres Dorées (Jean-Paul Brun)
Moulin-à-Vent Gamay
Tasted the 2012 vintage in 2013. This wine is well balanced and medium tannins, fruit and acidity. Granite soils and metamorphic rock, in which the vines roots need to search to find their nourishment and stressed in their development. This wine pairs exceptionally well with game and aged cheeses. Structured well with Minerality, red fruit, and tannins integrated and promising another ten years of aging potential if you could wait this long to enjoy. — 10 years ago
Cédric Bouchard
Roses de Jeanne Presle Blanc de Noirs Champagne 2010
First release of Cédric Bouchard's Presle, from a pinot noir vineyard planted in 2007 with ten different rootstocks. This inaugural release is vintage 2010—it's concentrated in flavor and sleekly shaped, showing the exuberance of young vines. — 11 years ago
Rivers-Marie
Summa Old Vines Pinot Noir 2008
It is the measure of many great wines that while they blow you away when opened, you also despair at the thought of how amazing they will be in the five or ten years you have robbed them of in your immediate pleasure. — 11 years ago
Anthony Lombardi
Carignan from 40 year old vines. A 50/50 mix of barrel fermentation & carbonic. This is a brilliant means of handling Carignan. It has the powerful, brooding dark fruit, but also shows a youthful approachability as the structure is tamed somewhat. I frankly find it astonishing that this can be on shelves for ten bucks. It is a bit one note, but that note is a really good one. — 9 years ago