Gifts Over $150
FRANCE: BORDEAUX - RED - SAINT EMILION
Size750MLVintage2003SKU3833
Gorgeous nose of blackberries, smoked meats, licorice, incense, and barbecue spices. Huge fruit on the attack is followed by a powerful, masculine wine with huge extract, high tannin, low acidity, and formidable power. 95pts RP Wine Advocate (2003)
Price: $179.99
Poderi Aldo Conterno Barolo Cicala D.O.C.G
Size750MLVintage2001SKU3648
Loads of plum, berry and licorice character with hints of new wood. Full-bodied, with chewy tannins and a long, rich finish. Beauty here. Tight and compacted. Lots going on here. Give it time. 94 Wine Advocate (2001)
Roberto Voerzio Barolo La Serra
Size750MLVintage2001SKU2901
Intense aromas of blackberries, minerals and cedar, with hints of cigar box. Full-bodied, with a dense tannin structure and rich palate of fruit and minerals. Tight and condensed. This needs lots of bottle age. Tannic. This is built like a brick house. Very powerful for La Serra. 96pts Wine Spectator (2001)
Giuseppe Quintarelli Rosso Del Bepi Veneto, I.G.T.
Size750MLVintage1999SKU4061
Quintarelli declassifies his Amarone to Rosso del Bepi in vintages he doesn't feel merit the Amarone designation. So this, his 1999, is essentially one of the Master's Amarone in a lesser vintage. You would be hard pressed to find anyone else's Amarone in ANY vintage that rivals the gloriuos expression of dried fruit in ""Bepi's Red"". Stunningly opulent!
Price: $239.99
U.S.A.: CALIFORNIA - RED - CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Size750MLVintage2006SKU12026
Smooth, rich and creamy, with mocha-laced plum and black cherry fruit that's elegant, stylish, full-bodied and complex, ending with a long, firm, concentrated finish. Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. 93 points Wine Spectator (2006)
Champagne Billecart-Salmon Grande Cuvee
Size750MLVintage1996SKU7030
The nose is an enticing melange of floral and earth aromas with a dollop of savoury: jasmine, slate, white pepper, freshly baked bread and marmite. The palate is very dry, very tight and seems to be restraining an explosion of fruit and autolytic expression. Crisp acidity and very fine bubbles... 95pts Wine Advocate (1996)
Giuseppe Quintarelli Amarone della Valpolicella
Size750MLVintage1998SKU5902
The 1998 Amarone reveals a gorgeous nose along with ripe red cherries, cough syrup, spices and minerals on a medium-bodied frame. Made in a sweet, inviting style, it offers excellent length as well as purity in a very classic style.
Giuseppe Quintarelli Cabernet Alzero
ITALY: VENETO - RED WINE - OTHER
Size750MLVintage1998SKU8022
Alzero is mostly Cabernet Franc, with a dollop of Merlot, made Amarone-style. The 1998 reveals compelling layers of ripe dark fruit, sweet herbs, chocolate and spices that gradually unfurl in the glass. The wine possesses gorgeous length and balance. 92pts Wine Advocate (1998)
