Wine: $30 - 45
Results
Viñedo de los Vientos Alcyone Tannat Dessert Wine
This is a fascinating wine made in Uruguay from with 100% tannat grape but in a similar style to how Barolo Chinato is made in Italy. The grapes are hand harvested at high maturity and macerated with a secret blend of roots and spices. The nose and palate boasts chocolate, cinnamon, vanilla, dark cherry and creme brulee. Chocolate is one of the trickiest things to pair with wine...but fear no more. This is it.
COS Nero Di Lupo
Known as a fruity light grape, in this wine it becomes complex, deep and structured. Time Out’s food editor's favorite wine of the year. Made by three friends who quit their day jobs, unfiltered, no additives and only a tiny tiny amount of so2 at bottling.
Michel Gahier Savagnin
This is the summer savignin. The wine was started with the intentions of being a Vin Jaune, one of the great aging wines of France. Made by letting a layer of yeast form on the wine in the barrel, (flor in Sherry) sous voile in this region. If the Voile collaspes he makes these wines, lighter,ready to drink now, kind of nutty, fruity sherry like taste,unique.
COS Cerasuolo
The cheapest of the great COS wines , but none the less still superb. Ripe fruit from the Nero, aromatics from the Frapatto and some striking minerality. These three elements are balanced perfectly.
Qupe Grenache
This wine is like velvet in a glass. Made from biodynamic Grenache from one of California's original "Rhone Rangers", this is elegant yet racy with wild cherry, spice and herb flavors and shows great intensity and balance. This is a very well crafted wine that reminds us of Chateauneuf du Pape in a ripe year like 2007. Winemaking Details: Natural Yeast, Unfined
Gros Frere et Soeur
The best Burgundy for the money anywhere (can you tell that we like this wine?) We've followed this domaine for more than 10 years, and they are consistently an outstanding producer of affordable Burgundy. This is a serious wine, and with 5 years of aging, it is drinking beautifully right now.
COS Pithos
COS is the cool, cultish, indie wine from Sicily. The name comes from the initials of the 3 partners who came up with the project, two achitects and one social worker. Ripe red fruit, floral and aromatic, balanced with great volcanic mineral notes. Aged in the Roman style amphora, it's a taste that stands apart. No sulfur added. One of the truly great wines of Italy.
Jacques Puffeney Trousseau "Les Berangeres"
From a much-lauded vintage in this part of France, this is Puffeney's greatest red wine--from old vines in one of the most highly regarded vineyards in the district. Deeper, riper, and more complex than the Poulsard, with more structure and concentration, but with that same effortlessness and comforting minerality. A don't-miss wine, and one to cellar if you're so inclined (though its forwardness makes it hard to resist now...). Winemaking Details: Wild Yeast Fermentation, Unfiltered, Unfined, Low SO2 Added
Petite Arvine De Vetroz
Situated on the right bank of the Rhone, along the south facing part of Switzerland, this wine gets plenty of sun, hence quite full on the palate at first then ends with some great tickling acidity.
Amigne Grand Cru de Vetroz
Only grown in the Valais, this grape dates back to Roman times, big and opulent in the mouth, but always balanced with acidity and minerality.