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Vintages 2025 Buyers Guide
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LINKED 2025 VINTAGES BUYERS GUIDE
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Feb 15 Vintages Release
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TWO NEW BEST BUYS - WHITE TABLE WINE
AUSTRIA 377457 RABL LANGENLOIS GRÜNER VELTLINER 2022
Vin Tra 300 $19.95 *** 90 R BB
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RHONE 42392 DOMAINE FONT SARADE VIOGNIER 2023
Fiv Sea 200 $19.95 **+ 89.5 R BB
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TWO NEW BEST BUYS - RED TABLE WINE
ONTARIO 367318 KEW SOLDIER'S GRANT 2020
Art Can 180 $20.95 *** 90 R BB
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BORDEAUX 40366 CHATEAU GRAND VERDUS GLOUGLOU 2020 Gra Bra 500 $17.95 **+ 89 R BB
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Best Buy Vintages Niagara Pinot Noir
Le Clos Jordanne
Jordan Village Pinot Noir 2021
VINTAGES -33894 - $30.00
Elegant, Bright, Ripe, Plum-Cherry-Cassis *** (92-points)
This February 15th award-winning Pinot Noir has a garnet red colour and very bright, slightly spicy, perfumed, ripe, plum-cherry-cassis fruit aromas with some refined cedary notes. Dry, medium bodied, nicely structured, gently complex, intense, ripe, plum-cherry-cassis flavours with a crisp, lingering, gentle cedar-tinged finish. Aged for 20 months in premium French oak barrels (20% new), it is one of the best yet with a screwcap closure.
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New March 1st Tuscan Destination
Villa Poggio Salvi Brunello di Montalcino 2019
MARCH 1 VINTAGES - 363028 - $56.95
Intense, Well Structured, Ripe *** (93-points)
Fairly deep garnet red colour. Classy, fairly intense, chestnut-tinged, ripe Damson plum nose with some floral (dried roses) and sandalwood notes. Dry, medium-full bodied, extracty, faintly spicy, firm, ripe, Damson plum flavours with some sandalwood and red licorice notes on the lingering, still somewhat youthful finish. This very tasty 100% Sangiovese grosso was aged for 30 months in Slavonian oak barrels (30 to 100 hl in size) and has 14.5% alcohol and under 3 g/L residual sugar with lot number LB2432 on the back label. the best vintage tasted to date - serve in a large glass. Shows well with a rack of lamb and/or a rib steak.
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NOW AVAILABLE IN VINTAGES
MARCH 1 BEST BUY HIGHLIGHT
NAOUSSA CUVEE VILLAGE 2021
The Most-Awarded New $18 Red from Greece
Mundus Vini Spring Tasting 2024 / Gold
Decanter World Wine Awards 2024 / Silver
International Wine Challenge 2024 / Silver
International Wine & Spirit Competition 2024 / Silver
Balkan International Wine Competition 2024 / Silver
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March 15th Release
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A GREAT END-OF-WINTER ROSE
Lafage Miraflors Rose 2023
VINTAGES ESSENTIAL - 367375 - NOW ONLY $18.95
Fresh, Bright, Youthful **+ (89 points)
This just retasted VINTAGES ESSENTIAL release of Lafage's 2023 classic southern French Rose comes in a very attractive, designer bottle with a convenient recyclable glass stopper. Bright very pale pink colour, it has fresh, gently spicy, floral, ripe, melon-apple-pear aromatics. Dry, medium to medium-light bodied, youthful, slightly spicy, fresh, honeycrisp apple flavours and a lingering bright finish.
A tasty blend of 50% Mourvedre, 30% Grenache Gris and 20% Grenache with 12.5% alcohol. Versatile and ready-to-enjoy.
STUNNING NEW SPANISH RED
Balbas Pagos de Balbas 2022
MARCH 1 - NEW IN VINTAGES - 40520 - $22.95
Rich, Intense, Complex, Cedary *** (91 points)
Bright deep intense purple colour. Attractive, intense, very fleshy, ripe, Damson plum nose with some slightly spicy, cassis, cedar-sandalwood notes. Dry, medium-full bodied, extracty, rich, ripe, intense, plum-cassis-blackberry flavours with a long, lingering, cedary-blueberry compote finish. With 9 months in oak, this hefty 100% Tempranillo has 15% alcohol and under 3 g/L residual sugar with lot number L-2233 on the back label. Not to be missed.
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