Monday Tasting Plus An Around the Globe Holiday 4-Pack!

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Don't Miss Our Upcoming Event!

If you missed our Jeeper Champagne tasting back in May, Daniel Meissner is back and he will be pouring a new Champagne from their portfolio along with wines from Chateau Mascaronne, Cos d'Estournel, and Tokaj Hetszolo.

The Lineup:

• Champagne Jeeper XXI Silver Blanc de Blancs Brut, Champagne, France NV

• Chateau Mascaronne Cotes de Provence Quat'Saisons Rose, Provence, France 2020

• Chateau Mascaronne Cotes de Provence Vita Bella Blanc, Provence, France 2019

• Chateau Cos d'Estournel 'Les Pagodes de Cos', Saint-Estephe, France 2016

• Tokaj Hetszolo Aszu 5 Puttonyos, Tokaj, Hungary 2004

Don't miss out on this lovely holiday 4-pack!$230/pack. (12 Holiday Packs Available)Preorder Deadline: Noon on Monday, December 20th.Wines will arrive by December 21st.For single item interest, please inquire within.

Wine 1: 2019 Pinot Noir by Bass Phillip ‘Bin17K’ Gippsland, Australia

Bin17k dedicated to becoming the entry-level wine of Bass, accessible to new generations, but also for those who want to enjoy a glass of Bass Phillip on a Tuesday night without breaking the bank! The selection of the fruits is coming from the deepest soils or younger vineyards. Delicate red fruits with purity, the wine is made to provide drinking pleasure straight away.Bass Phillip, specialists of high-quality Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines, was established in 1979 in the Southeastern corner of Australia. Bass Phillip is named after two men of pioneering spirit, foresight, and leadership in Australia: George Bass, an explorer of the Australian Coast, and Arthur Phillip, a British admiral who set up the first permanent European colony on the Australian continent in 1788. Founded by Phillip Jones, a Burgundy lover who began his career in telecommunications and IT, Bass Phillip was the result of a meticulous search for the appropriate Australian region and organic techniques to develop Pinot Noir wines with depth and fine texture. Over the past 25 years, the Bass Phillip vineyards have grown to 14 hectares, much like a small Burgundy Domaine. Today, united with a singular mission to produce terroir-driven wines of purity, elegance, texture, and complexity, the winemaking and winegrowing team, led by JeanMarie Fourrier, are the stewards of Bass Phillip. Armed with passion and a combination of experience and youthful exuberance, the team crafts some of the finest expressions of Burgundian varieties in Australia.

Wine 2: 2019 MAAL Wines 'Biutiful' Malbec, Valle de Uco, Argentina

This Malbec is made with intentioned to highlight the site specific Malbec and purity of the variety by leaving the oak out of the winemaking process on this specific bottling. This lack of oak usage creates the most vibrant, bright, and luscious expression from Argentina.Matias Fraga is a former restaurant business entrepreneur who never expected to become a winegrower. His background in restaurant business and wine distribution gave him the chance to meet the Catena family, for whom he would later work for over a decade, learning many of the aspects of wine growing and wine business. In 2010, he had a unique opportunity to buy an abandoned Malbec vineyard in an up-and-coming area in the heart of Uco Valley named “Vistaflores”. Although initially the place was in very bad shape, he believed that with patience and hard work he could turn it into an iconic vineyard. Today, his hard work has paid off with MAAL’s unique range of Malbec wines.

Wine 3: 2017 Donnafugata 'Mille una Notte', Sicily, Italy

Nero d' Avola, Petit Verdot, Syrah Blend. Mille una Notte is serious wine for a serious time. This blend of indigenous and imported varieties creates  rich, elegant, and intense wines that have haunting aromatics and equally vibrant palates. Aristocracy that lived at the castle of Donnafugata in Sicily exemplifies the serious quality of this wine. Decant this wine for 2 hours prior to drinking or lay down for 10 -15 year before drinkingThe essence of Donnafugata is to offer pleasantness and complexity of wines that make them captivating to each who enjoys them. They intend to represent the excellence of agriculture and viticulture that Italy stands for. These wines are wines of craftsmanship quality with consistency from the Sicilian environment representing forward thinking.

Wine 4: 2019 Hess Collection 'Iron Corral', Napa Valley, California

91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Malbec, 2% Petit Verdot. Iron Corral Cabernet Sauvignon is named for our Iron Corral Vineyard and is our first new estate wine in 20 years. A beautiful balance of Mountain and Valley Floor Estates, this wine delivers beautiful, full fruit retention, enhanced by the complexity we have come to expect by integrating structured fruit from our mountain vineyards. Iron Corral Cabernet is complex yet accessible, designed for immediate enjoyment with the capability to age gracefully and be enjoyed for years to come.Vintage 2019 began slightly later than normal in some areas, but nonetheless delivered superb results. Spring was marked by occasional rains, which brought welcome soil saturation, and cooler temperatures, which allowed fruit to mature at a steady pace. Summer helped the grapevines to ripen and catch up from their late start. The warm days and cool nights of the fall allowed gradual sugar accumulation and longer hang times, promising fruit of the highest quality with structural beauty from balanced tannin, sugar and acid levels. Harvest began slightly later than normal in some areas with fruit picked at its peak, promising exceptional flavor in bottle.