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Vintages Release November 24, 2011

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Please note that our reviews are based on a variety of sources: samples sent to our team, those we purchase in store, tasting events, those tasted in restaurants and while traveling domestically and internationally.

Argentina

Kaiken Ultra Malbec 2010, Mendoza, Argentina 50849 14.5% D 750 mL $19.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Cicchitti Edición Limitada Malbec 2008, Mendoza, Argentina 260893 14% XD 750 mL $24.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Australia

Massena The Eleventh Hour Shiraz 2006, Barossa Valley, South Australia, Australia 39073 14.5% D 750 mL $48.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Penfolds Bin 128 Shiraz 2010, Coonawarra, South Australia, Australia 509919 14% D 750 mL $61.00 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Hrb Heritage Reserve Bin Paul Lapsley, Hardys Shiraz 2007, Mclaren Vale & Clare Valley, South Australia, Australia 289934 14% D 750 mL $35.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Dutschke Willow Bend Shiraz Cabernet Merlot 2009, Barossa Valley, South Australia, Australia 285445 14.3% D 750 mL $21.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Mount Langi Ghiran Cliff Edge Shiraz 2006, Victoria, Australia 287235 14.5% XD 750 mL $28.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Kilikanoon Wines Green's Vineyard Shiraz 2009, Barossa Valley, South Australia, Australia 6007 14.5% XD 750 mL $74.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Nugan Estate King Valley Frasca's Lane Chardonnay 2009, King Valley, Victoria, Australia 288191 13.5% D 750 mL $19.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Mount Langi Ghiran Cliff Edge Shiraz 2007, Victoria, Australia 287235 14.5% XD 750 mL $28.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Austria

Ewald Gruber Hundspoint Grüner Veltliner 2011, Weinviertel, Neiderösterreich, Austria 298299 13% XD 750 mL $17.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Canada

13th Street Essence Pinot Noir 2009, V.Q.A., Niagara Peninsula, V.Q.A. Niagara Peninsula, Canada 237222 14% D 750 mL $44.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Chile

Santa Helena Vemus Cabernet Sauvignon 2008, Colchagua Valley, Central Valley, Chile 295519 14.4% XD 750 mL $24.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

France

Villa Ponciago La Réserve Fleurie Gamay (Beaujolais) 2011, A.C., Beaujolais, France Gamay (Beaujolais) food pairings: roast turkey, pork belly. 299917 13% XD 750 mL $21.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Château Tour Saint-Vincent Château Tour Saintvincent Médoc Cru Bourgeois 2009, A.C., Médoc, Bordeaux, France 295816 13.5% XD 750 mL $23.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Maison Roche De Bellene Cuvée Réserve Bourgogne Nicolas Potel Pinot Noir 2010, A.C., Burgundy, France Pinot Noir food pairings: lamb burgers, beef bourguignon. 299859 13% XD 750 mL $16.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Jean-Claude Boisset Les Charbonnières Nuits St. Georges Pinot Noir 2010, A.C., Burgundy, France 299891 13% XD 750 mL $59.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Domaine Michelas St-Jemms Sainte Epine Saint-Joseph Syrah Shiraz 2009, A.C., Rhône, France 296772 13.5% XD 750 mL $31.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Domaine La Roquète Frédéric & Daniel Brunier Domaine La Roquète Châteauneufdupape 2009, A.C., Châteauneuf-Du-Pape, Rhône, France 70862 14.5% XD 750 mL $46.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Villa Symposia L'equilibre Les Gravels Gaillac 2008, A.C., Languedoc, Southwest, France 298620 14% XD 750 mL $20.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Domaine Rotier 2009, A.C., Southwest, France 299537 14% XD 750 mL $15.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Pierre Sparr Réserve Grand Cru Gewurztraminer 2011, A.C., Alsace, France Gewurztraminer food pairings: seafood. 747600 13.5% D 750 mL $17.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Philippe Colin Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chaumées 1Er Cru Chardonnay 2008, A.C., Burgundy, France 299933 13.5% XD 750 mL $87.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Domaine De Chalet Pouilly B.A Léger Plumet, Prop.-Vit Pouilly-Fuissé 2009, A.C., Burgundy, France 295717 13% XD 750 mL $40.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Domaine Franck Millet Sancerre 2011, A.C., Loire, France 297879 12.5% XD 750 mL $23.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Clos Les Montys Vieilles Vignes Sèvre & Maine Sur Lie Muscadet 2011, A.C., Loire, France Muscadet food pairings: baked sole, grilled calamari. 297911 11.5% XD 750 mL $14.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Bowen Xo Cognac Chabasse Cognac, A.C., France 298414 40% 700 mL $184.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Grand Marnier 1827-1977 Marnier-Lapostolle Cuvée Cent Cinquantenaire Liqueur Agrumes, -, France 94649 40% S 750 mL $239.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Charles Mignon Premier Cru Grande Réserve Brut Champagne, A.C., Champagne, France 173484 12% XD 750 mL $47.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Charles de Cazanove 1Er Cru Brut Champagne, A.C., Champagne, France 299750 12% XD 750 mL $43.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Dom Pérignon Rosé Brut Champagne 2000, Champagne A.C., France 91777 12.5% XD 750 mL $299.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Germany

Dr. Fischer Ockfen Bockstein Riesling Spätlese 2010, Prädikatswein, Mosel, Germany 301341 9% M 750 mL $24.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

C.H. Berres Kabinett Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling 2009, Prädikatswein, Mosel, Germany 207274 9% S 750 mL $24.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Greece

Ktima Voyatzi 2007, P.G.I., Velvendo, Macedonia, Greece Food pairings: beef souvlaki, herbed roast beef and potatoes. 297168 14% XD 750 mL $18.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Italy

Ascheri Pisapola Barolo Nebbiolo (Barolo, Barbaresio) 2007, D.O.C.G., Piedmont, Italy 739920 14.5% XD 750 mL $44.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Socré Barbaresco 2008, D.O.C.G., Piedmont, Italy 305284 14% XD 750 mL $34.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Rivera Cappellaccio Riserva Aglianico 2005, Castel Del Monte, Puglia D.O.C., Italy Aglianico food pairings: winter stews, slow-cooked roast beef in a peppercorn gravy. 305276 13.5% XD 750 mL $25.30 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Ornellaia Blend - Meritage 2009, D.O.C., Bolgheri Superiore, Tuscany, Italy 722470 14.5% XD 750 mL $189.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia Bolgheri Sassicaia 2009, D.O.C., Bolgheri Sassicaia, Tuscany, Italy 27611 13.5% XD 750 mL $179.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Cennatoio Emiliano Alessi Chianti Classico 2010, D.O.C.G., Tuscany, Italy: Nice price for this dry red with savoury, mouth-watering aromas and flavours of dark red fruit and earth. Pair with pasta and tomato sauce. Chianti Classico food pairings: pasta in a tomato sauce with red wine and garlic, veal parmigiana. 232561 13% XD 750 mL $18.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Citille Di Sopra Brunello Di Montalcino 2007, D.O.C.G., Tuscany, Italy 303503 15% XD 750 mL $39.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Brigaldara Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico 2008, D.O.C.G., Veneto, Italy 300012 16.5% D 750 mL $78.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Torre Rosazza Friulano 2010, D.O.C., Colli Orientali Del Friuli, Italy 289520 13% D 750 mL $19.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Castel Sole Dei Castelli Di Jesi Classico Verdicchio 2011, D.O.C., Marche, Italy Verdicchio food pairings: grilled white fish, seafood pasta in a light oil-and-garlic sauce, pork tenderloin. 287847 13% XD 750 mL $15.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Cascina Cucco Cucco Barolo Nebbiolo (Barolo, Barbaresio) 2007, D.O.C.G., Piedmont, Italy 106294 14.5% D 750 mL $39.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Volpaia Chianti Classico 2009, D.O.C.G., Tuscany, Italy 953828 13.5% XD 750 mL $23.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Japan

Hakutsuru Slim Plum Wine, Kyogo Prefecture, Japan Plum Wine food pairings: spicy tuna and salmon sushi. 240119 10.5% MS 500 mL $10.00 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

New Zealand

Te Awa Winery Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2009, Gimblett Gravels, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand Drink: 2011 - 2015 95984 13.5% D 750 mL $28.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Portugal

Dow's Quinta Do Bomfim Btld. 2001 Port 1999, D.O.C., Douro, Portugal 487850 20% S 750 mL $54.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

South Africa

Lomond Syrah 2008, W.O., Cape Agulhas, South Africa 794784 14% D 750 mL $18.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Spain

Mas Estela Quindals 2007, D.O., Empordà, Spain 133033 15% XD 750 mL $17.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Damalisco Crianza 2008, D.O., Toro, Spain 306589 14% XD 750 mL $16.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Descendientes De J. Palacios Pétalos Petalos Bierzo 2010, D.O., Bierzo, Spain 446484 15% D 750 mL $23.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Torres 20 Hors D'âge Brandy, Spain 286740 40% 750 mL $81.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

United Kingdom

Glendronach 18 Years Old Single Malt Scotch, Scotland, United Kingdom 288233 46% 750 mL $139.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

United States

Dunn Vineyards Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2008, Napa Valley, California, United States 193763 14.5% XD 750 mL $250.00 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Far Niente Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2009, Oakville, Napa Valley, California, United States 539098 14.5% D 750 mL $285.00 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart

Kenneth Volk Santa Maria Cuvée Pinot Noir 2008, Santa Maria Valley, Santa Barbara County, California, United States Pinot Noir food pairings: bacon-wrapped beef medallions, stuffed veal tenderloin. 291039 14.2% XD 750 mL $36.95 November 2011. Full Review Add to Shopping Cart


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