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Snag these Pinot Noir beauties from California and Oregon while you can! After the fires and subsequent smoke-tainted wines, the 2020 vintage was small, with producers only making wines they were sure were unaffected.

With 2020’s in short supply, the 2021 vintage is making a splash. Early reports suggest that 2021 is “one of concentration and structure” (Wine Spectator) built for the cellar.

Featured Wines:

• 2021 Lingua Franca AVNI Pinot Noir Willamette Valley
• 2021 Arterberry Maresh Pinot Noir Dundee Hills, OR
• 2021 Paul Lato Pinot Noir ‘Matinee’ Sta Barbara
• 2021 Roar Pinot Noir Sta Lucia Highlands
• 2021 Maybach Pinot Noir ‘Irmgard’

These are stunning examples of what the great winemakers of Burgundy can produce with their beautiful terroir.

Founded in the 1950s, following a marriage between two winemaking families, one from Vosne-Romanée and the other from Magny-lès-Villers, Domaine Jayer-Gilles is located in Magny, in the Gilles family home, which dates from 1886.

“The Domaine Hoffmann-Jayer (previously Jayer-Gilles) is located in Magny-lès-Villers between Beaune and Nuits-Saint-Georges in the Hautes Côtes of Burgundy. The special nature of the Domaine’s situation arises from its unique position, at the point where the Hautes Côtes de Beaune and the Hautes Côtes de Nuits meet.

Today, Domaine Hoffmann-Jayer extends over 10 hectares, producing primarily red wines, notably those from the Côte de Nuits: Echezeaux “Du Dessus” Grand Cru, Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru “Les Damodes”, Nuits-Saint-Georges Village “Les Hauts Poirets”, Côte de Nuits-Villages. In addition, the Domaine is renowned for both red and white Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune and Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits.” -Winery

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Featured Wines:

• 2017 Hoffmann-Jayer Bourgogne “Hautes-Cotes de Beaune”
• 2017 Hoffman-Jayer ‘Echezeaux du Dessus’ Grand Cru
• 2017 Hoffmann-Jayer Bourgogne “Hautes-Cotes de Nuits”

Looking for any daily drinkers? These are some of our best values in the shop currently. These display excellent quality-to-price ratios and offer immediate drinkability on release. Great for your next feeling of “what should we open with dinner?” without breaking the bank.
Come on in and give a few of these a try.

Featured Wines:

• 2019 Cultivar Cabernet Sauvignon
• 2020 Costers del Priorat “Petit Pissarres”
• 2020 Janasse “Terre d’Argile” Cotes du Rhone Villages
• 2021 Jaffurs State Street Syrah
• 2019 Castello Romitorio Romitorio Toscana

This is a hand-selected barrel picked by our staff, aged 4 years, high proof, and is a mash of 70% corn, 21% rye, and 9% malted barley. This is a release of 114 bottles, and we are very excited about having this around for the coming months.

“In June of 2019, the rick house that stored much of Blue Note’s inventory collapsed in a terrible summer storm, spilling thousands of barrels and millions of dollars into the muck and mud. Most of the barrels were destroyed by the incredible force of nearly 10 million pounds crumbling six stories to the ground.

We thought all was lost, but a special few somehow survived the disaster. Surviving the collapse, however, turned out to be only the beginning of the barrels’ journey.

The barrels were left exposed to the elements for the next four months before the wreckage could be properly assessed and cleaned up. In these ensuing months, the sweltering summer heat bore down upon the barrels daily, darkening the outside and forcing the bourbon inside incredibly deep into the oak. Several thunderstorms passed through as well, pummeling the barrels for days, causing their bands to later rust and break. As summer faded into fall, the nights grew colder, forcing the whiskey back out of the now-worn oak. After the wreckage was cleaned up and every barrel was assessed, the company found that some had survived. ” -Blue Note Bourbon.

Our friend, Trey Busch, has allowed us a limited allocation of the amazing

Sleight of Hand Cellars

2016 Psychedelic Syrah

Coming all from the Stoney Vine Vineyard in the Walla Walla Valley and ageing in 25% new French oak, the 2016 Syrah Psychedelic is ruby/purple-colored and loaded with notions of currants, tapenade, lavender, and tobacco. It’s full-bodied, deep, beautifully concentrated, and layered, with an expansive, sexy style that’s hard to resist. It will keep for a decade.

$60/Bottle
Very Limited

The Vajra Connection

The Baudana family have tended to the Cerretta and Baudana Cru’s in Barolo for over 30 years! They are one of the oldest families in the Serralunga d’alba region of Barolo. In 2003, the Baudana family, realizing that they had no children and no heirs, needed to find a steward to continue and elevate the production of wine from these Cru’s. Thankfully, they knew a wonderful family that would be the perfect ones to carry the torch, the Vajra’s. I once spoke about this very subject to to Francesca Vajra the last time she visited St. Louis. She made it very clear that this rarely happens in Barolo. The land that these families own are incredibly precious to them and that land transfers to other families DO NOT HAPPEN. Fortunately, the Vajra’s were entrusted with the estate and have continued to produce amazing Nebbiolo. The 2014 Baudana is an incredibly strong wine. The richness and power that the blue soil provides from the Baudana Cru are very apparent here. What a wine! What a story!
-Matt Crider

$69/Bottle (Delivery in 2 Weeks)

The Splendor of Spain

Muga Rioja Reserva Special Selection 2014

Muga Rioja Seleccion Especial Reserva 2014

Fruit-focused red, with strong aromas of ripe blackberries, red plums and gently complex earthy and spicy notes. There’s energetic, ripe dark and red fruit on the palate. Silky and crisp with fine tannins, giving a velvety and chalky texture. Upbeat and succulent finish. Drink or hold.

$45/Bottle

2016 Ojai Pinot Noir Santa Barbara County

Ripe cherries, raspberries, forest floor, and salty minerality all flow to a medium-bodied, elegant, impeccably balanced effort that shows both the quality of the vintage as well as the style of the estate. Drink it over the coming 4-5 years.

$35/Bottle

$192 per 6 Pack ($32)

Petrolo Val d’Arno di sopra Torrione 2016

Aromas of dried flowers, dried berries, cherries and hints of stones. Full-bodied, very firm and silky. Intense underlying energy of acidity and a lovely finish. 75% Sangiovese, 20% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. One of the best ever? Drink in 2020.

$29/Bottle (delivery in 2 weeks)

Limerick Lane

The 2016 Zinfandel Russian River Estate is another gorgeous wine from this estate. Plums, sandalwood, Asian spices, and a hint of cigar all flow to a seamless, elegant Zinfandel that shows the class and quality of this vintage. With medium to full-bodied richness and building, fine tannin, it has complexity, texture, and length. Bravo!

$40/Bottle