Gerard Julien Aloxe Corton 1er Valoziere
$107.99
Domaine Gérard Julien is located in Comblachien, just south of Nuits Saint Georges and dates back to the late 19th century. As Gérard continued to purchase more holdings in the 70s and 80’s, he was able to grow the estate to roughly 10 hectares with parcels distributed in Nuits Villages, Nuits Saint Georges, and Echézeaux Grand Cru.
Étienne Julien, son of Gérard, assumed control of the estate in 2012 as winemaker. Being the fifth generation of the estate, he is introducing new methods to his winemaking while keeping the vision in line with previous generations, including organic viticulture. These wines exude another level of liveliness and energy. The 2016 vintage is still going strong and will continue to improve for another five-plus years.
Ampeleia Bianco
$43.99
Elisabetta Foradori is a force to be reckoned with. Foradori is at the top of her game with her original winery, Foradori, in Trentino Alto-Adige. She continues to bring light to the need to respect the environment and continues to do so with her side project, Ampeleia. Located in the coastal area of Maremma, in Tuscany, Foradori and her colleagues Giovani Podini and Thomas Widmann focus on the beauty of the terroir, whilst producing deliciously complex, yet easy-drinking wines.
Superflux Colour and Shape IPA Singles
$5.99
Jaboulet Syrah IGP
$25.99
Philippe Jaboulet and his son, Vincent, carry on long-established family winemaking traditions at Domaine Philippe & Vincent Jaboulet in Crozes-Hermitage. Located in the northern Rhône Valley about one mile south of Tain l’Hermitage, the domaine was founded in 2006 following the sale of Maison Paul Jaboulet Ainé, where Philippe managed the family’s vineyards and handled all grape purchasing.
After the sale, Philippe and Vincent retained about 32 acres of the family’s vineyards, including most notably a parcel of the original Thalabert vineyard, which is situated in the Crozes-Hermitage appellation. (Philippe and Vincent Jaboulet acquired another 37 acres to add to the newly formed domaine, including a small plot in Cornas-1.7 acres.) The parcel from the Thalabert vineyard that belonged to Paul Jaboulet Ainé was renamed Nouvelère, commemorating the ‘new era’. The domaine’s Nouvelère wine is produced from the vineyard’s oldest vines, up to 80 years old. (See below.)
The domaine owns other vineyard holdings in Crozes-Hermitage, where relatively younger vines yield full-bodied reds from the Syrah variety. These wines are aged in tanks and both small and large oak barrels; no new wood barrels are employed.) These reds are released two years after the vintage.
Mas Gabriel Terrasses
$31.99
Mas Gabriel is predominantly old vine Carignan (75%), rounded out with Syrah and Grenache. It's hand-harvested and de-stemmed (without crushing), then vatted by gravity. Traditional fermentation with some delestage and pigeage, followed by a 14-day maceration. Aged in concrete tanks. On the nose, it shows notes of small black fruits, licorice and garrigue. On the palate, this wine is round and generous, balanced by a nice freshness, along with black fruits and sweet spices.
Mas Gabriel Lievres
$41.99
A blend of 75% Syrah and Grenache from plots located on three terraces, facing east at an altitude of 120m in Caux. The soil is basalt scree, silt and Villafranchian gravel. It's de-stemmed (without crushing), with vatting by gravity. Separate vinification of each grape variety in traditional fermentation with two delestages and pigeage. Post-fermentation maceration lasts for 20 days. It's aged in 500L barrels (15% new wood) for another 12 months.
Westland American Single Malt
$87.99
Seattle's Westland distillery has built quite a name and reputation for itself. In fact, even whisky (or whiskey, in this case) snobs have hunted down, collected, and coveted the Garryana oak range.
As for the casking for this flagship expression: virgin oak, ex-Bourbon, and ex-Oloroso, in a whole bunch of combinations of sizes and generations (first fill, second fill, etc). Some decently loud wood, if not necessarily able to tame this youthful spirit, at least has the gumption to toe up with its own aggression. It makes for a neatly harmonized chorus.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 46% abv.
Fieldhouse Apricot Lemon Blanch
$5.69
Blindman Moral Compass
$20.99