Bergstrom Pinot Noir La Spirale 2022
$159.99
John Bergström left a small village in Northern Sweden to live the American dream in Oregon. He became a surgeon and started a family with his wife, Karen. Together, they wanted to start a business that would become a legacy for their five children and pay tribute to John’s agricultural, Swedish upbringing. With these dreams in mind, the couple moved from Portland to Dundee, where they planted the Bergström Vineyard on a gentle, 13-acre, south-facing slope overlooking the wide expanse of the Willamette Valley. In 1999, Josh, the fourth of the five children, returned home from Burgundy where he undertook a postgraduate program in Viticulture and Enology. His fiancée, Caroline, joined him and they married in the Bergström Vineyard that fall. Together, they established a flourishing business of five estate vineyards, totalling 84 acres: The Bergström Vineyard, Silice Vineyard, Winery Block, Gregory Ranch and Le Pré du Col. Each estate vineyard is farmed without the use of harsh chemicals or fertilizers.
Chateau Faugeres 2015
$110.99
The flagship of the Vignobles Silvio Denz portfolio, Château Faugeres consists of 42 homogeneous hectares of some of the most beautiful terroir in St.-Émilion. The vines are located on the appellation’s limestone plateau, composed of calcareous soil on asteriated limestone dating from the Lower Oligocene, and on south-south-east facing clay-limestone slopes in a cirque, made up of calcareous soil on clay-limestone molasse from the Upper Eocene and Oligocene.
Silvio Denz set himself the objective of bringing out the best in this exceptional terroir by monitoring Château FAUGÈRES’ vines as closely as possible with his team. This has required time, work and meticulous care to accompany the growth cycle and achieve optimal ripening.
Chateau Clinet Pomerol
$239.99
Nestled in the middle of the illustrious Pomerol region of Bordeaux, Chateau Clinet shares the same praiseworthy terroir with world-renowned producers like Petrus, Chateau Lafleur, and Chateau Le Pin. The best Chateaux from this appellation craft are extremely fine, velvety, and rich Merlot-based wines, and Chateau Clinet is no exception. The phenomenal winemaking team at Clinet (which includes the talented Michel Rolland) has been relentless in their pursuit to make wine that challenges even the greatest Pomerol producers.
Chateau Lagrange 2014
$121.99
After a long period of mediocrity, Château Lagrange was purchased by Japanese liquor giant Suntory in 1983 with Marcel Ducasse as directeur général and winemaker. Large budgets from Suntory allowed Marcel Ducasse to invest in the remake of the vineyards and cellars and led to a successful revival of Château Lagrange. He restored the chateau to it's once great status, and the wines are now first rate, once again.
Chateau Lagrange 2014
$97.99
After a long period of mediocrity, Château Lagrange was purchased by Japanese liquor giant Suntory in 1983 with Marcel Ducasse as directeur général and winemaker. Large budgets from Suntory allowed Marcel Ducasse to invest in the remake of the vineyards and cellars and led to a successful revival of Château Lagrange. The wines are now back to the once great position they held in the past.
Le Serre Nuove Dell 'Ornellaia
$96.99
Ornellaia has always been an expression of the close bond between humans and nature. From the launch of Ornellaia in 1985 to the beautiful Bellaria vineyards, from the debut of Italy’s first ever second vin, Le Serre Nuove dell’Ornellaia, to the Vendemmia d’Artista project and the creation of Ornellaia Bianco, the story of Ornellaia is fast paced as well as being a source of pride and inspiration. They are no regarded as one of Italy's flagship wineries, coveted and collected around the globe.
Domaine Buisson-Charles Aloxe-Carton
$134.99
Several years ago, Michel Buisson, the third-generation vigneron of Buisson-Charles, turned over the reins of this 6.3 hectare domaine to his daughter Catherine and son-in-law Patrick Essa. They, in turn, have now handed them to their son Louis, who vinified the 2019 vintage. Under Patrick's leadership, the house has reached new heights, producing wines that show beautiful balance; they are concentrated and rich, yet pure and expressive, featuring both the crystalline purity and opulence of Meursault. Vines are tended organically and the wines see no chaptalization or acidification or SO2 added during vinification. They are bottled without fining or filtration. Louis has followed in his father's footsteps, espousing the estate's philosophy that many Meursault are harvested too early and, as a result, are too lean, highly sulfured, and one-dimensional. Not only the picking dates, but also other growing milestones, such as pruning, are later than most of their peers, with the goal of extending the overall vegetative cycle. Following these methods, Bouisson-Charles' finished wines are richer in style than most, while also possessing incredible acidity and tension.
Buisson-Charles has holdings among the top vineyards in the Côte de Beaune, including parcels of Meursault vines more than a century old. Both Patrick and Louis believe the terroir, not the winemaking, should determine the taste of the wine, and these creations reflect the essence of their appellations. Farming and vinification practices: Sustainable, Organic, Vegan
Argiano Solengo Magnum
$264.99
Argiano is part of the history of the Montalcino region and it’s one of the most prestigious and historical reality in the area. The name is thought to derive from the first settlements in Roman times – ‘Ara Janus’, referring to the god Janus. Another potential origin could be ‘the land of the River Orcia’ – known in ancient times as ‘Orgia’ and therefore Argiano. The history of Argiano has a turning point in the 16th century with the decline of the Tolomei family in favor of the noble Pecci family from Sienna and with the construction of their magnificent villa between 1580 and 1596, perfect exempla of a 16th century noble residence. Argiano practices an organic and sustainable method of agriculture. It believes in the balance of biodiversity and strives to attain it, through techniques aiming to soil fertility, implementing with natural products like weeds, chestnut tannins, propolis and zeolite. Even natural insecticides are banned; instead, techniques like sexual confusion and the release of adversarial insects are employed. The “bee” project which consists in placing hives next to the vineyards is joins the ones related to the usage of Mycorrhizae and the Microzonation study. The latter in particular, comprising the discovery of different microzones within single vineyard plots, enables to target and focus our approaches.
Fossaccole Brunello 2019
$89.99
Marchetti Sergio, owner of the estate of Fossacolle, belongs to an old patriarchal family of the 18th century. This family’s descendants have ever been living and farming on the land of a large and noble lineage.
At the beginning of the 1980s, the owner of this land sold the territories where the Marchettis worked and decided to donate them the “Podere Fossacolle”. In 1984, the first Sangiovese-vineyards were planted, marking the start of the viniculture activity. Some years later, the vineyards were registered as Brunello di Montalcino, allowing the winery to develop the enological aspects with investiments related to the realization of the cellar for the vinification and aging in wood barrels. On January 1st, 2002, the winery issued their first Brunello di Montalcino, vintage 1997.