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2019 Montsant Garnatxa Altaroses Familia Joan d'Anguera Darmós

2019 Montsant Garnatxa Altaroses Familia Joan d'Anguera Darmós

Produce of hand-harvested Garnatxa fruit from vines 10 to 35 years old planted to sandy clay/limestone soils and certified biodynamically-farmed. The fruit is whole-cluster fermented on its own indigenous yeasts in concrete vats then aged for a time in neutral French oak barrels prior to release. Limpid ruby in color just fading at the edges with aromas suggestive of red berries, grape pomace, spice, dried herb and an arid dusty dry vineyard floor (Henry noted that, with air, the wine revealed an even more joyous red berry fruit character along with a certain floral quality); ample and rounded on entry, then full and completely dry with a nice bursting berryish fruit quality and excellent intensity of lasting flavor leaving the mouth fresh and gently salivating.

$24.99 the bottle  $254.88 the case



2016 Montsant Espectacle Spectacle Vins

2016 Montsant Espectacle Spectacle Vins

A project of Christopher & Charlotte Cannan, René & Isabelle Barbier and Fernando & Marta Zamora, from a single very steep vineyard of 2 hectares (5 acres) planted to 100 plus year old Garnacha vines in the clay-limestone soils of the commune of La Figuera on the northern edge of Montsant looking onto the famous Serra de Montsant itself as well as having spectacular views of the Ebro valley and even the distant Pyrenees 200 kilometres away (hence the name Espectacle). Lovely translucent medium-ruby in color with an alluring, subtly perfumed red-fruited quality à la Chambolle-Musigny or Domaine Charvin (Lindsay noted a savory quality and strawberry fruit leather, she said it reminded her of being back on the farm, not the barnyard, but the carrot field; Henry noted bilberry, dried violet and anise; our winebuyer noted rhubarb); supple on entry, almost Burgundian cool, sophisticated, smooth and silken in texture, but then generating a more southerly warmth with sapid, mostly red berry flavors both elegant and intense with fine pulverized stony jittery tannins stretching the whole thing out long, long on the fine and gently mouthwatering finish. All in all, we are wholly impressed. This is ultra-fine wine on the world stage.

$112.50 the bottle  $1,147.56 the case



2018 Rioja Reserva Viña Alberdi La Rioja Alta

2018 Rioja Reserva Viña Alberdi La Rioja Alta

Produce of 100% Tempranillo hand-harvested from the Mayorita, Rebollar and Bardal vineyards, as well as selected plots in El Palo, Rodezno and Alto del Rey, Labastida. These vineyards are located at altitudes of 500 to 600 metres (that's 1,600 to 2,000 feet) above sea level and were planted in these chalky-clay soils more than 40 years ago. The Bordeaux winemaking model is in use here, involving destemming and crushing the grapes before putting them in tanks, where they undergo alcoholic and malolactic fermentation under controlled conditions. The wine is then matured for two years in American oak barrels manufactured in‑house; the first year in new oak and the second year in four year‑old barrels. Four rackings are carried out in the traditional way, under candlelight, from barrel to barrel, carefully separating the wine from the lees. Deep crimson to just tawny at the edges with myriad old world leaning aromas suggestive of rhubard, plum, red, black and blue berry fruits with a bit of air, stone and dried herb, then vanilla and a kind of dulce de leches/freshly picked dill quality from aging in American oak; velvety in texture, medium to almost full in body with gentle dusty tannins and taut berry flavors that remain fresh long on the finish. Is this perhaps our favorite popularly priced Rioja? In a word, .

$18.75 the bottle  $191.28 the case



2017 Rioja Crianza Cune<sup><small>®</small></sup>

2017 Rioja Crianza Cune®

CVNE, aka, Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España, was founded in 1879 in the town of Haro in Rioja by the Real de Asúa brothers, Eusebio and Raimundo and today is still controlled by direct descendants of the founding family. Their first wine was named after its initials, CVNE, later its verbal diminutive, Cune® (pronounced KOO-nay). Produce of 85% Tempranillo and 15% Garnacha tinta and Mazuelo (Carignane) fruit harvested from their own vineyards in Rioja Alta, the wine is fermented in stainless steel at controlled temperatures, then aged for one year in American oak barrels. Ruby/garnet in color fading to just tawny at the edges; aromas of dark, ripe berries and spice with a kiss of sweet oak and a sense of parched and arid vineyard floor; round and supple on the tongue, medium to medium full in body with just the gentlest underpinning of ripe round tannins to lend structure; and, with just a little air, this opens up nicely to reveal a far more complex wine than its price would ever suggest.

$11.99 the bottle  $122.28 the case



Lustau East India Solera Sherry

Lustau East India Solera Sherry

In centuries gone by, casks of sherry were lashed to ships sailing for the Indies as ballast and were found to develop an extraordinary smoothness and complexity. Lustau has revived this style of sherry in the East India Solera wine, an inspired mingling of about 85% aged dry (20 years old) Oloroso with about 15% aged (10 years old) sweet Pedro Ximenez blended then aged an additional 5 years in the warmest part of the bodega, la sacristia. Raisined fruit, candied citrus peel, macerated cherries, caramel and roasted almonds are common descriptors that we might put forward, but somehow there is something left to be described — an ineffable — as if a benevolent form of alchemy were having its way with an already wonderful raw material. Richly textured and flavorful, just sweet, assuages the tongue whilst giving all its wonderful complexity of flavor.

$23.75 the bottle  $242.28 the case


All bottles are 750ml in size and all cases are of 12/750ml bottles unless otherwise indicated. All orders subject to confirmation. All wines subject to prior sale.


mas de vinos tintos de Espana

Pack Size Vintage Producer Key Producer Description Bottle
6 750 2016 Torres, Miguel Miguel Torres Conca de Barberà Grans Muralles $132.50
12 750 2019 Mustiguillo, Bodega Bodega Mustiguillo El Terrerazo Mestizaje Bobal $14.99
12 750 2018 Breca, Bodegas Bodegas Breca Garnacha $13.75
12 750 2019 Anguera, Joan d' Joan d'Anguera Montsant Altaroses Granaxta Fina de Darmós $24.99
12 750 2021 Figueras, Clos Clos Figueras Montsant Poblets del Monsant $23.75
12 750 2020 Eguren, Dominio de Dominio de Eguren Vino de La Tierra de Castilla Protocolo $7.50
12 750 2016 Espectacle Espectacle Montsant Garnatxa $112.50
12 750 2018 Torres, Miguel Miguel Torres Penedès Gran Coronas Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva $17.50
12 750 2017 Torres, Miguel Miguel Torres Penedès Gran Coronas Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva $17.50
6 750 2018 Torres, Familia Familia Torres Penedès Cabernet Sauvignon Mas La Plana Black Label $100.00
6 750 2005 Torres, Familia Familia Torres Penedès Cabernet Sauvignon Mas La Plana Black Label $95.00
3 750 2019 Clos i Terrasses del Priorat Clos i Terrasses del Priorat Priorat Clos Erasmus $225.00
12 750 2020 Palacios, Alvaro Alvaro Palacios Priorat Camins del Priorat $26.25
6 750 2021 Figueras, Clos Clos Figueras Priorat Serras del Priorat $32.50
6 750 2021 Figueras, Clos Clos Figueras Priorat Serras del Priorat $32.50
6 750 2018 Figueres, Clos Clos Figueres Priorat Clos Figueres $95.00
6 750 2017 Figueres, Clos Clos Figueres Priorat Clos Figueres $100.00
12 750 2021 Figueras, Clos Clos Figueras Priorat Embruix de Vall Llach $24.99
12 750 2020 Arzuaga Navarro, Bodegas Bodegas Arzuaga Navarro Ribera del Duero Bodegas La Planta $17.50
12 750 2019 Arzuaga Navarro, Bodegas Bodegas Arzuaga Navarro Ribera del Duero Tinto Crianza $35.00
12 750 2020 Protos, Bodegas Bodegas Protos Ribera del Duero Tinto Fino $17.50
12 750 2019 Protos, Bodegas Bodegas Protos Ribera del Duero Crianza $27.50
12 750 2020 Sastre, Viña Viña Sastre Ribera del Duero Roble $21.25
12 750 2019 Sastre, Viña Viña Sastre Ribera del Duero Crianza $35.00
6 750 2016 Vega Sicilia, Bodegas y Viñedos Bodegas y Viñedos Vega Sicilia Ribera del Duero Valbuena 5° $200.00
6 750 2011 Vega Sicilia, Bodegas y Viñedos Bodegas y Viñedos Vega Sicilia Ribera del Duero Unico $500.00
12 750 2021 Pérez, Pedro M. Rodríguez Pedro M. Rodríguez Pérez Ribeira Sacra Guímaro Mencía $19.99
12 750 2018 Akutain Akutain Rioja $27.50
12 750 2019 Alegre Valgañón Alegre Valgañón Rioja $23.75
12 750 2016 Ramirez de la Piscina Ramirez de la Piscina Rioja Crianza $14.99
12 750 2017 Compañia Vinícola del Norte de España Compañia Vinícola del Norte de España Rioja Crianza Cune® $11.99
12 750 2019 Madre, Rio Rio Madre Rioja Graciano $10.75
6 750 2018 Rothschild & Vega Sicilia, Bodega Benjamin de Bodega Benjamin de Rothschild & Vega Sicilia Rioja Macán Clásico $57.50
12 750 2018 Lan, Bodegas Bodegas Lan Rioja Crianza $13.75
12 750 2016 Lan, Bodegas Bodegas Lan Rioja Reserva $19.99
12 750 2015 Lan, Bodegas Bodegas Lan Rioja Gran Reserva $28.75
12 750 2021 Luberri, Bodegas Bodegas Luberri Rioja Orlegi $12.99
12 750 2014 Lopez de Heredia Lopez de Heredia Rioja Viña Cubillo $29.99
12 750 2018 Muga, Bodegas Bodegas Muga Rioja Reserva $32.50
12 750 2018 Murrieta, Marqués de Marqués de Murrieta Rioja Reserva Finca Ygay $28.75
6 750 2011 Murrieta, Marqués de Marqués de Murrieta Rioja Gran Reserva Especial Castillo Ygay $225.00
12 750 2018 Rioja Alta, La La Rioja Alta Rioja Reserva Viña Alberdi $18.75
12 750 2015 Rioja Alta, La La Rioja Alta Rioja Reserva Viña Ardanza Reserva $50.00
12 750 2011 Heredia, Lopez de Lopez de Heredia Rioja Viña Bosconia $35.00
12 750 2010 Heredia, Lopez de Lopez de Heredia Rioja Reserva Viña Tondoñia $52.50
12 750 2019 Avancia, Bodegas Bodegas Avancia Valdeorras Mencía Old Vines $32.50
12 750 2021 Bernabeleva Bernabeleva Vinos de Madrid Vino Tino Camino de Navaherreros $16.25
12 750 2021 Comando G Comando G Vinos de Madrid La Bruja Rozas de Puerto Real $47.50
12 750 2020 Peninsula Vinicultores Peninsula Vinicultores Vino de Montaña Viñedos Viejos Garnacha Rufete Piñuela $18.75

All orders subject to confirmation. All wines subject to prior sale.


mas de vinos blancos de España

Pack Size Vintage Producer Key Producer Description Bottle
12 750 2022 Ameztoi Ameztoi Getariako Txakolina Blanco Amesguren $22.50
12 750 2022 Ameztoi Ameztoi Getariako Txakolina Rubentis Rosado $22.50
12 750 2020 Vins El Cep Vins El Cep Penedès Vi Blanc de Terrer OT de Vins El Cep $9.99
12 750 2021 Los Bermejos, Bodegas Bodegas Los Bermejos Malvasía Bianco Lanzarote $26.25
6 750 2021 Figueras, Clos Clos Figueras Priorat Blanco Serras del Priorat $32.50
12 750 2021 Fillaboa Fillaboa Rias Baixas Albariño $17.50
12 750 2021 Ruiz, Santiago Santiago Ruiz Rias Baixas Albariño $21.25
6 750 2020 Torres, Vino de La Familia Vino de La Familia Torres Rias Baixas Albariño Pazo das Bruxas $18.75
12 750 2021 Compañia Vinícola del Norte de España Compañia Vinícola del Norte de España Rioja (Blanco) Monopole® $12.99
12 750 2020 Avancia, Bodegas Bodegas Avancia Valdeorras Godello $32.50

All orders subject to confirmation. All wines subject to prior sale.


More Sherry

Pack Size Vintage Producer Key Producer Description Bottle
6 500   Sandeman Sandeman Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Character Superior Medium Dry $17.50
12 750   Lustau Lustau Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Cream East India Solera $22.50
6 750   Sandeman Sandeman Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Don Fino $14.99
12 375   Maestro Sierra, Bodegas El Bodegas El Maestro Sierra Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Fino $17.50
6 750   Osborne Osborne Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Fino $8.99
12 500   Yuste, Bodegas Bodegas Yuste Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Manzanilla Aurora $18.75
12 375   Florido, Bodegas Cesar Bodegas Cesar Florido Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Moscatel Dorado $13.75
6 375   Gonzalez Byass Gonzalez Byass Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Oloroso Matusalem $55.00
6 375   Maestro Sierra, Bodegas El Bodegas El Maestro Sierra Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Palo Cortado $100.00
6 375   Maestro Sierra, Bodegas El Bodegas El Maestro Sierra Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Pedro Ximenez Viejo $100.00
6 375   Maestro Sierra, Bodegas El Bodegas El Maestro Sierra Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Oloroso 1/14 $105.00
6 750   Sandeman Sandeman Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Rich Cream Oloroso Armada $14.99
12 750   Lustau Lustau Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Solera Familiar Amontillado La Plaza Vieja $15.75
12 750   Lustau Lustau Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Solera Familiar Amontillado Los Arcos Seco Dry $14.99
12 750   Lustau Lustau Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Solera Familiar Light Fino Jarana $14.99
12 750   Lustau Lustau Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Solera Familiar Light Manzanilla Papirusa $14.99
6 750   Lustau Lustau Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Solera Familiar Moscatel Emilin Dulce $24.99
12 750   Lustau Lustau Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Solera Familiar Oloroso Don Nuño Seco Dry $22.50
12 750   Lustau Lustau Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Solera Familiar Palo Cortado Península $22.50
12 750   Lustau Lustau Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Solera Familiar Pedro Ximenez San Emilio $24.99
6 750   Lustau Lustau Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Solera Familiar Rare Amontillado Escuadrilla $24.99

All orders subject to confirmation. All wines subject to prior sale.

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