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4 Monos Viticultores Vinos De La Sierra De Gredos GR 10 Tinto 2021 1.5L
$60.00Add to cart4 Monos, which translates to 4 Monkeys, is a team of four friends who met while hiking in the Gredos mountains, one of the most profound interesting terroirs to emerge in recent years as we explore the more modern expressions of Spanish wine. An hour outside of Madrid, the Sierra de Gredos range has high elevation vineyards that are a collision of Mediterranean and Alpine influences. The organic grapes that go into the GR-10 are treated minimally, with a light hand in the cellar, resulting in a wine that’s affordable but still highly representative of the Sierra de Gredos terroir. It’s juicy, fruit forward, but still has an earthy complexity, and being in Magnum it’s easy to bring to a party.
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Alexakis Assyrtiko 2024
$22.00Add to cartThis Cretan winery has thrived in the island’s sun-drenched hills for over a century. Today, fourth-generation winemaker Stelios Alexakis combines modern practices and traditional techniques to produce wines of exceptional quality and depth. With aromas of citrus, tropical mango, sea minerals, and a crisp acidity, the 2022 Assyrtiko captures the spirit of Crete in every sip, inviting enthusiasts to embark on a journey through Greece’s winemaking heritage.
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Andria Gvino Kakheti Tako 2022
$30.00Add to cartA continuation of George’s traditional approach to honoring their ancient legacy, this cuvée is made with 100% Kisi, a rare white grape indigenous to the region, produced from 45-year-old vines grown on Cinnamonic soil. After harvesting, the grapes are destemmed and fermented with 5% skin contact for five days before being aged in Qvevri for three months. The finished wine is unfiltered, unfined, and with zero sulfur added. This Kisi expression can be heralded as a cornerstone example of zero-zero winemaking. First impressions of this wine on the nose unveil a delicate bouquet of florals. On the palate, however, is when we catch a glimpse (or taste, rather) of the complexity of this wine. It oscillates between dried apricot, tart lemon curd, and honeysuckle nectar. This wine is finely balanced, with a gentle, coaxing acidity, smooth tannins, and a finish that invites a clearer understanding of this wine’s nod to the past. – Ella
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Castello di Ama Chianti Classico Gran Selezione San Lorenzo 2020
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Domaine Clau de Nell Chenin Blanc 2021
$100.00Add to cartThe ability to strike the balance in a wine that combines mouth-filing, pleasurable fruit combined with a brightness that beckons you back to the glass to savor its complexity is achieved by few winemakers. The legacy of attentive farming and gifted wine making live on through Anne-Claude Leflaive’s Clau de Nell.
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Domaine de l’Horizon Cotes Catalanes Blanc 2021 750ml
$84.00Add to cartCôtes Catalanes is an unheralded appellation in Languedoc-Roussillon. Carignan and Syrah team up for this brooding, earthy yet refreshing red. Domaine de l’Horizon practices biodynamics and the winemaking at this young domaine is meticulous and attentive—the resultant wine embodies this spirit. No cheese is too stinky for this gem.
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Domaine de l’Horizon Cotes Catalanes Blanc 2021 Magnum
$175.00Add to cartCôtes Catalanes is an unheralded appellation in Languedoc-Roussillon. Carignan and Syrah team up for this brooding, earthy yet refreshing red. Domaine de l’Horizon practices biodynamics and the winemaking at this young domaine is meticulous and attentive—the resultant wine embodies this spirit. No cheese is too stinky for this gem.
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Domaine de la Prebende Beaujolais 2023
$22.00Add to cartThis is a classic gamay that hails from Beaujolais. It’s got everything you could want: it’s sustainably made from old vine Gamay that is semi-carbonically macerated which results in a juicy, earthy, chillable red that perfect in these transitional months. Ben says: “It’s so drinkable for $22 it’s ridiculous!”
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Doyard Brut Blanc des Blancs Cuvee Vendemiare
$80.00Add to cartThis champagne is not quite like any other; it’s got its bubbly personality, but they are softer bubbles, more nuanced; the wine itself is luscious and gives you more than you might expect at first. The wine asks you to look at champagne differently with a different perspective and opens your eyes to the potential. – David
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Enric Soler ‘nun 2022
$115.00Add to cartFor twenty straight years, former Spanish champion sommelier Enric Soler has made wines that read like love letters. They are a public expression that Xarel-lo is worth time, effort, and attention. His zen-like focus on the grape has led to nicknames (The Iron Knight of Xarel-lo) and resounding accolades.
Xarel-lo is typically blended with Parellada and Macabeo in Catalunyan cavas, but in the right hands, it exhibits the balance and structure of the world’s great white wines.
Soler works his grandfather’s 78-year-old Xarel-lo vineyards (Vinyas del Taus) and a younger but more rural vineyard (Espenyalluchs) biodynamically with stunning results. His grandfather’s old bush-trained vines are surrounded by vibrant ground cover and lovingly tended. He waxes poetically about these vines saying that they are like us and that old people and vineyards need special attention and care. While the Espenyalluchs vineyard is younger, it’s easy to see the potential of the clay soils in this remote, high-altitude (400m) corner of Catalunya.
Like his farming, there is elegance, balance, and intention in every step of his winemaking process. He harnesses rich acidity and transforms the firm phenolics of the Xarel-lo grapes into character and structure through minimal but precise cellar treatments.
The resulting wines are concentrated and complex, aromatic with bright herbs and rich citrus, vibrant and energetic but still elegant with the structure to stand up to long cellar aging.
This 78-year-old plot has been farmed biodynamically since 2005 and produces Xarel-lo that, under Soler’s hands, is easily mistaken for excellent white Burgundy. For Nun, the grapes are hand-picked and sorted before being fermented with native yeasts in a blend of old (two-year-old) and new French oak. Aging takes place with zero battonage over eight months. Only 240 cases are produced.
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L’Esprit de l’Horizon Cotes Catalanes Blanc 2022
$36.00Add to cartCôtes Catalanes is an unheralded appellation in Languedoc-Roussillon. Carignan and Syrah team up for this brooding, earthy yet refreshing red. Domaine de l’Horizon practices biodynamics and the winemaking at this young domaine is meticulous and attentive—the resultant wine embodies this spirit. No cheese is too stinky for this gem.
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Marcel Lapierre Raisins Gaulois 2023
$28.00Add to cartThe petit vin from famed Beaujolais producer Marcel Lapierre. A delicious, fun, fruity, carbonic Gamay that’s as easy to drink as a session beer, but designed to be had when you simply don’t want a beer.
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Monte Rio Cellars Zinfandel 2022
$29.00Add to cartA fun project from former New York sommelier Patrick Cappiello and longtime west coast winemaking fixture Pax Mahle. This Zin comes from very old (85-120 years) vines. It’s juicy and food friendly and a great weeknight wine.
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Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2019
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Paolo Bea Pagliaro 2019
$120.00Add to cartPaolo Bea captures the pastoral beauty of Umbria in his iconoclastic wines.
With over 500 years of experience farming in Montefalco, the Bea family has deep generationally driven insight into the region. A commitment to organic agriculture (fused with certain biodynamic practices) set Paolo apart from his contemporaries in the 70s and 80s. Today his son Giampiero holds the reins and his wines are wildly regarded as some of the most exciting and challenging wines to come out of italy. The power and depth of this Sagrantino are monolithic in proportions. Delicious, brooding, dark and ageworthy.
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Pray Tell Skin Contact Orange 2023
$33.00Add to cartExtended skin contact gives this Orange wine a rich color and a well-rounded profile. Floral, tropical & a lil figgy. If you chill this wine too much, you risk muting some of its uniqueness.
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Procera Gin African Juniper Gin (Blue Dot) 750ml
$97.00Add to cartThis is the best gin we’ve ever had. It’s styled to be the perfect martini gin, and it truly is. Foraged African juniper from the Kijabe hills and other African botanicals in a hand blown bottle make this suited to adorn a luxury bar cart, the top shelf of any establishment, or as a thoughtful gift.
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Ridge Lytton Springs 2022
$89.00Add to cartThe Ridge Lytton Springs wine is the second step up in the storied producer’s Zinfandel offerings. Celebrating their 50th vintage from this old vine site (that already had 80 year old vines on the property) the wine is Zin dominant with a bit of Petite Sirah, Carignane, and a kiss of Alicante Bouschet. It has a complex nose of boysenberry, cigar box, anise and sage, and is full-bodied with mouth coating tannins and balanced acidity to round it out. Notes of plum, blackberry, mineral, pepper, and dark chocolate play on the tongue. Yum.
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Skull Wines Pink Wine 2023
$24.00Add to cartAnother fun project from former New York sommelier Patrick Cappiello and longtime west coast winemaker Pax Mahle. The Skull wines are juicy, easy, and fun. Perfect weeknight crushers.
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Sono Montenidoli Vernaccia di San Gimignano 2023
$36.00Add to cartA gorgeously savory organic whire that’s a favorite of Olivia. Montenidoli’s estate is in the Tuscan hills between Siena and Florence and they produce distinct wines that have impressed other winemaking luminaries across the world.
Olivia’s pick comes from a producer that we’ve carried before but has recently returned to the shop. That’s right, fan (and staff) favorite Tuscan producer Montenidoli is back (for now). This beautifully textured white wine is fermented and aged in stainless steel but has a bit more skin contact than many white wines, imparting a firmer texture and deeper color. Delicious.
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Tement Gelber Muskateller Sand and Schiefer 2022
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Tenuta Rapitala Grillo Viviri 2023
$20.00Add to cart“I’m not a fan of most Grillo—they mostly taste like cheap white wine! They are effortless, but in a bad way. I’m not above calling them insipid, but this wine has real character. It’s textured with great aromatics and you can tell the producers spent time working to make an excellent wine for a low price. I love it.” -David
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Textura Encoberta Tinto 2018
$41.00Add to cartTextura comes from Marcelo Araujo, an incredibly passionate wine lover who launched the project in 2018 in the Dão region of Portugal with his family who relocated from Brazil. The vineyards are nestled against Portugals tallest inland mountain region (the Serra de Estrela) and produce incredible native varietals, even if you’ve never heard of the grapes they are growing.
The winemaking is led by Mariana Salvador with the consulting help of the legendary Luis Seabra who has trained the next generation of Portuguese winemakers focused on productions terroir-driven, complex wines. Clearly Mariana has talent as a winemaker (and student) and has made one of our favorite wines in the last few years.
Wine Enthusiast has this to say about this 2018 vintage: “An impressively rich wine, packed with firm tannins and structured black fruits. This is dense with pepper and spices along with succulent acidity.”
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The Project “Clove Hitch”” Cabernet Sauvignon”
$27.00Add to cartA Community Wine and Spirits exclusive!
This delicious and juicy Cabernet is from Horse Heaven Hills, Washington, and is full of dark berry flavors that mix with a delicate spice. It’s firm and fleshy without being syrupy and oaked without being oaky. An incredibly balanced palate plays off of the more subtle notes milk chocolate, orange peels, and violets.
A stellar wine at a steal of a price.
