Week in Review - This Week's Wines and Special Offers

Cheers to another week of fantastic wine in the books! We thank you for your continued support! Here is the full list of everything we've offered this week including some very special offers you might have missed. Cheers! - The Plucky Team

Alessandro e Gian Natale Fantino - Rosso dei Dardi,

Langhe DOC, Piedmont Italy 2016

Stunning Small Family Estate Langhe Nebbiolo Exclusively from the Dardi Section of Bussia

From the 98 Point 2016 Vintage!

This Nebbiolo from the Bussia leans towards the darker-richer side of Piedmont wines. The Rosso is playful, fruit-driven, fresh, and aromatic. Aromas of red cherries, wild violets, crunchy cranberry, truffle, and fresh herbs. The wine is nicely balanced, offering grippy tannic structure with mouth-watering acidity, making this exceptionally food friendly. So much that it has landed on the Pluckemin Inn Grand Award Winning by-the-glass list. Stock up today!

Newsletter Special - $18.99

Godelia - Mencia, Bierzo, Spain 2016

The Perfect Expression of the El Bierzo Mencía.

This is a wine with a high fruit concentration, where we find a great richness of nuance - rich red fruit, violets and mineral notes, which blend perfectly with the barrel spice from oak aging. On the palate, it is fresh, fleshy, and elegant with a great finish. A stellar example of the varietal. 

Wine Enthusiast 92 Points - "This attractive Mencía from a terrific vintage opens with wiry black-fruit aromas offset by grainy oak. A linear palate feel is focused and balanced, with better than average depth. Dark plum, blackberry and mild oak flavors are integrated and finish smooth, with length and complexity. Drink through 2023."

Newsletter Special - $17.99

Shaw + Smith - Chardonnay 'M3 Vineyards' 

Adelaide Hills, South Australia 2020

JH98/JS96/D94

98 Points - James Halliday's Wine Companion - "Sourced from 3 vineyards in Piccadilly, Lobethal and the estate’s high-elevation Lenswood block. Whole-bunch pressed, fermented and matured on lees in French barriques and puncheons. The first thing that strikes you is an elegance that is so fundamental to the style and respectful to the elite fruit within. The faintest of oak lifts adds a complexity to start, but the energy and concentration of the fruit become the prime focus on the palate. It's all about chardonnay's finest flavours and a vibrant acidity to drive it long into the future."

Newsletter Special - $31.99

Bodega Catena Zapata - Cabernet Sauvignon - Agrelo,

Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina 2018

JS93/WA92/V91

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 92 Points - "2018 was a good year for Cabernet Sauvignon in the classical zone of Mendoza, and the peppery 2018 Appellation Agrelo Cabernet Sauvignon shows good ripeness and typicity. It is fresher than 2017 and with better-integrated oak too. It's fruit driven and juicy, with fine-grained tannins, very representative of the variety."

Newsletter Special - $18.99

Domaine Equis [Maxime Graillot], Syrah "Equinoxe"

Crozes-Hermitage, Rhone Valley, 2018

Vinous Media - 91-93 Points

"Mineral-accented dark fruit and floral aromas are energized by a jolt of spicy black pepper. Fleshy, juicy and nicely concentrated, offering finely etched boysenberry, cherry and floral pastille flavors that tighten up on the back half. Densely packed yet energetic as well, finishing with sharp clarity, smooth tannins and strong persistence. Made from fruit grown on the granitic soils of Saint-Jean-du-Muzols." Josh Raynolds - Vinous Media

Newsletter Special - $17.99

Lewelling - Cabernet Sauvignon, St. Helena, Napa Valley 2018

Jeb Dunnuck 95 Points - A killer wine as well as a smoking value, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon comes all from the estate vineyard outside of St. Helena and spent 20 months in 70% new French oak. Loads of crème de cassis, blueberries, toasted spices, and flowery incense make up the bouquet, and it hits the palate with a ripe, round, sweetly fruited, perfectly balanced style that’s already impossible to resist.

Newsletter Special - $59.99

Special Offers

Ceretto - Barolo 2016

Wine Advocate: 95+ Points - Ceretto offers a tour de force in the 2016 vintage with four excellent single-vineyard expressions from Bricco Rocche, Bussia, Brunate and Prapò. If you can't choose between those wines, you always have this excellent fallback. The classic 2016 Barolo offers dark intensity with great aromatic detailing. Fruit and some floral notes are followed by ferrous notes and a good amount of powdered licorice. The aromas are delicate and fragile; however, the wine deftly hides its power within the soft folds of its slender, mid-weight mouthfeel. This is a perfect go-to Barolo when you can't choose from all the excellent options in this benchmark 2016 vintage. 

Special Offer - $59.99

Booker Vineyard - Syrah Fracture 2018

98 points Jeb Dunnuck - Another magical wine, the 2018 Fracture is based on 100% Syrah brought up in new and used French oak. Deep purple-hued, with beautiful notes of crème de cassis, blackberries, vanilla bean, toasted spices, white flowers, and a hints of charcuterie, this beauty hits the palate with full-bodied richness, perfectly integrated oak, a rounded, lush mouthfeel, and a great finish. This unabashedly Paso Robles Syrah brings loads of fruit yet stays balanced, elegant, and is simply a thrill to drink.

Special Offer - $89.99

Scarecrow - Cabernet Sauvignon Monsieur Ètain 2019

95 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - The 2019 M. Étain is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Malbec and 1% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple colored, it sashays out of the glass with notes of violets, fallen leaves and incense over a warm cassis and plum preserves core, plus a waft of cardamom. Full-bodied, the ripe, opulent black fruit preserve flavors are beautifully framed by firm, grainy tannins and a lively backbone, finishing long and seductively spicy.

Special Offer - $249.99

Cheers! -Alex

Alexander Knechel - Certified Sommelier

Wine Sales Manager - Plucky Wines

alexanderknechel@pluckywines.com