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Domaine Huet - Le Mont Sec and Clos de Bourg Demi-Sec Vouvray, Loire Valley, France 2020 Since its founding in 1928, Vouvray’s Domaine Huët has been the standard-bearer for great, ageworthy Chenin Blanc. And to this day, year after year, the estate produces some of the world’s most compelling white wines—and in a remarkable range that spans sparkling, dry, semi-dry, and remarkable dessert or Moelleux styles. For many insiders, the argument over Vouvray’s greatest vineyard comes down to two sites: Le Mont and Clos du Bourg.
Domaine Huet - Le Mont Sec, Vouvray 2020 Vinous 96-97/Wine Advocate 95 "The pure and intriguing nose of the 2020 Le Mont Sec is fine and focused, offering a flinty, smoky note as well as white flowers, pineapple and just-ripe pear. A taut and precise style that delivers plenty of concentration yet conveys a sense of delicacy in the mouth. It has a fine, structured, lengthy finish, an element of tension holding the palate with confident grip." 96-97 Vinous Media Undisputably a grand cru vineyard, Le Mont enjoys a choice site on the Première Côte. With less clay and more stone than Le Haut-Lieu, including a high content of green mica, Le Mont yields young wines of intense minerality and often the most linear and precise wine in the Huet lineup. With age, the wines develop great length and finesse. Newsletter Special - $38.95
Domaine Huet - Clos du Bourg Demi-Sec, Vouvray 2020 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 95 "The 2020 Vouvray Clos du Bourg Demi-Sec is concentrated, deep and still somewhat untamed on the clear, fresh and lemon-fruity yet darker-toned nose compared to the Haut-Lieu. Round and refined yet still with a pretty firm tannin structure, this is a rich and powerful yet elegant and persistently salty Chenin with tension, grip and a sustainable, highly promising finish. The 2020 Clos du Bourg pairs juiciness with finesse and purity with complexity." Gaston Huët believed this to be the greatest of all Vouvray vineyards. With the Première Côte’s poorest, shallowest, stoniest soils, Clos du Bourg wines often produces the most powerful wine in the lineup, synthesizing Le Mont’s intense minerality with Le Haut-Lieu’s generous texture. Newsletter Special - $38.95
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Piaggia - 'Il Sasso' Carmignano, Tuscany 2018 Vinous 92 Points! “If there is one estate that embodies the potential of Carmignano, Piaggia just might be it.” – Antonio Galloni Rich in barrel spice, the 2018 Piaggia Carmignano is the perfect winter warmer. Piaggia located right in the heart of Carmignano-Tuscany, offers an exceptional value and a true taste of place. The wine opens up with a complex nose of spicy red fruit, mocha, and earthy leather and sweet tobacco. It's dark and dense with a hearty core and an expressive palate of red and blue fruit, balanced nicely with floral earth, barrel spice, and wild herbs. Awesome with hearty winter meals, cheese and charcuterie, or simply as a winter warming sipper.
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Pierre Girardin - 'Eclat De Calcaire' Bourgogne Pinot Noir 2019 13th Generation "Rising Star" of Burgundy Burgundian Pinot Noir of this quality is easily mistaken for Premier Cru Village wine (Because it is!). You can tell Pierre-Vincent has Burgundy in his blood - His Pinot Noirs are incredibly well-structured, striking wines which pay homage to their roots with rich minerality and textured red fruit, followed by layers of fresh violets, strawberry, rhubarb, and a silky finish with plenty of lingering spice from precise barrel aging. These prestigious family vineyards combined with generations of Girardin winemaking equate to a modern-style wine with an eye towards Burgundian elegance, purity, precision, and cut, highlighting by the extraordinarily rare terroir Pierre is ever so graced. Simply put - Pierre is taking Burgundy to the next level. These are not to be missed.
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Cheers! -Alex Alexander Knechel - Certified Sommelier Wine Sales Manager - Plucky Wines alexanderknechel@pluckywines.com
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