Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2001

Hillside Select is made of 100 percent Cabernet Sauvignon fruit sourced from rugged hillside vineyard blocks on our Stags Leap District Estate. Truly a "wine of a place," this Cabernet exemplifies the extraordinary richness and suppleness consistently produced in our little valley within a valley. more

Saxum Booker Vineyard 2007

Saxum Vineyards is focused on producing Syrah, Grenache, and Mourvedre based blends from the Templeton Gap of Paso Robles, California. We let our rocky calcareous soils, steep hillsides, and cooling ocean breezes speak through our wines by keeping our yields extremely low, picking fruit at the peak of ripeness, and ... more

Saxum James Berry Vineyard Bone Rock Syrah 2007

The Bone Rock block is a steep hillside at James Berry Vineyard that in 1990 we used jackhammers to carve out a four acre, stepped terrace vineyard in the almost solid calcareous soil, unearthing fossilized whale bones in the process. Yields of 1 ton per acre produce fruit that is ... more

Cognac Tesseron Lot No. 53 XO Perfection Cognac

A blend of our most sublime stocks of Grande Champagne, Cognac. It has a somptuous topaz colour with a bouquet of plums, figs, and chocolate that only decades of ageing can procure. The aftertaste is very fresh, which adds enormously to the pleasure of Cognac connoisseurs. A Cognac that borders ... more

Château Pavie Saint-Emilion 2005

Château Pavie has diverse terroirs. Terroir typical of the Saint Emilion limestone plateau composed of clay-limestone soil on an asteriated limestone subsoil. Located at an altitude of approximately 85 metres above the Dordogne River - Terroir called “milieu de côte” (middle of the slope) located approximately 55 metres above the ... more

Saxum James Berry Vineyard Proprietary Red 2007

Saxum's vineyards are all farmed to strict standards. We respect our land and farm it sustainably and therefore no chemical fertilizers or pesticides are used. Everything is done by hand and yields are kept naturally low from the rocky soils and extensive thinning. Because our vine's roots penetrate deep through ... more

Hundred Acre Deep Time 2005

The three vintages of Cabernet Sauvignon Deep Time include the just bottled 2005, which spent four years in an assortment of barrels. It was the best tasting I have had of that wine. These wines have a more chocolate, espresso roast character as well as tons of fruit, and a ... more

Sine Qua Non Ode To E Syrah 2004

Sine Qua Non has its own winemaking facility in Ventura, not far from the Santa Barbara vineyards where the fruit is sourced from the region's best vineyards. In the last few years Elaine and Manfred have begun creating their own vineyards dedicated to Rhone varietals and now their Cumulus and ... more

Dal Forno Romano Amarone della Valpolicella 2001

Deep ruby-red color, ripe, port-like aromas of hazelnut and raisin, very sweet and rich on the palate; a floral note adds flavor, finishes very long. more

Siro Pacenti Brunello di Montalcino 2001

Pacenti’s mid-weight 2001 Brunello di Montalcino is made in a very similar style to the Rosso. A lively ruby, it opens with a finely nuanced, fresh nose, followed by a delicate core of ripe fruit that bursts onto the palate with exceptional elegance, purity and finesse. Silky, fine tannins frame ... more

Peter Michael Les Pavots 2005

Saturated ruby color with a nuance of vermillon, 2005 Les Pavots reveals an deep bouquet of black cherry, blackcurrant, blueberry and blackberry, with nuances of cedar, cacao, cigar box, black tea, graphite, a stylish ‘guarigue’ touch, forest fl oor, sweet vanilla and cloves. Extremely full-bodied, this wine offers the same ... more

Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2004

Hillside Select is aged a full four years prior to release (three years in Alliers and Tronçais oak barrels and one year in the bottle). While enjoyable today, this wine will gain richness and maturity with up to 20 years of careful cellaring. more