Dessus les Vermots refers to 1 of the 29 Lieux-dits of Savigny-lès-Beaune between the Hill of Corton and Beaune. Roundness, volume, power, and balance are all here, and in just the right proportions.
Handcrafted Grenache with the grape's signature combination of high-toned red fruit and floral notes and punchy high alcohol. This wine comes from Chateauneuf-du-Pape vineyards but is declassified to Vin de France because the appellation favours blended wines.
One of California's premier Syrah producers. Arnot-Roberts consistently show how California can make deep and balanced wines without heavy extraction or alcohol.
The red robin, who graces this wine with its name and image, is a symbol of Lombardy. The wine gets two years in barrel and is a blend of wines from all three of Arpepe's vineyards.
The Grumello wines from Arpepe come from limestone soils at high altitudes, making graceful Nebbiolo that brings high toned floral aromas with weightlessness on the palate.
From a vineyard planted at an altitude of 450m, this wine has a bouquet of cool, fresh-turned forest loam, with a warm minerality and herbaceousness on the palate.
Named for the red granite of the vineyard its fruit is grown in, this particular riserva has all the complexity you could ask for in an Alpine Nebbiolo, with a distinct sanguine quality that sets it apart from Arpepe's other efforts.
The 2007 vintage was awarded BEST ITALIAN WINE OF THE YEAR in 2018 by Gambero Rosso's Vini d'Italia. As it happens, 2016 is the best Valtellina vintage in well over thirty years.
Ashes & Diamonds' flagship full bodied Red blend uses Napa's forgotten grapes: Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Grown on their own vineyard, by Massican founder Dan Petroski, this is one of Napa's best wines.
This bold Cabernet Sauvignon from Diana Snowden Seysses shows how great the grape can be (it sometimes seems to be the Royale with Cheese of wine - tasty, but usually the same anywhere in the world), with cassis, dark cherry, and baking spice aromas while keeping the body, acidity, and tannin in balance.
