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You need  
"A Little R & R"
 (Rhones and Rieslings)
  
Dear   
 
Please, no.... not that "R&R"!   When, in the last millennium, have you EVER seen a wine event that featured Rieslings & Rhones??   Leave it to City Wine to put together the most amazing selection of these two unlikely bedfellows... and just in time for your Thanksgiving holiday gatherings.    Trust us to help you with your holiday wines.

 OK, it's not a "little R&R, it's "a LOTTA R&R".
White Rieslings, Red Rhones, ... no turkeys!
Folks, we promise to "wow" you with the selection and the quality here, not to mention the value.  And we will show them off at our next tasting event.  Come taste 2 Rhones and 2 Rieslings:

Saturday Nov. 17 
3-5pm
No Charge 
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p.s., if you have not done so, you must check out the exclusive "Le Central Collection" (the best ever and very low prices... while they last!) 

 

 

2010 SOUTHERN FRANCE 

"WE LOVE THE SMELL OF PROVENCE IN THE MORNING"

 

Not that press validation is needed, but it's certainly welcome. Vintage 2010 is rated by the Wine Spectator (Nov 30) at 98pts, pretty close to perfect. The combination of warm days and cool nights resulted in a vintage that is complete; ripeness, acidity, freshness, tannin, minerality. One caveat, however, quantities are down and supply is limited.  

As Robert Parker says "buy all you can"

  

LOUIS BARRUOL  

 "Louis Barruol has been making some of the finest wines in the Rhone"

Wine Advocate

  

NV Ch. Ste Cosme "Little James Basket Press"   $14.99

A blend of new and old vines Grenache, delightful. An unusual "solera" system  

now 13 yrs in the making. Nice "bistro" red.  

 

2010 Ch St Cosme Cotes du Rhone Les Deux Albion  $22.99

"offering up lovely notes of cassis and black cherries, luscious full bodied" 90pts Wine Advocate 

 

 

KERMIT LYNCH

These three blends are a co-project with Louis Barruol

 

2010 Cuvee Cypress CDR    $15.99

75% Syrah with the balance in Mourvedre and Grenache from Barruol's own vineyards. Tastes like a hypothetical cross between Northern structure and southern flash.  

 

2011 Sunflower Cuvee, CDR blanc    $18.99 

Viognier, Roussanne, Marsanne Vinified in old barrels. Exoticism from Viognier and that grand white peach and buttered citrus.

 

2010 Barruol St Joseph Les Coches   $36.99    

"racy vibrant graphite core with a dusting of pate de fruits"

93pts Wine Spectator  (limited) 

 

VIGNOBLE BRUNIER (VIEUX TELEGRAPHE)

"the Brunier family continues to turn out a beautiful array of wines" 

 

2010 Telegramme Chateauneuf du Pape  $39.99

 "copious aromas of raspberries and black cherries intertwined with licorice, lavender and spice" 90pts Wine Advocate  

 

 2010 Vieux Telegraphe Chateuneuf du Pape   $89.99   

"one of the all time great Vieux Telegraphes I've tasted in 3+ decades!

Incredible concentration" 97pts Wine Advocate

(eta mid Dec)

 

 2011 Brunier Megaphone, Cote de Ventoux   $18.99

The first new project from the Bruniers and a City Wine exclusive!

"pure and spicy, an excellent value" Wine Advocate

 

JL CHAVE

 The masters of Syrah since 1481 

2010 JL Chave Mon Coeur Cotes du Rhone  $19.99

 A blend of Grenache and Syrah, very heady and full of nuances of the garrigue 

 

AND DON'T MISS...

2010 Domaine Fontsainte Corbieres "La Demoiselle"  $15.99     

Vines planted in 1904!  "dark current and wild plum, herbs and leather. Terrific" City Wine exclusive  

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

The Rieslings:  Gems  

 

An amazing breadth of styles,top quality, good pricing!!

 

 

2011 Selbach "incline" (Mosel) $12.99

The 'Incline' was produced by Johannes Selbach to simply outshine all Mosel Rieslings at, or near, its price point. The name Incline was chosen to honor the impossibly steep sloped terroir of the Mosel from which these grapes are grown. Vinified in stainless steel, with just a hint of residual sugar, this wine vividly represents all that Mosel wine should be - Fruity with vibrant acidity, clarity, and precision; all highlighted by intense slate-driven minerality. As an introduction to what one can gleam from great Mosel wine, Selbach's 'Incline' is incredible.

 

2011 Geil Kabinett (Rheinhessen)  $15.99

This is a cool, limey Riesling, lots of apple and mineral, forthright and animated and salty - a Tabula Rasa for German Riesling. Lots of palate-coating exotica, minty zing.

 

2011 Leitz Eins, Zwei, Drei "3" (Rheingau)  $16.99

After the elegant doughy '09, this has the most adamantly delineated fruit of any vintage yet - and also the most adamant dryness. The usual quetsch and red currant appear, but with an obdurate length and a surmise of nettles and cress. A litmus test: if you like this, you like dry Riesling.

 

2011 Von Winning (Pfalz)  $19.99

This winery is turning heads for many reasons, like the fact they are making extremely dry wines that are partly barrel fermented and aged on the lees, much the same way White Burgundy is crafted. A STEAL AT THIS PRICE. Lime and tropical notes with hints of mango and peach pit while a core of green apple and grapefruit burst through on the palate with vibrant force while lemon/lime and spicy mineral essences add to the complexity with a touch of slate like smokiness and brioche as well. Pure class.

 

2011 Kerpen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett (Mosel)  $19.99

This winery produces sleek, feminine, elegant and soulful wines with silky fruit of exceptional beauty, and this is one of the top vineyard sites. Very light green-tinged yellow color; tart lime, lemon nose; tasty, tart lime, lemon, mineral and slate palate; medium finish. A REAL VALUE

 

2009 Heidemanns-Bergweiler Bernkasteler-Badstube (Mosel)  $14.99

A TOP Mosel estate! Off-dry, with good acidity. Lime, green apple. Lively Balanced between acid and sugar. Great price for the quality.

 

2010 Heidemanns-Bergweiler Graacher-Himmelreich (Mosel)   $14.99

WS90: "Very lush with golden raisin notes to the rich pear and apple flavors. Well-spiced and broad tasting on the finish. Only 300 cases made. Drink now - 2022"

 

2011 Donnhoff (Nahe)   $19.99

Producer of some of the greatest Rieslings on earth. The New York Times recently dubbed it one of its "Memorable bottles for $20".... "as the wine warms up, its elegant nature becomes apparent, and a richness and rocky minerality emerge."

 

2011 Kruger-Rumpf Pittersberg (Nahe)   $39.99

Glamorous. A "Blue Chip" from the greatest site of the lower Nahe. This is a "Grosses Gewachs" (first growth). It is unusual in that it is harvested at Auslese level but then dry-fermented. Simply unique (and we only have 6 bottles). SPECIAL

 

2010 Heidemanns-Bergweiler Spatlese (Mosel)  $24.99

What a buy on a top-notch Spatlese. This wine is regularly $35 and has a 92 pt rating from the Wine Spectator. It would be perfect match with your eclectic Thanksgiving fare. I could also be happy in your cellar for many, many years.

 

2007 Carl Schmitt-Wagner Spatlese (Mosel)   $18.99

The last vintage made by the famous Bruno Schmitt. Beautiful, classic Mosel. It even has a couple years of evolution to get you going (although it could last 20+ more). TERRIFIC QPR!!

 

2011 Merkelbach Urziger Wurzgarten Auslese (Mosel)  $24.99

The highest qBA (sweetness) level in our offering, but don't let that scare you off. Fresh strawberries, pasta water and powdered slated. Smoky and juicy, apples from a coven.

 
 
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