JULY 2021 Newsletter

IN STORE TASTINGS RETURN!

PLEASE JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 14TH, 5:30-7:30PM
                      for our annual tradition
  LA FÊTE NATIONALE (BASTILLE DAY) / FOUNDERS TASTING*
                Celebrating our 36th year* 
              Une sélection de vins de France.
*J. Emerson, Inc founded Bastille Day 1985

WINE TASTING EVERY SATURDAY   2:00pm-6:00pm
          “Whatever we feel like opening”

JULY SPECIAL OFFERS

Two Delicious hot weather white wines! (no further discounts)

Tuckers’ favorite summer sparkling wine:
Vinyes Singulars 2018 Pim Pam Blanc Catalonia, Spain -  The Pim Pam is a Pet Nat mostly made up of Xarello, one of the Cava grapes, with an additional 11 varietals from over 40 different plots. This sparkler is produced in the ancestral method with the fermentation and carbonation all done at once inside the bottle. It produces a wine with slightly less carbonation than traditional sparkling wine and is sealed with a bottle cap. Clocking in at 11% abv this is a great hot day porch sipper. Vibrantly aromatic & a palate to match with fresh notes of quince, citrus, green apple, sour dough bread, & hay.                                                    Reg. Price $23.99 On Sale in JULY: $19.99

Our go to Sancerre is NOW ON SALE!
Domaine de la Chezatte 2019 Sancerre Loire, France- From flint, clay and limestone soils this delightful Sauvignon Blanc has aromas of salty lemons and green apples. It’s juicy and fresh and finishes with great acidity. It is textbook Sancerre with laser like minerality. Serve with Oysters, smoky salmon or sushi.                       
    Regular Price $26.99 On Sale in JULY: $18.99

JULY SPECIAL OFFERS

From the Cellar (Quantities ARE limited!)(no further discounts)

In May we offered the 2005 and it sold out in a heartbeat so we brought up the few remaining cases of the 2000!
Château Revelette 2000 Le Grand Rouge Red, Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence, France -  (41% Syrah, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Grenache) The estate is run by Peter Fischer, who studied oenology at the University of California and it shows in this wine. The Cabernet comes through with aromas of ripe, dried maraschino cherries and chocolate. But there are also overtones of spice and lavender. It’s medium bodied and fleshy on the palette with fresh young tannins. A super vibrant wine that is acting quite young for its age!                    LIMIT: 2 bottles /customer.  Regular Price $22.99 On Sale in JULY: $15.99
Drinking beautifully right now, this is an extraordinary value from a great vintage!
2009 Chateau Ferrande, Bordeaux Graves, France- “This is the best wine I have ever tasted from this estate, which I rarely write up. Soft red currant and black cherry notes intermixed with tobacco leaf and spice box are all present in a seductive, round, medium-bodied wine with loads of fruit. It should drink well for 8-10 years. (Tasted once.)” (WA 4/10) LIMIT: 2 btl. /customer.  Reg. Price $29.99 On Sale in JULY: $19.99
Philippe Drouhin was able to avoid most of the hail and rampant odium, which plagued so much of Burgundy in 2004. His wines have developed and aged well and we are big fans!
Domaine Drouhin-Laroze 2004 Morey-Saint-Denis, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France- “This is distinctly prettier with more upper register red fruit aromas but less power and muscle to the barely middle weight flavors yet I like the energy and punch on the equally persistent finish. Good if not genuinely special stuff here at this level. ..The Drouhin-Laroze wines continue to impress & given the superb range of wines here, this has become a very good & under rated source.” (BH) Regular price: $48.99, On Sale in JULY: $34.99

NEW ARRIVALS – SPAIN!

Mencia done right! 
Cesar Marquez Perez, Cesar Marquez Parajes 2019, ES-Castilla y Leon, DO Bierzo- “ The AOC Bierzo 2018 Parajes was produced with grapes from nine different villages of the region, all fermented separately and aged in barrels for one year before being blended together. It’s perfumed, clean, elegant and precise, really impressive for an entry-level bottling. The palate is balanced and elegant, fresher and sharper than the 2017, with less alcohol and more acidity. There are now 12,104 bottles of this wine, almost double from the previous year. But the vintage was so good that he also produced more… It is good, elegant, floral and very affordable. It was bottled in December 2019.” (WA 6/20)  $29.99
A delicious blend of Albarino, Treixadura and more!
  Luis A. Rodriguez Vazquez 2018 Vina de Martin Os Pasas Blanco Ribeiro, Spain - “The white that indicates the quality of the vintage to me is the Os Pasás, and the 2018 Viña de Martín Os Pasás shows beautifully early on, with the textbook overall character of moss and river stones with a touch of honey and pollen but always with austerity and restraint. This is a white that can be enjoyed young, but it gets such complexity and depth with five years in bottle that it’s almost a shame to pull the cork when young. The wines are never cold stabilized and often show crystals on the cork, to me a sign of purity and lack of manipulation. 11,600 bottles and 200 magnums produced. It was bottled in August 2019.” (WA 5/20)  $36.99

NEW ARRIVALS - Chateau de Vaux

One of our favorite biodynamic & vegan producers from the the AOC of Mosselle located due east of Champagne and just south of the Luxembourg border. This is the first vintage we have seen in two years!

2020 Molozay Chateau de Vaux Les Gryphees Moselle, Franc - 50% Auxerrois, 20% Muller Thürgau (a crossing of Riesling & Chasselas), 20% Pinot-Gris, 10% Gewurztraminer. The vines grow on rocky clay-limestone terraces planted on hillsides west of the Moselle River. Les Gryphées shows notes of peaches & white flowers on the nose, followed by ripe fruit on the palate & apricot of the finish. 13% ABV $19.99
2019 Molozay Chateau de Vaux Les Hautes-Bassieres Pinot Noir VDQS Moselle, France - 100% Pinot Noir from the lieu-dit “Les Hautes Bassières”. The wine is aged in barrels of varying origins, ages and degrees of “toasting” for 12 months. The goal is to gain complexity without over-extraction. Blending and bottling is done at the end of September. Pale ruby color, aromas of black cherry, peppery carnation and peony, silky tannins. Enjoy within 4 to 6 years. 13% alcohol.  $24.99

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