2016 Orin Swift Machete Proprietary Red

2016 Orin Swift Machete Proprietary Red

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ORIN SWIFT

2016 MACHETE
PROPRIETARY RED

2016 Orin Swift Machete Proprietary RedRobert Louis Stevenson wrote “wine is bottled poetry.”  There’s one wine brand that excites a certain “love affair” and devotion that would certainly be poem-worthy. Uniquely, there are a dozen different labels in each case of Machete and if you find the labels intriguing, wait until you taste the wine… The 2016 stampedes from the glass with a glorious and persistent perfume layered with blueberry velvet cake, dried violets, and incense, intertwined with a tinge of bacon fat and wood smoke.  Machete has clinched coveted positions on the Wine Spectator Top 100 list on three separate occasions. The 2016 is one of their best yet and I wouldn’t miss it…
 
Drawing from several celebrated regions throughout California, the 2016 Machete combines Petite Sirah, Grenache and Syrah into a hedonistic collision of deep, velvety and seductive flavors.  Don’t wait for the reviews to surface on the 2016…  We just tasted it, and it’s absolutely one of the best Machetes yet…
 
ORIN SWIFT
2016 MACHETE
PROPRIETARY RED
 
Your Price: $49.99/btl 
 
Winery Notes: “Violet ink in the glass, a nose of black plums, cassis, and cacao engage. The robust entry consists of a progressing palate of blackberry and boysenberry compote, a reduction of dark plum and ripe figs, and pure Amarena cherry. Flashes of vanilla and traces of minerality evolve into chalky tannins and a smooth lingering finish.“
 
Customers that enjoy Orin Swift Machete may also enjoy these two fantastic Reds…
2014 Dept 66 Cote Catalanes Grenache 2015 Orin Swift Papillon Proprietary Red
DEPARTMENT 66
2014 GRENACHE
COTES CATALANES
 
Your Price: $37.99/btl

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From Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate: “A blend of 80% Grenache, 15% Syrah and a splash of Carignan… This inky colored, downright sexy 2014 offers terrific notes of blueberries, blackberries, violets and chalky minerality. Big, concentrated and textured, yet still playing in the more elegant style of the 2014 vintage, this beauty will drink well for a decade..” 93 Points
ORIN SWIFT
2015 PAPILLON
PROPRIETARY RED
 
Your Price: $64.99/btl

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From Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate: “Very deep purple-black colored, the 2015 Papillon Proprietary Red features expressive crème de cassis, mulberries, plum preserves and chocolate box notes with wafts of underbrush, dried herbs and Indian spices. Full-bodied, rich, opulent and spicy in the mouth, it has a velvety texture and seamless freshness, finishing long with a lively pepper and herbs lift.”  94 Points
2016 Lewis Cellars Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

2016 Lewis Cellars Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

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LEWIS CELLARS

CABERNET SAUVIGNON 
2016 NAPA VALLEY

2016 Lewis Cellars Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

There are certain wine releases in Napa Valley where you simply can’t afford to wait for reviews to surface.  Topping that list is the Lewis Cellars Napa Valley Cabernet.  The 2013 vintage of this wine ranked #1 in the world on the 2016 Wine Spectator Top 100 List, cementing Lewis Cellars as simply one of the best Cabernet Sauvignons produced in Napa Valley, based upon price/quality.  The 2016 envelopes your palate in provocative dark berries and lavish extract, displaying striking purity and complex nuances that continually unmask new components with aeration.  At under $100/btl this is one of the absolute best Cabernet Sauvignons on the market.

This wine spends around 15 months in high quality oak barrels, and is sourced from several meticulously selected, painstakingly farmed vineyards throughout Napa Valley. Once again poised for perfection, this monumental effort is big, dense and stunningly complex. Don’t wait for the reviews on the 2016 to come out, because it’s always too late at that point…

LEWIS CELLARS
CABERNET SAUVIGNON 
2016 NAPA VALLEY
Retails at: $100/btl
 
Your Price: $95/btl 
 
Winery Notes: “Juicy, ripe and fruitful our 2016 Napa Valley Cabernet captures the kitchen aromas of home jam-making.  Creamy vanilla and wood spice together with black plum, truffle and earth give the nose delectable character.  Flush with fruit, dusky, dense and polished the wine finishes with cushy, dark-chocolate tannins.“
 
Customers that enjoy the Lewis Cellars Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, may also enjoy these two Lewis Cellars Cabernets… 
 
2016 Lewis Cellars Alec's Blend Napa Valley Proprietary Red 2016 Lewis Cellars Mason's Cabernet Sauvignon
LEWIS CELLARS
ALEC’S BLEND
2016 NAPA VALLEY
Retails at:  $65.00/btl
 
Your Price: $59.99/btl 

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Bottled horsepower…  Lewis  Alec’s Blend offers a high-octane mix of power, elegance and profound luxury.  It’s the liquid version of a Maserati GT, and it cuts a swath across your taste buds with an unapologetically bold, petal-to-the metal style that’s perfectly dialed in. 
2015 Sans Liege The Offering Proprietary Red

Sans Liege 2015 The Offering Proprietary Blend

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SANS LIEGE

2015 THE OFFERING
PROPRIETARY BLEND

2015 Sans Liege The Offering Proprietary Red
Made in a magnetic style that draws you in with lavish aromas that become increasingly compelling with aeration, Sans Liege’s Southern Rhone inspired blend The Offering is wine that I simply love.  A remarkable fusion of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre, the 2015 saturates your taste buds with a velvety texture, intermixed with vibrant red fruits, crème de cassis, juicy blackberries, and savory spices that you coming back for more… The perfect accompaniment for pizza, BBQ, or simply any day that ends in “y,” you’ll want to secure a case or two of this before the reviews surface.   
Bursting onto the scene from top vineyards located in California’s iconic Santa Barbara County… this expressive blend spends an optimal 22 months in barrel and blossoms for more than a year in bottle before release.  Always a terrific value, an earlier vintage of The Offering commanded national attention when it ranked #34 in the world on the 2011 Wine Spectator Top 100, and if you’re searching for a unique and delicious blend to share with your friends and family this year…  Seriously, you will be thanking me later. 
 
SANS LIEGE
2015 THE OFFERING
PROPRIETARY BLEND
Your Price: $29/btl
 
Winery Notes: “The study is dense with the scents of kirsch, oolong tea and cinnamon bark. Beside you sits a plate of fennel and anise spiced sausage along with the crumbs of your biscuit that was smeared with strawberry preserves. Zealously pouring over the parchment on the old oak desk, you can not relinquish the task. The code must be cracked tonight. Your graphite pencil scratches onward in the candlelight as the prospect of insight nears.”
Grenache 48% | Syrah 28% | Mourvedre 23% | Viognier 1% 

 

Customers who enjoy the Sans Liege Offering, may also enjoy these two terrific Reds…
2014 Daniel Soberanes Vineyard Syrah
DANIEL
2014 SYRAH
SOBERANES VINEYARD
Retails at:  $50.00/btl
The Santa Lucia Highlands AVA isn’t just producing world-class Pinot Noir and Chardonnay…  Some of the greatest Syrah in California also comes from the SLH, and the Soberanes  Vineyard’s very name rings with excellence… Daniel’s two barrel production of Syrah opens up to a sybaritic harmony of sweet black cherries, smoked meats, charcuterie, pulverized blackberries and dried violets…
BLIND TASTING
PROPRIETARY RED
2014 NAPA VALLEY
Your Price: $36/btl 
 
Tasting Notes: “Intoxicating aromas of crushed blue fruits, blackberry cobbler, violets, raspberry compote and a touch of vanilla, erupt from the glass. Ripe, round tannins and a core of perfectly woven flavors of dark cherry, blueberry pie, crushed blackberries and a hint pepper spice unwind in a continuous loop.  Soft, voluptuous tannins caress your taste buds with a long, luxurious finish that just wont quit.”

Sparkman 2015 Holler Cabernet Sauvignon

with No Comment $30 and underCabernet SauvignonColumbia ValleyKevin VogtUSAWashington State
SPARKMAN
2015 HOLLER
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Sparking an intense love affair with Washington Wines with just a single taste, when we first offered Sparkman’s 2013 Holler Cabernet two years ago we knew it would induce one of those where have you been all my life moments…  Later that year it went on to rank #21 in the world on the Wine Spectator Top 100 and even outscored icons like Screaming Eagle at more than 25 times its price.  The 2015 Sparkman Holler will make you fall in love with Columbia Valley wines all over again and hits your palate with a thundering cascade of dark brambly fruits, roasted coffee, minerals and crushed violets.  It’s honestly thrilling to taste this wine, considering it’s still sells for around thirty per bottle.
Carved from eight distinct vineyards and kept for 19 months in oak Barrels, the 2015 is stunningly concentrated, poised and beautifully proportioned.  Both the 2013 and 2014 were wines that left a deep impression, and followed up by the 2015, I can honestly say this is my favorite one yet.  If you’ve had interest in experiencing a great wine from this incredible region, this is the perfect opportunity to try one of the best.
SPARKMAN
2015 HOLLER
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Retails at:  $32.00/btl
Your Price: $29.99/btl
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Winery Notes: “Phantasmagoria: red black blue fruit chocolates flowers spices textures, depth breadth. Velvet stone smoke cinnamon kelp play dough grip supple rich minerals.” 

 

Customers that enjoy Sparkman’s Holler Cabernet Sauvignon,  may also enjoy these two terrific Cabs…
OBSIDIAN RIDGE
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
2015 ESTATE, RED HILLS
Retails at: $32.00/btl
Your Price: $29.99/btl
A wine with fabulous upside potential, this idyllic expression of Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon emerges from the winery’s high elevation vineyard where the explosive terroir manifests perfectly in this exceptional, award-winning Cabernet.   Perpetually high scoring, an earlier vintage was named Best Cabernet at the Lake County Wine Awards Competition, where it earned a Double Gold Medal and outperformed some of the area’s other top wines.
LUKE
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
2015 COLUMBIA VALLEY
Retails at:   $30/btl
Your Price:  $23/btl
Recognized as one of the 2016 Wine Spectator wineries to watch, Luke’s 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon is rich and extracted, yet perfectly poised and elegant, with substantial quantities of chocolate covered raspberries, creme de cassis, pulverized blackberries, and dried violets.  A palpable sense of value is absolutely unmistakable in this wine, and the previous three consecutive vintages have all earned 90 and above scores in the Wine Spectator…