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| Following is the recap of this week’s offers… Please note, all orders are subject to confirmation as quantities are limited to stock on hand
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| | | Paul Autard Chateauneuf Du Pape La Cote Ronde 2020
The Autard family has worked for generations at their old domaine in Courthézon then built a new cellar in 2005. Jean-Paul Autard is the current ‘man in charge’. He brings his own ideas, experiments and intuitions to make Domaine Paul Autard one of the big names in this prestigious appellation.
Jean-Paul has been running the family estate since the age of 17. His choices of cultivation, vinification and aging (phenolic maturity, total destemming of the harvest, aging in barrels) have always produced top-flight results. His use of small barrels, while not unique, is less en vogue than it used to be as many producer switch to concrete and larger foudres. But as I’ll explain, there is a particular reason for these barriques in the cellar.
The family owns some serious dirt, most of it in the east and northeast of the appellation, kind of sandwiched between La Crau and their winery near Courthezon. In the north, Grenache is still king but the cooler temps and varying soils also allow for the production of some of the finest Syrah in Chateauneuf, and Autard may very well have the best!
The Paul Autard Chateauneuf du Pape La Côte Ronde 2020 comes from a 90-year-old plot planted in a terroir of rolled pebbles and fossilized limestone blocks in the lieu-dit known as Le Mourre du Gaud, just north of Charbonnieres and La Crau Nord. The limestone here equally supports terrific old-vine Grenache and Syrah, thus this wine having always been a straight 50/50 blend. The wine is aged 16 months in new French Barriques. |
| | | | Solar de Becquer Rioja Gran Reserva 2004
The grapes for the Solar de Becquer Rioja Gran Reserva 2004 come from the family’s Cuesta La Reina estate. NO purchased fruit. Located on Monte Yerga on the sun faced side of the slopes, the Cuesta de la Reina Estate starts at an altitude of 450 meters and ascends to 800 meters. The soils, clayey-calcareous, are very poor and with an abundance of rocks. The estate of 120 hectares has belonged to the family for four generations and the family itself has always cultivated the vineyard. The approximate average age of the vines is an impressive 75 years.
The fermentation is done in stainless steel tanks with indigenous yeast. Once the fermentation is finished, it is macerated for at least 10 days. The ageing is done in neutral, older American oak barrels, and it remains in them for at least 24 months. The final blend in 2004 was 70% Tempranillo, 15% Garnacha and 15% Mazuelo.
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| | | | Julien Prélat Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Presle NV
Exciting new rockstar Champagne discovery, Cedric Bouchard's buddy and 'next door neighbor'! Yes, Julien Prélat utilizes some of the same parcels that the cult-fave Bouchard uses for his Champagnes, with the same brilliant results! 100% Chardonnay here from Presle's kimmeridgian soils, fermented in stainless, bottled with 3g/l dosage.
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| | | Spectrum Wine Santa Ana (HQ)
• Santa Ana, California
www.SpectrumWine.com
Phone: 949-748-4845
Fax: 949-567-1360
Hours:
Mon - Sun, 10:00am - 6:00pm
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| | Spectrum Wine Newport Beach
• Newport Beach, California
www.SpectrumWine.com/Storage
Address:
865 Production Pl
Newport Beach CA 92663-2809
USA
Hours:
Tue - Sat, 10:00am - 5:00pm, By Appointment |
| | Spectrum Wine Hong Kong
• Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
www.SpectrumWine.com
Phone: 852-2116-1103
Email: Carmen.Lee@SpectrumWine.com
Address:
Unit 2202-03, 22/FMira Place A
132 Nathan Rd
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Hours:Mon - Fri, By Appointment |
| | Spectrum Wine Minneapolis
• Minneapolis, Minnesota
www.SpectrumWine.com
Phone: 949-748-4845 x 302
Address:
Minneapolis MN
Hours: Mon - Fri, By Appointment |
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