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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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| | | La Mannella di Cortonesi Brunello di Montalcino Poggiarelli 2019
The Cortonesi family established the La Mannella estate in the 1970s on 138 historic acres in the heart of Montalcino, their first commercial vintage release beginning in 1985.
Today, third-generation winemaker Tommaso Cortonesi leads the estate with a rigorously technical and quality-driven philosophy. Recognized by Monica Larner of The Wine Advocate as part of a group of “technicians” shaping modern Brunello, Tommaso represents a new generation of producers—combining formal enological training, analytical precision, and a deep understanding of what the customer wants.
The grapes for this wine come from the heart of Montalcino, from a Grand Cru single vineyard of a little less than 5 acres called Poggiarelli situated 1,400 feet high on the southeast side of the city, hence a warmer climate, but with cooler evenings due to the elevation. The well-draining soil is sandy and rocky, made of schistose Galestro rocks with excellent exposure to the sun. This single vineyard is surrounded on all its sides by a forest of oak and holm oak giving the vineyard a natural barrier of protection from harmful elements.
The La Mannella di Cortonesi Brunello di Montalcino Poggiarelli 2019 hails from a superior vintage for Brunello, one of the best of the 2010’s. This wine is just beginning to open up and show us the true character of the harvest, it is a deep, powerful wine, full of fruit, but with the classic structure that gave this noble appellation all of its reputation. Still young but evolving, it’s a wine for the now with a steak and the later…with a steak |
| | | | Chateau de Berne Cotes de Provence Rosé Inspiration 2025
The Chateau de Berne Cotes de Provence Rosé Inspiration 2025, a seamless blend of 40% Grenache, 25% Cinsault, 20% Syrah and 15% Carignan, all aged in the stainless steel tanks. The Berne Inspiration cuvée finds its origins in this clever blend of grape varieties, of which Grenache remains the king, and Provençal terroirs, with limestone as a link. |
| | | | 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. |
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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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