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End of the summer close out on premium wine
Up to 60% OFF
When it comes to the wine budget, savvy consumers know that you don't have to spend a lot to drink well. This newsletter offers strategies and recommendations that will help you stretch your wine-buying dollars.
A closeout in the wine business is the final sale of an item or items to zero inventory from multiple suppliers. It is usually known as a lost of a brand sale (the brand is moving to a different distributor), and is part of a liquidation.
Eddy Le Garrec
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Fresh, with some green fruit and herb elements, but mostly ripe peach and apricot notes. It's balanced on the rich side
Wine Spectator Release price $30
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Blackberry, ripe strawberry and flowers on the nose. Full-bodied, with caressing tannins and a fresh finish. Polished and delicious. Cabernet Sauvignon, Alicante and Petit Verdot. Best after 2009. 1,500 cases made.
Wine Spectator 91Pts Release price $65
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Always great to have magnums of exceptional wine, only 30 available!!
The least expensive red wine is the Optimus cuvee. The 2005 Optimus (51% Syrah, 44% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Petit Verdot) barely qualifies as a Rhone Ranger, but it offers classic chocolate, cassis, espresso, and subtle wood notes along with a dense ruby/purple hue, gorgeous concentration, and plenty of spice, cedar, and a Pauillac-like complexity and richness. This serious effort is more French than Californian. It should drink well for 6-10 years.
Transplanted Frenchman, Stephan Asseo (from St.-Emilion), has found a home as well as some great terroirs in the limestone soils of Paso Robles (all his vineyards are situated on the western side of Highway 101). Asseo continues to go from strength to strength, producing a fabulous portfolio of wines that makes L-Aventure one of the bright, shining reference points for the region. This is one of the California Central Coast superstars, and the wines are worth every cent.
R. Parker 94Pts
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