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Bugay Vineyards 2007 Sonoma County Zinfandel From: The Wine Spies discovered 28 minutes ago | $25.50 Regular Retail Price: $34.00 The Wine Spies One Day Price: $25.50 Varietal: Zinfandel Region: California: Sonoma County Volume: 750 ml Alcohol %: 15.2 SUPERIOR WINE ALERT: Today’s Zinfandel is a superbly delicious, elegant and balanced wine that delivers that something extra that earns it this special recognition. SECRET SAVINGS ALERT: Subscribe to our Daily Dispatch (above) and you’ll always know what our Top Secret coupon code of the day is. Every day we issue a new members-only code that entitles you to have Ground Shipping included on orders of six or more bottles and, sometimes, an added discount! Mission Codename: Going Up Operative: Agent Red Objective: After a protracted surveillance, send Agent Red to infiltrate Bugay Wines and Vineyards, the producer of some of Agent Red’s favorite wines. Retrieve Bugay’s exceptional 2006 Zinfandel for our demanding Operatives Mission Status: Accomplished! Current Winery: Bugay Wines and Vineyards Wine Subject: 2007 Zinfandel Mayacama Mountains Winemaker: Randall Watkins Backgrounder: Agent Red first learned of today’s winery nearly five years ago – during a clandestine mission to a public tasting. Red tasted dozens of wines that day, and declared a Bugay wine to be the best wine of the entire event. Unfortunately, Bugay proved to be a difficult winery to infiltrate. Their limited-production wines are almost always impossible to procure, given that they are usually snapped up by a loyal and eager wine club. Persistence paid off for Agent Red and his hard work is your gain, today. Please read his full review, plus his interview with winemaker, Randall Watkins, below: Wine Spies Tasting Profile: Look – Darkest garnet. Perfectly clear, and darkening at its core. After the wine is spun, it coats the wall of the glass with beautiful magenta. After a moment, the wine coalesces into tall, thin legs that run slowly down the glass. Smell – Blackberry preserves, blueberry, dark raspberry, black cherry and soft brown spice mix with dried leaves, bramble, sweetwoods, black pepper and toasty oak. Feel – Cool, soft and round on entry. Bright and mouthcoating, with a grippy feeling that leads to a plush dryness that spreads from the edges, inward. Taste – Darkest black cherry, smoky overripe blackberry and dark plum are followed by braised cassis, braised fig, bramble, dried black flower petals and black pepper. Finish – Ultra-long and darkly juicy, loaded with mix berry fruit and soft spice. As flavors dwindle, earthy bramble, oak and dark flower petals linger. Conclusion – We are in love with this fantastic Zinfandel! The extra long finish is a fitting crescendo to delicious flavors, exciting aromatics and supple mouthfeel. Built to compliment a great meal, this wine balances an even acidity against bold dark fruit, spice and earthen elements. Pair with a spicy meal, a great steak or juicy roast. Randal Watkins has managed to create an even better wine with this follow-up to the 2006 that we featured back in 2010. Bugay’s mountain fruit and Randall’s winemaking prowess make for one fantastic Zin! Mission Report: WINEMAKER INTEL BRIEFING DOSSIER SUBJECT: Randall Watkins WINE EDUCATION: Masters in Enology, UC Davis CALIFORNIA WINE JOB BRIEF: Winemaking for past 16 years in Sonoma, Napa and Chile; current owner/winemaker of Watkins Family Winery. WINEMAKING PHILOSOPHY: I am committed to crafting limited production wines from the concentrated fruit of hillside vineyards. I believe that vineyard location, soil composition, climate and slope are key factors in creating wines of extraordinary quality and distinction. My goal is to produce wines of great balance with regard to ripe fruit, quality tannin, and natural acidity. WINEMAKER QUOTE: ”All of my winemaking efforts go toward producing wines that are rich and intensely flavored, reflecting both their origin in the vineyard, and the balance and elegance of small lot winemaking.” FIRST COMMERCIAL WINE RELEASE: 1994, 1999 as head winemaker WINEMAKER INTERVIEW AGENT RED: Greetings, Randall. We are thrilled to be showing your wine today. Thanks so much for taking some time to answer questions for our Operatives today. RANDALL WATKINS: I am always happy to discuss our Cabernet Franc! I understand you are quite a fan. RED: Indeed! In fact, today’s wine was my top pic, when I tasted it at a trade event. This is one fantastic wine! Tell me, was there a specific experience in your life that inspired your love of wine? RANDALL: I grew up on a ranch in Sonoma County where we had horses, chickens, rabbits and 1 acre of Zinfandel and Chardonnay. My father didn’t sell the grapes, he was a home winemaker. Each vintage, all of his friends would come over to help hand-harvest the grapes and crank the hand stemmer-crusher. Then they would celebrate the harvest and their friendship with a big picnic, enjoying wine from previous vintages. From the time that I was 10 years old, I helped with the farming and the harvest of my family’s small vineyard. And when I grew older, it was my friends who came over for the harvest parties and many more great memories! RED: What wine or winemaker has most influenced your winemaking style? RANDALL: For Zinfandel, Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay, Dan Goldfield has been influential. I worked under him at Hartford and La Crema and learned about the Burgundian methods of cold soaking and open-topped fermentation to help extract color and express the fruit. He was one of the only winemakers who was producing an elegant style of Zinfandel, which is the style in which I make the Bugay Vineyards Zinfandel. For Cabernet Sauvignon and other Bordeaux varietals, I learned a lot working with Álvaro Espinoza, one of Chile’s most talented winemakers. In addition to his experience at Château Margaux, Álvaro is a well-known wine consultant and has his own highly rated label, Antiyal. He taught me the importance of organic farming, picking at perfect ripeness, and achieving a sense of place from the vineyard site. RED: Who do you make wine for? RANDALL: I make wine for people to enjoy and share. I want the people who try my wine to want to have another glass, and that is why balance is so important to me. Some Zinfandel wines can be overripe and raisiny, sweet but with a burn from high alcohol. I prefer to make a more elegant style which has balanced alcohol and acidity, retaining the freshness of the fruit and the liveliness that makes young Zinfandel such a fun wine to enjoy. And that is why I was awarded Sonoma County Winemaker of the Year for my Monte Rosso Vineyard Zinfandel a few years ago! RED: How would you recommend people approach your wines and wine in general? RANDALL: Have fun with it, feel comfortable having an opinion on what you like and don’t like. Go with your instincts. There is no point in suffering through a wine that you really don’t like just because you have read that it’s supposed to be good. Wine, like art, is subjective. Try new things, new producers, new varietals, wines from different growing areas. Trying different wines is the only way to build your sensory memory and discover your own tastes. Realize that the most important characteristic of a good wine is balance. A wine’s flavor can have many different elements: fruit, tannin, spice, oak, etc. The best wines have all these things in a complex harmony, and no one flavor overshadows the others. RED: Is there anything else you’d like to share with our readers? RANDALL: There is no better way to end a day than to relax and share wine, food and conversation with friends! RED: Thank you so much for your time, Randall. We learned a lot about you – and your wine. Keep up the great work, we are big fans! |
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Clos de Chacras Cavas de Crianza Cabernet Sauvignon Mendoza 2006 From: Last Call Wines discovered 2 hours ago | $19.99 **Best Price Online** (winesearcher pro version) (shipping included) Only 275 cases produced!!! -Gold Trophy for best Cabernet Sauvignon in show at the 2008 Argentine Wine Awards. -Gold Medal at the 2009 Cellars of the World Awards in Canada. -Bronze Medal winner at the Decanter World Wine Awards in 2008. Wine Advocate 88 Points The 2006 Cavas de Crianza Cabernet Sauvignon was also sourced from 80-year-old vineyards in La Consulta and received the same oak regimen as the Blend. It exhibits a similar aromatic and flavor profile but with more emphasis on cassis and black currant. The flavors are attractive now although the wine will benefit from another 2-3 years of cellaring. -Jay Miller, #180 Dec 2008 Tasting Notes This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon is from the La Consulta sub-region of the Uco Valley in Mendoza. The wine shows notes of mocha, white chocolate, and cedar that lead to a dark, baked blueberry center with a smooth and supple finish. The Winery Clos de Chacras is a boutique winery located in the Chacras de Coria sub-region of Lujan de Cuyo in Mendoza, Argentina. The winery dates back to 1921 when it was founded by Don Bautista Gargantini, the grandfather of the current owner, and was remodeled in 2003 to a modern winery. The winery owns and has long term contracts in some of the best vineyard locations in Mendoza in Maipu, Uco Valley, and Carrodilla. To achieve the high quality of wine everything is done by hand in the vineyards and the winery. |
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Etre 2009 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast From: wine.woot! discovered 10 hours ago | $57.99 It’s Why You’re Here Today Etre. As in Raison D’Etre. As in “reason for being.” When you know what you’re doing is right, you’re going to keep doing it. It doesn’t matter how many obstacles life throws in your way. Once you find your Raison D’Etre you’ll chase it down, grab it tight, hold it close and never let it go. And when your reason for being is winemaking… well, in a crowded field like that, if you’re gonna do it, you gotta do it right. We think winemaker Jeff Gaffner has long since proven he’s living the way he’s meant to live. Jeff’s been all over Sonoma and Napa for the past twenty five years, putting in his time, mastering his craft, and earning the right to claim the name “Etre” for his wines. So don’t be surprised to learn these three bottles of Etre 2009 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast pull off a rare sort of- well, what else can we call it? A rare sort of serious fun. You’ll get smacked full of exotic high tones then tickled with a rich long mouthfeel. You’ll notice mango, pineapple, papaya, Granny Smith apples and the undertones of hazelnut and cream. But be aware: this isn’t some throwaway “day-at-the-carnival” roller coaster kind of fun. This your kid’s first trip to the beach, that weekend before you graduate, or the day you pay off your house. This is the fun that has meaning. This is the fun you’ll remember. The Etre 2009 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast is a fine white wine from a man who knows exactly what his life calls him to do and is happy to be doing it. And that’s why we’re giving you three. Because once you know what your life is for, you’ve just gotta share it with everyone else. Don’t think of it as bragging. Think of it as… generosity. 2009 Etre Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast Vineyard: 85% Sandhill/Durell Chardonnay, 5% each La Prenda Vineyards Marsanne, Roussanne and Vermentino. Both vineyards are in the Sonoma Coasts’ breezy southern end Case Production: Fewer than 500 cases Alcohol: 14.4% Slightly green to straw color. The aroma is of mango, pineapple, papaya, granny smith apple and kiwi, topped with wonderful exotic high tones that give way to a elegant hazelnut cream. There is a rich, long mouthfeel. This is one of the most ‘fun’ Chardonnay’s Etre Wines has ever made. |
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Piper Heidsieck Champagne Brut Vintage 2004 From: Wines Till Sold Out discovered 11 hours ago | $49.99 |