Orders are available for pick-up at Restaurant Nicholas at 160 Route 35 South Red Bank, NJ 07701 during the following times:
Monday: 9:30-3:30; Tuesday – Friday: 9:15am – 9:00pm; Saturday: 11:00am – 9:00pm; Sunday: Closed
$40.00 $27.50
With the birth of Caymus, Meomi, Quilt and others, the newest generation of Wagners has helped a small empire become a much larger more diverse and formidable empire with Charlie and Jenny even launching their own major brands that have enjoyed incredible success beyond Napa Valley. With Belle Glos, Elouan, and Mer Soleil as proofs of concept, the entire family began sussing out additional land just beyond Napa’s borders.
To the southeast, they discovered the Suisun Valley – a tiny AVA just ⅙ the size of Napa that boasts ample sun to pair with its soils which can be slightly richer than Napa’s, making it the ideal pairing for big red grapes like Cabernet, Petite Sirah and Zinfandel. Still mainly family farmed but with similar weather, it very much has the feel that Napa Valley did back in the 60’s.
They locked in, made their plans and got to work. In early 2022, the Caymus’ forward thinking venture into the Suisun Valley will commence with the grand opening of a new state of the art winery right in the heart of the tiny AVA. All that planning for the future has paid dividends with their Walking Fool wines. These are things of beauty.
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Winemaker Pascal Sirat consistently puts out some of the best value Bordeaux in the region but he may have outdone himself in what was a stellar 2019 vintage throughout the region. Just south of Pomerol, the vines at Panchille borrow deep in the soil. The resulting wines are ripe but fresh, with an aromatic complexity and stony finish usually reserved for wine twice the price. Daniel Boulud tells me it’s been the hottest bottle of wine at Bar Boulud for over a month, so I figured I’d better hurry up and secure my allocation! Don’t miss it.
At J Vineyards, Nicole is nothing short of a magician, making 30 different skus or more each vintage between her Pinots, Chardonnays, and Sparkling wines. For the vineyard’s flagship Russian River Valley Pinot Noir, up to 100 individual small lots are combined to make this great wine. Somehow, the blend is effortless–a quintessential RRV Pinot that has those soaring aromatics, bright red fruits, clove, and nutmeg spice with perfect balance.
90 Points, Wine Spectator
Domaine Jaume Vinsobres Altitude 420 is an old-vine Grenache-Syrah blend from vineyards planted in Les Collines at some of the highest points in the Rhône. The Jaumes have farmed these dizzying elevations at their estate in Vinsobres for 100+ years. The 2020 is one of his best yet, pristine and fresh, a bowl full of berried-up fruit yet with the tension and length that belies its humble price. Incredible bang for the buck, tailor-made for anyone’s house red, and a slam dunk for any kind of meat on the bone.
The newly released Fiancetto Howell Mt. Cabernet is a dream – a gorgeous, elegant dark-fruited Cabernet Sauvignon that is it picks up time in the glass, unfurls its full signature of cedar laced cassis nose and mid palate of chocolate-covered cherries and savory spices. Only four palates of this (224 cases) were made off a gorgeous, sprawling high elevation spot 1500 feet above sea level. It’s full and plush and finishes fresh and oh so long. The price is crazy for Howell Mountain Cabernet but that’s what Ry Richards and Fiancetto is all about.