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
$30.00 $27.00
By no means am I telling Dan Duckhorn how he should market his wines. The man is a Napa Valley icon, and his gutsy decision to expand his portfolio to other regions and other varietals has taken the brand to even greater heights.
But his latest project should have been simple. Produce just a smattering of barrels from select parcels (that only Dan could get access to) of some of the most infamous, wind-swept Sonoma Coast Vineyards in existence. But in an effort to describe the exceptional $50/bottle of reserve quality Pinot Noir, somehow they ended up with the name, Decoy Limited.
In its inaugural year, Duckhorn’s new reserve series, Decoy Limited has everything a Pinot lover is looking for: fruit from the very best cool-climate, windy Sonoma Coast vineyards, the winemaking team behind Duckhorn, and a buyer’s price tag, that you can bet won’t last long as soon as some marketing tweaks are made.
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90 Points, Wine Spectator
Fresh off its feature as one of Wine Spectator’s ‘Exciting California Values Under $25’, winemaker Matt Cline’s 2018 Contra Costa Zinfandel is a gem crafted off old-vines between 110-140 years in age. This is a bowl of blackberry fruit with a dusting of baking spice. The fruit is pure, fresh and long making it both delicious on its own or terrific with a burger, BBQ ribs, or grilled leg of lamb. Crazy cheap for what is in the bottle, load up!
95 Points, James Suckling – 93 Points, Robert Parker
Drawn from some the finest parcels on the storied hill of Montosoli, James Suckling says of the tiny Cerbaia estate’s newest release: “Elena Pellegrini’s 2015 Brunello is fragrant, redolent of purple flowers, sage and wild berries. The wine is dark and powerfully concentrated yet finishes fresh and kind stony, making it both fantastic at the table now and a great candidate for long aging”
Drawn from two choice spots in the Columbia Valley where Washington’s high desert land meets the Columbia River – the 2018 Cascade Heights is a juicy, inky purple, full-bodied Cabernet. Despite the bright tannins that argue for a successful drinking window of over 10+ years, this big, juicy cab is drinking excellent right now. The ‘X’ factor though is the price. At just $15/btl on bottle 1, this is unrivaled value territory.
Last year, the ‘Southing’ received 96pts from Wine Enthusiast. All indications are that this vintage is likely to blow that out of the water. The ‘Southing’ Pinot Noir is the marriage of elegance and complexity using all of the Sea Smoke Estate Vineyard. Every year this wine evaporates quickly after a smattering of big scores, but in a crazy year I managed to snag a few cases before the scores roll in and the wine rolls out.
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