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
$25.00 $21.00
Domaine de la Garrigue is one of the oldest estates in the Southern Rhone Valley. The estate is owned by the Bernard family who also own the famous ‘Les Florets’ Restaurant and Inn. If you ever find yourself frolocking through wine country in Gigondas– find this place. There’s nothing like it. There, on the hillside facing the Dentelles, is the 3-star B&B home to some of the best views, and the most riveting bottles being made anywhere in Gigondas.
It was there that Eric Solomon first approached the Bernard family and told them that their Reds would go crazy in the American market. Intrigued, the Bernard family gave Solomon permission to create his own cuvee that he could sell exclusively in the states. Needless to say, he made it count.
There in the Southern Rhone, with similar soil as the famed terroir of Chateaneuf-du-Pape and massive rocks naturally sprinkled throughout the vineyards called gallets. Planted on top of these giant rocks are old-bush vines, first planted generations ago. In fact, wine made in this area has long been considered the holy grail, with the juice coming off these low-yielding vines so concentrated and pure – almost sacred, that the Romans used to make wine here centuries ago and ship it carefully stored, hundreds of miles away back to Italy!
Domaine de la Garrigue makes some of the finest Gigondas in the region– but today I’ll let you in on a little secret. The Cuvee Romaine is de-classified Vacqueyras, labeled simply as Cotes du Rhone. The reasoning is simple: bottled as a Cotes du Rhone, there are no requirements for time spent in a bottle prior to release, allowing the winery to create a wine made to be enjoyed in its youth, that comes roaring and ready to get after spending a few months in concrete time in concrete, allowing for its true stripes and loudest expression to come forward. It’s a fantastic wine.
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93 Points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate – 93 Points, Jeb Dunnuck
“Vignon’s 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape delivers even more than I hoped for based on a previous sample. Hints of garrigue, roses, cherries and raspberries appear on the nose, while the palate is full-bodied, silky and long, with an intense, almost briny finish. The assemblage is 50% Grenache, 10% each Mourvèdre and Syrah, plus smaller proportions of seven other permitted varieties, while the élevage includes foudres, demi-muids, concrete and wooden tanks, plus terracotta amphorae.”
With seemingly infinite access to some of the absolute very best vineyards in the most choice AVAs in the valley, the Wagner’s set out to make Quilt– a Cabernet blend from a patchwork of the top sites in Napa (Oakville, St Helena, Atlas Peak, Coombsville, Calistoga, and Howell Mountain.) The brand new 2021 edition is a beauty – deeply concentrated, rich and a truly show stopping Cabernet. It’s a dark, hedonistic blend that combines elegance with power and pairs the two together effortlessly.
90 Points, James Suckling
Damien has crafted a delicious Médoc, full of character with dense black currant and cherry fruit, cedar, tobacco and wonderful complexity. It’s silky complexion is what pushes it over the edge (and, of course, the price!) It doesn’t hurt that it comes from a 95-point Left Bank vintage that the Wine Advocate declared, “outstanding.”
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.
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