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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
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
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If you see an Italian white wine that comes highly decorated by multiple wine publications, and can be had for under $20/bottle, there’s probably only one man that can make such a thing happen. I know, because he somehow does it year in, and year out.
That man of course is Riccardo Cotarella, the most famous wine consultant in all of Italy and a champion of Southern Italian wines. Robert Parker Jr. once famously called Cotarella “one of the most influential personalities in the world of wine in the last 20 years” and Nicholas Wines readers have loved his wines for years.
No more so than his Donnachiara bottlings, which are easily some of my favorite values anywhere in the world. With access to a brand new, state-of-the-art winemaking facility paid for by a very wealthy family and fifth generation winegrowers, the Donnachiara project really is unlike any other.
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91 Points, Vinous
Ground ginger, green apple and wet stone nuances waft up from the 2021 Falanghina Resilienza. This is texturally deep, with a pretty inner sweetness complementing its pear and green melon notes. It finishes potent and with a tropical flourish. Young peach and kiwi notes slowly fade. This is a suave and seductive rendition of Resilienza.
91 Points, James Suckling
This has aromas of apricots, lemons, baked apples, melon and honeysuckle. Medium-bodied with bright acidity and a fresh, deliciously fruity palate. Drink now.
The 2022 Hess Shirtail Ranches Sauvignon Blanc is crisp and clean, a vibrant SB that was fermented in 100% stainless steel to preserve its freshness and super-inviting aromatics. It combines fruit from a few of the best counties in California for growing Sauvignon Blanc. Utilizing fruit from the coastal Mendocino site with blocks more inland combines both grass and tropical notes, with ripe fruit but also a little salinity and more natural acidity. It’s a yin/yang combination that really meshes well.
Just in time, we got back Vincent Ricard’s all-time great white wine bargain. This is a crisp, clean and flat out delicious Loire Valley Sauvignon Blanc. The protege to the Silex-style of Dagueneau – who over the last 15 years has produced flawless and beloved white wines that at last count were on the wine lists of over 36 Michelin-starred restaurants. This is a great house white and one that can surely hold its own with just about everything on the table.
The 2016 vintage in Napa was nearly perfect for winemaker Kian Tavakoli (Opus One, Clos du Val). With ideal weather all throughout harvest, he crafted the Faustini Money Road Chardonnay off the famous vineyard located in the coveted Oakville AVA. The picturesque vineyard off Oakville Crossroad is platinum rated, known for its ideal combination of soil & climate and the big A list names that routinely source fruit. Kian’s Money Road Chard is still youthful despite having a few years of age, probably as a result of its 18 months of slumber in 1/4 new Oak.
I understand how daunting it can be each year to get Leflaive into your collection. But, with two great vintages back to back in a six-pack, I’m making it easier than ever. The Mâcon-Verzé is a stunner and an incredible value. Drawn from nine special plots, and utilizing a combination of steel, cement and oak fermentation that leads to a wide array of flavor profiles. Fresh Granny Smith Apple set against a persistent minerality, refreshing with hints of Meyer Lemon. These are so stinkin’ good!
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