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 $15.00
The folks at Etude have built up an incredible following at Nicholas Wines, but I’m a little worried that the trend may have been put in jeopardy thanks to a few people in the Etude marketing department!
Each year, we’ve been treated to a beautifully well-made, truly gulpable Pinot, full of easy, breezy bright cherry fruits and truly suitable as a cocktail wine. Every year, the power of the Nicholas Wines buyers helps sell every single bottle that makes it out of the winery in a hurry.
But in a 2022 vintage that saw a slightly larger crop, the marketing department at Etude panicked and did something that they haven’t done since 2016: They submitted the little known ‘Lyric’ for expert reviews. Why on God’s green earth did they have to let the cat out of the bag?!? We’ll never know.
Unsurprisingly, Wine Enthusiast’s tasting team loved the wine, giving it a 90-point seal of approval and calling out this silky Pinot Noir for its “cherry-cola components” and making it one of their top 90-point bargains of the year. Good for the winery, but creating a mess for us and our annual allocation!
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90 Points, Wine Enthusiast
Fat black-cherry aromas are spiced by cola and clove on the nose of this bottling. The palate is framed by dusty tannins, with more cherry-cola components taking center stage.
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It’s always nice to be in good standing with one of the most beloved wine brands in America! These won’t last long! This is an opulent, powerful dark-fruited Cabernet with tightly woven tannins, that is just raring and ready to go. Textbook, full-bodied, revved up and ready to go, this new Caymus Napa Valley Cabernet is the definition of a crowd pleaser.
WS #4 2019 Wine of the Year, 96 Points, Wine Spectator
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90 Points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Xavier Vignon’s brand spanking new CDR 100% is a thing of beauty. It’s already got a blessing from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate who described this wine as, “Full-bodied, concentrated and supple”. This is a gorgeous and intricate blend that features all of the Southern Rhone appellations. This year, the blend was 40% Grenache, 25% Mourvedre, 15% Syrah, 7% Cinsault, 7% Marselan, 6% Terret Noir. Nobody can do it like the mad scientist, Xavier Vignon.
In the 2020 vintage in Gevrey-Chambertin, yields were super low and temperatures were hotter than most Burgundian winemakers are accustomed. Many picked too late when the sugars were high and the fruit really ripe, but that was not the play. Still, Ann remained as cool in those hot temps as she did so many years ago in Napa, concentrating more on acid levels than sugars and picking at just the right time. This wine is absolutely singing – it’s an age-worthy beauty that should be even better in 4-7 years.
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