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
$20.00 $16.00
Doglia’s Barbera has been a quiet staple of Nicholas Wines for years. I don’t often feature it in an email. I don’t have to. So many of you have tasted it at the restaurant or at the old walkaround tastings…and once someone tastes it, they always order it. Again and again and again. For many of you, it’s become your house.
But here’s why I can never sit still. Almost always, eventually, the masses catch up. Last year it was Herve Fabre and his Lifetime Achievement award from the International Wine Cellar. This year, it’s our friend Gianni Doglia winning the Italian Wine Bible’s (Gambero Rosso) highest honor: Winemaker of the Year.
The accolade has never been more deserved. Few farmers in Italy work harder than Gianni does. Back during my Spring visit in 2015, upon my arrival at 9pm at night, I found him pruning his steep Asti Vineyard by flashlight. He naturally farms the tiny estate in the picturesque hamlet of Castagnole Lanze. His Barbera is the product of 50 year old vines, vinified without oak to preserve its incredible fruit.
The soil is special, sandy and laden with limestone, perfect for big, fruity varieties like Barbera. The wine is black in color to the core, bright and wonderfully aromatic, it’s an organic, juicy red wine that is flat-out epic.
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The 2021 Napa Valley East side Cuvee is an instant classic. From the first whiff to the moment it hits the lips, its clear that this is a fabulously concentrated, serious wine: black in color, and featuring aromas of cassis, cedar and chocolate-tinged purple fruit. The mouthfeel is plush and voluptuous with a firm, solid finish that speaks to its potential for considerable aging.
94 Points, Tasting Panel
This is a really exciting new release in the collection of single-vineyards from the Wagner Family, and arguably the most interesting one of the bunch. This is the only Pinot Noir in the Caymus collection that has the advantage of being from a natural Pinot Noir haven in the Russian River Valley. Dairyman Vineyard’s proximity to the pacific ocean, with its morning fog and afternoon coastal breezes allows for an even and elongated growing season, with super concentrated and expressive grape clusters that help make this Dijon clone Pinot Noir one that you need.
The secret to Philippe’s tightly wound, complex Pinot Noir is a combo of ancient vines, natural farming techniques, and low yields. The wines are built to age, with incredible tension and length. And the secret to me securing his other-wordly 2017 old-vine Gevry-Chambertin can be chalked up to a great relationship and over a decade supporting superior Burgundian winemaking. The wine is scary good. The nose is wild, filled with spiced dark raspberries, red flowers, and baking spices. The palate is elegant and racy, with a dynamic tension that runs right through its minute-long finish. This is a high-toned, wound-up Pinot, that is starting to hit its prime and is really turning out to be a ‘must-have’ for true Burgundy lovers.
This is Joe Wagner and Quilt’s inaugural Red blend called Threadcount. It is a total knockout at the price point for this style of wine. It’s a big voluptuous wine and very fruit forward. The nose is straight up dark chocolate dipped raspberries and it tastes of fresh-baked blueberry pie, spice, and a touch of toffee. It’s the kind of quality blend that you’ve come to expect from the family behind Caymus.
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