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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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Rüdger van Wyk is the breakout winemaker at Stark-Condé in Stellenbosch. In addition to Jancis’ praise, he won South Africa’s prestigious “Diners Club Young Winemaker of the Year” honor, and seen his wines at Stark-Conde featured in Wine Enthusiast’s ‘Top 100 Wines of the Year’ list.
But not so secretly, the joint venture he launched on the side with José Conde is what drives his passion– and the idea that the brand that he set out to provide, “great-quality at an amazing value” will become a worldwide hit propelling his brand, Kara-Tara into heights few South African producers ever reach on the international scale.
For so long, Oregon Pinots have in my opinion been dominating the new-world Pinot Noir scene, and making so many exciting wines. But with the wine economics in South Africa once again pushing product back to American shores, I’ve been blown away with the quality. Today’s Pinot Noir is a dead ringer for a $50 Oregon Pinot. It’s so fresh and fleshy with red and black fruits, currants, and a hint of bramble and sage on the finish. It’s pure, high-altitude, cool-climate Pinot Noir that will blow you away.
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91 Points, Neil Martin – Vinous
The 2019 Pinot Noir Kara-Tara has a fresh, pure bouquet of wild strawberry and red cherry scents that gain intensity with aeration. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity. Quite compact and concentrated for a Pinot, but it retains delineation on the chalky-textured finish. This is a very commendable, quite delicious Pinot Noir.
90 Points, Tim Atkin, MW – Decanter
Kara-Tara is the personal project of Rüdger van Wyk, the brilliantly talented young winemaker at Stark-Condé. Made from a combination of Elgin, Durbanville and Hemelen-Aarde Ridge fruit, it’s an appealing, medium-weight Pinot Noir with redcurrant and pomegranate flavours and some texture and spice from 15% whole bunches.
94 Pts, Jasper Morris (Inside Burgundy) – 93 Pts, Wine Spectator
This is an exceptional premier cru offering from one of the most famous, most collected Burgundy producers. Clos des Porrets is a monopole, purchased by the Gouges family in 1933. Grégory claims it produces wine with the best potential of long aging within his range of wines. It has old vines rooted in pink limestone and rich clay, producing dynamite Nuits Saint Georges. Aromatically complex, with violets, black cherries and a touch of Burgundian earth. This is truly extraordinary red Burgundy, an epic wine of power with finesse and just amazing potential.
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.
93 Points, James Suckling – 92 Points, Wine Spectator – 92 Points, Parker’s Wine Advocate
San Giorgio Ugolforte is the sister winery of Poggio di Sotto. Their 2017 presents a dark core of red and black berry fruit layered with earth, leather, smoke, and herbs. It’s a complex and elegant expression, that presents a full mouthfeel that is firm in tannin structure. The refreshing acidity frames a graceful finish. Just a classic Brunello di Montalcino.
94 Points, Jeb Dunnuck
This is a historic estate that is one of the best and oldest in the region and arguably the first to bottle their own estate CDP. Their newly released 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape is a total gem – a seamless blend of mainly Grenache, Mourvedre and Syrah with a little Cinsault blended in. Wine Spectator called the wine, “silky” and elegant and Jeb Dunnuck took it up a step further when he declared the wine, “a big winner, with the vintage’s purity and elegance front and center” in his rave 94-point review.
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