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 $15.50
Nicholas customers continue to rave about the wines that we’ve offered up from the steep hillsides of the snow-capped Dolemite Mountains. I can’t tell you how many times people tell me how much they love Tiefenbrunner, Muri Gries, Elena Walch and the superstar producer we have today. But why have these wines become so popular? The answer is pretty simple.
While most Pinot Grigio is grown at low elevations for tonnage and then machine harvested – a precious few are given the kind of vineyard care you might expect out of fine white Burgundy. That’s the situation in this precious corner of Alto Adige – because there’s no other choice.
Elevations are much higher and the slopes can be intense. Machine farming at Kurtatsch is not possible. Instead, the low yielding vines are harvested by hand – row by row. Like all great cool-climate wines, the vineyards here benefit from large temperature swings from day to night, which allow for ideal acidity and fruit maturity.
Every year I’ve tasted these wines, there has been at least one 90+ point review attached to the wine. It’s clockwork. Somehow, even with the 2020s just hitting the market, this thing has already picked up a 91-point from James Suckling along with some lavish praise, writing that the wine is “full-bodied”, “racy”, “sleek” and “very refreshing.” That’s a lot more than he usually says!
Coming from 100% stainless steel, this wine hits with such lively fruit, packed with notes of white peach and citrus flavors with a creamy limoncello finish. It’s super bright with a wonderful chalky mineral streak that is unique to the Italian Dolomites. It’s going to be one of your next go-to wines, if it isn’t already from the last vintage.
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91 Points, James Suckling
Here’s a pinot grigio for dry-riesling fans! Effusive, floral aromas (honeysuckle!) and a sleek, racy palate, in spite of the fullish body, where there’s an attractive touch of raisin bread. Very refreshing. Drink now.
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This is a super elegant Meursault from the family-run estate located in the village of Monthelie, between Volnay and Meursault in the heart of Burgundy’s Côte de Beaune. It leads with nutty aromas of brioche, fresh butter and delicate citrus and is extremely well structured, long and stylish with great purity of fruit.
The newly released Riesling Feinherb 2021 is a lively, juicy wine with an elegant bouquet of minerals, wet stone and ripe fruit. On the palate, the wine’s slight off-dry component is beautifully balanced by the steely acidity typical of the Mosel. Because this is freshly released, the fruit is vibrant and succulent and it comes in somewhere between off-dry and semi-sweet. It’s a great example of Riesling, especially at the price.
Gold Medal (Best in Show), 2023 Mundus Vini International Tasting
The area has also been isolated from the rest of Spain for generations, which has kept the wine prices far lower than wines of this quality would be anywhere else in the world. That’s why, despite having the Torres family name on the bottle and the consistent huge press (including the Gold Medal & Best in Show at the 2023 Mundus Vini International Wine Awards in Germany), these wines can still be scooped up for under $20/bottle. It’s like the Sancerre pricing of yesteryear.
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.
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