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
$40.00 $33.00
If you are Pinot Noir enthusiast and you have yet to fill your cellar with some wines from Jesse Lange, then you are making a large mistake. For the last 15 years, no one has made as consistently exciting and elegant Pinot Noirs anywhere in the Willamette Valley.
Jesse has achieved everything one possibly could while at his family’s winery. He’s been on the cover of wine magazines, has been recognized as a Rising Star in American Pinot Noir and most recently was recognized as Winemaker of the Year at the 2022 Oregon Wine Awards.
If you’ve met Jesse (which I have), he is the last one to beat his chest and say look at me. Instead, the laid-back winemaker rather stay out of the light and go fly fishing as much as possible when not at the winery. But considering the guy happens to look a little bit like a movie star and makes exceptional wines, plenty of people are always looking.
His ‘Classique’ Pinot Noir is one of the very best Willamette Valley bottlings that you’re going to find anywhere. I have it on the same level as the likes of Bergstrom, Patricia Green, Lemelson and Ken Wright. He makes his wine utilizing his three estate vineyards all within the coveted Dundee HIlls appellation. Here, the rustic volcanic soils formed more than 14 million years ago, helps create some of the most expressive, elegant Pinot Noir in the world.
The 2022 vintage is a standout, with critics and wine enthusiasts alike praising its complexity and balance. On the nose, expect to find inviting aromas of red berries, floral notes, and a hint of spice, while the palate is greeted with flavors of ripe cherry, raspberry, and a touch of earthiness. The wine’s silky-smooth texture and vibrant acidity make it a joy to drink, with a long, lingering finish that will leave you craving more.
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93 Points, Decanter
A melange of bright berries mingles with perfectly paired spice in this fresh and zesty Willamette Valley blend from Lange. The palate offers mouthfuls of bright cranberries, blood orange zest and candied raspberry flavours. A savoury freshness follows with fresh wintergreen and white pepper—an alluring wine of freshness and verve with a laser-focused minerality and bright acid lift.
97 Points (Cellar Selection), Wine Enthusiast
“Quietly powerful, dense with alluring oak spices and late-picked fruit flavors, this full-bodied, velvet-textured Cabernet-dominant blend is generous and inviting to drink, but also balanced and structured for the long haul. Concentrated, deep and layered, it is meant for drinking with appreciative friends or family in the future. Best from 2027–2040.”
2016 happens to be one of the highest rated ever (98pts, Wine Spectator) so it was no surprise that this year’s made the cut. The 2016 Riserva which was just released, is an intense version steeped in complex layers of flavor. It’s compact and well built with a touch of leather that compliments dark cherries, fresh licorice and a hint of cocoa all framed on a mineral backbone.
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.
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.