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
Inflation seems to have hit CDP more than even top-flight Bordeaux. Wines I used to recommend priced in the $30s are now in the $60s. The occasional splurge for Hommage a Jacques Perrin (I just looked into that) is going for $400! CDP in the $20s, well, those don’t even exist any more.
So in my pursuit to bring Grenache back down to reality, I had to get off the beaten trail. My pursuit led me off the coast of Italy to the large island of Sardinia. Here the Grenache grows in arid, sandy soil that forces the roots deep into the soil for resources, naturally keeping yields tiny and flavors concentrated. Then – just like the more westerly end of CDP, those vines find deep layers of limestone adding refreshing minerality.
The 2018 Mora & Memo “Nau” Cannonau 2018 is drawn from a single 30-year-old parcel on the family-owned estate. Big and brash – just like CDP can be in warmer vintages – Mora & Memo’s Cannonau (Italian for Grenache) is outstanding. Perfectly balanced with luscious red fruits, the only thing better is the price. Ours is the lowest price in the country on cases (if you can find it).
But snatch this one up now, because the critics have caught on. Ian D’Agata of Vinous recently gave this one 94 points and a glowing review. Luckily, I was already locked in for our 20 case allocation. Read the review below.. After you’ve hit the buy button.
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94 Points, Vinous Media
Deep ruby-red. Aromas and flavors of red cherry, tar, smoke, and orange peel. Big juicy and dense, boasting insidious sweetness and outstanding acid-fruit balance, this finishes long and powerful. Multilayered yet very easy to drink. Well done.
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Dried meats, Antipasta, poultry, pork, mature, hard cheeses.
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 newly released Fiancetto Howell Mt. Cabernet is a dream – a gorgeous, elegant dark-fruited Cabernet Sauvignon that is it picks up time in the glass, unfurls its full signature of cedar laced cassis nose and mid palate of chocolate-covered cherries and savory spices. Only four palates of this (224 cases) were made off a gorgeous, sprawling high elevation spot 1500 feet above sea level. It’s full and plush and finishes fresh and oh so long. The price is crazy for Howell Mountain Cabernet but that’s what Ry Richards and Fiancetto is all about.
Winemaker Pascal Sirat consistently puts out some of the best value Bordeaux in the region but he may have outdone himself in what was a stellar 2019 vintage throughout the region. Just south of Pomerol, the vines at Panchille borrow deep in the soil. The resulting wines are ripe but fresh, with an aromatic complexity and stony finish usually reserved for wine twice the price. Daniel Boulud tells me it’s been the hottest bottle of wine at Bar Boulud for over a month, so I figured I’d better hurry up and secure my allocation! Don’t miss it.
At J Vineyards, Nicole is nothing short of a magician, making 30 different skus or more each vintage between her Pinots, Chardonnays, and Sparkling wines. For the vineyard’s flagship Russian River Valley Pinot Noir, up to 100 individual small lots are combined to make this great wine. Somehow, the blend is effortless–a quintessential RRV Pinot that has those soaring aromatics, bright red fruits, clove, and nutmeg spice with perfect balance.
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