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
$140.00 $63.00
It doesn’t get any more in-the-family than brothers Nick and Andy Peay driving up and down the coast in a beat up jalopy looking for the perfect plot of land that they could buy to plant a vineyard. The small site they settled on had an excellent view when it wasn’t obstructed by the dense fog that rolled in daily. Nick called the site, “a refrigerator with a fan blowing on it.” It was from this fog-enshrouded hilltop above a river gorge, about four miles from the Pacific Ocean that has since become nothing short of Sonoma Coast legend.
The first few years they sold off their fruit to neighboring wineries, becoming the secret ingredient in more than a few top bottlings from the Sonoma Coast. That’s when Vanessa Wong, Winemaker for Peter Michael at the time (formerly: Château Lafite-Rothschild, Franciscan) first came across the luscious fruit from this special site. She was immediately blown away, but equally confused. “Why are you selling this?” she asked Andy when tasting the fruit off the vine. “This is the best fruit I’ve ever tasted.”
It didn’t take long, Vanessa left Peter Michael to join the Peay Vineyards team. A little while after that, she joined the family too when she married Nick. Together, husband and wife run the winemaking operation and Andy focuses on sales. What started as a little secret treasure chest of estate-grown fruit, has expanded in size but remained true to their family roots.
The family trio became a force to be reckoned with and a critical darling in no time. The accolades poured in. A full feature in the Wall Street Journal was followed by Eric Asimov of the New York Times proclamation that Peay is “making wines with rare intensity and precision”. The San Francisco Gate and Wine & Spirits Magazine awarded Peay Vineyards the coveted ‘Winery of the Year’ distinction within two years of one another. And that’s not even mentioning the dozens of high-flying scores Peay has received from the more traditional wine press.
The 2019 Pomarium Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir is a big, powerful dark-fruited gem. At this stage it’s a little bit of a sleeping giant. This one is built for the long haul, and will take a little time to open up, but in a few years, this will be one of your better Pinot Noirs in the cellar.
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96 Points, James Suckling
Aromas of red fruit and berries, red apples and cinnamon. Medium-to full-bodied with fine, grippy tannins and good breadth on the palate. There is a degree of loftiness to the way this wine glides over the expansive and nuanced palate. Rather charming. Best after 2024.
94 Points, Parker’s Wine Advocate
The 2019 Estate Pinot Noir Pomarium is pretty and transparent this year, with earthy red berry fruits and spicy accents on the nose. The palate is silky and super fresh, with an uplifted, spicy finish. Youthfully coiled at this moment, its graininess and freshness will allow it to age well in bottle.
Peay has quickly cemented itself in the top pantheon of Sonoma wineries.
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#24 Wine of the Year (2022), Wine Spectator
92 Points, Wine Spectator – 91 Points, James Suckling
“This supple red shows a core of cherry and plum fruit allied to olive, juniper and tobacco notes. Delivers well-integrated tannins and acidic structure, lingering nicely on the finish.”
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.
Winemaker Kian Tavakoli (Opus One, Clos du Val) continues to excel even while others struggle. In 2017, he still managed to deliver a beautiful and opulent Napa Valley Cabernet that’s both dark and juicy. The wine hails from both Coombsville and Rutherford, giving it distinct characteristics and a lot of drive. Deep ruby to the rim with excellent concentration, notes of Bing cherries, raspberry pie and hints of vanilla. On the palate, big wonderfully jammy fruit with young but impressive tannins and great length. The finish leaves notes of black cherry, and baked blueberry pie. Fantastic Napa value.
With seemingly infinite access to some of the absolute very best vineyards in the most choice AVAs in the valley, the Wagner’s set out to make Quilt– a Cabernet blend from a patchwork of the top sites in Napa (Oakville, St Helena, Atlas Peak, Coombsville, Calistoga, and Howell Mountain.) The brand new 2021 edition is a beauty – deeply concentrated, rich and a truly show stopping Cabernet. It’s a dark, hedonistic blend that combines elegance with power and pairs the two together effortlessly.
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