Find Us
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
$28.00 $22.20
For producers like Sonia Bailly and her tiny family domaine the heart of Sancerre, they were really hoping for restaurants like our friends at Keith McNally’s Balthazar (who supply the outrageous mini-pastries we serve at bunch at Barrel and Roost) would reopen sometime soon as nearly the entirety of her US allocation was reserved as the house Sancerre of one of the busiest restaurants in the world.
There were very few things better in life than brunch at the Balthazar, the perfect omelette, a celebrity or two at the bar and a glass of Sonia’s electric Sancerre. I’m holding out that that scenario will play out before the end of 2020 but in the meantime, we’re going to help out. What could have been had for $20 a glass can now be yours for $20 a bottle when you go all in on a case. And believe me, this is a case buy.
Don’t miss it.
90 Points, James Suckling
The 2018 Mount Nelson Sauvignon Blanc is an absolute delight – full of the zip and pep you’ve come to expect from almost all New Zealand SB, but also with an amazing minerality – most likely attributed to the fact that the vineyard is practically dry farmed and sits atop ancient stony river deposits.
95 Points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
The deep brown clay soils of the Haut-Lieu plateau provide the typical fruitiness and freshness wonderfully in Huet’s 2019 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Sec. Ripe pear, tangerine and orange fruits with notes of lemon grass and green pimientos intertwined with very fine chalky and later tobacco notes give a remarkably fine, elegant and harmonious, subtly complex and simply gorgeous bouquet with floral (lime blossom!) and yeasty aromas that are immediately attractive. Delicate and linear on the palate, this is a pure, fresh, bone-dry, lean and textured, highly refined and perfectly interwoven Chenin with persistent purity, finesse, salty-mineral tension and very fine tannins. Highly finessed and so pure and vivacious! This is a chalky picture-book Haut-Lieu that can age for many years, even though it is already dangerously seductive! There was no dry Le Haut-Lieu produced in 2018, but the 2019 is possibly the finest, most delicate and elegant I’ve had in recent years, at least at this early stage. A terrific and buoyant Vouvray that any Chenin lover should try—or, better yet, cellar!
Domaine de Pouy has been one of France’s best white wine producers for decades. Robert Parker, Jr. himself spent years gushing over the wines, calling it “the best white wine value in the world”, “always one of my favorite wines to drink” and that the “exuberant, super-aromatic white was one of the best in Cotes de Gascogne, a region known for some of the most interesting and affordable wines anywhere.
Almondo Roero Arneis Bricco delle Ciliegie Le Rive (Gold Label) 2018 is made from the estate’s oldest single plot of vines within the already heralded Bricco Delle Ciliegie (hill of cherries). This is only the second vintage of this label but it’s already considered by many to be one of the best white wines in all of Italy. Peaches, pears, and a hint of almonds on the nose. The mouth is dense and fleshy, full of bright fruit, minerality and salinity notes throughout with a touch of spice that’s the highlight of a finish that never seems to quit. A masterpiece.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.