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
$60.00 $48.99
In the Fall of 2008, Issue #179 of Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate arrived in subscriber mailboxes. It contained an exhaustive report on the 2007 vintage, one that Parker described as the best since 1978.
If Beaucastel’s Homage de Jacques Perrin led the charge with a perfect 100pt score, it was Parker’s review of the first releases from brilliant enologist, Xavier Vignon, that took collectors by surprise.
In late 2008, I flew to Paris. While everyone zipped down to Orange by train, I’m the moron who won’t get on a train and had to rent a car. After a two hour catnap, I took a cold shower and met Xavier Vignon for dinner at Restaurant Beaugravieres.
Between Xavier’s spiel on the importance of ph in wine along with tasting some of the most famous CdPs from the 07 vintage, my head was spinning coming out of this multi hour lunch.
After tasting one of Xavier’s own Chateauneuf-du-Papes in the context of all those powerhouse wines of the appellation, I locked into 240 bottles over a year before it was released, then returned to Middletown wondering what the heck I was going to do with all that Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
The rest is pretty much Nicholas Wines history and our friendship continues to this day. So when an Austrian importer called to finally arrange for the belated pick up of their coveted 2016 allocation – Xavier gave me the call.
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92 Points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
The 2016 Chateauneuf du Pape is a full-bodied blend of 60% Grenache, 30% Mourvèdre and 10% Syrah, aged in a mix of concrete and wood vessels. Ripe stone fruit, raspberries and cherries cascade across the palate, framed by creamy-supple tannins and mouthwatering acids. While approachable now, there’s enough structure to warrant cellaring for up to a decade.
A perennial favorite, this wine constantly garners the accolades it deserves. It’s a terrific wine– one of the best to come from Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Weight | 2 lbs |
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Great with red meat, poultry or even some carpaccio or tuna tartare.
In the 2020 vintage in Gevrey-Chambertin, yields were super low and temperatures were hotter than most Burgundian winemakers are accustomed. Many picked too late when the sugars were high and the fruit really ripe, but that was not the play. Still, Ann remained as cool in those hot temps as she did so many years ago in Napa, concentrating more on acid levels than sugars and picking at just the right time. This wine is absolutely singing – it’s an age-worthy beauty that should be even better in 4-7 years.
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.
90 Points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Xavier Vignon’s brand spanking new CDR 100% is a thing of beauty. It’s already got a blessing from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate who described this wine as, “Full-bodied, concentrated and supple”. This is a gorgeous and intricate blend that features all of the Southern Rhone appellations. This year, the blend was 40% Grenache, 25% Mourvedre, 15% Syrah, 7% Cinsault, 7% Marselan, 6% Terret Noir. Nobody can do it like the mad scientist, Xavier Vignon.
94 Points, Tasting Panel
This is a really exciting new release in the collection of single-vineyards from the Wagner Family, and arguably the most interesting one of the bunch. This is the only Pinot Noir in the Caymus collection that has the advantage of being from a natural Pinot Noir haven in the Russian River Valley. Dairyman Vineyard’s proximity to the pacific ocean, with its morning fog and afternoon coastal breezes allows for an even and elongated growing season, with super concentrated and expressive grape clusters that help make this Dijon clone Pinot Noir one that you need.
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