2013 Marguet Pere & Fils - Avize & Cramant Grand CruColour : White Producer : Marguet Pere & Fils Label Name : Avize & Cramant Grand Cru Country : France Region : Champagne Variety : Chardonnay Vintage : 2013 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Tasting Note : Benot Marguet also makes it a point of honour not to add sulphur. The final champagne expresses the grape's typical citrus and lemon zest notes, plus some hints of crme ptissire, vanilla and mocha from its time in wood. The palate is beautifully

Production is extremely small

La Grande Rue

Colour : Red Producer : Frescobaldi Label Name : Giramonte Country : Italy Region : Tuscany Sub Region : Toscana IGT Variety : Proprietary Blend Vintage : 2008 Capacity : 750 ml - Standard Bottle Ratings : Vinous 90 pts

Wine Enthusiast 94 pts

and the most recent bottle I pulled from my cellar is the finest I've encountered to date

fluid style

On the palate

placing it in the range of reliable but not exceptional recent Yquem vintages (the outstanding years of 2009 and 2001 both received 98/100 aggregates)

freshness and transparency

where a curl of woodsmoke lingers

Colour : Red Producer : Rhys Label Name : Pinot Noir Porcupine Hill Bearwallow Vineyard Country : USA Region : California Sub Region : North Coast Appellation : Mendocino County Variety : Pinot Noir Vintage : 2016 Capacity : 750 ml - Standard Bottle Note: All images are for illustrative purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product

the wine’s gentle tannins and oak integration are the result of careful extraction and maturation techniques