We received this 90+ Wine Club shipment from Wired For Wine® in October, 2017.
A Perfect Wine Club for Foodies
Maybe you’re a wine club veteran always on the hunt for great value and great wine. Maybe you’ve never joined a wine club but you’re ready to jump in. Either way, you’re probably looking for three things: 1) Great prices 2) Convenient wine buying and 3) Someone to tell you what’s good. You should also be looking for a 100% satisfaction guarantee since you’re trusting someone else to pick out your wine for you.
The 90+ Wine Club from Wired For Wine® checks all of the boxes, and then some. As we tasted our way through the June 2017 shipment (Wired For Wine® is a quarterly wine club that ships 12-bottle cases), we were surprised at how good these “$14 wines” were, and delighted by the mercurial selection of grapes, regions, and styles.
There’s some kind of magic juju going on here. As self-described foodies who only sell acclaimed wine at a discount, they’re clearly their own perfect customers, so they buy for what they want to drink and pair with meals, seasonally. A delightful mix of wines from around the world, from top wine producing areas and lesser known regions, in a variety of styles, and a broad selection of grape varieties and blends. Something for a special meal every week.
P2 is shorthand for 'second plenitude', reflecting the house philosophy that Champagne experiences three different but equally wonderful stages in aging, captured in three different Dom Perignon releases: the 'regular' vintage wines, which have been aged on the lees for 7-8 years before disgorgement; the P2 wines which see 12-14 years on the lees; and finally the even rarer P3 wines, which undergo more than 20 years lees aging. Let's recap: this is a Champagne that Dom Perignon has designated premium. Less is made of it than their straight vintage Dom, so it's more rare. You won't find it on the shelf of your corner liquor store, or in too many other places either.
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Long Shadows is the name of a portfolio of 6 brands that began in 2000 as an exercise to demonstrate the world class quality of Washington State viticulture. In 2003, Allen Shoup selected master winemakers from around the world whom he felt could showcase the pinnacle of what the noble varietals/blends, grown on the best sites in the Columbia Valley, could achieve. He partnered with each of them on their projects and gave them creative license and necessary resources to develop each project as they saw fit.
Every year each of the wines receives high ratings from the likes of Robert Parker, Jr., Jeb Dunnuck and other highly respected wine publications.
The 2019 release of six bottles comes in a beautiful wooden winery crate:
Randy Dunn (Dunn Vineyards Napa Valley) Feather Cabernet Sauvignon 2016, rated 95pts by Jeb Dunnuck.
Michel Rolland (Le Bon Pasteur and others) Pedestal Merlot 2016, rated 95pts by Jeb Dunnuck.
Philippe Melka (Lail, Hundred Acre, Matisse and others) and Agustin Huneeus, Sr. (Quintessa) Pirouette 2016 (Bordeaux blend), rated 97pts by Jeb Dunnuck .
John Duval (Penfolds Grange, John Duval Wines) Sequel Syrah 2016, rated 93pts by Jeb Dunnuck.
Ambrogio and Giovanni Folonari (from Tuscany) Saggi Super Tuscan 2016, rated 94pts by Jeb Dunnuck.
Gilles Nicault (Woodward Canyon) and Allen Shoup (Chateau Ste. Michelle) Chester-Kidder Cabernet/Syrah Blend 2016, rated 94pts by James Suckling.
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Rated 95pts by Decanter Magazine
Each bottle hand finished with French pewter labels, polished, and individually presented in a hand-crafted wooden gift box.
Decanter: "This is a three-way assemblage: three grape varieties – and equal percentage of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with 20% of Pinot Meunier – and a blend of 3 vintages, 2009, 2010 and 2012. The nose is full of flavours and rich with notes of white flowers and crème patissière. However, the palate is crisp, fresh and delicate with a lovely creamy texture. It is elegant, refined and very stylish (unlike the bottle!). It’s a pleasant combination of power and concentration blended with finesse and elegance. While the dosage is 9g/l, it feels much drier, more like a 5g/l and this probably due to the spinal cord of acidity." Jul 2017
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For anyone with something to celebrate, this bottle of Champagne will add to the pleasure. Champagne can be paired with almost any food, it makes a spectacular aperitif at a dinner party — of two or twenty.
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"Give a unique wine gift basket to your connoisseur or novice friend. In addition to a delicious bottle of Stag's Leap Artemis Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, you get a functional and stylish Italian corkscrew, our favorite pairing how-to read, and a way to keep track of what you drink and like."
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