2000's

Scarpa
2000 Antica Casa Vinicola Scarpa Dolcetto d’Acqui Vendemmia Tardiva
Every once in a while, we come across a mature wine that way over-delivers. Our most recent example is this 19 year-old Dolcetto! In some cases, you may find a bottle of with this type of age and price tag and say to yourself, “there is NO way this...
$39.99
$25.99
2000 Smith Woodhouse Vintage Port
Smith Woodhouse
2000 Smith Woodhouse Vintage Port
Wine Spectator: 95 Points  Now we are talking. Wow. Aromas of licorice, flowers and crushed blackberries. Full-bodied and medium sweet, with lovely smooth, fine tannins and a long, sweet fruit finish. Greatest young Vintage Port of Smith...
$99.97
2002 Baumard Quarts de Chaume
2002 Baumard Quarts de Chaume
Wine Spectator: 97 Points Loaded with mango, quince and fig fruit that works harmoniously with green almond, floral and mineral notes. Terrific creamy texture hides the latent acidity while the flavors glaze your palate on the finish. Both pure and...
$124.99
2002 Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Emidio Pepe
2002 Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Wine Spectator: 95 PointsDark and tightly wound, with iron, wild herb and cocoa notes backed by full tannins wrapping the firm dark cherry and plum skin notes, ending with dark tar, graphite and bitter almond. Hide this in the cellar for a few years...
$209.97
2003 Château d'Yquem Sauternes
Château d'Yquem
2003 Château d'Yquem Sauternes
James Suckling: 98 Points  A massive Yquem, this has a dense palate that is almost chewy like a red. Full and very sweet, with notes of dried apricot, pineapple, and papaya on the palate. Long, with a vanilla-coconut tart finish. What a wine,...
$374.99
2004 Bodegas Arzuaga Ribera del Duero Gran Reserva
Bodegas Arzuaga
2004 Bodegas Arzuaga Ribera del Duero Gran Reserva
Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar:Bright ruby. Oak-spiced cherry and raspberry aromas are complicated by suggestions of pipe tobacco, licorice and vanilla. Smoky and sweet on the palate, offering smooth red fruit compote flavors and a good wallop...
$124.99
2004 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon Montelena Estate Napa
Chateau Montelena
2004 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon Montelena Estate Napa
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 95 Points  A classic, old style Napa Cabernet Sauvignon, Montelena’s 2004 reveals beautiful purity along with lots of creme de cassis fruit, a full-bodied mouthfeel, and a long finish. By Montelena...
$174.97
2004 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc
Domaine Jean-Louis Chave
2004 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc
Wine Spectator: 97 Points  Very rich, but cuts like a knife, with dried apricot, marzipan and wet stone notes leading the way for richer flavors of candle wax, heather, honey and white peach on the back end. The long, extremely taut finish...
$235.99
2004 E. Guigal Cote Rotie La Turque
E. Guigal
2004 E. Guigal Cote Rotie La Turque
Vinous:  95 Points Saturated red. Deep, concentrated aromas of kirsch, cola and blackcurrant, with mounting smokiness and Indian spice qualities. Livelier on the palate, offering sweet raspberry and cherry-cola flavors, velvety texture and a strong...
$449.99
2004 Niepoort Colheita Port
Niepoort
2004 Niepoort Colheita Port
WINERY NOTES: Colheita Ports are Tawnies which come from a single vintage and are aged in 550 L old barrels for a minimum period of 7 years prior to bottling. This wine is a delicious way to end off a meal and also matches very well with desserts, dried...
$47.97
2004 Niepoort Colheita Port 375ml
Niepoort
2004 Niepoort Colheita Port 375ml
WINERY NOTES:  Colheita Ports are Tawnies which come from a single vintage and are aged in 550 L old barrels for a minimum period of 7 years prior to bottling. This wine is a delicious way to end off a meal and also matches very well with desserts,...
$27.97
2005 Chateau Castelnau Suduiraut Sauternes 375 ml
Chateau Castelnau Suduiraut
2005 Chateau Castelnau Suduiraut Sauternes 375 ml (half Bottle)
Classified as a First Growth in 1855, the beautiful estate of Suduiraut is located just down the road from Yquem and is owned by the AXA Company. Planted to 90% Semillon and 10% Sauvignon Blanc, it is undeniably one of the great estates of Sauternes. 'At...
$22.50
2005 Château Malescot St. Exupery Margaux 6L
Château Malescot St. Exupery
2005 Château Malescot St. Exupery Margaux 6L
Winemaker Note:The Chateau Malescot St. Exupery is a dark color with a fine crimson tint. The wine offers notes of ripe fruit, mocha and vanilla along with powerful yet harmonious and smooth tannins.  Wine Spectator: 97...
$2,250.99
2005 Château Rayne Vigneau Sauternes
Château Rayne Vigneau
2005 Château Rayne Vigneau Sauternes
Wine Enthusiast: 92 Points  While this wine is not powerful, it has elegance to go with the ripe fruit, fresh honey, lemon flavors and a core of dense dryness. With this vintage, Rayne Vigneau seems to be back where its vineyard, next to Yquem,...
$99.97
2005 Château Rieussec Sauternes
Château Rieussec
2005 Château Rieussec Sauternes
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 96 Points  Tasted blind against the Rieussec 2001 as a comparison, the Château Rieussec 2005 has a more airy bouquet at first and here I find more mineralité on the nose, more precision and focus that...
$89.97
2005 Gaja Costa Russi Langhe
Gaja
2005 Gaja Costa Russi Langhe
Antonio Galloni: 96 PointsThe 2005 Costa Russi shimmers on the palate with extraordinary grace. The wine boasts wonderful depth and richness in its dark red fruit in a round, generous style that offers lovely balance to the tannins. Notes of tar, smoke...
$525.00
2005 Pierre Usseglio "Mon Aieul" Châteauneuf-du-Pape 3L
Pierre Usseglio
2005 Pierre Usseglio "Mon Aieul" Châteauneuf-du-Pape 3L
Wine Spectator: 96 Points  Shows the great embedded structure of the vintage, with a strong graphite undertow pushing the layers of blackberry, boysenberry and plum fruit, while additional sweet spice, mocha and bittersweet cocoa notes fill in...
$799.97
2005 Remoissenet Nuits St. George Les Thoreys 1er Cru 1.5 Li
2005 Remoissenet Nuits St. George Les Thoreys 1er Cru 1.5 Li
The name Remoissenet for serious collectors stands for refined, classicBurgundy wines. A leading light in Beaune for generations, the estatetoday—with new management and fresh talent in the cellar—is nowmore than ever the definitive source...
$199.99
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2006 Benanti Serra della Contessa Etna Rosso
Benanti
2006 Benanti Serra della Contessa Etna Rosso
94 points Wine Enthusiast **Cellar Selection** A stellar, superb wine that embodies all the grace, power and charm of the Mount Etna volcano in Sicily. This highly unique and distinctive territory has shaped an elegant expression of Nerello Mascalese...
$159.97
$159.97
$139.99
2006 Oddero Barolo Vignarionda 10-Year Riserva 1.5L
Oddero Poderi e Cantine
2006 Oddero Barolo Vignarionda 10-Year Riserva 1.5L
Wine Spectator: 95 Points This is coming around, revealing cherry, menthol, tar, tobacco, leather and iron flavors. Complex, with terrific midpalate presence and dense tannins on the finish. The mineral finish is detailed and extensive. Best from 2019...
$349.99
2006 Principiano Barolo Boscareto di Serralunga DOCG 3L
Ferdinando Principiano
2006 Principiano Barolo Boscareto di Serralunga DOCG 3L
Importer's Note:The name “Principiano” has held the same spot on the map of Serralunga di Alba since 1700 A.D. The modern estate was founded back in the 1950‘s by Americo Principiano, Ferdinando’s father. It wasn’t until...
$399.99
2007 Bodegas y Viñedos Artadi Vina El Pison Rioja
Artadi
2007 Bodegas y Viñedos Artadi Vina El Pison Rioja
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 Points:The 2008 Vina el Pison comes from a single vineyard planted in 1945 on pure limestone. It is the epitome of elegance with a sensual bouquet, a silky texture, already complex flavors, and a lengthy, pure finish. It...
$389.97
2007 Calera Pinot Noir Mills Vineyard
Calera
2007 Calera Pinot Noir Mills Vineyard
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate:  95 Points From a 13.1-acre vineyard planted in 1997, the 2007 Pinot Noir Mills Vineyard was cropped at an absurdly low .84 tons of fruit per acre. This beauty offers up notes of forest floor, raspberries, fresh...
$84.99
2007 Domaine Jean Chauvenet Nuits St. Georges Les Vaucrains 1er Cru
Domaine Jean Chauvenet
2007 Domaine Jean Chauvenet Nuits St. Georges Les Vaucrains 1er Cru
Importer's Note:Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains: The “grand cru” of this domaine; recognized as one of the most glorious sites within the appellation, the Chauvenet holdings here are old and produce a wine that embodies all of the...
$139.97
2007 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc
Domaine Jean-Louis Chave
2007 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 95 Points  The exuberant 2007 Hermitage Blanc reveals notes of petroleum, crushed rocks, earth, white currants and peaches, an unctuous texture, high glycerin and good acidity. This big, thick white Hermitage will...
$224.97
2007 Fontodi Vin Santo del Chianti Classico 375 ml (half bottle)
Fontodi
2007 Fontodi Vin Santo del Chianti Classico 375 ml (half bottle)
 Producer's Note:Fontodi has belonged to the Manetti family since 1968. The family has been associated for centuries with another activity typical of the Chianti region, the production of its famous “terrecotte” tiles. And it is in the...
$110.97
2007 Gaja Pieve Santa Restituta Brunello di Montalcino "Rennina"
Gaja
2007 Gaja Pieve Santa Restituta Brunello di Montalcino "Rennina"
95 points Wine Enthusiast *Cellar Selection* Put this beautiful Brunello in your cellar for at least 10–15 more years. Rennina opens with bold oak and cherry tones (that need more time to integrate), followed by plump, rich blackberry flavors,...
$249.99
2007 Niepoort Vintage Port
Niepoort
2007 Niepoort Vintage Port
Wine Enthusiast 96 Points:An impressive, balanced wine from master winemaker Dirk van Niepoort. Chocolate and licorice flavors dominate the fruit, giving a wine that has weight, complexity and at the same time elegance. The tannins offer a dense, dry...
$74.97
2007 Numanthia Termanthia Toro
Numanthia
2007 Numanthia Termanthia Toro
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97+ Points:The 2007 Termanthia is, like the 2007 Numanthia, a bit more accessible than its 2006 counterpart. That is to say that it should begin to become civilized with a mere 6-8 years of cellaring and should offer a...
$224.97
2007 Oddero Barolo Classico 3L
Oddero Poderi e Cantine
2007 Oddero Barolo Classico 3L
Wine Spectator: 91 Points  This lean, angular Barolo is tightly wound, with cherry, tobacco and underbrush notes. Though firmly tannic, this is balanced and long, in a chewy, sinewy style. Best from 2015 through 2030. (4/2012)
$599.99
2007 Oddero Barolo Vignarionda 10-Anni Riserva 1.5L
Oddero Poderi e Cantine
2007 Oddero Barolo Vignarionda 10-Anni Riserva 1.5L
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 95 Points This wine is released ten years after the harvest, giving consumers the opportunity to buy an older vintage of Barolo that has been stored carefully back at the winery. Older-release wines like this are...
$409.99
2007 Remoissenet Beaune Greve 1er Cru 1.5 Liter
2007 Remoissenet Beaune Greve 1er Cru 1.5 Liter
Importer Notes: APPELLATION: Beaune AOCBLEND: 100% Pinot NoirVINEYARDS: Estate-owned vines, cared for biodynamically, are located in the heart of Beaune’s premier cru slope. East-facing, the vineyard has sandy, light soils with lots of...
$149.99
2008 Domaine Jean Grivot Nuits St. Georges Les Roncières 1er Cru
Domaine Jean Grivot
2008 Domaine Jean Grivot Nuits St. Georges Les Roncières 1er Cru
Burghound: 91 Points A very fresh nose of primarily red berry fruit, wet stone and pungent earth nuances that merge into racy, intense and beautifully focused medium-bodied flavors that are supported by unusually fine tannins for this appellation...
$109.97
2008 Espectacle Espectacle del Montsant
2008 Espectacle Espectacle del Montsant
Robert Parker The Wine Advocate:  92 Points The 2008 Espectacle del Montsant has a very distinctive, oyster shell-scented bouquet that expresses its terroir extremely well, hints of fennel emerging with continued aeration. The palate is fleshy in...
$149.99
2008 Ferdinando Principiano Barolo Boscareto di Serralunga DOCG
Ferdinando Principiano
2008 Ferdinando Principiano Barolo Boscareto di Serralunga DOCG
Importer's Note:The name “Principiano” has held the same spot on the map of Serralunga di Alba since 1700 A.D. The modern estate was founded back in the 1950‘s by Americo Principiano, Ferdinando’s father. It wasn’t until...
$129.99
2008 Giorgio Pelissero Barbaresco Vanotu
Giorgio Pelissero
2008 Giorgio Pelissero Barbaresco Vanotu
Winemaker's Note:Intense ruby color, with fruity notes of raspberry and cherry matched and well harmonized with persuasive woody notes of vanilla. Also, typical notes of rose completes with notes of sage, mint, thyme, camomile remain constant over the...
$129.97
2008 Léguillette Romelot Notes Noires Brut
Léguillette Romelot
2008 Léguillette Romelot Notes Noires Brut
Importer's Note:The sleepy village of Charly on the very western frontier of Champagne, is home to a number of interesting producers, none more than this newly-discovered house. It was formed by the union of the two eponymous families in 1968, five years...
$59.97
2008 Monchiero Carbone Printi Roero Riserva DOCG
Monchiero Carbone
2008 Monchiero Carbone Printi Roero Riserva DOCG
Importer's Note:Monchiero Carbone introduced Printi Rosso in 1997 in an effort to produce a wine comparable to the famed structured Piedmontese reds. Their goal was to create a wine that would lend itself to long periods of aging without forfeiting the...
$79.97
Oddero Poderi e Cantine
2008 Oddero Barolo Vignarionda 10- Anni Riserva
The Oddero team, led by the meticulous, quality-obsessed Maria-Cristina Oddero, after much painstaking evaluation of their raw material and bottled wine over the two decades of her administration, have settled on producing two Barolo Riservae, one from...
$164.99
2008 Oddero Barolo Vignarionda 10- Anni Riserva 1.5 Liter
Oddero Poderi e Cantine
2008 Oddero Barolo Vignarionda 10- Anni Riserva 1.5 Liter
The Oddero team, led by the meticulous, quality-obsessed Maria-Cristina Oddero, after much painstaking evaluation of their raw material and bottled wine over the two decades of her administration, have settled on producing two Barolo Riservae, one from...
$379.97
2008 Paolo Scavino Barolo Bric dël Fiasc Riserva
Paolo Scavino
2008 Paolo Scavino Barolo Bric dël Fiasc Riserva
Winemaker's Note: The Barolo D.O.C.G. RISERVA Bric dël Fiasc® 2008 was made in honor of the 30th Anniversary of the Barolo Bric dël Fiasc® vinified as single vineyard Barolo. The 2008 vintage has been also one of the greatest and most...
$339.97
2008 Paolo Scavino Barolo Bric dël Fiasc Riserva 1.5L
Paolo Scavino
2008 Paolo Scavino Barolo Bric dël Fiasc Riserva 1.5L
Winemaker's Note: The Barolo D.O.C.G. RISERVA Bric dël Fiasc® 2008 was made in honor of the 30th Anniversary of the Barolo Bric dël Fiasc® vinified as single vineyard Barolo. The 2008 vintage has been also one of the greatest and most...
$499.99
2008 Querciabella Camartina Toscana IGT
Agricola Querciabella
2008 Querciabella Camartina Toscana IGT
Vinous: 93 Points The 2008 Camartina (70% Cabernet Sauvignon,30% Sangiovese) comes across as rather understated in this vintage. Dark fruit, spices, leather and tobacco are some of the aromas and flavors that take shape in the glass. Mineral notes...
$142.97
2008 Sérafin Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin Le Fonteny 1er Cru
Sérafin Père et Fils
2008 Sérafin Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin Le Fonteny 1er Cru
Importer's Note:The reserved and considered son of a Polish immigrant Christian Sérafin holds a stunning suite of fabulous vineyards which produce intense and structured Côte de Nuits reds which command a fair swathe of new Oak. The fruit...
$134.97
2008 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 3L
Silver Oak
2008 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 3L
The 2008 Napa Valley bottling from Silver Oak is a selection of lots sourced from vineyards throughout the appelation. The Cabernet Sauvignon is blended with 7% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot and was aged in all-new American oak barrels...
$699.99
2009 Aldo Conterno Barolo Granbussia
Aldo Conterno
2009 Aldo Conterno Barolo Granbussia
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 97 PointsThis wine blew me away. The 2009 Barolo Riserva Granbussia is a proud achievement and an expression of rare beauty. This wine will be released this fall, some nine years after the harvest. Only 3,000 bottles were...
$549.99
2009 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Asili
Bruno Giacosa
2009 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Asili
Wine Spectator: 93 Points This rich red is packed with floral, sweet cherry, strawberry and anise aromas and flavors with a hint of menthol that stand up to the dusty tannins. An elegant wine, offering a long and satisfying finish, with a balanced...
$194.97
2009 Chateau Guiraud Sauternes 1er Grand Cru 375ml (half bottle)
Chateau Guiraud
2009 Chateau Guiraud Sauternes 1er Grand Cru 375ml (half bottle)
Winemaker Notes#5 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2012Interesting nose with a bit of an edge - really appetising as well as very sweet. I failed to spit this one - always a good sign. Very long and a good combination of structure, acidity and very ripe fruit...
$49.97
2009 Château Rabaud-Promis Sauternes Premier Cru Classe
Château Rabaud-Promis
2009 Château Rabaud-Promis Sauternes Premier Cru Classe
Winemaker's Note:Full and intense, this vintage envelops you in its aromas of honeyed yellow fruit, apricot jam, quince paste, exotic fruit with a hint of lemon balm.Wine Enthusiast: 96 Points Great acidity here, but allied with considerable...
$62.97
2009 Château Suduiraut Sauternes 750ml
Château Suduiraut
2009 Château Suduiraut Sauternes 750ml
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 98 points: The 2009 is one of the greatest wines ever produced from the estate. It has a riveting bouquet of quince, honey, pear and a touch of clarified butter that is beautifully defined, offering scents of yellow flowers...
$119.97
2009 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape 3L
Clos des Papes
2009 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape 3L
  Wine Spectator: 96 Points  Sinewy and reserved, with a light dusting of cocoa powder over the tangy damson plum, red licorice and cassis notes. The long, supple finish, with a lovely wafting note of Lapsang souchong tea, is packed with...
$999.99
2009 Geoffroy Cuvee Empreinte Brut
2009 Geoffroy Cuvee Empreinte Brut
-Richard Juhlin, 4000 Champagnes“The Geoffroy family have been winemakers since the seventeenth century and the property has stayed in the family for almost 400 years, uninterrupted. In addition to prime parcels in Cumières, the family has...
$56.97
2009 Grand Vin de Château Latour Pauillac
Château Latour
2009 Grand Vin de Château Latour Pauillac
Winemaker's Note:Great concentration and a previously unseen quantity of tannins characterized the wines, which possessed extraordinary aromatic intensity, freshness and precision. Rich, ripe and mineral, with a very long, lingering finish. An...
$1,699.00
2009 Isole e Olena Cepparello IGT Toscana
Isole e Olena
2009 Isole e Olena Cepparello IGT Toscana
Cepparello was a Super Tuscan before being a Super Tuscan was cool. In fact, many people credit Isole e Olena proprietor Paolo De Marchi with producing, in Cepparello, the very first wine of the genre back in 1980.  His dissatisfaction with the...
$129.99
2009 Jean-Michel Gaunoux Meursault Les Gouttes d'Or 1er Cru
Sometimes, as I often say, it’s better to be lucky than good, and so it was that we were in the right place at the right time when three cases of Jean-Michel Gaunoux’s ethereal 2009 Meursault Gouttes d’Or became available from a recent...
$99.99
$84.99
Lopez de Heredia
2009 Lopez de Heredia Tondonia Rosado Gran Reserva
Viña Tondonia Rosado Gran Reserva is very different rosé of than we are used to. This difference is due to its blend as for its intense and long aging in wood. This rosé is the only one with Gran Reserva category. Made from selected...
$199.99
2009 Maximin Grunhaus Herren Riesling Eiswein 375ml (half bottle)
2009 Maximin Grunhaus Herren Riesling Eiswein 375ml (half bottle)
Robert Parker The Wine Advocate: Harvested on December 19 and pressed until on the 20th juice finally began running, the 2009 Maximin Grunhauser Herrenberg Riesling Eiswein represents what flowed later and under less solidly-frozen conditions. Candied...
$227.97
2009 Poderi Aldo Conterno Barolo Romirasco
Poderi Aldo Conterno
2009 Poderi Aldo Conterno Barolo Romirasco
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 96 Points  The 2009 Barolo Romirasco is an incredibly rich and powerful wine and by far the most elaborate of the bunch. Those oak-driven notes of spice and toasted nut will require many more years of bottle aging...
$199.97
2009 Valdicava Brunello di Montalcino Madonna del Piano Riserva
Valdicava
2009 Valdicava Brunello di Montalcino Madonna del Piano Riserva
  Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 95 Points The 2009 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Madonna del Piano is an expressive and articulate wine that speaks highly of Sangiovese and the Montalcino territory. The wine offers a pristine narrative of...
$299.97
2009 Valentin Zusslin Riesling Pfingstberg Grand Cru Alsace
Valentin Zusslin
2009 Valentin Zusslin Riesling Pfingstberg Grand Cru Alsace
Hand Harvested Organic/Biodynamic/Equivalent Suitable for Vegans. Suitable for Vegetarians. Total Sulphites: 49 mg/L This wine is fermented spontaneously. Valentin Zusslin Wine Estate is established in Orschwihr (Alsace), surrounded by the slopes of...
$67.99