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Finca Tacuil RD Malbec Cabernet | 2022 | Calchaquí Valley, Argentina

The Backcountry Blend

200+ yr old winery
8,000+ feet
Winemaker behind Mayuco and Tacana
Organically grown
Hand-harvested
No oak

If you’ve had a bottle of Tacana or Mayuco, then you know winemaker Raúl Dávalos and his bodega at Tacuil. With “RD” (named for his father, of whom it is said that he defended his land from socialist expropriators by welcoming unannounced visitors with a rifle), we add another stellar – yet rarely available – vintage to our collection.

If this is your first Dávalos wine, here’s a summary: Raúl’s ancestor, Spanish general Don Nicolás Severo de Isasmendi, first arrived in the Calchaquí Valley during a series of frontier wars of byzantine complexity in their aims and belligerent. He founded what is now the oldest winery in Argentina, with French vines carried over the Andes by his daughter Ascensión. Two hundred years later, in his isolated little valley, Raúl still hews to the old ways – wild yeast, organic grapes, unfiltered, unoaked. This RD is enigmatic on the nose, but full bodied on the palate with classic Calchaquí berries and herbs.

Sierra Lima Alfa Corte De Blancas | 2022 | Salta, Argentina

6,200-8,500 feet 
Sauvignon Blanc, Torrontes Riojano
Only 2,500 bottles produced

This Salta, Argentina white blend (50% Sauvignon Blanc and 50% Torrontes Riojano) by winemaker Francisco “Pancho” Morelli Rubio comes from Molinos (8,500 feet above sea level), and Angastaco (6,200 feet above sea level), respectively. Vinified with spontaneous fermentation from native yeast colonies in stainless steel tanks for 6 months; 30% of the wine is then aged for 12 months in French oak barrels. Organic agronomic practices (not certified). Total production only 2,500 bottles.

La Cave Du Vieil Armand Rendez-Vous Pinot Noir | 2020 | Alsace, France

The Pine Forest Gold

2,962 bottles only
Gold Medal Lyon 2021
Pinot noir

Vieil Armand Wine Estate is an 80-family Alsatian cooperative winery situated just half an hour from the German border. The majority of them are still cultivating family vineyards they have worked for more than 4 generations, and Alsatian pinot is now a real contender with the Burgundians to the south.

Vieil Armand practices sustainable agriculture through the French “High Environmental Value” program. Level 3 is the highest level, providing the certification HVE (high environmental value) for the entire farm operation. To attain this level winemakers must meet performance requirements on biodiversity, use of pesticides, fertilizers, water management.

Rendez-Vous comes from four distinct plots over marl and sandstone. The wine sat in oak for 12 months – exactly what the grapes needed after the broiling 2020 season. You can smell the forest here with notes of dark cherry and woodland berries; in the mouth a wine at first bold, then silky with a long, delicate finish. This is an extremely limited production, with nice aging potential.

Mascaró Cava Gran Reserva | 2014 | Catalonia, Spain

The Champagne of Spain

Champagne method
Perellada, Macabeo, Chardonnay
Gold Medal Winner – San Francisco Intl. Wine Competition 2021

“Time is to cava what fire is to cooking,” says winemaker Montserrat Mascaró. Surrounded by forest, Mascaró watches the bees and butterflies, the foliage on the trees and brambles and vines, the bud break and the way the sap flows, in order to determine when to prune, to harvest (by hand), and to observe how to “respect [the] vineyard’s cycles of life”.

As in Champagne, the sparkle happens in bottle (not tank), and each bottle then ages underground before release. With a golden color and fine bubbles (note how they run in continuous strings from each bead), fruit on the nose with some hazelnut and brioche, then a round, lingering mouthfeel, this is a sparkler you can serve with anything, any time. Drink within the year, serve very cold, and store in a stand up position.

Auctioneer Cabernet Sauvignon | 2018 | Napa Valley, California

A tribute to Michael Broadbent, MW

60% new oak, 40% used
Cab sauv, merlot, & petit verdot

This isn’t one of those insufferable, velvet loafer Napa cabs. Trevor Sheehan, the guy who made this wine, sold his first vintage out of his car (a few barrels of cabernet from Howell Mountain, a high elevation AVA known for deep, complex reds).

In 2020 Trevor released this two-year aged cabernet as a tribute to Michael Broadbent, the 24th master of wine and the founder of auction house Christie’s wine department. The blend has a bit of merlot to give it a long finish, plus a kick of petit verdot to plump out the body. You’ll find cassis, aniseed, and plum (thanks petit verdot) on the nose followed by a fresh spice on the palate (with maybe a hint of toast).

Bremerton Selkirk Shiraz | 2017 | Langhorne Creek, Australia

The “Deep Water Secret”

Grown in an active floodplain
Blue Gold winner, Sydney Wine Competition
90 pt (Halliday)

When Langhorne Creek isn’t underwater, the flat floodplain quietly produces some of Australia’s best shirazes. (Shiraz is the Australian name for syrah.) At the heart of Langhorne Creek, the Willson sisters eschew excess chemicals to make a shiraz called Selkirk, named after their grandfather’s ancestral home in Scotland. Their winery, Bremerton, has been in the family for over three decades now. Since 1997, family winemaker Rebecca Willson seeks the best possible fruit from various (including her own) Langhorne Creek vineyards to craft traditional wines. Lucy keeps the business end humming along.

The richness and dark plum of Selkirk reflect the incredibly rich soil. But don’t fear. In the nose, this wine is all pepper. In the mouth, it’s balanced with supple tannins (18 months in fine grain American oak), rich fruit and smoke.

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