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462.
Mas Doix Costers de Vinyes Velles 2004
Priorat
“The 2004 Costers de Vinas Viejas is 50% Carinena, 48% Garnacha,
and 2% Merlot aged for 16 months in new French oak. Deep purple,
the aromas are other-worldly with truffle, tar, graphite, kirsch, and wild
blueberry among the array of scents leaping from the glass. Flamboyant
and opulent, the wine has remarkable richness and depth of flavor
leading to a 60-second finish. Drink this hedonistic effort over the next
10-12 years.” J. Miller for R. Parker, 98 pts. 02/07
6 bottles (owc)
$450-650
463.
El Nido Clio 2003
Jumilla
R. Parker, 96 pts. 08/06
6 bottles
$300-450
464.
Numanthia Termes Numanthia 2003
Toro
6 bottles (oc)
$250-350
465.
Numanthia Termes Numanthia 2004
Toro
J. Miller for R. Parker, 94 pts. 02/07
12 bottles (2 x oc)
$600-900
466.
No lot.
467.
Numanthia Termes Termanthia 2004
Toro
“Believe it or not, the 2004 Termanthia is even better than the
Numanthia. From an 11 acre plot, 2600 feet above sea level, planted
with 100+-year-old ungrafted vines, the yields were well under 1 ton of
fruit per acre. The wine was barrel fermented and received the “200%
new oak” treatment over 20 months before being bottled unfined and
unfiltered. Opaque purple-colored, the wine has an awesome nose
which is already multi-faceted. There are elements of pain grille, lead
pencil, mineral, violets, blueberry and blackberry with just a bit more
subtlety and nuance than its two colleagues. On the palate the wine
is an infant developmentally with densely packed ripe fruit, sensational
balance, and a seamlessness that must be tasted to be believed. It
should age like a great vintage of Lafite or Latour and have at least a
50 year life span. If you have a soul, sell it to the devil for a few bottles
of this extraordinary liquid. There are only 1500 bottles for the American
market.” J. Miller for R. Parker, 100 pts. 02/07
4 bottles
$800-1,200
468.
Pintia (Vega-Sicilia) 2004
Toro
J. Miller for R. Parker, 95+ pts. 02/07
1 bottle (owc)
$175-250
469.
Aalto Moncayo Aquilon 2005
Campo de Borja
6 bottles
$500-750
469A.
Catena Zapata Nicolas Catena Zapata
2004 (6 bts owc)
2005 (6 bts owc)
Malbec Argentino 2005 (6 bts owc)
Argentina
18 bottles (3 x owc)
$1,400-1,900
470.
Vina Cobos Cabernet Sauvignon Bramare 2006
Argentina
12 bottles
$250-350
471.
Vina Cobos Malbec Bramare 2006
Argentina
J. Miller for R. Parker, 94 pts. 12/08
12 bottles
$300-450
472.
Vina Cobos Nico Marchiori Vineyard 2006
Argentina
J. Miller for R. Parker, 96 pts. 12/08
6 bottles (owc)
$750-1,100
473.
Vina Cobos Malbec Marchiori Vineyard 2006
Argentina
“According to Hobbs, 2006 was one of the great vintages of his 20 year
career in Argentina. The near perfect 2006 Cobos Malbec Marchiori
Vineyard is my favorite of this remarkable collection. A glass-coating,
saturated opaque purple/black in color, the wine offers up a sexy/
kinky bouquet of pain grille, Asian spices, pencil lead, mineral, lavender,
blueberry, and black cherry. On the palate there is layer upon layer of
savory fruit, spice notes, espresso, and chocolate as well as exquisite
balance. The wine’s finish lasts for more than a minute. Try a bottle,
bury the rest in your cellar for ten years, and then drink them from 2018
to 2040.” J. Miller for R. Parker, 99 pts. 12/08
6 bottles (owc)
$900-1,300
474.
Branson Coach House Shiraz Coach House Block Rare Single
Vineyard 2002
Barossa Valley
HS for Wine Spectator, 94 pts. 05/31/04
6 bottles (2 x oc)
$250-350
475.
Clarendon Hills Grenache Old Vines Romas 2002
McLaren Vale
R. Parker, 96 pts. 10/04
6 bottles (owc)
$250-350
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