WHO: Relentless WHAT: Merlot WHERE: California, Sonoma County DESIGNATION: Hernandez Ranch WHEN: 2001 SIZE: 6L RESERVE: $500 MINIMUM BID: $25 What do you get when you put together a baseball legend, Rusty Staub, with the 1983 Sonoma County Winemaker of the Year, Lance Cutler? You get a distinctive full-bodied Merlot
WHO: Chateau Latour WHAT: Red Bordaux Blend WHERE: France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac WHEN: 1978 SIZE: 750 ml RESERVE: $475 MINIMUM BID INCREMENT: $25 92 points, Wine Spectator Better than I anticipated. A sleek and racy wine.Ruby-amber color. Aromas of cedar, cigar box,tobacco, mint and mushrooms, with hints of red fruits,
Light yellow in color. Meyer lemon and apply nose; elegant champagne, with flavors of quince, red apple and Meyer lemon. A little brioche and great mineral notes in the longish finish. Drink as an aperitif or pair with grilled scallops. WHO: Ayala WHAT: Champagne WHERE: Ay, Champagne, France WHEN: NV
WHO: Hundred Acre WHAT: Cabernet Sauvignon WHERE: California, Napa Valley DESIGNATION: Kayli Morgan Vineyard WHEN: 2005 SIZE: 1.5L RESERVE: $650 MINIMUM BID INCREMENT: $50 96-99 Points - Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate The 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon Kayli Morgan looks to be the finest Cabernet Sauvignon Jayson Woodbridge has yet produced,
WHO: Kilikanoon WHAT: Shiraz (Syrah) WHERE: Australia, Clare Valley DESIGNATION: Oracle WHEN: 2004 SIZE: 1.5L RESERVE: $120 MINIMUM BID INCREMENT: $20 97 Points, Robert Parker Jr., Wine Advocate The dense purple-colored 2004 Shiraz Oracle ratchets up the fruit and glycerin levels, yet remains pure, elegant, and well-balanced. It offers beautiful
WHO: Sine Qua Non WHAT: Grenache WHERE: California, Santa Barbara WHEN: 2007 SIZE: 750 ml RESERVE: $175 MINIMUM BID INCREMENT: $25 97 Points - Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate It exhibits abundant floral notes intermixed with notions of camphor, black cherries, black raspberries, blacker fruits, and graphite. Voluminous, expansive, and
HOT on January 1 WHO: Thomas Bassot WHAT: Pinot Noir WHERE: France, Burgundy, Cotes de Nuits, Griotes-Chambertin WHEN: 1964 SIZE: 750 ml RESERVE: $250 MINIMUM BID INCREMENT: $25 Decanter rates 1964 in Burgundy as a "good old-fashioned year of wines with notable concentration." Wine Spectator described 1964 as "a vintage
What a difference a day makes! I opened this wine one evening and it was somewhat light and simple on the palate. There was a citric underlay to its medium body: a nice wine. Twenty-four hours later I took it out of the fridge and let it warm up for