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Bouvet Rose Excellence Brut, France $19.99
In 1851, at the age of 23, Etienne Bouvet bought 8 kilometers of underground galleries in Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Florent with his wife Celestine Ladubay. They used the galleries as cellars to create a winery named Bouvet Ladubay, Bouvet Ladubay is one of France’s greatest producers of méthode traditionnelle sparkling wine from the Loire Valley. The Bouvet cellars are housed in ancient tuffeau quarries, creating the perfect environment for aging wine. Bouvet sources its fruit from more than 100 plots in the Loire Valley, obtaining the best quality each harvest through its long-standing relationships with winegrowers. The salmon pink color of this brut rosé is obtained from the red Cabernet Franc grapes with a quick maceration on the skins. Produced in the méthode traditionnelle, this sparkling rosé is aged in the bottle on the lees for 9 to 24 months.
Nicolas Idiart Chenin Blanc, France $14.99
Nicolas Idiart, a winemaker, and the founder of Maison Idiart, grew up with a love of wine a passion he shared with his father and Grandfather. Graduated from Bordeaux, winemaking school, blanquefort, at 19 years old, Nicolas passion for Loire wines brought him to work in chinon, touraine, muscadet but also in Australia and New Zealand. After 7 years of sales, he decided to go back to winemaking with an artisan approach: small batch , hand craft wines shaped by the mind and hands of a contemporary winemaker. He works in partnership Chenin Blanc.
Tenuta del Priore Campotino Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, Italy $9.99
The history of Tenuta del Priore and of the winery Col del Mondo is closely intertwined with feelings. It was 1973 when the Mazzocchetti cousins created Tenuta del Priore, named after nonno Vincenzo, their grandfather, who locals used to call “the Prior” with a sense of religious respect. The three young men believed with deep faith in the production potential of Pescara hills, in the goodness of those grapes that grew and ripened with the blessing of a lush nature. The area surrounding the farm is a characteristic backdrop of rolling hills that stretch from the Apennines to the Adriatic coast. Here, one can find a soil rich in morainic material which gives life to an old strain of the small but highly delicious Montepulciano grape.
Trivento Golden Reserve Malbec, Argentina $19.99
Founded in 1996, Trivento has 1,244 hectares planted in the best winegrowing areas of Mendoza. Bodegas Trivento is a symbol of high-end wines from Argentina. Since its inception, in 1996, it has forged an exclusive portfolio that preserves the character of Mendoza's terroirs and challenges the moods of the winds. The company owns 1,650 hectares of vineyards located mainly in the regions of Maipú, Luján de Cuyo and Valle de Uco – Mendoza. This Reserve Malbec spends 12 months in 95% French oak barrels & 5% aged in French oak foudres then 12 months in the bottles.
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