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Thibaud Boudignon "Clos de la Hutte" Savennieres 2018
This epic, mammoth, mind-bending wine left us speechless!
95+
Our Score
(8/2020) This is the most powerfully concentrated Chenin Blanc we have ever tasted. Thibaud believes "Clos De La Hutte" - a storied walled vineyard with a monastic history - to be among the very best vineyard sites in all of Savennieres. Wines of such incredibly immense power are not defined by alcohol but rather by deeply layered flavor and mouth presence. Like a young Grand Cru Burgundy, this newly released white is very tight at this stage. Even with that being the case, the concentration of material is extraordinarily evident. We were knocked out by beautiful flavors of yellow and red fruit, tobacco flower, jasmine and sea spray. All of this, on top of an ethereal base of saline and chalky mineral tension. We suggest allowing at least three years in the cellar, then enjoying over the following decade or more. If you can't resist the urge to wait, allow this the entire afternoon in a decanter!
(8/2020) This is the most powerfully concentrated Chenin Blanc we have ever tasted. Thibaud believes "Clos De La Hutte" - a storied walled vineyard with a monastic history - to be among the very best vineyard sites in all of Savennieres. Wines of such incredibly immense power are not defined by alcohol but rather by deeply layered flavor and mouth presence. Like a young Grand Cru Burgundy, this newly released white is very tight at this stage. Even with that being the case, the concentration of material is extraordinarily evident. We were knocked out by beautiful flavors of yellow and red fruit, tobacco flower, jasmine and sea spray. All of this, on top of an ethereal base of saline and chalky mineral tension. We suggest allowing at least three years in the cellar, then enjoying over the following decade or more. If you can't resist the urge to wait, allow this the entire afternoon in a decanter!
$
8299
Discount:
750 ML
Local availability for Thibaud Boudignon "Clos de la Hutte" Savennieres 2018
| Location | Approximate Bottles | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington | 7 | (847) 277-0033 |
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| Chicago | 9 | (773) 489-3454 |
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| Highland Park | 6 | (847) 831-1049 |
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We do our best to provide accurate inventory information on the products we offer. However, items that are in high demand will occasionally sell out before the inventory can be updated.
$
7899
Discount:
750 ML
Local availability for Sea Smoke "Southing" Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2018
| Location | Approximate Bottles | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington | 6 | (847) 277-0033 |
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| Chicago | 9 | (773) 489-3454 |
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| Highland Park | 18 | (847) 831-1049 |
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Caymus Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
Winemaker's Notes
"Aromas and flavors which can only be achieved through "hang time" - a technique which chances the loss of crop if early winter sets in. Leaving the fruit to "hang" on the vine unusually long develops suppleness, increases color, and matures the tannins of the grapes. The wines are abundant in textural tannins yet soft as velvet. Crop thinning, allowing measured sunlight to reach the vine's fruit zone, and waiting for increased ripeness are all part of our viticultural practices. Caymus Cabernets offer a wide array of aromas and flavors including cocoa, cassis and vanilla."
"Aromas and flavors which can only be achieved through "hang time" - a technique which chances the loss of crop if early winter sets in. Leaving the fruit to "hang" on the vine unusually long develops suppleness, increases color, and matures the tannins of the grapes. The wines are abundant in textural tannins yet soft as velvet. Crop thinning, allowing measured sunlight to reach the vine's fruit zone, and waiting for increased ripeness are all part of our viticultural practices. Caymus Cabernets offer a wide array of aromas and flavors including cocoa, cassis and vanilla."
$
7499
Discount:
750 ML
Local availability for Caymus Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
| Location | Approximate Bottles | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington | 9 | (847) 277-0033 |
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| Chicago | Out of stock | (773) 489-3454 |
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| Highland Park | Out of stock | (847) 831-1049 |
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Cristom "Mt. Jefferson Cuvee" Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2018
A new vintage of MAGNUMS (1.5L) from one of our favorite Willamette Valley producers!
93
Our Score
94
James Suckling
92
Vinous, Josh Raynolds
(8/2020) "Vivid ruby. Vibrant red currant, boysenberry and cherry aromas are complicated by suggestions of vanilla, candied flowers and baking spices. Juicy and expansive on the palate, offering sappy red and dark berry, bitter cherry and spicecake flavors that deepen and turn sweeter through the midpalate. Delivers solid closing thrust and finishes on a repeating cherry note, with gentle, nicely integrated tannins that add subtle grip. Drink 2022 - 2029."
(8/2020) "Vivid ruby. Vibrant red currant, boysenberry and cherry aromas are complicated by suggestions of vanilla, candied flowers and baking spices. Juicy and expansive on the palate, offering sappy red and dark berry, bitter cherry and spicecake flavors that deepen and turn sweeter through the midpalate. Delivers solid closing thrust and finishes on a repeating cherry note, with gentle, nicely integrated tannins that add subtle grip. Drink 2022 - 2029."
$
6899
Discount:
1.5 LT
Local availability for Cristom "Mt. Jefferson Cuvee" Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2018
| Location | Approximate Bottles | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington | Out of stock | (847) 277-0033 |
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| Chicago | Out of stock | (773) 489-3454 |
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| Highland Park | Out of stock | (847) 831-1049 |
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Rivers-Marie "Summa Vineyard" Pinot Noir 2018
94
Vinous, Antonio Galloni
98
Jeb Dunnuck
(5/21/2020) "The classic 2018 Pinot Noir Summa Vineyard, which comes from the estate vineyard located far out on the Sonoma Coast (you can see the Pacific on clear days) is also brilliant, offering incredible notes of iron-laced red, black, and blue fruits as well as hints of pine forest, sage, bouquet garni, and spice. It has an almost bloody, meaty character, is medium to full-bodied, has an incredible sense of purity, and ultra-fine tannins. It's the finest vintage for this cuvee I've tasted."
(5/21/2020) "The classic 2018 Pinot Noir Summa Vineyard, which comes from the estate vineyard located far out on the Sonoma Coast (you can see the Pacific on clear days) is also brilliant, offering incredible notes of iron-laced red, black, and blue fruits as well as hints of pine forest, sage, bouquet garni, and spice. It has an almost bloody, meaty character, is medium to full-bodied, has an incredible sense of purity, and ultra-fine tannins. It's the finest vintage for this cuvee I've tasted."
$
6499
Discount:
750 ML
Local availability for Rivers-Marie "Summa Vineyard" Pinot Noir 2018
| Location | Approximate Bottles | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington | Out of stock | (847) 277-0033 |
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| Chicago | Out of stock | (773) 489-3454 |
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| Highland Park | 9 | (847) 831-1049 |
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Ayoub Vineyard Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2018
90
Our Score
(8/2020) A seductive nose of red fruits, ripe cherries, and baking spice. On the palate, there is a great mouth coating texture, with a savory, silky smooth finish. Mo Ayoub's wines are a pleasure to drink when they are young, but short term cellaring really brings the wine together. 380 cases produced.
(8/2020) A seductive nose of red fruits, ripe cherries, and baking spice. On the palate, there is a great mouth coating texture, with a savory, silky smooth finish. Mo Ayoub's wines are a pleasure to drink when they are young, but short term cellaring really brings the wine together. 380 cases produced.
$
6299
Discount:
750 ML
Local availability for Ayoub Vineyard Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2018
| Location | Approximate Bottles | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington | Out of stock | (847) 277-0033 |
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| Chicago | 11 | (773) 489-3454 |
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| Highland Park | Out of stock | (847) 831-1049 |
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Whitcraft Winery "Pence Ranch Clone 459" Sta Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2018
These tiny-batch, organically farmed and featherweight Pinots from Drake Whitcraft posess incredible aromatic intensity, and have turned positively culty in recent years - but are long a Vin Chicago staff favorite.
94
Wine Enthusiast
94
Decanter
(8/6/2019) "Whitcraft's Pence Ranch "Dijon Clone 459" Pinot Noir is impressively lightweight and complex in the 2018 vintage. The nose exudes the subtle barnyard, hay-like aromas this site/clone combination seems to consistently give off. The palate again packs an incredible amount of texture and flavour into a very narrow bandwidth, and the finish is both toasty and spice-driven. Drinking Window 2019 - 2029"
(8/6/2019) "Whitcraft's Pence Ranch "Dijon Clone 459" Pinot Noir is impressively lightweight and complex in the 2018 vintage. The nose exudes the subtle barnyard, hay-like aromas this site/clone combination seems to consistently give off. The palate again packs an incredible amount of texture and flavour into a very narrow bandwidth, and the finish is both toasty and spice-driven. Drinking Window 2019 - 2029"
$
5999
Discount:
750 ML
Local availability for Whitcraft Winery "Pence Ranch Clone 459" Sta Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2018
| Location | Approximate Bottles | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington | 4 | (847) 277-0033 |
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| Chicago | Out of stock | (773) 489-3454 |
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| Highland Park | Out of stock | (847) 831-1049 |
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Raul Perez "Ultreia - La Cova de la Raposa" Bierzo 2018
This special, singular Mencia is one of our favorite wines of the year. It is loaded to the brim with bright herb-laced, spicy black fruit with incredible length on the hearty finish. Serious stuff, made in tiny amounts and at Vin Chicago, priced $10 lower than any other retailer in the country - last we checked. Grab one of the 600 bottles produced quick!
92
Wine & Spirits
94
Our Score
94
Wine Advocate
(6/30/2020) "Cool vintages in warm zones seem to work, and it shows in the 2018 Ultreia Cova de la Raposa, which was not produced in 2017 because of the frost. There is only a 500-liter oak barrel, and the wine feels quite fine for the warmer exposure. The sandy soils produce stress in this vineyard, but in a rainier year like 2018, they are an advantage. This feels harmonious, with black rather than red fruit and some dusty tannins, a little more rustic and on the Rhone side more than Burgundy. There are 600 bottles of this. It was bottled in December 2019."
(6/30/2020) "Cool vintages in warm zones seem to work, and it shows in the 2018 Ultreia Cova de la Raposa, which was not produced in 2017 because of the frost. There is only a 500-liter oak barrel, and the wine feels quite fine for the warmer exposure. The sandy soils produce stress in this vineyard, but in a rainier year like 2018, they are an advantage. This feels harmonious, with black rather than red fruit and some dusty tannins, a little more rustic and on the Rhone side more than Burgundy. There are 600 bottles of this. It was bottled in December 2019."
$
5999
Discount:
750 ML
Local availability for Raul Perez "Ultreia - La Cova de la Raposa" Bierzo 2018
| Location | Approximate Bottles | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington | 3 | (847) 277-0033 |
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| Chicago | 12 | (773) 489-3454 |
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| Highland Park | 11 | (847) 831-1049 |
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Patricia Green Cellars Olenik Vineyard "Anklebreaker Block" Pinot Noir 2018
"The Anklebreaker moniker is a visual description of the ground this part of the vineyard is planted in. The basalt boulders, rocks and stones in the section of the vineyard are part of a long ago land slide from further up the embankment and they give the block a visual similarity to vineyards in Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Somehow, the name seems to also convey the style of wine to expect and it delivers. This is a broad-shouldered Pinot Noir with deep and very dark fruit flavors. It is years away from any sort of peak, but certainly provides satisfaction at the big-boy level in the short run. Of all the wines in this very diverse cellar this is the most about the place that fruit comes from style of Pinot Noir. It was born to plants in a difficult and hard environment and the wine is not easy and maybe not for everybody but it is distinct, interesting and a great connection to the soils."
95
Our Score
(4/2020) This wine blew us away! Over the course of multiple days, it just got better and better. Serious structure and rocky minerality are at the core. After a large amount of oxygen exposure, the deep, delicious and powerful fruit flavors are impossible to miss. A big-time Oregon Pinot Noir, this is one of the best we've had! Drinking like a true Grand Cru, the 2018 Anklebreaker Block will definitely benefit from a few years of aging. Only 156 cases were produced. Thanks to our relationship with the winery, we are able to offer a small number of cases available of this rare, hard-to-find-wine.
(4/2020) This wine blew us away! Over the course of multiple days, it just got better and better. Serious structure and rocky minerality are at the core. After a large amount of oxygen exposure, the deep, delicious and powerful fruit flavors are impossible to miss. A big-time Oregon Pinot Noir, this is one of the best we've had! Drinking like a true Grand Cru, the 2018 Anklebreaker Block will definitely benefit from a few years of aging. Only 156 cases were produced. Thanks to our relationship with the winery, we are able to offer a small number of cases available of this rare, hard-to-find-wine.
$
5799
Discount:
750 ML
Local availability for Patricia Green Cellars Olenik Vineyard "Anklebreaker Block" Pinot Noir 2018
| Location | Approximate Bottles | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington | 1 | (847) 277-0033 |
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| Chicago | Out of stock | (773) 489-3454 |
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| Highland Park | Out of stock | (847) 831-1049 |
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We do our best to provide accurate inventory information on the products we offer. However, items that are in high demand will occasionally sell out before the inventory can be updated.
$
5199
Discount:
750 ML
Local availability for Ken Wright "Shea" Pinot Noir 2018
| Location | Approximate Bottles | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington | Out of stock | (847) 277-0033 |
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| Chicago | Out of stock | (773) 489-3454 |
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| Highland Park | 3 | (847) 831-1049 |
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We do our best to provide accurate inventory information on the products we offer. However, items that are in high demand will occasionally sell out before the inventory can be updated.
