Hot Sheets


THE CELLAR DOOR'S 'SCORREGGIARE' HOTSHEET
White Burgundy, St-Estephe, 9-Buck Red
Verdicchio, Cab Franc, Tempranillo
93-Point Barbera, Oregon Pinot


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2019 OLIM BAUDA BARBERA D’ASTI
LE ROCCHETTE
$23.99 BTL./$143.94 – SIX PACK

93 Points – Vinous…This Barbera be banging! From one of our favorite Barbera producers, the eponymous-named vineyard in Isole d'Asti whose vines were planted in 1950, instantaneously one can discover that this wine steps it up a level or six!

Vinous driving nose of hearty Italian plum, mineral, gentle kisses of smoky oak and underlying cherry pit character. Big-boned with its fruit and velvety texture yet full of elegance and suaveness. A luminous presence of vividness follows through to a drawn-out lavish finish that displays hints of milk chocolate, coffee and plenty of fullness while maintaining poise and freshness. Very lingering, this wine is rocks for under 25-bucks. Enjoy it with risotto dishes laden with beef or sausages. MAGNUMS AVAILABLE - $59.99



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2020 DOMAINE GONON
MACON VERGISSON
$23.99 BTL./$287.88 CASE

Here is a Macon village wine that we don't often get to offer. Vergisson is one of the four Pouilly-Fuisse villages but for this wine, the vines come from specific hills that were not included in the initial decree creating the Pouilly-Fuisse appellation in 1936. Vergisson possesses very rocky, energetic soils thus producing White Burgundy wines of pronounced minerality but with plenty of cushion, layers and depth.

Very well known for their Pouilly-Fuisse, Gonon's Macon-Vergisson is a southern white Burgundy adventure providing pure scents that invoke the limestone-clay soils of the region along with lemon, red apple, peat, rock dust and hazelnut. The texture is very relaxed with lots of old-vine depth and persistence that carry into a dense, pure, piercing finish. This wine elicited notes of ‘wow’ and ‘holy merde’ in the notebook when I visited the estate before the ice age of 2024 began a week ago. Having a special scallop dish or white meat or a vegetarian pasta with chanterelle mushrooms? Then this is necessary. Drink over the next 10-12 years.



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2021 ANTIDOTO RIBERA DEL DUERO
$24.99 BTL./$299.88 CASE

Something of a rarity in a very high rent neighborhood is this tasty Tempranillo from quite an influential figure. Frenchman Bertrand Sourdais singlehandedly put the far eastern, high elevation portion of Ribera del Duero (the rooftop of Ribera del Duero) on the map by making the wines at Atauta. When the global economic downturn occurred in 2009, Bertrand went back to France but the allure and his love of this area always had been beckoning, thus became the genesis of Antidoto. The beauty of this wine is that there is absolutely no aging in new barrels; it is all about neutrality and sense of place. Virtual fragrance and complexity from the Atlantic inspires this wine but the results are very Mediterranean that backed up beautifully with fullness, power and depth. The natural stanchness of the fruit is massaged into a structure that seduces the palate, caressing the tongue with an almost velvet-like texture. The presence of coolness is important for the wines reflection of their NE Ribera sector terroir. Fresh-cut flowers, mineral, creamy marionberry permeate from the glass following to a savory texture and is chock full of earth and spice. Refined and scrumptious now, it will easily develop for 6-8 years as well.



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2022 BISCI VERDICCHIO DI MATELICA
$16.99 BTL./$203.88 CASE

The burning question of the day is what do all hair-farmers, butt-rockers, and mullet-heads drink before the big rock show featuring the legendary heavy metal band, Metallica???? Why it is Verdicchio from the zone, which almost sounds like the name of the band....

In all actuality, this white wine is from the slopes of the Marches region of Italy. What separates the Matelica region from Castelli di Jesi is location and especially soils. Matelica is high elevation and unique to the area with sheer hard limestone soils. The 2022 is a crisp, zesty and vivid flavored wine that can best be described as Italian dynamite. Teeming aromas of flint, earth, hints of lemon-peel and smoke lead into a tense, bone-dry texture that is well delineated and firm. If you like unoaked, zesty, flavorful white wines you will love it! This wine is a perfect foil for oysters and especially crab, and can be enjoyed by anyone who listens to punk, R & B, classical, or jazz...and of course, butt-rock (a.k.a. bad 80s hair metal).



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2019 CHATEAU BONNELIERE
SAUMUR CHAMPIGNY 'LES POYEAUX'
$19.99 BTL./$239.88 CASE

100% Cabernet Franc. Over the years, we have featured wines from the Saumur-Champigny region in the Loire Valley and Domaine de Bonneliere has become one of our newer go-to producers. Currently there are two reds available, one an entry cuvee, and this from the rather prestigious single Cru of Les Poyeaux.

30% of this cuvee is aged in 2-year-old barrels with the remainder in tank all coming from clay-limestone soils that lie on top of Tuffeau chalk. Sexy, forward aromas of black cherry pit, smoke, herbs, violet and gravel. Soulful terroir aspects with more sandalwood arriving swirling in the glass, its flavors are tangy and earthy, but with luscious dry fruit on the well-balanced and rather expansive texture on through to smooth, high-toned, mineral-laden finish. Nothing like Bordeaux or Walla Walla Cab Franc. use a Riedel Pinot Noir or Burgundy glass to capture the aromatics. Enjoy with anything ranging from pork chops, venison to duck and steak-frites.



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2022 ARTERBERRY-MARESH PINOT NOIR
DUNDEE HILLS
$29.99 BTL./$359.88 CASE

One of Oregon's superb producers, third generation producer Jim Arterberry-Maresh's record of accomplishment over the last decade has been nothing short of brilliant. These are not smoker-friendly, Cabernet wannabe Pinots; they are as pure as Pinot gets.

Never becoming a juice box, the 2022 Arterberry Maresh shines through with savory earth and herbs, red and purple floral aromas and creamy red and blueberry fruit. Silky and round in the mouth with ripe tannins and great purity of flavor. Cool and warm vintage influence abound, this wine is tasty from the outset. Drink now and over the next decade with soft cheeses or roasted chicken that has been loaded with morel mushrooms.



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2019 SEPPELTSFIELD SHIRAZ 'BAROSSA
$17.99 BTL./$215.88 CASE

Seppeltsfield have been in operation in Australia since 1851 initially establishing themselves as a fortified wine specialist. Over time, classic dry wines were introduced from this beloved estate with an abundance of history.

Unapologetically Barossa and Australia, this Shiraz feels as though it could have been made in the 70s or 80s resulting in a wine that is extremely old school Barossa! Lots of blackberry jam, some spearmint, pepper, mocha, cedar and coriander lead into a robust, broad texture that has lots generosity, beautiful Aussie fruit along with a vanilla/black pepper finish. BBQ season will inevitably arrive and this wine is perfect with such fare.



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2020 CHATEAU MEYNEY SAINT-ESTEPHE
$46.99 BTL./$563.88 CASE

Given its impressive terroir and locale (next to Montrose and Phelan Segur), one has to wonder why this Saint-Estephe Chateau was never included in the Classified Growth Selection of 1855. Never mind as much, because it remains a superb value and with the arrival of Anne Le Naour and Hubert de Bouard, these wines have taken off like a missile.

2020 is quietly becoming a modern classic due to its late arriving spring, warm summer and very sunny, fine harvest season. 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot and a large portion, 13% in fact, of Petit Verdot, the 2020 is impressive at this early stage. Do not be fooled, this wine will age beautifully. Savory, deep and classic St-Estephe grittiness shines along with sensuous scents of cedarbox, touches of tobacco, violet, cassis and underlying black raspberry. Lavishly texture, especially upon entry then builds up structure and grip to go along with all the fruit and detail. Firms up on the finish, but the loaded material really sticks around and taunts you well after the wine is swallowed. Bounds of excitement in this wine, personally we would give this until the beginning of 2026 and then consume it through 2036. Also - 94 Points - Vinous.



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2022 LA FIERA
MONTEPULCIANO D'ABRUZZO
$8.99 BTL./$107.88 CASE

Whether it be Abruzzo or Toscana, the red wines of both of these regions are extremely exciting. When the word “Montepulciano” is first, like this wine, it is the name of the grape and is from the Abruzzo region that lies east of Rome on the Adriatic coast.

This best buy is the perfect little every night, pizza or pasta wine. Nose filling and mouth filling! Fragrant, forward aromas of flavors of strawberry, pepper and herbs carry over into a lively and mouth-watering finish that is red and very food-friendly. Have it with a spicy meatball.






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