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Single-Vineyard Santa Barbara Chard for $19.99
Plus a 95-point Petite Sirah from Jaffurs!
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If you're a Chardonnay fan, you may remember our annual offerings of Home, Bee and Amphitheater Block Chardonnays from brothers Jim and Bob Varner. Selling for nearly $50, these Santa Cruz Mountains wines regularly earned scores of 94, 95 and 96 points and had quite the cult following, selling out practically instantaneously.
Well, the bad news is that the brothers have discontinued their relationship with the Neely family who own Spring Ridge Vineyard where the grapes for those wines were grown. The good news is that they are now sourcing grapes from a vineyard in Santa Barbara, and selling the wine for a fraction of the price!
The new Varner "El Camino Vineyard" Chardonnay has already earned 92 points from Antonio Galloni and we are thrilled to offer it today for just $19.99 per bottle. As far as we can tell, this is the absolute lowest price in the country!
Scroll down for the full story on this over-delivering Chardonnay and for another notable bottling from Santa Barbara, the voluptuous Jaffurs "Thompson Vineyard" Petite Sirah. At $31.99, this hedonistic 95-point red is every bit as hot a deal as the Varner Chardonnay!
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Taste with Juan Gil's Jordi Flos
Wednesday Night at our Chicago store!
While our Thursday night dinner with Jordi Flos of Juan Gil Family Estates has long been sold out, you can still meet Jordi and taste the wines!
Join us tomorrow night from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at our Elston Avenue store to meet Jordi and sample some of our favorite bottlings from this amazing Spanish family producer, including their legendary Clio!
No cost. No reservations necessary. Just stop on by!
- Bodegas Atalaya "Laya" Almansa Red 2015
- Bodegas Atalaya "La Atalaya del Camino" Almansa 2013
- Bodegas Tridente "Tridente" Castilla y Leon Tempranillo 2013
- Bodegas Juan Gil "Silver Label" Jumilla Monastrell 2014
- Bodegas El Nido "Clio" Jumilla Monastrell 2014
Where: Vin Chicago, 1826 N. Elston Ave
When: Wednesday
, February 15th, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
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2014 Varner "El Camino Vineyard" Chardonnay
Santa Barbara County, California
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From the super talented Varner
brothers, this $19.99 single-vineyard Santa Barbara Chardonnay tastes like it should go for well north of thirty bucks. Sampled blind, their El Camino Chardonnay will remind you of a gorgeous Burgundy, while having enough fruit and lift to satisfy California Chard fans. It is truly a wine that will win over just about any white wine fan!
Galloni, not one to recklessly throw about big scores, has already awarded 92 points, calling it "
one of the most singular Santa Barbara Chardonnays readers will come across." This wine is legit.
When you taste it, you'll understand what Galloni means, as this is a stunning example of the Varner's "hands-off" style.
Check out his very accurate and detailed review of this excellent Chardonnay...
"Despite its very reasonable price, the 2014 Chardonnay El Camino Vineyard delivers serious intensity, richness and nuance. Broad, ample and phenolic, the 2015 exudes all the classic Varner signatures, structure being the most obvious of these. Yellow orchard fruit, mint, candied lemon, chamomile and lightly honeyed notes are front and center. This is one of the most singular Santa Barbara Chardonnays readers will come across. The style and palate weight is more than a little reminiscent of the wines the Varners made in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The 2014 was fermented in steel and aged in a combination of puncheon (25%) and steel, with blocked malo. This is a very serious Chardonnay for $25."
- 92 Points, Vinous, Antonio Galloni (7/2016)
Looking online we found 31 listings for the Varner "El Camino Vineyard" Chardonnay. At $19.99, today's special price beats every single one of them!
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A 95-Point Petite Sirah for $31.99
2014 Jaffurs "Thompson Vineyard" Petite Sirah
Santa Barbara County, California
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This single-vineyard Santa Barbara bottling is as good as any Petite Sirah you'll taste, including the lauded $75+ bottlings from Turley. W
onderfully full in the mouth, both in feel and flavor, this is S-E-X-Y juice!
A stunningly opaque and totally glass staining black/purple color, this wine will put a smile on your face as soon as you pour it in the glass!
Very dark berry fruit flavors are supported by deep floral notes and fresh turned earth. Vanilla and perfect toast flavors round out the grippy finish. This isn't just a fruit bomb - this wine has loads of serious character to go with its sultry forwardness. The 95-point Vinous review nicely captures the essence of this beauty:
"One of the many highlights in this range, the 2014 Petite Sirah Thompson Vineyard is another superb wine from Jaffurs. Here it is the wine's inner sweetness and perfume that stand out most. The firm Petite tannins are present, but they are nearly buried by the sheer voluptuousness of the fruit. Sweet red and blueberry jam, wild roses and a bit of sweetness from the 20% new oak barrels comes through nicely."
- 95 Points, Vinous, Antonio Galloni (9/2016)
Vinous quotes a price of $38 for this potent Petite Sirah. It's a knockout at that price and an even better deal at ours. Supply is limited and this small-batch powerhouse will sell fast!
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