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A 96-Point, $19.99 Spanish Mountain Red!
Plus a "remarkably lively" 13-year-old Rioja...
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In the northwest corner of Spain lies a tiny, mountainous region that is very quietly producing some of the most exciting wines on the planet. The region is Bierzo, and the relatively unknown grape grown here is Mencia. After today's beauty from Losada, you'll know why we're so excited about these wines!
The 2016 Losada Vinos de Finca "Losada" is a serious bottle of Mencia that captures everything we love about this totally unique grape. It tastes like a big-time Oregon Pinot Noir with a mysterious old world dark side.
Earning a majorly enthusiastic thumbs-up from our tasting team and a full-throated 96-point review from James Suckling this delicious and elegantly rustic mountain red is an absolute steal at $19.99 per bottle.
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Taste. Buy. Save.
Case Sale in Highland Park this Sunday!
This Sunday, February 24th, our Highland Park store will host a Case Sale! From 11:00am to 3:00pm, over 25 wines will be available for you to taste and purchase at crazy by-the-case-only prices - with up to 50% savings!
We'll have wines from
Napa Valley,
Burgundy,
Rhône,
Tuscany,
Alsace,
Spain,
Oregon and beyond - all at hugely discounted prices. Wines ordered on Sunday will be available to pick up the following week. Round up your wine-loving friends.
This is an event you don't want to miss!
- 98-Point Vintage Port: Save $240 per case of six!
- Kermit Lynch White Burgundy: 50% off!
- 92-Point Willamette Valley Pinot Noir: Only $14.99 per bottle!
- 94-Point Ribera del Duero: Save $16 per bottle!
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Sunday, February 24th, 11:00am - 3:00pm
Vin Chicago, 1350 Old Skokie Valley Road in Highland Park
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Any questions? Call Mike, Chris or Tom at 847-831-1049.
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2016 Losada Vinos de Finca "Losada" Mencia
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We are admittedly smitten with wines from the Bierzo region and have featured several over the years, most famously "Petalos" from the iconic Palacios family.
Up until one of our key suppliers brought us a sample of this wine, however, Losada was completely unknown to us. One deep inhale followed by a single sip and we immediately recognized the "it" factor - that combination of complexity, distinction and deliciousness - and knew immediately, this wine is something very unique and very special.
Intensely concentrated and brooding with a wonderfully lifted brightness, the 2016 Losada is chewy, earthy and filled with fruit and floral notes. There's nuance and delicacy here that makes you keep going back again and again for another sip to get your head around all the layers. Sound complex? It certainly is. To say that it is delicious doesn't do the wine justice - it is beguiling.
Losada makes this wine from hand-harvested old vine Mencia, grown in clay and red rock soils. After fermentation, the wine spends 10 months in French oak before bottling. The resulting wine is a structured effort that should absolutely be decanted, or at least swirled vigorously in the glass. You'll be delighted as this wine reveals its full beauty!
We absolutely love this wine. James Suckling goes bonkers too, awarding this strong 96-point review...
"Sexy, stylish and complex Bierzo with a wealth of dark graphite and stony aromas, pepper, baking spices and dark berries. Succulent palate with a deep and juicy core of pitch-perfect, ripe and spicy black cherries and blackberries. The tannins are immaculate. Long and regal. Drink or hold."
- 96 Points, James Suckling (8/2/2018)
If you like old world reds, authentic deep Pinots with a dark side, or just about any red with character, you ought to try this beauty. It is a compellingly delicious bottle of wine and an utterly
ridiculous value.
Vin Chicago Price: 19.99
The Losada is due to arrive at our store early next week. Wine ordered today will be available for pick up anytime after 10:00 am on Friday, March 1st.
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López de Heredia's 95-Point 2006 Viña Tondonia Reserva!
 2006 R. López de Heredia "Viña Tondonia" Reserva
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The 2006 "Viña Tondonia" Reserva is another example of the tradition and brilliance that this iconic producer manages to achieve with their wines. The lucky drinker is greeted in the glass with a symphony of aromas. Leading off with a burst of bright berries, along with flavors of dried tea leaf, clove, cured meat, coconut, vanilla, baking spice, dried mushroom, fresh filled earth and rocky minerals to round out the experience on this full-bodied, powerful, warm and complex wine. There is a stunning amount going on here.
"This is a remarkably lively wine for a 12-year-old Rioja"
- James Suckling, 8/2/2018
Wine Advocate absolutely nails it with their review...
"The red flagship 2006 Viña Tondonia Reserva was inspired by the vineyards of the Médoc but produced with local grapes, 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacho, 5% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo, which achieved 13% alcohol in 2006. It always matures in used American oak barriques for some six years. The oldest of all the reds I tasted, it was also the one with more freshness, which speaks to the quality of the vineyard. Drink Date: 2018 - 2028."
- 95 Points, Wine Advocate (2/28/2018)
Wine Advocate quotes a release price of $50. Median online retail is $43. The 2006
Tondonia Reserva is very much worth buying at either of those amounts. At our price, it is an outright steal. A better value in an estate-aged, ready-to-drink, classically delicious European red simply does not exist.
Vin Chicago Price: 34.99
Also available are a handful of 1.5-liter Magnums for $89.99 per bottle.
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