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A 94-Point Eric Solomon Spanish Stunner!
Plus a gorgeous Cabernet Franc Rosé...
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When it comes to great Spanish wine, Eric Solomon knows how to find the good stuff. Today we present the 2015 Casa Castillo "Las Gravas" Red Blend, and it is a stunner.
This dark, powerfully fruited gem is a blend of Monastrell, Syrah and Garnacha from Casa Castillo's certified organic Las Gravas vineyard, pictured at right. As an example of just how enticing a wine from the Spain's Jumilla region can be, this one is hard to beat!
Read below for the full story on Las Gravas and for details on the absolutely delicious
2017 Domaine les Pins "Les Rochettes" Rosé of Cabernet Franc, then quickly click the
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to bring these beauties home!
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2015
Casa Castillo
"Las Gravas"
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Eric Solomon has been a "go-to" importer for Vin Chicago customers and staff for over two decades. He has a very special talent for finding diamond-in-the-rough European producers and working with them in an unusually hands-on manner to help them take full advantage of their quality (yet reasonably priced) fruit and craft wines whose purity, complexity, balance and savory qualities far exceed expectations for the price.
Offering dark black, blue and red fruit flavors along with herb and spice nuances, the organically-produced 2015 Las Gravas is an absolutely delicious example of the extreme value that Eric is able to command.
It comes from a special parcel on the Casa Castillo property and has been a Vin Chicago customer favorite for several years. With a 94-point Wine Advocate review and our beats-them-all price of $25.99 per bottle, it is one heck of a value. Amazingly, out of the past five vintages of Las Gravas reviewed by Wine Advocate, this is the fourth to earn 94 points!
For a wine at any price, that is extremely impressive. For one that sells for around twenty-five bucks, that is pretty much unheard of!
"The 2015 Las Gravas is a classic Mediterranean blend of Monastrell with 15% each Garnacha and Syrah, with 15% alcohol after fermenting with part of full clusters and indigenous grapes and aging in used oak barrels for 19 months. 2015 is the last vintage that Las Gravas has some Syrah, as it adds some sweet fruit he wants to avoid. However, it shows fresh within the balsamic profile, with plenty of rosemary and thyme notes combined with floral undertones and the character of the esparto grass and tree bark that are textbook descriptors of the variety. Drink Date: 2018 - 2030."
- 94 Points, Wine Advocate (12/29/2017)
Looking online we found four listings. Our price beats them all!
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A Delicious Rosé of Cabernet Franc!
 2017
Bourgueil, Loire Valley, France
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Rosé fans, you'll definitely want to take note here! The 2017 Les Rochettes is 100% Cabernet Franc from a family-owned vineyard in Bourgueil and it is going to surprise a lot of folks.
This sustainably produced Rosé is packed with
loads of deep red fruit flavor and a rich, weighty mouthfeel that is usually found only in Rosé that hits much higher on the price scale. Complex notes of bell pepper and rocky earth support all the fruit goodness and lead the way to the wine's long, peppery finish.
Domaine les Pins is a fifth-generation family-owned winery, and they clearly know what they're doing. I
f you've not yet tried a Rosé of Cabernet Franc, this is a great choice to start with. Darker in color and richer in flavor, it offers tons of character that make it delicious to drink on its own and a great pairing for just about anything in your picnic basket.
Looking online we found only two listings for this 2017 Rosé. One is the Vin Chicago price of $12.79. The other, at a New Jersey retailer, is a full 33% higher! One heck of a value here.
Vin Chicago Price: 12.79
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