Previous Vintages of this Wine: $50.00
2007 Salanques: $29.99
Full Case Price: $24.99 per bottle
Blend of 65% Garnacha, 15% Cariñena, 10% Syrah, 5% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon
We're not big on lists, or points, or force rankings or anything of the sort when it comes to something as subjective as ones taste. That being said, when we first tasted this wine back in August and found out that the retail price was being moved from $50 to $30 we almost fell out of our chair. Mas Doix has long been one of our favorite producers, and Salanques is quite the gem in their portfolio. This rich, dense Priorat is from a brilliant vintage, and at a price that's a remarkable value. That's because Salenques is the young vines version of the great Mas Doix estate bottling in Priorat. So instead of century old vines, these vines are just a bunch of rowdy youngsters at about seventy years of age. Just think...Mas Doix makes a wine called "Doix" that carries a price tag of $110.00. Salanques is the juice that did not make the cut for "Doix" and it is $29.99 per bottle - we are talking extreme value here.
We've got the wine on the machine for you to taste and see for yourself, but we are here to say - based on a case price of $24.99 (heck - mix it in a case this weekend and get it for $25.50), this is the best $25 wine we have ever offered in our store and is the best wine in terms of the quality to price ratio that we have offered this year. Maybe this will be your first Grenache based wine, maybe this will be your first wine from the Priorat region, but do yourself a favor and grab a bottle of this. This is as close to a sure thing as it gets in the world of wine.
Other notables this year!
2009 Domaine la Garrigue Cuvee Romaine
Price: $14.99
You're going to be hearing a lot about the 2009 vintage in the Rhone Valley of France over the next several months, and Domaine La Garrigue Cuvee Romaine is probably the perfect example of what a high quality value wine is all about. A joint project between Eric Solomon and the Bernard family that owns the wonderful Gigondas restaurant, Les Florets, along with brilliant oenologist, Philippe Cambie - this is full throttle wine that is always one of our best sellers year in and year out.
2009 Leese Fitch Cabernet
Price: $9.99
Our delivery driver recently opined that "You guys are selling this stuff like crack" - and we are going to take that as a compliment ;) Regular winestore customers most certianly have bought a bottle of this little beauty over the last several months and if you haven't tried it yet, you indeed have been missing something. Outstanding California Cabernet for less than $10 is tough to find sometimes, and this wine delivers in spades.
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