Vintage Northern Rhone Wine Tasting back to 1974 featuring Chave, Jaboulet, Clape and more Saturday, July 20th 7:30pm and all the Northern Rhone Wines on SALE!!
Okay we poppin champagne like we won a championship game
- Popping Bottles by Lil Wayne and Birdman
We have the Wine Cave available Friday night this week for a private dining experience! Contact chef Toni@winewatch.com to put your own custom menu together for dinner and we have the best wine list in town with over 4000 different selections going back to 1845. The wines for dinner are all available at the retail price and there is no corkage fee here at the Wine Watch if you want to bring in a special bottle from your cellar…oh you do have to give me a glass!
We will take up to 16 people but will accept as few as 6 for a curated dinner by Chef Toni. We must know in advance what food items you want so you will have to coordinate the menu with Toni ahead of time but she can put together any of your favorites from past Wine Bar menus or whatever you want if she has enough notice. The best thing about this table is the view of the wine, we have the largest selection of vintage wine in South Florida and everything is available at a retail price!! You may want to bring a sweater it is 64 degrees in the wine cave.
The wines of the Northern Rhone are very different from the South as syrah is the star of the show here. The wines of Cote Rotie and Hermitage are rare in that these regions are fairly small and the top wines are made in minute quantities. We get only 3 bottles of August Clape Coronas a year and we are drinking the oldest bottle we have tonight, set aside for four years now, it may not be completely ready, but I can’t resist! We set aside at least one bottle of our 3 bottle allocation a year for future scientific research from producers like August Clape.
The granite hills of Hermitage rise above the Rhone at Tain l'Hermitage where the river bends sharply to the east before resuming a southward flow. This gives the vineyards a direct southern exposure. Vines have been grown here since Roman times, and Pliney the elder wrote favorably about the wines of the region. The locals claim that vines were first planted here by Phocaean Greeks around 500 BC. Although the evidence is not conclusive, Greek coins and amphorae dating back to 500 BC have been found in the area.
The 2017 Jean Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc, 2018 Hermitage Rouge and the 1990 Paul Jaboulet Hermitage La Chapelle alone are worth the price of admission, but we have 7 other top-level wines from the Northern Rhone on the table tonight going back 50 years to the 1974 vintage!
I have included all the wines from the Northern Rhone that are available in the store on this e-mail. Chef Toni Lampasone will be making a special meal to accompany the tasting wines. The fee for this tasting which includes dinner is $350 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.
Super Northern Rhone Wine Tasting back to 1974 Vintage
Saturday, July 20th
7:30pm
2017 Chave Hermitage Blanc
1974 Domaine Alfred Gerin Cote Rotie
1986 Guigal Hermitage
1990 Jaboulet Hermitage La Chapelle
2003 Delas Crozes Hermitage Le Clos
2016 Domaine Auguste Clape Cornas
2016 Paul Jaboulet Cote Rotie Domaine des Pierrelles
2018 Rene Rostaing Cote Rotie Ampodium
2018 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage
Menu
Selection of Cheese and Charcuterie
Tomato and Goat Cheese Bisque with Bacon Fat Pulenta Croutons and Crispy Leeks
Swordfish Involtini with lemon Caper Sauce
Syrah Braised Beef Short Rib Shepards Pie
Assorted Cookies and Treats
The fee for this tasting which includes dinner is $350 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mailandy@winewatch.com. Please let us know when you make your reservations if you have any food allergies or aversions and chefs Toni and Dani will be happy to accommodate you.
All the wines from the Northern Rhone in the store on SALE!!
Condrieu – The Ultimate Expression of Viognier
2022 YVES CUILLERON CONDRIEU LA PETITE COTE
Price: $63.00 Your Price: $55.44 Quantity in Stock: 11
Origin: south/southeast-facing vines in terraces overlooking the village of Chavanay. “La Petite Côte” is not a district but a cuvée brand.
• Soils: muscovite-rich granite.
• Varieties planted: viognier.
• Style: Exuberant and pleasant nose full of ripe fruit, candied apricots, peach. Honey notes aroused by citrus zest. Seducing mouth due to the lemon’s freshness. Nice retro on dried apricot. A well balanced and harmonious set.
2019 ANTHONY PARET CONDRIEU LYS DE VOLAN
Price: $67.50 Your Price: $59.40 Quantity in Stock: 7
2019 MAISON CLUSEL-ROCHE "VERCHERY" CONDRIEU
Price: $94.75 Your Price: $83.38 Quantity in Stock: 10
2017 DOMAINE FRANCOIS VILLARD CONDRIEU LES TERRASSES DU PALAT
Price: $67.50 Your Price: $59.40 Quantity in Stock: 1
2017 DOMAINE FRANCOIS VILLARD LE GRAND VALLON CONDRIEU
Price: $66.00 Your Price: $58.08 Quantity in Stock: 3
2015 DELAS FRERES CONDRIEU CLOS BOUCHER
Price: $105.00 Your Price: $92.40 Quantity in Stock: 2
Cornas
2021 DOMAINE AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS RHONE, FRANCE MAGNUM
Price: $433.50 Your Price: $381.48 Quantity in Stock: 1
2021 DOMAINE AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS RHONE, FRANCE
Price: $210.00 Your Price: $184.80 Quantity in Stock: 4
(97 Points) Inky violet. Intense aromas of cherry, blackberry, olive, exotic spices and pipe tobacco are complemented by a smoky mineral nuance and a hint of bacon fat. Chewy and subtly sweet, offering concentrated, smoke-laced kirsch, dark berry preserve, espresso and licorice flavors and a spicy jolt of black pepper. Finishes impressively long and spicy, with chewy tannins and a building floral note. Vinous
2021 DOMAINE AUGUSTE CLAPE RENAISSANCE CORNAS RHONE, FRANCE
Price: $155.00 Your Price: $136.40 Quantity in Stock: 3
2020 DOMAINE VINCENT PARIS CORNAS GRANIT 60
Price: $73.50 Your Price: $64.68 Quantity in Stock: 11
2020 DOMAINE AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS RHONE, FRANCE
Price: $194.25 Your Price: $170.94 Quantity in Stock: 3
2020 DOMAINE LEMENICIER CORNAS RHONE VALLEY FRANCE
Price: $55.00 Your Price: $48.40 Quantity in Stock: 11
2020 DOMAINE AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS RENAISSANCE RHONE, FRANCE
Price: $134.00 Your Price: $117.92 Quantity in Stock: 4
2020 DOMAINE AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS MAGNUM 1.5L RHONE, FRANCE
Price: $450.00 Your Price: $396.00 Quantity in Stock: 2
2018 VINCENT PARIS CORNAS LA GEYNALE
Price: $74.50 Your Price: $65.56 Quantity in Stock: 6
2016 PAUL JABOULET AINE CORNAS LES GRANDES TERRASSES
Price: $65.00 Your Price: $57.20 Quantity in Stock: 14
1999 PATRICK LE SEC CORNAS LE VIGNON
Price: $79.00 Your Price: $69.52 Quantity in Stock: 1
Cote Rotie
2018 RENE ROSTAING COTE ROTIE AMPODIUM
Price: $97.25 Your Price: $85.58 Quantity in Stock: 6
(93-94 points) Aromas of ripe, spice-tinged dark berries and pungent flowers are sharpened by sneaky mineral and spice flourishes. Spicy and focused on the palate, offering juicy blackberry, cherry and violet pastille flavors that are complicated by salty olive and cracked pepper nuances. Fleshes out with air while maintaining liveliness and finishes bright, spicy and quite long, displaying sharp clarity, even tannins and lingering florality. (JR) (5/2020) Vinous
2018 MAISON CLUSEL-ROCH LES SCHISTES COTE ROTIE
Price: $86.25 Your Price: $75.90 Quantity in Stock: 7
2018 ANTHONY PARET COTE ROTIE ESPIRIT DU PERE
Price: $72.00 Your Price: $63.36 Quantity in Stock: 6
2018 MAISON CLUSEL-ROCH CHAMPON COTE ROTIE
Price: $122.75 Your Price: $108.02 Quantity in Stock: 6
2018 MAISON CLUSEL-ROCH VIALLIERE COTE ROTIE
Price: $125.75 Your Price: $110.66 Quantity in Stock: 3
2017 DOMAINE FRANÇOIS VILLARD CÔTE-RÔTIE LE GALLET BLANC ROUGE
Price: $79.50 Your Price: $69.96 Quantity in Stock: 7
2016 PAUL JABOULET COTE ROTIE DOMAINE DES PIERRELLES
Price: $119.00 Your Price: $104.72 Quantity in Stock: 31
2012 CHAPOUTIER COTE ROTIE LA MORDOREE
Price: $235.00 Your Price: $206.80 Quantity in Stock: 2
2008 E. GUIGAL COTE ROTIE LA MOULINE, RHONE, FRANCE
Price: $425.00 Your Price: $374.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
1999 E. GUIGAL COTE ROTIE LA LANDONNE
Price: $1100.00 Sale Price: $880.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
1998 GUIGAL COTE ROTIE LA LANDONNE
Price: $900.00 Sale Price: $699.00 Quantity in Stock: 3
1991 E. GUIGAL COTE ROTIE LA LANDONNE
Price: $1800.00 Sale Price: $1425.00 Quantity in Stock: 6
1991 E. GUIGAL COTE ROTIE LA TURQUE
Price: $1300.00 Sale Price: $1050.00 Quantity in Stock: 5
1990 E. GUIGAL COTE ROTIE LA LANDONNE
Price: $1700.00 Sale Price: $1399.00 Quantity in Stock: 6
1974 DOMAINE ALFRED GERIN COTE ROTIE
Price: $400.00 Sale Price: $325.00 Quantity in Stock: 5
Hermitage
2020 DOMAINE JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE BLANC, RHONE, FRANCE
Price: $345.00 Your Price: $303.60 Quantity in Stock: 1
(98 points) Takes your breath away. Showing extraordinary concentration, vivid energy and precision, this is sunny and warm, with a generous core of peach and apple flanked by mineral, smoke, subtle toast and finely crushed salt. Reveals lemon oil and green herbs on the powerful, seemingly endless finish. Incredibly alluring now, this has a long life ahead in the cellar -- for those who can resist. Marsanne and Roussanne. Drink now through 2035. (11/2023) Wine Spectator
2019 DOMAINE BELLE CROZES HERMITAGE BLANC LES TERRES BLANCHES
Price: $40.00 Your Price: $35.20 Quantity in Stock: 3
2020 DOMAINE JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE, RHONE, FRANCE 3 LITER
Price: $2500.00 Your Price: $2200.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
2020 DOMAINE JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE, RHONE, FRANCE
Price: $395.00 Your Price: $347.60 Quantity in Stock: 1
(98 Points) Readers will note that the score range I've provided for Chave's 2020 Hermitage is much broader than typical. That's because my ratings for the numerous barrel samples tasted varied considerably, with one lot scoring as low as (91 - 93), while others were near-perfect (98 - 100). I should be able to provide a more precise picture following my next visit, but it was clear to me that—even more than usual—much will depend on Jean-Louis's skills at selection and blending. From the soft, elegant and red-fruited Péléat to the commanding, dark-fruited and mineral-laden Bessards—and the silky, finesseful and raspberry-laden Le Méal in between—there's no doubt a fine expression of Hermitage will eventually emerge from Chave's cellars. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2019 YANN CHAVE HERMITAGE
Price: $133.50 Your Price: $117.48 Quantity in Stock: 5
2019 JABOULET HERMITAGE LA CHAPELLE
Price: $278.00 Your Price: $244.64 Quantity in Stock: 5
2018 PAUL JABOULET AINE HERMITAGE LA CHAPELLE, RHONE, FRANCE
Price: $327.00 Your Price: $287.76 Quantity in Stock: 4
2017 DELAS FRERES HERMITAGE DOMAINE DES TOURETTES 1.5 LITER MAGNUM
Price: $240.00 Sale Price: $199.00 Quantity in Stock: 2
2003 DOMAINE JEAN LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE MAGNUM
Price: $2500.00 Sale Price: $1995.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
2003 DOMAINE JEAN LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE
Price: $1600.00 Sale Price: $1295.00 Quantity in Stock: 2
003 DELAS FRERES HERMITAGE LES BESSARDS, RHONE
Price: $250.00 Sale Price: $195.00 Quantity in Stock: 5
1998 DELAS FRERES HERMITAGE LES BESSARDS, RHONE
Price: $190.00 Sale Price: $155.00 Quantity in Stock: 2
1990 JABOULET HERMITAGE LA CHAPELLE
Price: $999.00 Sale Price: $750.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
1985 DOMAINE JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE
Price: $1400.00 Sale Price: $1145.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
Crozes Hermitage
2020 M. CHAPOUTIER CROZES-HERMITAGE LES MEYSONNIERS RHONE, FRANCE
Price: $54.00 Your Price: $47.52 Quantity in Stock: 5
(93 Point) Boasts beautifully pure fruit, with black and red berry flavors layered with sweet licorice, giving way to warm earth and wet stone. Reveals white pepper, olive tapenade, dried thyme and sanguine undertones, which build toward the persistent finish. Wine Spectator
2010 JABOULET CROZES HERMITAGE THALABERT
Price: $49.00 Your Price: $43.12 Quantity in Stock: 3
2003 DELAS CROZES HERMITAGE LE CLOS
Price: $47.50 Your Price: $41.80 Quantity in Stock: 4
Saint Joseph
2017 DOMAINE FRANÇOIS VILLARD SAINT JOSEPH MAIRLANT BLANC
Price: $45.00 Your Price: $39.60 Quantity in Stock: 1
2021 ANDRE PERRET SAINT-JOSEPH RHONE, FRANCE
Price: $61.00 Your Price: $53.68 Quantity in Stock: 2
2020 DOMAINE JEAN LOUIS CHAVE SAINT JOSEPH
Price: $109.50 Your Price: $96.36 Quantity in Stock: 5
2020 CAVES YVES CUILLERON SAINT JOSEPH LIEU DIT DIGUE
Price: $48.00 Your Price: $42.24 Quantity in Stock: 10
2020 DOMAINE JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE SAINT-JOSEPH 'CLOS FLORENTIN', RHONE, FRANCE
Price: $225.00 Your Price: $198.00 Quantity in Stock: 6
2006 DELAS FRERES SAINT-JOSEPH SAINTE-EPINE
Price: $115.00 Your Price: $101.20 Quantity in Stock: 3
2003 CHAVE SAINT JOSEPH OFFERUS
Price: $59.00 Sale Price: $49.00 Quantity in Stock: 9
2003 SAINT COSME SAINT JOSEPH
Price: $99.00 Your Price: $87.12 Quantity in Stock: 10
1998 PATRICK LE SEC SAINT JOSEPH LA SENSONNE DOMAINE COURSODON
Price: $115.00 Your Price: $101.20 Quantity in Stock: 6