World Cup of Wine France VS Spain FREE Wine Tasting Watch Party 4-6pm today for Wine Club Members ONLY
"I have enjoyed great health at a great age because every day since I can remember I have consumed a bottle of wine except when I have not felt well. Then I have consumed two bottles."
-A Bishop of Seville Baron
Hey when I’m on vacation I may get in three bottles a day, and I have not missed a day of work in 28+ years!
Today we have the quarterfinals in the world cup and the countries involved are two of the top wine producers in Europe so I figured it may be time to host our very first event for our Wine Club Members featuring a watch party and wine tasting combined! We have two great producers on the table this afternoon to watch one of the biggest rivalries in Europe, France vs Spain!!
This is a FREE wine tasting for Wine Club Members only!
Tuesday, July 14th
France VS Spain
4-6pm
2019 Chateau Marjosse Anthologie de Marjosse Cuvee Palombe Blanc Bordeaux
2019 Chateau Marjosse Anthologie de Marjosse 'Cuvee Hirondelle' Blanc Vin de France
2018 Chateau Marjosse Anthologie de Marjosse Cuvee les Truffiers Bordeaux
2019 Chateau Marjosse Anthologie de Marjosse Cuvee Ortolan Vin de France
2019 Chateau Marjosse Anthologie de Marjosse Cuvee Hirondelle Bordeaux
2020 Chateau Marjosse Rouge Bordeaux
2020 Marqués De Griñón, Dominio De Valdepusa Caliza
2019 Marqués de Griñón Dominio de Valdepusa Svmma Varietalis
2019 Marqués De Griñón, Dominio De Valdepusa Graciano Single Vineyard
Here we go another exclusive offering for wine club members! Chateau Marjosse is owned by one of the legends of Bordeaux Pierre Lurton, the managing director for Chateau D’Yquem and Chateau Cheval Blanc. Chateau Marjosse is the place where Pierre calls home and one of the greatest values in Bordeaux
The entry level Bordeaux from this Chateau is one of the best values in Bordeaux but these single vineyard and single plot wines are very unique and even though the scores are not in the 95+ range the prices are not in the Cheval Blanc range either. These limited production whites and reds from Marjosse are excellent and a fraction of the cost of other wines from Bordeaux in their price range.
Pierre Lurton’s Chateau Marjosse
2019 Chateau Marjosse Anthologie de Marjosse Cuvee Palombe Blanc Bordeaux
Price: $36.00 Wine Club Price $25.00 Quantity in Stock: 107
(89+ Points) The 2019 Cuvée Palombe offers up a complex, delicately oaky bouquet with aromas of ripe pear, fresh herbs, lemon oil, honeycomb and a touch of exotic fruits, followed by a medium to full-bodied, round and broad palate with a long, penetrating finish. There is no reason to wait. This is a blend of one-third Sauvignon Blanc, one-third Sauvignon Gris and one-third Sémillon derived from 40- to 75-year-old grapes planted on clay-limestone soils. Published: Nov 30, 2023, Drink Date: 2023 – 2028, The Wine Advocate
2019 Chateau Marjosse Anthologie de Marjosse 'Cuvee Hirondelle' Blanc Vin de France
Price: $36.00 Wine Club Price $25.00 Quantity in Stock: 24
Anthologie de Marjosse Cuvée Hirondelle 2019 from Château Marjosse is produced under the Vin de France appellation from 75-year-old vines rooted in clay-limestone soils. Made exclusively from muscadelle, this cuvée takes its name from the common trait shared by this grape variety and the swallow, namely its demanding nature and its fragility.
(91 Points) The 2019 Cuvée Hirondelle, a 100% Muscadelle, is showing well today, revealing aromas of ripe pear, mirabelle, fresh herbs, rose petal, peony and smoke, followed by a medium-bodied, fleshy and gourmand palate with a rich core of fruit and a delicate, persistent finish. This is an excellent rendition of this unusual grape in Bordeaux. Drink Date: 2023 – 2028, The Wine Advocate
2018 Chateau Marjosse Anthologie de Marjosse Cuvee les Truffiers Bordeaux
Price: $36.00 Wine Club Price $25.00 Quantity in Stock: 29
Truffiers 2018 has an intense color, the bouquet combines ripe fruit (blackcurrant, black cherries), toasted and mentholated notes. The palate is powerful and dynamic, combining volume and fat, evolving with finesse with chalky tannins, fleshy well extracted.
(89 Points) From a clay-limestone parcel from Château Marjosse, the 2018 Cuvée Les Truffiers, deriving from old Merlot vines, shows a profound, dense bouquet with aromas of wild dark berries, licorice, oak and sweet spices. Medium to full-bodied, dense and concentrated, it’s seamless and built around ripe, powdery tannins. It’s approachable now but also built to evolve with grace. Drink Date: 2023 – 2028 The Wine Advocate
2019 Chateau Marjosse Anthologie de Marjosse Cuvee Ortolan Vin de France
Price: $36.00 Wine Club Price $25.00 Quantity in Stock: 20
100% Cabernet Franc pops with cigar wrapper, herbs, flowers and mushroom tinged red fruits. On the palate the wine is soft, fresh, medium-bodied and focused on its refined, herbal, cherry tinted core of red berries.
2019 Chateau Marjosse Anthologie de Marjosse Cuvee Hirondelle Bordeaux
Price: $36.00 Wine Club Price $25.00 Quantity in Stock: 24
Floral and spicy notes on the bouquet. Good balance with hints of yellow fruit and apricot. The finish is delicate and supported by a balanced acidity.
Chateau Marjosse - the entry level red and white
Every year, technical and cultural improvements are made in order to offer a superior quality in each vintage. In 2015, we have further reduced the volume of the harvest (through green harvesting and a stricter selection of berries) in order to gain in precision and quality. Pierre Lurton follows in the footsteps of one of the best known and respected families in Bordeaux. Grandson and son of a winegrower, he has at heart to enhance the value of a terroir from which he originates and which he still lives in today, that of the Entre-deux-Mers.
2023 Chateau Marjosse Bordeaux Blanc, France
Price: $21.00 Wine Club Price $17.85 Quantity In Stock: 6
A blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Muscadelle and Semillon. A light briny character to the green melon and a slight earthy onion skin like spicy character to the nose. A bright and refreshing style of Sauvignon Blanc with a clean zesty finish, nice minerality, a savory tongue tingly finish. Finish 35+ Very Good
2022 Chateau Marjosse Rouge Bordeaux
Price: $23.00 Wine Club Price $19.55 Quantity In Stock: 10
(91 Points) The 2022 Marjosse is a bright, nervy red. Floral notes, orange peel, mint and white pepper lend notable energy throughout. Readers will find an atypically vibrant wine for the year. More than anything else, the 2022 represents a pretty significant shift for Marjosse toward a style that focuses on greater freshness than in the past. Drinking Window: 2025 – 2037, Antonio Galloni, January 2025
2020 Chateau Marjosse Rouge Bordeaux
Price: $27.00 Wine Club Price $22.95 Quantity in Stock: 20
(91 Points) A touch of reduction on the nose which clears as it relaxes in the glass. This is well put together, has definition and finesse, and is punching above its weight in the appellation. Ambitious, well managed tannins and juicy red fruits; 2% Malbec completes the plantings. I don't have the 2020 blend. Decanter
A bit about Chateau Marjosse:
A historical property located 14 km South of Saint Emilion, first built in 1782. It is surrounded by 40 acres of vineyards which sit on exceptional clay and limestone soils. Winemaker Pierre Lurton, born and raised in a neighboring château, bought the property piece by piece, starting in 1991, and has been producing widely-acclaimed and sensibly-priced reds and whites since then.
There are vines young and old (even some planted in the 1920s!) of various grape kinds. Merlot, malbec, cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon make up the red blend while the white mixes sauvignon blanc, sémillion and a touch of the very aromatic Muscadelle.
Owner and winemaker Pierre Lurton likes to refer to Château Marjosse as his secret garden, and for good reason. Together with technical director Jean-Marc Domme (who lives and did his training in nearby Pomerol), he applies his “Grand Cru” principles to this less-known corner of Bordeaux. The parcels, first planted in the 1880s and replaced with American rootstock after the phylloxera era, are tended year-round by Jean-Marc’s team – from plowing to Guyot pruning to harvesting. The property’s 40 acres of vineyards are a mixed patchwork (all unique in their own way) containing young and old vines – merlot, cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, sémillion, sauvignon blanc, muscadelle…and even some rows of malbec from the 1940s!
Once harvested, grapes are sorted and gently pressed in pneumatic presses.
The first known resident of Château Marjosse was a wine merchant called Bernard Chénier, born in 1758, who left the city of Bordeaux to move into the imposing XVIII Century “Chartreuse” with his wife Catherine Clémentine Fiton. According to historical records “Marjosse was a source of happiness for the family”. It was at that time that the first vines were planted, on no less than 56 different parcels – quite a few more than what exists today. The modest “chais”, or winemaking cellar, was adjacent to the beautifully symmetrical stone house and contained big wooden vats for fermenting the must (later lost to a big fire and re-built out of cement).
Jacques Clément, son of the couple, lived at Marjosse with wife Clémentine Vitrac, whose family was also in the wine business ( in nearby Libourne). Eventually the couple sold the property and it fell into the hands of the Deleuze family. Wealthy magnate Alban Deleuze was also the director of the Magasins du Louvre in Paris and added a huge extension to the house filled with marble fireplaces and bathroom sinks that came from the Hotel de Crillon (they were removed during big renovations done in the 1940’s). When he passed away the property was inherited by his son Georges, a high-ranking general in the French army. At that time they delegated the winemaking to to the property’s caretakers.. It was only in 1990, once the General was already retired, that he decided to rent out some of the parcels to a young and ambitious winemaker called Pierre Lurton. Raised by his winemaking father Dominic in the neighbouring Château Reynier, Pierre had learned how to tend to vines and to make wine with his father and, later, with his uncles André and Lucien, who hired him to work at Clos Fourtet in Saint-Émilion.
Pierre vinified his first Marjosses entirely by hand and nearly without help, working through many nights. The following year he was hired as manager of the prestigious Château Cheval Blanc, but continued to work on his own property during his off hours. The entire 1991 vintage was lost due to frost, posing immense economic pressure on the budding entrepreneur but he took out some bank loans and forged ahead. In 1992 Pierre moved into a manager’s house at Château Marjosse with his wife and first child. Over the years he slowly purchased bits and pieces of the property from the Deleuze family, all the while paying them “fermage” fees to harvest and vinify their grapes. In 2000 he built a state-of-the-art cellar more than 180 meters long, containing over 40 cement vats. It took another thirteen years before the Deleuze heirs (brothers François and Michel) reluctantly agreed to sell the remaining parts of the property to Pierre, including the magnificent stone Chartreuse.
In 2014 Pierre began an extensive restoration of the Chartreuse, carefully bringing floors, mouldings and fireplaces back to their original state. It is now his main residence. In 2017 he hired Jean-Marc Domme as winemaker and technical director and opened a new chapter in the winery’s history. In 2017, for the first time, parcels were vinified separately and they began plans to create small-batch cuvées made from the grapes in the most notable parcels, each with its own characteristics and micro-climate. The rest of the story is still being written, as Pierre and Jean-Marc delve deeper and deeper into the subtleties of this magnifcent terroir seeking to capture its essence in liquid form.
The red grapes are vinified separately depending on the type of grape (cépage) and the parcel. The red ferments in temperature-controlled cement vats and the cap is pumped over regularly (remontage). After 20-25 days of maceration Pierre and Jean-Marc select the best vats over numerous tastings and agree on the final blend. Malolactic fermentation takes place during December after which the wine is transferred to French oak barrels (around 50% new). Racking of the barrels takes place for twelve months.
I love the story that one of our wine drinking people shared with me about a Spanish man named Antonio Docampo Garcia who lived to be 107 years old and claimed his secret to longevity was drinking four bottles of red wine a day! He allegedly drank two bottles at lunch and two more with dinner in the evening, totaling approximately 200 liters per month. Docampo Garcia also reportedly never drank water, this I disagree with but he probably had coffee in the morning and some Spanish brandy on occasion.
And if you look at the wines of Spain there are so many great values you could afford to drink four bottles every day. Check out these amazing deals we have on the wines of Marques de Grinon. This winery is located in a unique area of Catalonia and they have their own DO Dominio de Valdepusa.
2020 MARQUÉS DE GRIÑÓN, DOMINIO DE VALDEPUSA CALIZA
Price: $25.00 Wine Club Price: $19.00 Quantity in Stock: 68 A blend of Syrah, Petit Verdot and Graciano. This light and playful wine has pretty floral notes along with wild berries, peppermint and caramel highlights. The name refers to the soils that are unique and what make this property unique in that they are one of the only wineries in the world that has its own appellation. Nose: Attractive and intensely fruity aroma of ripe black cherries and wild berries, with fine mineral tones, peppermint and caramel notes. Palate: Strong, very good body, round and fresh with a silky structure and a delicate, long-lasting finish.
2019 Marqués de Griñón Dominio de Valdepusa Svmma Varietalis
Price: $35.00 Special Price: $24.00 Quantity in Stock: 54
Features an elegant and complex aroma of berries, with mineral and spicy tones. It is a wine made with the three grape varieties grown at Dominio de Valdepusa: Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. Deep ruby red color with purple hues. This satin-textured wine has an elegant nose with pepper, clove, smoky and rich dark berry aromas. In the palate it is packed with layers of wild red fruits amidst mineral and spicy notes. It is a complex wine with plenty of ripe fruit backed up by soft tanning, with a remarkable fruit-filled finish and overall balance. VERY GOOD
2019 MARQUÉS DE GRIÑÓN, DOMINIO DE VALDEPUSA GRACIANO SINGLE VINEYARD ESTATE BOTTLED
Price: $42.00 Your Price: $35.00 Quantity in Stock: 15 (94 Points) Bright ruby to the eye, this wine has aromas of cassis, red plum, dark chocolate and dried thyme. Plush tannins that start out soft and slowly build in volume are wrapped around black cherry, raspberry, cocoa powder, coffee bean and orange-zest flavors. A nice vein of acidity sails into the lengthy finish. — Mike DeSimone
A bit about Marques De Grignon:
Dominio de Valdepusa stretches over 50 hectares, including the original Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard planted in 1974. From there, it has gradually expanded to include the Syrah, Petit Verdot and Graciano varieties. Large evergreen oaks mark the vineyard’s landscape and its paths are flanked by cypresses, rose bushes and rows of lavender. The main estate and the winery are historic buildings from the 18th century.
The central patio is a stunning example of classic Toledan architecture, housing a wine press where visitors can experience the traditional grape stomping system at harvest time.
The soil of Dominio de Valdepusa is made up of a superficial layer of clay with a thickness of 30 to 50 cm, resting on a subsoil of fragmented limestone stretching at least two metres deep. This base soil has an excellent structure, porosity and drainage, considered for centuries as the ideal conditions for producing great wines.
The ageing cellar is entirely underground, with a capacity for 2,000 Bordeaux barrels. Inside, there are three strict rules: It must always be clean, temperature controlled and no oxygen must enter any of the post-fermentation operations. Hygrometric control is available, keeping conditions ideal when elaborating the wines and ensuring products of consistently high quality.
Only French oak barrels from the Allier region are used and must be new or semi-new. We make an effort to minimize interventions by avoiding unnecessary transfers, filtering or clarifications.
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