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Every year WineBid.com participates in the Premier Napa Valley, a mid-winter barrel tasting and charity auction open only to members of the wine and beverage trade, and each year we purchase the best cuvee available. In the 2007 we purchased 2005 Ceja Pinot Noir, a terrific Carneros Pinot Noir made in very limited quantities especially for the event. Haven’t heard of Ceja Vineyards? You will. Located in the Carneros district of Napa Valley, the winery was founded in 1999 by the Ceja family, whose patriarch was once a migrant worker who left his family in Mexico each year to harvest crops in California. Pablo Ceja moved his wife and children to Napa in 1967 and in 1983 the family bought 15 acres in Carneros to grow grapes. Today the family owns 113 acres and produces wines that are winning accolades from the press. Ceja notes that the 2005 Carneros Estate Pinot Noir is “bright with dark fruit flavors and a silky structure.” Ceja wines have very limited distribution. Here’s a chance to taste Pinot Noir from one of California’s newest stars.
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Here you will find American reds rated 97 points or higher by at least one major reviewer. Huge wines, solidly made, and on the same scale as the finest European wines. You will find cult classics, such as multiple vintages of Screaming Eagle, Harlan Estate and Araujo, along with hard to find gems such as 2004 Schrader CCS Beckstoffer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, Wine Spectator 97 pts and 2001 Robert Foley Claret, which Robert M. Parker Jr. rated 99 pts calling the wine “A tour de force in winemaking.” It isn't all just Cabernet Sauvignon or Cabernet Blends either. Some of the greatest Pinot Noir from Marcassin is here, such as 1999 Blue Slide Ridge, Parker 99 pts, and top notch Syrah like 2003 Colgin IX Estate, WS 98 pts. Other world renowned producers such as Dominus, Bryant, Chateau Montelena, Sine Qua Non and Paul Hobbs are represented too. These wines, quite simply, are among the best America has to offer in both taste and prestige.
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Premier Collections
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This collection is packed with seven different vintages of various Sine Qua Non wines including the proprietary red from 2001, On Your Toes, which Robert M. Parker Jr. rated 99 points saying “In the mouth, it is pure silk.” There is also the 1999 Papa Syrah, Parker 98 pts, and two vintages (2002, Parker 94 pts, 2003 Parker 94 pts) of the succulent dessert wine, Mr. K the Nobleman. Along with all the Sine Qua Non wine you’ll find plenty other American heavy weights looking for attention such as 2003 Harlan Estate, Stephen Tanzer 95 pts, 2001 David Arthur Elevation 1147 Cabernet Sauvignon, Wine Spectator 96 pts and the 100 point Parker perfect 2002 Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon. Tossed with these American super stars are a few 2000 Bordeaux that can hold their own, like Pichon Longueville Baron, Parker 96 pts, Lynch-Bages, WS 96 pts and Leoville Barton, WS 97 pts.
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A rare Magnum of 1992 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon, Robert M. Parker 99 pts, is the center piece of this exciting group of wines. This Screaming Eagle debut helped usher in the prestige now given to America’s so called cult wines. These big, often over-the-top reds defined a style that became a world sensation and captured price points that were once only found with the most prominent European wines. Two decades hence, the cult status has started to fade while a solid reputation of exciting, well made wine takes over. Other wines from the same genre are included here, such as 1994 Bryant Cabernet Sauvignon, Parker 98 pts and 1994 Colgin Herb Lamb Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Wine Spectator 95 pts. For those looking for truly classic California reds, wine which the cults owe allegiance to, you’ll find ten vintages of Dominus Estate and three vintages of Niebaum-Coppola Rubicon. Besides all these exciting reds, you’ll see some white wine well worth the while, such as 1998 Bonneau Du Martray Corton Charlemagne, WS 93 pts and 2002 Marcassin Vineyard Chardonnay, Parker 99 pts.
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Recent vintages of Washington’s superstar, Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon, are plentiful here including the 2003, rated by Robert M. Parker Jr. at a perfect 100 pts. He describes the wine as having an “awe-inspiring core of cassis liqueur, violets, blueberry nectar, black cherry syrup and chocolate.” Besides the Quilceda, you’ll find coveted wines from Marcassin, such as the 2003 Three Sisters Vineyard Chardonnay, Parker 96 pts and the 2003 Blue Slide Ridge Pinot Noir, Parker 98 pts, along with Sine Qua Non wines like 2005 Over and Out Pinot Noir, Parker 94 pts and 2003 The Inaugural Eleven Confessions Syrah, Parker 100 pts. Multiple bottles of 1996 Opus One are up for grabs too, which Wine Specator placed #2 on their top 100 list of 1999. Other big names here include Cardinale, Cakebread, Dunn, Rubicon and Turley.
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Click here for a trip through quiet Bordeaux. No, the First Growths aren’t here, and none of the seconds either. What you will find are amiable and affordable red and whites from all around Bordeaux. From St. Emilion you’ll see over fifteen different wines, including 2004 Laforge, Decanter 4 stars, 2001 Gracia, Robert M. Parker Jr. 91 pts, 2000 Beau-Sejour Becot, Parker 93 pts and 2000 La Couspaude, Wine Spectator 92 pts. From Haut-Medoc you’ll find 2000 Malescasse, #48 on Wine Spectator’s top 100 of 2003 and rated 4 stars by Decanter. From Pauillac and St. Julien, respectively, you’ll find more coveted Bordeaux with the 2000 Clerc-Milon, Parker 92 pts and 2000 LaGrange, Decanter 5 stars. There are also a couple very respectable whites, including 2003 Smith-Haut-Lafitte Blanc, WS 93 pts, and the highly rated dessert wine, 2003 Doisy Daene Cuvee L’Extravagant, Parker 99 pts. If you have an interest in Bordeaux, but want to see wines that aren’t off the price charts, this is a place to look.
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All five Bordeaux First Growths are represented here, including 1982 Mouton Rothschild which Robert M. Parker Jr. gave a perfect 100 points claiming “…this immortal effort might be capable of lasting for 100 years!” There is also 1990 Latour, Wine Spectator 99 pts, 1995 Haut Brion, Parker 96 pts, 1996 Margaux, Parker 99 pts, and another Parker perfect, 2003 Lafite Rothschild. Keeping equal company with these famous wines are such heavy weights as 2002 Paul Hobbs Beckstoffer Tokalon Cabernet Sauvignon, Parker 99 pts, Domaine Gros Frere et Soeur Richebourg, Stephen Tanzer 95 pts and one of Italy’s finest, 1997 Romano del Forno Amarone della Valpolicella Lodoletta, Parker 99 pts. Not to be overlooked are the Bordeaux super seconds (Second Growth) notably the Wine Spectator 100 point 2000 Leoville Las Cases, plus 2003 Montrose, Parker 97 pts and 1990 Cos d’Estournel, Parker 95 pts. Overall this is a top rate collection representing wine from three countries that will attract the serious enthusiast.
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Wineries Direct
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The extraordinary Grand Cru and other Burgundies produced by this domaine are made in very limited quantities and are rarely available in the U.S.
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This young winery in Fair Play, one of California's newest AVAs, here offers wines from it's inaugural vintage, 2002.
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Titus Vineyards is a family owned and operated maker of ultra-premium, limited production red wines that are impressing reviewers and connoisseurs.
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After years of making wine for friends, these two Walla Walla winemakers are now making limited production wines that wow critics.
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