Our Greatest Chard deal of the year...Super Saturday

 

 

Our Greatest Chardonnay Deal of The Year?!

 

 

 

How about a $27/Bottle (SRP) "90" Point rated (Parker) Single-Vineyard Chardonnay from the superb 2004 vintage ("99" Wine Spectator "92" Parker) for $90.00/Case of 6?  A Savings of (up to) $78.00/Case...This my friends, is a GREAT DEAL (but I only have 18 Six-Packs of the wine to sell).

 

 This weeks Saturday Super Saver Dad took over, this was too good to pass up. Enjoy and Grab it while you can.

 

Super Premium Chardonnay Lovers...Don't Miss this one!

 

 

 

Robert Parker rates this wine "90 Points" based on a retail price of $27.00/Bottle and says it's "not dissimilar to a top-notch Chablis".  You'll be paying $15.  Our cost on this item totally beats all other advertised pricing big time!  Man, I love a bargain...don't you?

 

 

 

The Two Rock Vineyard...

 

 

 

The Sonoma Coast Appellation is huge.  It runs east to west from Sonoma to the coast and north to south from Asti to the Marin border.  In its southern reaches it includes the Petaluma Gap, a wedge of land running from U.S. 101 to Bodega Bay .  This verdant aperture is dotted with rivers, creeks and hillsides which descend in temperature by a degree or two with each kilometer westward until it plunges into the mighty Pacific between Tomales Bay and the Mendocino county line.   It is in the southern portion of the Appellation that Two Rock Vineyard was planted to take advantage of the moderate, marine-influenced climate and summer fogs which march from the ocean to the far outposts of Sonoma County each afternoon during the long Spring-to-Fall growing season. 

 

 

 

About 10 years ago, Gina and Matt Gallo hung a hard left from their family's long-established domination of the mass-production wine business to focus on planting and crafting small lots of single-vineyard Chardonnay, Cabernet (plus other Bordeaux varieties) and Zinfandel from newly purchased and carefully planted vineyard sites in some of Sonoma Counties finest regions.  Everybody in the trade knew that there was zero question that this sister-brother team had the financial wherewithal to pull of just about any wine related venture they could come up with, and it wasn't long before they began purchasing both small and large parcels of plant-able land from Asti to Cotati.

 

 

 

Gallo finally gets the respect it deserves...

 

 

 

The results of this mini-revolution in the Gallo Empire began to pay off in huge dividends and although it had been policy for years to "hide" the Gallo name on peripheral company products (both domestic and imported), the new generation felt that it was time to put their family name and crest prominently on the front label of their products as they believed (correctly) that the quality of their efforts would speak for themselves.

 

 

 

The Gallo of Sonoma "Single Vineyard" line became the flagship of the entire company and the wines began to receive the recognition they deserved.  By creating a super-premium look in the pricing, packaging and advertising, Gallo successfully established the Gallo of Sonoma line as an independent but related entity.  Recently, the company decided to create a "global brand for all Gallo vineyards which would unify all of the various brands" hence "Gallo Family Vineyards Sonoma Reserve" will replace both the "Gallo of Sonoma" and " Two Valleys " lines in the future.

 

 

 

Which brings me to today's offer...

 

 

 

Yesterday, our Gallo rep called to make me an offer I couldn't refuse.  The "90" point rated Gallo of Sonoma super-premium/small production "Two Rock Vineyard" Chardonnay inventory was down to 18 cases and "we'd like to move on to the new package...would you be interested in offering this wine to your customers at nearly HALF PRICE?"

 

 

 

"Of course...but I've got to taste it first"; she sent a bottle over at 10:00 this morning...

 

 

 

*Packaged in the very dark green-brown (dead leaf?) bottle with weathered bronze capsule and very classy metallic gold "bikini" label with Gina and Matt's Signatures on the bottom, the deeply punted and arrestingly heavy bottle is instantly impressive in looks alone.  Pull the (excellent quality) 2-inch long cork and pour a splash...

 

 

 

*"90" Parker..."The Outstanding 2004 Chardonnay Two Rock is a wine with some hazelnut, lemon butter, poached pear and citrus notes, medium to full-body, and beautiful freshness in a crisp style not dissimilar from a top-notch Chablis.  Interestingly, 80% of the cuvee is aged in tank and fermented with indigenous yeasts.  This is a sleeper wine!"

 

 

 

*"91-93"/RC...Attractive color of light straw or diluted amber showing zero aging; expensive Chardonnay odors of citrus, hazelnut, sweet woods, vanilla and freshly baked sugar cookies; flavors of ripe citrus, pear, honey, vanilla, Granny Smith apple, moderate spicy oak and a touch of orange blossoms; partial malo-lactic fermentation gives the wine a buttery, rich and silky texture; the finish is super-clean and well defined with a pleasing balance of fruit, acid and oak; very sexy wine and an incredible bargain at $15.00 (it would definitely be in the correct neighborhood at its original "suggested retail price" of $27.00-$30.00.

 

 

 

This wine is still very youthful and will effortlessly last into the end of the decade if stored properly.

 

 

 

*6-Bottle Case of the Two Rock Vineyard Chardonnay $90.00

 While 18 cases last.          

  

 

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