1998 & 2000 Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage A Jacques $365/ea
These wines are an amazing tour de force in winemaking. Dense, chewy, rich, fourceful, intense. Enjoy with a few hours of decanter time, or cellar for year.

A selection of Pinot Noirs & Syrahs from Radio-Coteau:

2003 Radio-Coteau Syrah Timbervine RRV $78
2005 Radio-Coteau Syrah Las Colinas Sonoma Coast $68
2006 Radio-Coteau Syrah Las Colinas Sonoma Coast $68
2007 Radio-Coteau Syrah Timbervine RRV $68


2005 Radio-Coteau Pinot Noir Alberigi RRV $68
2007 Radio-Coteau Pinot Noir La Neblina Sonoma Coast $68

Other Sensational Local Wines from 'The Bomb Shelter':

2006 Melville Pinot Noir Carrie's $75

2004 Red Car Syrah 'The Fight' Round 3 $70
2005 Red Car Syrah 'The Fight' Round 3 Continues $70

2010 Babcock Pinot Noir 'Slice of Heaven' $75
2005 Babcock Pinot Noir 'Deja Vu' $90

2010 Babcock Pinot Noir 'Deja Vu' $75
2010 Babcock Pinot Noir 'Ocean's Ghost' $75
2012 Babcock Pinot Noir 'The Suite' $75
2012 Babcock Pinot Noir 'Precocious' $75

2007 Jaffurs Syrah Bien Nacido $75

AND many, many more!

2003 & 2007 Domaine de la Mordoree 'La Reine Des Bois'
Chateauneuf du Pape
$115

Tasting Notes (97 points each!):

2003: Quite possibly the wine of the vintage, it shows thrilling levels of blackberry, licorice, toasted bread, and garrigue to go with a full-bodied, massive, yet layered and seamless feel on the palate. There’s none of the rusticity or coarse tannin that’s common in the vintage, and it possesses beautiful purity, sweetness of fruit and length.

2007: Inky ruby. The nose offers a highly complex, wild array of dark berry and floral scents, along with anise, herbs and smoky minerals. Utterly stains the palate with deep black and blue fruit flavors complemented by strong notes of lavender pastille and tobacco. Tannins come up with air but the fruit seems to suck them up. Finishes with a strong wallop of luscious blueberry and mocha and outstanding persistence. This looks to be one of the best wines of this superb vintage.