2005 Pierre Moncuit-Delos, Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs
The Champagnes of Pierre Moncuit are quintessential examples of pure, terroir-driven wine, beautifully expressive of the local Kimmeridgian limestone soil of the Côtes des Blancs. Continue reading
Author Archives: West Seattle Wine Cellars
Collector’s Club – January 2015
2010 Tranche, Barbera — Tranche is the sister label of Corliss, producer of some of the top wines in the state. Continue reading
Collector’s Club – January 2015
2010 Tranche, Barbera — Tranche is the sister label of Corliss, producer of some of the top wines in the state. Continue reading
Grower Champagne Club – December 2014
2005 Domaine Lancelot-Royer, Cramant Blanc de Blancs
This Champagne can be summed up in one word: elegant. Continue reading
Oregon Wine Club – December 2014
2012 ROCO Winery, “The Stalker” Pinot Noir
If you think this wine is named for one of those ominous, frightening types that follow celebrities around, you’re probably not alone, but that’s not the case at all (even though that IS a caricature of winemaker Rollin Soles on the label, being chased by some kind of bird). Continue reading
Collector’s Club – December 2014
2012 Cadence, Coda — Ben Smith makes some of the most elegant, complex, and ageworthy wines in the state. Continue reading
Washington Wine Club – December 2014
2012 Quilceda Creek, Columbia Valley Red Wine CVR
Breaking with tradition this year, Quilceda Creek has chosen to release two vintages of their Columbia Valley Red, now officially designated as “CVR,” in the same year. Continue reading
Specialty Club – December 2014
2011 Louis Barruel & Kermit Lynch, Hermitage, “La Pierrelle”
It’s been a long, long time since we’ve been able to put an Hermitage in this club, and it should be no surprise that it comes from our old friend Louis Barruel of Saint Cosme in Gigondas. Continue reading
Grower Champagne Club – November 2014
NV Jean Vesselle, Oeil de Perdrix
There is a reason this wine is called “eye of the partridge.” Continue reading
Specialty Club – November 2014
2010 Chateau Duhart Milon, Moulin de Duhart, Pauillac
From a review of our records, it doesn’t appear that we’ve ever been able to put a wine in this club that was from one of the estates in Bordeaux that were included in the original classification of 1855. Continue reading