Wine Icons
While hidden gems are legends-in-waiting, the icon section focuses on wines that have already achieved that status. Classic cuvées from around the world that always deliver outstanding quality.
The Icons
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Max Ferd Richter Mülheimer Sonnenlay ‘Zeppelin’ Riesling
Max Ferd Richter has been producing Riesling in the Mosel since 1680 and this is a stunning, off-dry example from their stable, named for the Zeppelin trans-Altantic flights it was once served on and featuring an art-deco label designed in the 1920s
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Domaine de Thalabert Crozes-Hermitage
Domaine de Thalabert is an anachronism: a Crozes-Hermitage it transcends its more humble appellation offering the prodigious aging and complexity of a true Hermitage but without the sheer density and the price tag they command
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Coudoulet de Beaucastel
When is a Châteauneuf-du-Pape not a Châteauneuf-du-Pape? When it is a Côtes du Rhône, but not just any Côtes du Rhône, when it is Coudoulet. From Beaucastel the vineyards lie just outside of Châteauneuf-du-Pape so it offers the same quality but lacks the price tag. Give it ten years in the cellar and enjoy
