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From Burgundy to Bordeaux (With a Stop in California!)

By: AJ McClellan   Great beginning to the night! The 2002 Domaine Leflaive Batard Montrachet is stunning, as usual, a little tight but still showing expressive Lemmon, limestone, quince and Asian pear. The 1996 Pichon Lalande is again stupendous! Needing a hour … Continue reading

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85 Leroy Gevrey Chambertin 1er and 1990 Lafite… A great Friday does make!

By: AJ McClellan The Leroy is earth reincarnate. Wet soil, compost, crushed brown leaves, and mushroom patch. There are notes of dry cherry, prunes, and spice box. After about 2 hours in the glass the wine blew off a little … Continue reading

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New World Cab and Old World Chard. A Beautiful Combo…

  By: AJ McClellan Wow, I thought the Lafon was stunning with quince, toasted popcorn, apricot, white peach, limestone, and summer flowers. But this 95 Shafer hillside is out of this world!! Rustic ripe plum, with wild boysenberry, and blueberries. … Continue reading

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A Special Day…

By: AJ McClellan Last night was extra special night, even in Graileys. While there were a plethora of wonderful wine opened, there were two bottles that stood out in particular… 2012 DRC Montrachet Like drinking tangerine soda in a lime … Continue reading

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2012 Dominus!

By: AJ McClellan Today we popped the almost perfect, 99 point, 2012 Dominus. I am a huge fan of the Dominus wines! Each year they make a excellent bottling that always has top notch quality, but also reflects the vintage … Continue reading

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A Classic Night at Graileys

By AJ McClellan Yesterday was a classic day at Graileys! One of those days where a good group of friends get together and everyone starts trying to fool everyone else with fun blinders… Well, I can say that while all … Continue reading

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When a Slow Night Turns Crazy…

By: AJ McClellan Every night has the opportunity to turn into a great night at Graileys! Yesterday seemed like it was going to be a slow one, then out of nowhere we got a great group of our members in! … Continue reading

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A Gem of Italy

By: AJ McClellan As many of you know, I am a HUGE Italian wine fan. I spent two years selling nothing but Italian wines at Nove, and in that time there is one bottle that I always wanted to taste … Continue reading

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A First Growth by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet

By: AJ McClellan A first growth is always a special treat. They are some of the most coveted wines in the world and they always have a special mystique when the bottle hits the table. Yesterday, we not only got … Continue reading

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Birthday at Graileys

By: AJ McClellan June is always a fun month at Graileys. We have 3 of our brokers birthdays all within a week of each other, and you know our members never need much of an excuse to open stunning bottles … Continue reading

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