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These seven bottles have been picked out by a local wine enthusiast who is donating them for your enjoyment. The lucky winner will need to be able to pick these bottles up at their "home" in Concord, MA.

Kilikanoon The Medley 2004, Clare Valley, South
Australia

Wine Advocate 93:

The 2004 GSM The Medley, a blend of 50% Grenache, 40% Shiraz, and 10% Mourvedre, spent 24 months in old French and American 300 liter hogsheads. Rich and ripe, with fabulous aromas of roasted herbs, chocolate, blackberries, cherries, and pepper, this opulent, full-bodied
wine possesses silky tannin, decent acidity, and a voluptuous, fleshy
mouthfeel.

Poesia
Clos des Andes Reserva 2006, Mendoza, Argentina

Wine Advocate 92:

The 2006 Clos des Andes is 100% Malbec sourced from an 80-year-old vineyard in Lujan de Cuyo and aged for 12 months in 50% new French oak. Dark ruby/purple in color, it offers up an alluring bouquet of pain grille, pencil lead, spice box, and black cherry. This leads to a wine with excellent density, layered fruit, and spicy black fruit flavors nicely concealing enough structure for 2-3 years of further development.
This rich, well-balanced effort will be at its best from 2010 to 2019.

 I Greppi Bolgheri Greppicante 2005, Bolgheri, Tuscany,
Italy

Wine Advocate 89:

The generous, sweet warmth of Maremma comes through in spades in the 2005 Greppicante. A blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, it offers perfumed ripe dark fruit and toasted oak notes with excellent concentration and weight on the palate. Although the tannins finish with a slight note of astringency this is a wine that made me smile, and after tasting hundreds of wines from Tuscany thatis no small feat. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2015.

Chateau Fonbel 2004, St Emilion, Bordeaux,
France

Wine Advocate 90:

A sleeper of the vintage, Ausone’s proprietor, Alain Vauthier, produces this beautiful St.-Emilion. It possesses a sumptuous bouquet of crushed rocks, incense, raspberries, boysenberries, and a touch of cherries. Some earthiness intrudes on the palate, but it adds complexity and nuance rather than detracting from the wine’s beautiful fruit. Medium to full-bodied, with admirable elegance and purity as well as ripe tannin, this beauty can be enjoyed over the next 15+ years.

 Melville Chardonnay Estate Verna’s Vineyard 2007, Santa Rita Hills, Santa Barbara,California

 Wine Advocate 90:

The more traditional 2007 Chardonnay Estate Verna’s offers subtle smoke, white peach, honeyed lemon, and orange  blossom characteristics in its full-bodied, crisp, elegant, full-throttle personality.

Cousino
Macul Cabernet Sauvignon Antiguas Reservas 2007, Maipo,
Chile

 International Wine Cellar 89:

Saturated ruby. Ripe aromas of cherry-vanilla, blackcurrant and
toasty oak. Fleshy and open-knit, with subtle floral lift and velvety texture to the supple dark fruit, spice and chocolate flavors. Smooth and sweet, with good finishing cling and lingering oak spice.

Dacu Emerita 2010, Ribera de
Guadiana, Bordeaux, Spain

Wine Advocate 90:

A tempranillo dry red wine.  The 2010 Dacu
spent four months in stainless steel tank as well as two months in French oak. An unexpected surprise in my tastings, it exhibits terrific wild berry/Zinfandel-like fruit, pepper, earth and roasted herb characteristics. Richly fruity, pure and heady, it is best consumed over the next 2-3 years.