SOLD OUT $150 “The Hemingway” Wine-Aid Package – 6 Bottles of Red (All Included and Delivered)

Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary. — Ernest Hemingway

Introducing The Hemingway, a $150 Wine-Aid package that includes a diverse mix of six bottles of red wine from some of Europe’s most significant producers, all ready to drink. The price includes tax and delivery, as well as a 10% discount. We will also honor the 10% discount on any bottles you might wish to add to the Wine-Aid package. 

Life was “A Movable Feast” for Ernest Hemingway, and if you know anything about him, you know that he drank. A lot. Or at least he wrote about drinking a lot. He used drinking as a tool in his work to express mood and explore the cultures of the many places he traveled and resided. Certainly, a good wine that speaks of place is central to that place’s culture. 

You’ll find the wines in this package could have easily made it into the pages of an Ernest Hemingway story, were he around today to drink them. While you sip you might even imagine his terse writing style expounding on the hilltop villages of Umbria, the slopes of the Côte-d’Or, or the brushy scrubland and marine aqua blue Mediterranean Sea of northern Corsica. 

Included in The Hemingway Wine-Aid box is one bottle of each:

1) Domaine Léon Barral (Faugères, 2014) Regular Price $32

Didier farms about 75 acres of vines using biodynamic practices. All wines are hand-harvested, hand-sorted, fermented with indigenous yeasts, and have no sulfur added. This Faugères bottling is a blend of 50% Carignan, 30% Grenache, and 20% Cinsault from vines aged 40 to 70 years old. After fermentation, the wine is aged for 2 years in cement and stainless steel cuves. The aromatics are joyous with black cherries, cocoa, herbs and flowers. A sip is filled with fruit yet nimble on the palate, elegant even, with a finish of sun-baked stone.

2) Domaine Jean-Claude Regnaudot “Clos des Loyères” (Maranges, Premier Cru, 2014) Regular Price $29

Didier Regnaudot’s very old Pinot Noir vines grow out of the steep hillsides on the southernmost edge of the Côte de Beaune. “Clos des Loyères” comes from a 0.6 acre Premier Cru vineyard parcel planted with vines over 40 years old. The soil consists of Jurassic substrate, mainly black/grey marl. Grapes are hand harvested and sorted in the vineyard. The wine is aged in oak barrels (40% new oak, 60% one or two years old) for one year before being blended into stainless steel tanks and aged for another 3 months. Dark and firm, aromas of cherries, cocoa, and cinnamon precede a mouthful of ripe fruit followed by a long and wiry finish. 

3) Domaine Giacometti “Cuvée Sarah” (Patrimonio Rouge 2016) Regular Price $29

Winemaking is possibly at its most extreme in the dry, scrub-covered landscape of Corsica’s Désert des Agriates. It is there, in the appellation of Patrimonio, that the isolated estate of Domaine Giacometti coaxes wonderfully balanced wines from this rugged swath of land on the northern end of the island. Named after winemaker Christians Giacometti’s daughter Sarah who now helps run the winery the wine is comprised of 100% Niellucciu (genetically identical to Sangioveses) harvested from 45 year old vines and fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless tank. The wine is aged for 12 months on fine lees in 500 liter barrels from two to seven years old. Aromatically complex with ripe fruits, sweet spices, and undergrowth, a sip is full-bodied, elegant, and supported by ripe, pleasant tannins.

4) Thierry Germain Cuvée “Thierry Germain” (Saumur Champigny 2016) Regular Price $24

Raised in Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux, at the family winery of Château Yon-Figeac, Thierry Germain set out on his own at the tender age of 23 to make his name in the more challenging climate of northern France. Although receiving accolades nearly from the start, his winemaking style has gone through several stages over the years, ultimately eschewing all new oak and blowsy fruit for precision and sense of place, and eventually becoming known as one of the top producers in the entire Loire valley. 100% Cabernet Franc from the small enclave of Saumur Champigny on the left bank of the loire. Sappy blackberries and rain, this is a wine made for happy funtime patio drinking. Try it with a grilled burger.

5) Scacciadiavoli Rosso (Umbria IGT 2014) Regular Price $22

The Scacciadiavoli estate is a true family operation. The property spans about 320 acres. 90 of those are dedicated to vines. The soils are sandy schist and marly clay soil of medium depth, highly suited for quality viticulture. Their Umbria Rosso is principally Sangiovese with a small percentage of Merlot. Aromas of ripe fruit lead into a drink that is delicate and fresh. It is matured for several months in steel tanks to preserve its fruity aromas. This is a pizza wine. A movie night wine. A quarantine eating too much cheese wine.

6) Bertrand-Bergé “Origines” (Fitou 2014) Regular Price $21

Fitou Montagneux is a patch of mountainous schist fifteen miles inland from the Mediterranean Sea in southern France. Jérôme and Sabine Bertrand have been steadily improving the reputation of this appellation (one of France’s first) through the excellence of their own wines. The Bertrand’s offer the affordable cuvée “Origines” as a starting point to enjoying the terroir of Fitou. A blend of 60% Carignan and 40% Grenache aged for 18 months in concrete, “Origines” delivers juicy ripe black fruits accented by clean earth.

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Posted on 2020.03.30 in Wine-Aid Packages