{"title":"2026 Clearance Sale","description":"\u003ch6\u003eEvery March, the inevitable happens... IT IS CLEARANCE SEASON! For most of us, the excitement of the festivities of December usually continue rolling into the new year and Chinese New Year lurks in the corner and push right into February when love is all around. Then as the Valentine's roses wither, we know the end of merry-making is finally here. This is the time when we do our annual company retreat, stock taking as well as prepare for new shipments. Yes, this is also the time to clear out those loose bottles to pave the way for fresh stocks. So here is a USA\/JAPAN clearance sales to tantalize. We have also considered that you might like to replenish the cellars after all the parties you had for the past few months. Go on. Grab them whilst stocks last.\u003c\/h6\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"st-innocent-freedom-hill-pinot-noir-red-wine","title":"St Innocent Freedom Hill Pinot Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003eFreedom Hill Vineyard is located in the foothills of the Coast Range, 10 miles SW of Salem, Oregon. During the day warm air rises from the valley floor ripening the skins. At night, cool ocean breezes act to retain acidity. Planted on old sedimentary soils, the vines have a SW exposure at an elevation of 520’ to 580’. St Innocent's Pinot noir comes from two blocks, one planted in 2004 with Pommard and Wädenswil and one planted in 2008 with 777.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eWinemaker notes\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichly flavored entrees like hearty pasta dishes, steak, chops and chocolate match well with this dark-red fruited, earthy nuanced and solidly structured Pinot Noir.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e2018\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBurghound 90:\u003c\/strong\u003e This plays right on the edge of reduction and it's enough to blur the nuance of what are clearly ripe aromas of plum, dark berries and earth. The succulent, round and delicious middle weight flavors possess a suave and quite rich mid-palate before terminating in a sappy, lingering and balanced finale. This could use a bit more depth, but I like the delivery and potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVinous 92:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vivid garnet. Boysenberry, cherry liqueur, exotic spice and floral scents are energized by a building mineral quality. Sweet and penetrating on the palate, offering concentrated red and blue fruit, spicecake, lavender pastille and licorice flavors that turn livelier with air. Gently chewy tannins frame the long, juicy finish, where the floral and spice notes return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e2019\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBurghound 90♥:\u003c\/strong\u003e There is an appealing spiciness to the layered dark berry fruit aromas of plum, briar, underbrush and a whiff of exotic tea. The supple, refined and vibrant middle weight flavors possess a beguiling mouthfeel while displaying good power on the dusty, linear and ever-so-mildly tangy finale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Suckling 93:\u003c\/strong\u003e Notes of chocolate-coated red berries with ground spices, dried citrus rind and raw mushrooms. It’s full and creamy on the palate, with tight tannins and dense, fleshy dark fruit on the mid-palate. Meaty and muscular and little chewy at the end. Try after 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWine Enthusiast 94:\u003c\/strong\u003e I have rarely encountered such a spicy nose filled with za'atar-like spices ranging from dried sumac and cumin to marjoram and sesame seeds. If all of that isn't enough for you, the wine's sandalwood and blackberry aromas are also pretty nifty. 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The 2017 spent 16 months in barrel, 11% new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWine Enthusiast 94:\u003c\/strong\u003e Delicious, ripe fruit flavors form the core of this generous but well-balanced wine that almost bursts with raspberry, black cherry and mint character. It's technically light bodied, but very mouthfilling. 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