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Small wine stores try to sell wines you can’t get anywhere else, or at least not at better prices. Here are five well-priced ones from Wally’s, in Los Angeles. Wally’s ships to states that allow it: www.wallywine.com.
2004 T. Solomon Wellborn Pinot Noir, Santa Barbara County, $19.99. A small-production bargain, made from declassified grapes—the still-very-good seconds of the wine world—that would cost more than twice as much if made with classified ones.
2005 Chaparral Chardonnay, Santa Barbara County, $12.99. A typically oaky, fruity, big-bodied wine bottled for the store by Au Bon Climat, at half the price it would fetch under the maker’s label.
2004 Cycles Gladiator Syrah, Central Coast, $9.99. Midstate red wines are strongly fruity (“jammy”), like this first-place winner from the L.A. County Fair (a big event in the California wine world).
2005 Orin Swift’s “The Prisoner,” Napa Valley, $27.99. A young wine from a young winemaker, David Phinney, who blends Cabernet, Syrah, and Petite Syrah into a Zinfandel base, with a small percentage of Charbono, a grape identical to the French Corbeau that has a tiny U.S. production.
2003 Hill Family Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, $39.99. A limited-quantity wine from Doug Hill, a winemaker experienced with famous wineries including Stags Leap and Duckhorn, now working for himself—and thus selling his wine for less than comparable big Napa Cabs.
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