Sean Thackrey Pleiades Old Vines XXVIII California NV

"It's like a chef's special. You trust the chef so you're prepared to order the dish of the day…The object of Pleiades Old Vines is to be delicious, delight the jaded, and irritate the Wine Police.”  --- Sean Thackrey

GO GO GO this is hyper-limited!

OK. Just….come here. Give me a hug. I’m shaking. PLEIADES? Sean Thackrey? Last Bottle? I tremble. 

First, let me say this is my wife’s all time fave wine, so you know I’m getting 36 bottles. Second, let me say the man is of the planet's most iconic, offbeat, history-obsessed, well-dressed and brilliantly talented (and whimsical) winemakers (just look at his website or his Facebook to get the flavor). Sean is…basically…the antithesis of corporate wine-making. What  might be in this blend?: Syrah, sangiovese, mourvedre, barbera, carignane, petite sirah, viognier, PLUS saurian brandy, pixie dust, moondust, spacedust and alien yeast from Jupiter, among others....just kidding, it’s normal grapes, but a different and unknown blend every year. Sean has made tons of high-scoring, collectible, and amazingly hard-to-find wines over the decades (all named after constellations, FYI). We’re just speechless* to have this jaw-dropper of a price!

PLEASE GET some. This really is iconic juice, and there's not a lot…

Any plans for Bolinas, CA? Go to Smiley’s and have a margarita. But buy this first at our WICKED-FINE price. Bolinas is where Sean started his label and to our palates this is one of the most approachable, delicious, impossible-to-stop-sipping releases yet (as you can see they are non-vintage wines - simply numbered). Crunchy-bright red fruits, rhubarb, raspberry, kirsch, licorice, red flowers, even a Chateauneuf-du-Pape-like note of sweet fennel…fresh and balanced and terrifyingly easy to NOT put down!! SO STOKED to have this in da house (for a bit anyway!). Happy Friday, yo!

* In fact, we are never actually speechless, as you’ve likely gathered.