M.S. Walker New Jersey Spring/Summer 2024 Catalog

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KEN FORRESTER

Indulge in a world of unparalleled craftsmanship and flavor with Ken Forrester Wines. For more than two decades, Ken has been dedicated to sustainably producing wines that reflect the unique terroir of Stellenbosch, each bottle a testament to his dedication and passion for the art and science of winemaking. Through the careful selection of the finest grapes through the winemaking and aging process, these wines embody a perfect balance of tradition and innovation. Every sip tells a story of the sun-drenched vineyards and the skilled hands that nurtured each cluster to perfection.

From the rich and robust Chenin Blanc to the velvety, bold Cabernet Sauvignon, the diverse collection from Ken Forrester Wines caters to every palate. Whether you’re celebrating a special occasion or savoring the everyday moments, add a touch of elegance to the experience. Elevate your moments, savor the excellence — Ken Forrester Wines, where every bottle is a masterpiece. Cheers to a journey of taste, tradition, and terroir! www.kenforresterwines.com

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VALLEPICCIOLA

Lose yourself in the breathtaking beauty of Tuscany’s rolling hills through the wines of Vallepicciola. Nestled in Chianti Classico, a short distance from Siena, this estate is producing stunning wines of great character in Castelnuovo Berardenga. Sitting on 275 hectares (170 planted to vines), Vallepicciola offers a remarkable tapestry of vineyard blocks, each with its own unique combination of soil type, clone, rootstock, elevation and exposure, resulting in wines of uncommon charm and complexity. A bevy of options to choose from including affordable everyday drinkers to Grand Cru level Sangiovese, there is something for everyone in this winery’s collection. www.vallepicciola.com

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PIEVASCIATA

Lose yourself in the breathtaking beauty of Tuscany’s rolling hills through the wines of Vallepicciola. Nestled in Chianti Classico, a short distance from Siena, this estate is producing stunning wines of great character in Castelnuovo Berardenga. Sitting on 275 hectares (170 planted to vines), Vallepicciola offers a remarkable tapestry of vineyard blocks, each with its own unique combination of soil type, clone, rootstock, elevation and exposure, resulting in wines of uncommon charm and complexity. A bevy of options to choose from including affordable everyday drinkers to Grand Cru level Sangiovese, there is something for everyone in this winery’s collection. www.vallepicciola.com

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La Ponca is located on the gentle slopes of Scriò, a hamlet perched at the northern boundaries of the Collio region in Friuli Venezia Giulia, northeastern Italy. From here, lines of terraced vineyards unfurl surrounded by local broadleaf forests, while the eye catches the pale blue profile of the Alps in the distance, and the glimmering sea to the south. The balance between land, man and nature is given by a tacit agreement, in which respect for the ecosystem plays a fundamental role in the creation of identifying wines, the standard of the territory. La Ponca bears the name of the land on which it stands: “ponca” is a special rocky substrate composed of layers of sandstone alternating with marl of silty origin. The rock formation of the ponca took place 65 million years ago, but its structure is tender and fragile, continuously menaced by the elements and invasive human interactions. To prevent its erosion, it is necessary to employ a sustainable approach towards agriculture, which is embodied by the team at La Ponca with heart and soul.

In this border place, privileged by unique pedoclimatic conditions, the entrepreneur and dreamer Alex Maccan has identified the perfect opportunity to give life to his ambitious wine project: 110 acres of woods, vineyards and arable land to help make Collio recognized in Italy and in the world as a territory highly suited to the production of fine white wines. 30 acres are planted to vine.

The wines are sleek and mineral, they tell the tale of terroir each through their own lens. www.thesortingtable.com

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CAFAGGIO

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At an altitude ranging from 300-400 meters a.s.l. and covering a surface area of roughly 60 hectares, Cafaggio’s conca d’oro vineyards have been renowned for the extraordinary wines they produce since the Renaissance and beyond (literally translated, conca d’oro means “golden shell”; it can also translated as “golden bowl” or “golden basin”). As the name suggests, the conca is a steep natural amphitheater with southern exposure, ideal for the cultivation of grapes that will be transformed into richly flavored wines with marked structure and immense aging potential.

Located in the heart of Panzano commune, one of the five Chianti Classico DOCG villages where Chianti was originally made (the only five townships where Chianti Classico can be produced today), the conca d’ora’s soils are a mix of rocky galestro limestone (an olive green type of limestone unique to Chianti) and calcareous sandstone with a “scaly clay” texture and plasticity. With excellent drainage that gives the vines extra vigor as their roots search for the water table, the soil types combined with the altitude and exposure make the estate’s vineyards one of the most coveted fine wine growing sites in all of Tuscany. www.ethicawines.com

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CASANOVA DI NERI

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A Super-Tuscan blend of 85% Sangiovese and a balance of 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot from the “Fiesole” vineyard, next to the winery on soils of galestro with limestone and clay. Fermentation and maceration for 13 days, aging for 15 months in oak barrels. This is the most approachable of Casanova di Neri’s wines.

Casanova di Neri’s flagship wine made from 100% Sangiovese, a blend of the best grapes from Collalli, Fiesole and Poder Nuovo vineyards, situated between 900 and 1600 ft on soils of clay in the lowest vineyards, galestro in the highest. Fermentation and maceration for 23 days, aging for 43 months in oak barrels and 6 months in bottle.

95 Points – Wine Advocate

“The Casanova di Neri 2019 Brunello di Montalcino shows thick fruit fabric with stitchings of underbrush, pressed rose, bright cherry, tobacco and balanced oak spice. This wine definitely has a special groove. It offers a ripe, round texture with good acidity followed by fine, chalky tannins. This is impressive quality for 109,600 bottles produced. In fact, this is one of the best village Brunellos from Giacomo Neri and his family made so far.”

CASANOVA DI NERI

Tenuta Nuova – the “new estate” - is made from 100% Sangiovese grown on Le Cetine vineyard in the Mediterranean influenced, southern region of Montalcino on galestro with tuff and clay. Fermented and macerated for 24 days, aged for 35 months in barrel and 15 months in bottle.

97 Points – Wine Advocate

“In my mind, this is the wine that best represents the Casanova di Neri house style. With 30 months of aging in tonneaux, it shows enormous richness and texture, and the stellar fruit quality appears with more primary elegance compared to the more expensive Cerretalto that is released with an extra year of aging. That dynamic is especially pronounced in a comparison of the 2019 and 2018 vintages. The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova has a dark vein of toasted spice, black fruit, ink, blackberry compote, licorice and star anise. Dark as night, it is exceptionally well crafted with a robust delivery of concentrated fruit and solid tannic structure. You can count on excellent cellar potential, or at a minimum, serve it with a classic steak.”

96 Points – James Suckling

“Black cherries with violets and other flowers on the nose. Full-bodied with chewy tannins and a juicy finish. Needs time to soften. Give it three to five years of bottle age. Better after 2025.”

From 100% Sangiovese grown on the Cerretalto vineyard, near the Asso River in eastern Montalcino, on rare galestro soils with alluvial deposits and a high concentration of iron and magnesium. Fermentation and maceration for 32 days, aging for 36 months in oak barrels and 24 months in bottle.

96 Points – Wine Advocate

“Showing dried blackberry, balsam herb, vapor rub and a hint of charred chili spice, this wine offers an aromatic profile that is very much in line with a vintage that saw cool spring temperatures and a hot summer. The Casanova di Neri 2018 Brunello di Montalcino Cerretalto is a wine of depth, dusty tannins and a slightly evolved fruit character. I tasted this 2018 Cerretalto next to the estate’s new releases from 2019, and the latter vintage certainly offers more overall clarity and crunch. The Neri family does great work with tannin management, and although there is some chalkiness here, the wine’s structure is expertly folded into the fruit concentration.”

In 1971, just a few years after the Brunello di Montalcino appellation was created, Giovanni Neri, a 48-year-old grain and seed merchant from Montevarchi in the Arno valley south of Florence, set out for Montalcino to fulfill his passion for wine by establishing an estate there. Among the many properties for sale he chose Poderi Casanova, which covered 200 hectares east of the city, recognizing its potential to produce great Brunello thanks to the altitude and soil composition. He changed its name to Casanova di Neri and began to restore the existing vineyards and plant new ones. The first wines were produced in the late 1970s. In 1981 Giovanni Neri purchased the Cerretalto vineyard and began producing this, now legendary, single vineyard Brunello, bottled only from the finest vintages and released after extended aging.

Giovanni Neri’s son Giacomo joined him working full time in the vineyards and winery in 1986. After Giovanni’s passing in 1991, Giacomo became the sole owner and has since acquired five additional vineyards and built an innovative, largely underground, gravity fed winery. His sons Giovanni and Gianlorenzo joined the business in 2012 and 2017 respectively. They harvest and sort their fruit meticulously by hand and ferment their wines naturally in open, truncated cone vats of steel and wood at controlled temperature. Aging takes place in wood casks of various origin, age and size, and additionally in bottle. Over the past three decades, the wines of Casanova di Neri have earned the highest praise and admiration from press, trade and connoisseurs throughout the world. www.ethicawines.com

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BITTER FUSETTI

There are various bittering spices used to create the botanical mix of Bitter Fusetti and none of these have been used by chance, from the classic gentian, rhubarb and cinchona, to the special, quassio.

The bitter orange and the chinotto give the product a pinch of acidity. A perfect mix of spices that makes it excellent both in classic drinks such as Americano or Negroni or in reinterpretations such as Negroni del Marinaio with amber Vermouth, coffee liqueur and mezcal and, why not, even smooth simply shaken. www.bottegaalcolica.com

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We are a family of farmers producing artisanal, boutique liqueurs in very small quantities and following traditional recipes. Our lemon liqueur is made using the best hand picked organically grown “Ovale Sorrentino” PGI lemons, certified by the local” Consorzio”. The lemons are carefully peeled within 24 hours to preserve flavors and infused in small containers with grain alcohol and sugar. The presence of natural lemon oils is a sign of a natural product which has seen no additives, colors, or stabilizers of sort. Enjoy cold, on ice or in your favorite cocktail. www.ellediliquori.com

NEW YORK COCKTAIL COMPANY

The New York Cocktail Company (NYCC) was created to fill a key gap in the ready to serve market - premium and innovative cocktails, crafted by some of world’s best bartenders. The launch will showcase four variations of the “bartenders favorite”, The Negroni. The four skus will include; a dry and aromatic classic Negroni; a cacao driven chocolate Negroni; the espresso Negroni and a mezcalito. Made with real ingredients from local producers such as Brooklyn Gin and Faccia Brutto Aperitivos, married with the best Italian vermouths from Mancino Vermouths, NYCC cocktails are crafted to perfection (no stirring or shaking required) and presented in a timeless decanter-style 375ml bottle. These four versions of the Negroni need only be poured over ice, garnished and served in fine cocktail glassware for a drink that will stand up to anything ordered at the world’s best cocktail bars.

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SIGNATORY OFFERING

SPRING 2024

Signatory Vintage Scotch is one of the most discerning independent bottlers of Scotch in the world. We bottle one cask at a time, capitalizing on the unique color and flavor characteristics of each individual cask.

By sourcing all-natural malts from the best distilleries in Scotland, selecting the best single batches and bottling only the finest casks within those batches.

The resulting “single, single, single malt” this is about as exclusive it gets. www.signatoryusa.com

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Glen Rothes

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Mannochmore 13 Year

Ballechin Heavily Peated 10 Year

Ardmore 9 Year

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Bunnahabhain 43 Year

Macallan 25 Year

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Basic Spritz Recipe

COCKTAIL FEATURES

Mezcal Paloma

1.5 oz Peloton de la Muerte Mezcal

.25 oz St. Elder Pamplemousse Liqueur

.25 oz Lime Juice

4 oz Grapefruit Soda

John Daly

1.5 oz Grainger’s Deluxe Organic Vodka

.25 oz Allen’s Triple Sec

2 oz Iced Tea

1.5 oz Lemon Juice

Cherry Mezcal Negroni

1 oz Black Infusions Black Cherry Vodka

1 oz Peloton de la Muerte Mezcal

1 oz Rockwell Vermouth

Island Negroni

1 oz Applewood Gin

1 oz Okar Island Bitter

1 oz Rockwell Sweet Vernouth

1.5 oz Lemon Juice

Irish Sour

2 oz John L. Sullivan Irish Whiskey

.75 oz Lemon Juice

.5 oz Simple Syrup

Port Tonic

2 oz Van Zellers White Port

4 oz Tonic Water

Pour over ice and garnish with Orange slice and mint leaf

Margarita

2 oz Cayeya Blanco Tequila

.5 oz Allen’s Triple Sec

1 oz Lime Juice

2023 VINTAGE ROSÉ OFFERING

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SPARKLING

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PROSECCO

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Pelotón de la Muerte

Grainger’s Deluxe Organic Vodka Contour Chocolat St. Elder

Allen’s Cold Brew