Compline Wine Club - Monthly Pickup

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This is our local club, designed for folks in and around Napa who like to pick up their wines in person.

What do you get with this monthly subscription?

Two wines that drink deliciously right now, ready for pickup on the 15th of each month. These are small production wines, often from other parts of the world, that will reward curious palates, exploratory wine drinkers, and anyone who likes good juice!

Typically, we choose one red and one white each month, but occasionally the mood strikes and we pick a rosé, orange wine, or sparkling wine too.

Yeah, but what other perks do I get?

You become part of the Compline Club, which means...

10% off all event tickets at Compline Wine Shop and Compline Restaurant. Use the promo code CLUB anytime you buy tickets to one of our events.
Early access to our premium events. Club members skip the line and get in 30 minutes early for our most attended walkaround tastings!
10% off all flights and glasses of wine at Compline Wine Shop. Come say hi! And get a discount on your glass.
Zero corkage at Compline Wine Shop. Buy a bottle from us and drink it at the shop for the flat retail price.
Flexibility: See the wines before committing, skip a month if you want, and cancel anytime

What's the catch?

None! We're flexible—we show you next month's selections before your charge goes through. Skip a month if you want, and cancel anytime. So c'mon: join our club!

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October selections:

Great White Wines of France

We know what you're all thinking. "ANOTHER Premier Cru Chablis? Didn't we just get that?" Yeah, you did in July. The day we stop force-feeding you Chablis is the day they stop making it. "TWO white wines for October?" Did you feel the heat last week?

This being the 30^th release of Club Compline, we've (hopefully) learned some things along the way, listed below in order of importance.

No brett.
Make sure we bring in at least as many bottles of the wine as there are club members.
If we find delicious wines, don't overthink it.

Luckily for you, all three conditions are handily met this month!

Chablis Premier Cru, Denis Race "Montmains" 2022

4^th generation winemaker Claire Race is in charge at her father's domaine now, and the quality of the wines has improved dramatically since her arrival in 2005. Aged in all stainless steel, this is the epitome of old-school Chablis, fleshed out with the warmth of 2022. One note unique to Chablis- Montmains is one of several "umbrella" crus, within which other crus can be nested. (Butteaux and Forêts both live within Montmains.)

Vouvray Sec, Foreau 2019

One of the two most important producers of Vouvray is Philippe Foreau (now joined by son Vincent), making wine more formally under the Domaine du Clos Naudin label, though colloquially referred to simply as Foreau, à la Madonna or Pelé. Philippe's grandfather Armand cut his cellar by hand into the famed tuffeau hillside underneath the Le Mont vineyard during the 1920s, and over the last 40 years or so the wines produced there have become some of the most acclaimed examples of Chenin anywhere in the world. The Sec designation does allow for some residual sugar, and this has about 5 grams per liter, but it's what we like to call "Chenin dry". The 2019 is the perfect accompaniment for fall fare, with flavors of baked apple and a honeyed richness balanced by racing acidity.

Both these wines will age gorgeously, too!

Wine Notes by Peter Wassam

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