They’re the same owners but Villa Cafaggio (website) is a separate lower-end brand from Cafaggio (website).
Villa Caffagio has a Chianti Classico and a CCR.
The higher-end Cafaggio also has a Chianti Classico and a CCR.
Apart from those, the same higher-end Cafaggio has two other Sangiovese-based wines which used to be CCR but are now Chianti Classico Gran Selezione. Those are the only two Sangiovese-based bottlings that now use the word Basilica (the other two are Cabs). They are the Cafaggio Basilica Solatio CCGS and the Cafaggio Basilica San Martino CCGS (unlike the others, this one is not 100% Sangiovese).
That Cafaggio Basilica San Martino CCGS is not to be confused with the Villa Cafaggio San Martino which is 100% Sangiovese but is bottled as Toscana IGT.
Cafaggio’s needlessly confusing naming was one of the highlights in my post on missing wines in Wine-Searcher.
I haven’t checked lots of locations, but sometimes I go to the Brookhaven one and they have a nice selection that I like to walk through and usually grab a bottle or two. They’ve also got liquor for sale but it’s in a separate, self-contained room that you can’t enter from the main Costco; go to an entrance just to the side for nothing but liquor sales. If you find a good tip on any other locations, please report back here. Thanks!
Interesting, my Costco has the 2019 Croix for $38.99. Maybe they are trying to make room for that. Even at equal price though I would still buy the 2019 over the 2018.
I got one to try and immediately went back for 6 more. Debating whether I should double that. Interestingly, it’s been there for a few weeks. We are in the middle of nowhere MI and the only things that sell are Cali cabs.
Odd. I have bought Croix de Beaucaillou, Fleur Cardinale, DDC, d’Issan, and a few other BDX at S. 4th.
There are days I show ip and wonder where all the good wine went. TBF I’d go by on Thursdays as part of market surveys so had a pretty steady visit cycle.
I’ve bought some of those as well but not since the 2016 vintage. And not at those low prices. My experience is that Denver area costcos are consistently better for French wines, btw.
I think you are confusing Brookhaven with Perimeter, as the former doesn’t have liquor but the latter does. I’ve found that Perimeter tends to have a better wine selection than Brookhaven as well, which is annoying since I live closer to Brookhaven and it is usually less crowded. I don’t have much experience with the other local Costcos other than trips to Town Center way back when 2008 Dom was in stock.
My local Costco just reloaded on the 2018 Basilica Cafaggio CCR Vendemmia, so another case. They did very well with the vintage, and very hard to beat the price. It’s drinking well with an hour decant, and will have a decent aging curve. I’m not sure how I’m going to like the 18 Monsanto CCR. They seem to do better with warmer vintages due to their more traditional styling.
