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His wines are distributed by Amy Atwood Selections in Los Angeles and have been placed in restaurants including Bell's in Los Alamos, Otoko in Austin, and Blue Hill at Stone Barnes in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eL'Arge d'Oor is Sampler's fine wine label within the CCGP umbrella, focused on single-vineyard, long-maceration wines built for aging. It sits alongside the more approachable Scotty-Boy! label, which is designed as vin de soif — wines meant to be drunk fresh, often chilled. The L'Arge d'Oor Sangiovese represents the more serious, time-intensive side of Sampler's production, with the 2018 vintage spending 171 days on skins and 24 months on the gross lees before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"big-tang-syrah-scotty-boy-natural-wine","title":"Scotty Boy! Big Tang Syrah 2018","description":"\u003cp\u003eBig Tang is 100% Syrah sourced from White Hawk Vineyard in Cat Canyon, Los Alamos, Santa Barbara County. 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