Lower ABV With growing international demand and a series of short harvests, finding good value New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc is getting tougher. This one's a winner. Super zesty aromas and flavors of gooseberry, passionfruit,... Read More
Our favorite wine from the fantastic 2019 Brunello vintage combines the rich fruit and power of this warm vintage with the elegance and purity of a unique sandy-soil site in the northern part of the zone. The critics’ reviews... Read More
Sometimes you want the flavors and a character of Brunello di Montalcino in a more open, easy, style. And at a drink anytime price point. That’s what you get here in a wine made from the Brunello grape – Sangiovese... Read More
Ice wine is a luxurious rarity, traditionally (as here) made only with super-ripe grapes are left to hang into winter and then picked when frozen. On pressing, the ice (water) stays in the press, giving super-sweet juice that... Read More
Colheita port is essentially vintage-dated tawny - wine from a single harvest placed into barrels and left to age until ready to drink and being bottled for sale. At 34 years from the vintage, the Maynard’s 1990 is singing,... Read More
Organic/Bio The second wine of Ch Guiraud aims at something different in Sauternes: freshness! It's a classic blend of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc with enough botrytis influence to give honey/floral complexity and enough... Read More
Zenato goes after the richer, deeper, even more full-bodied style of Amarone (made from air-dried grapes) and delivers that with style in 2019. As Suckling says in the 95 point review, Very complex nose of bay leaves, dried prunes... Read More
From deep alluvial soils and the very dry, windy, Fleurieu Peninsula south of Adelaide, this is a great example of modern Australian Cabernet. The blend of generous fruit - blackberry and blackcurrant - wild herbs, and cocoa/spice... Read More
A truly luxurious blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (59%) with Petit Verdot (29%), Cabernet Franc and Petit Sirah picked generously ripe and aged 20 months in 30% new French oak. The clear as a bell lavender, chocolate and blackberry... Read More
This blend of white Grenache, Clairette, Viognier, Roussanne, Marsanne, Picpoul and Bourboulenc gets its character from very Chateuaneuf du Pape-like soils and a touch of barrel aging as well. It's brilliant, as Jeb Dunnuck... Read More
From one of the Central Coast’s very first Pinot Noir vineyards, Mission Ranch in the Salinas Valley planted in 1961. Fifty-five years later, mature vines in a great vintage gave a crop of beautifully ripe Pinot Noir loaded... Read More
Organic/Bio For decades, the Dekeyne family sold their 5 HA of grapes from the Cote de Sezanne to large houses in Epernay and Reims until brothers Gael and Baptiste recently began to bottle their own Champagne. It's outstanding,... Read More
Pinot from Carneros, at the southern end of Napa/Sonoma, gives a distinctive blend of freshness (from the cold bay nearby) and heft (from the clay-rich soils). This is a great example, serving up bold black cherry and blackberry... Read More
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This small and young house in the Cotes de Sezane is doing everything right from organic farming to meticulous winemaking and only bottling single vintage, single vineyard, wines. This is 90% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot... Read More
Lower ABV A very fine, honest, enjoyable Bourgogne Pinot Noir that definitely doesn't break the bank. It's super fresh right now, almost like a barrel sample, with bright aromas of crushed cherry, raspberry, sweet spice... Read More
The winery says, “We like to say our approach to Cabernet Franc is more Burgundy than Bordeaux, meaning we look for silky rather than tannic structure and favor the aromatic potential of the grape over the flavor of the... Read More
This is Libero Rillo's “fresh” Falanghina, going from vine to stainless steel to bottle with no oak and just a touch of time on the lees (spent yeast cells) to amplify the texture without diminishing the wine’s... Read More
With 10 years on the lees, this powerful blend of 50% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier delivers extraordinary aromatic complexity and freshness. Notes of lemon curd, toast, tart cherry, pie crust and salty caramel... Read More
This is a fabulous bargain in very high-end Etna red. It's mainly Nerello Mascalese with a smattering of the softer Nerello Cappuccio from sites across the north slopes of the volcano. It’s wonderfully layered and complex,... Read More
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