The resulting wine is aged in oak a minimum of 3 years bottled unfiltered with another 10 months age before release. Bright ruby red colour with notes of blackberries and wild berries with spicy and mineral sensations. The palate is complex and due to the winemaking process of not crushing the grapes during fermentation Sagrantino’s [...]
2012 Sassetti Livio Brunello di Montalcino 2012 Sassetti Livio Brunello di Montalcino, Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy. JS98 James Suckling Complex aromas of dried figs, dark fruits and hints of walnuts and dried meat. Full body, dense and polished palate. Velvety and poised tannins and a flavorful finish. Yet always refined and beautiful. You want to drink [...]
2008 Marchesi di Barolo Barolo Cannubi 1.50L 2008 Marchesi di Barolo Barolo Cannubi 1.50L, Nebbiolo from Barolo, Piedmont, Italy. Garnet-red in color with ruby reflections. Intense perfume with clean scent of roses, vanilla, licorice, spices and toasted oak. Gentle notes of absinth. The flavor is full and elegant, good- bodied and austere with recurring olfactory sensations. The [...]
Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Knights Valley Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Knights Valley, Sonoma County, USA, A concentrated, elegant Cabernet Sauvignon farmed sustainably and by hand in our vineyards in Knights Valley. Expansive and juicy dark cherry and and berry flavors are rounded with smooth oak integration and a generous finish. Cabernet Sauvignon is probably the most [...]
2017 Fess Parker Pinot Noir Bien Nacido Vineyard 2017 Fess Parker Pinot Noir Bien Nacido Vineyard, From Santa Maria Valley, Central Coast, California. Aromas of black cherry, rose petal, red pepper, cinnamon, vanilla, forest floor, earth and red currant. Flavors of black cherry, cranberry, dusty tannin, earthy, vanilla, clove and nutmeg. RP92 Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate [...]
91 James Suckling / 92 Vinous / 91 Wine Spectator
2013 Grace Family Vineyard Cabernet Blank Vineyard 2013 Grace Family Vineyard Cabernet Blank Vineyard, From Napa Valley,California. 97 points James Suckling So perfumed and beautiful in the nose with spearmint, blueberry, and blackberry aromas. Full-bodied yet reserved and refined. Very linear and tight yet gorgeous and long. Compressed mouthfeel. Wonderful minerality with a flinty undertone. A [...]
2016 Bodegas Ateca Calatayud Garnacha Armas Old Vines 2016 Bodegas Ateca Calatayud Garnacha Armas Old Vines While once being the 2nd most planted grape in the world, Grenache’s popularity has faltered. However, its ability to produce delicious wines has not. Grenache is known for its candied red fruit flavors complemented by dollops of cinnamon and [...]
2016 Caparzo Brunello 93pts Vinous Arrival march Caparzo is one of two properties in Montalcino owned by the beautiful and charming Elisabetta Gnudi Angelini. The other property is Altesino. This wine, the Caparzo 2015 Brunello di Montalcino is a very classic interpretation that delivers the goods without any distracting bells or whistles. The wine opens [...]
2018 Penfolds Cabernet Shiraz Bin 389 2018 Penfolds Cabernet Shiraz Bin 389 A bright, crimson red color. The nose is lifted, fragrant and immediately Penfolds. Aficionados may quickly identify and proclaim 389. Aromas like that of layers of custard and port-wine dark jelly with flaked coconut and juniper/cassis. Or old-fashioned hummingbird cake, with coconut flakes [...]
2015 Produttori Del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Mont 2015 Produttori Del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Mont Full body 2015 vintage with ripe red fruit, solid tannic structure, good drinkability solid structure, intense minerality, spicy fruit, slow maturing tannins. The 2015 Barbaresco Riserva Montestefano rounds out this series of wines from Produttori del Barbaresco. Ample and resonant on [...]
2011 Bertani Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico 2011 Bertani Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico Density and dryness that really comes together here, after almost 10 years in bottle. It’s very deep and vertical on the palate. Very pure and beautiful crushed cherries, dried flowers, carbon and pumice. Wonderful all round. Drink or hold. Bertani For more than a century and a half we have made wines that are recognizable for their identity, wines with a clear and therefore unmistakable stylistic profile. We have [...]
2012 Masi Amarone Mazzano 2012 Masi Amarone Mazzano Tobacco, prune and blue flower aromas mingle with a whiff of spice and sunbaked earth. Full-bodied and enveloping, the palate features raisin, licorice and baking spice before finishing on a note of bitter almond. Supple tannins offer polished support. Drink through 2027. Masi With roots in Valpolicella [...]
2017 Honig Cabernet Sauvignon Bartolucci 2017 Honig Cabernet Sauvignon One of the most prestigious wines of the world capable of great power and grace, Napa Valley Cabernet is a leading force in the world of fine, famous, collectible red wines. Today the Napa Valley and Cabernet Sauvignon are so intrinsically linked that it is difficult to discuss one without [...]
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Colour : Garnet red with orange shades. Aroma : Intense and persistant with wild berries spices and liquorice. Taste : Soft velvety with good tannins and long finish.
The Mt. Brave Vineyard once the Chateau Potelle Vineyard was established decades ago at elevations ranging from 1400 to 1800 feet. While Mt. Veeder is cool Mt. Brave sits above the fog line with morning sun warming the grapes each day. Soils are a sparse gravelly loam. Nutrients and minerals are scant resulting in tiny [...]
2018 Chappellet Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill 2018 Chappellet Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill The 2018 wine is bright, punchy and structured. Blackberry jam, grilled herbs, lavender, menthol and crushed rocks all come alive in the glass. This searingly tannic, mountain Cabernet needs a good deal of time to open, but when it does, it dazzles. Bright [...]
2018 Passopisciaro “Contrada Sciara Nuova” 2018 Passopisciaro “Contrada Sciara Nuova” Contrada Sciaranuova is located at 850 m (2,800 ft) above sea level on Mount Etna. In Sicilian, “sciara nuova” means “new lava flow.” The vines here are planted on relatively new lava flow from the 1600s that has turned into thick gravel. The wines produced [...]
2015 Wolf’s Head Vineyard Cabernet 2015 Wolf’s Head Vineyard Cabernet Deep aromas of cassis, blackberry jam, cherries and old leather. A pal- ate of blackberries, cherries, cassis, and tobacco leaf followed with spicy cedar notes that linger through a long spicy finish Best now through 2030. Cameron Woodbridge is also the Proprietor of the Stormy [...]
2016 Hunnicutt Brinkman Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 Hunnicutt Brinkman Block Cabernet Sauvignon This 2016 wine has grippy, youthful tannins that wrap around a core of hefty toasted oak. The midpalate is laced in a mix of complementary grilled meat, black pepper and black currant, the texture dense and concentrated. This could stand more time in [...]
2013 Abremundos Octava Alta 2013 Abremundos Octava Alta Bright dark red in color. Aromas of blackberry, licorice and violet, along with a very ripe touch of dark chocolate. Densely packed and slightly warm, showing very good dark berry intensity and complicating notes of licorice and violet. Finishes with substantial dusty tannins and good length. This [...]
97 Jeb Dunnuck, 96 James Suckling, 95 Robert Parker's
2018 Arista Pinot Noir 2018 Arista Pinot Noir A beautiful garnet color is accompanied by notes of lavender, raspberry reduction, pencil lead and damp earth on the nose. The 2018 wine has a pleasant tannic grip providing structure for flavors of blackberry, plum, wild cherry and Asian spice. Pinot Noir Pinot Noir is the dominant [...]
2013 Marco Abella Priorat Clos Abella 2013 Marco Abella Priorat Clos Abella Strikingly perfumed bouquet encompasses the red and dark fruit spectrum of this 2013, fresh flowers oak spices and licorice. Black cherry, mineral, spicy and chocolate flavors. Subtle, dense and harmonious with dense and silky tannins, good balance, and a long, fresh finish. Marco [...]
2019 Raen Royal St. Robert Cuvee Pinot Noir 2019 Raen Royal St. Robert Cuvee Pinot Noir Aromas of rose petals, black plum, crushed red cherries, bush raspberry and wild thyme fill the bowl of this 2019 wine. Black tea, forest floor and spring meadow yield to savory herbs, delicate floral notes and a black cherry [...]