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 [...]
Chateau Sociando-Mallet produces full-bodied wines with a deep dark colour. Their complex bouquet is usually dominated by black fruit aromas with a touch of minerality and well-integrated elegant oak. Often somewhat /u0022/gvirile/u0022/g when young the wines gain in balance and complexity with age. They are fresh straightforward and have a wonderful length.
2010 Chateau Maucaillou Moulis 2010 Chateau Maucaillou Moulis Château Maucaillou shows an aromatic power particularly subtle and fruity; with very ripe and concentrated flavors. You can taste a full-bodied and generous 2010 wine, with finesse and elegance, with an impressive length and a very good aging capacity. 91 James Suckling: A firm wine with raspberry [...]
2015 Chateau Cantenac Brown Margaux 1.50L 2015 Chateau Cantenac Brown Margaux 1.50L Deep color and fruit, some florality, depth, a little four-square but good fruit. Beautiful dusty tannins permeate this ripe 2015 wine. It has a smooth and rich texture, with bright blackberry flavors and a refreshing, vibrant close. 94 James Suckling: Instantly appealing ripe [...]
2010 Chateau Clerc Milon Pauillac 375ML 2010 Chateau Clerc Milon Pauillac 375ML The 2010 Clerc-Milon has a modest bouquet with blackberry and sous-bois aromas, perhaps missing the intensity of some of its peers in this flight. Pencil box scents emerge with aeration to add a little complexity. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, classic [...]
2019 La Fleur De Bouard Lalande De Pomerol 2019 La Fleur De Bouard Lalande De Pomerol This 2019 pours a dark black light blocking colour. The Cab Sav and Merlot jump out of the glass ramming thick blackberry up your nose barely letting the Cab Franc play, but oak cherry leather chocy flowery aromas sneak [...]
2018 Chateau La Croix De Gay Pomerol 2018 Chateau La Croix De Gay Pomerol This powerful, Merlot-dominated wine is densely textured and concentrated. Powerful, dark fruits are as intense as the tannins, offering huge richness. For contrast, fresher acidity shoots through this 2018 wine, adding to the ageworthy promise. Red wine Red wine has been [...]
2018 Chateau La Pointe Pomerol 1.50L 2018 Chateau La Pointe Pomerol 1.50L While this 2018 wine does have density and a tannic layer, its open accessible character promises medium-term aging. Ripe blackberries and acidity come through with attractive freshness. 89-91 Robert Parker: Composed of 74% Merlot and 26% Cabernet Franc, the 2018 La Pointe has [...]
2018 Chateau Arnauld Haut-Medoc 2018 Chateau Arnauld Haut-Medoc This ripe, juicy wine comes from a vineyard planted around a medieval priory. The wine has spice, ripe tannins and attractive black-currant and red-berry fruits. The winning combination should age well, so drink from 2023. Red wine Red wine has been prevalent since prehistory (the period before [...]
2016 Chateau Haut-Marbuzet St. Estephe 2016 Chateau Haut-Marbuzet St. Estephe In nose juicy and fresh aromas of dark berries, cherry and smoke fill this 2016 wine. On the palate aromas of black currants, cherry, ripe plum, oak with toasty notes and sweet shades of chocolate. Never expected such a fresh and fruity treasure from Medoc. [...]
Airing reveals a greedy nose where red and black fruits are fully expressed with liquorice cocoa and slightly resinous notes. The attack dense and ample gives way to a velvety mid-palate where aromas of wild strawberry cherry and blackberry explode with notes of white flower fresh tobacco clove cedar and cocoa bean. The long finish [...]
2016 Chateau Vray Croix De Gay Pomerol 2016 Chateau Vray Croix De Gay Pomerol A very composed bouquet with attractive, mineral-infused black and red fruit tinged with black truffle and sage. The palate of this 2016 is medium-bodied with a gentle, almost understated opening, almost deceiving as it opens up and gains more and more [...]
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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 Chateau Lagrange Saint Julien 3.00L 2018 Chateau Lagrange Saint Julien 3.00L Beautiful reflections through the body of this 2018 wine, with fresh acidity, and an attractive sense of uplift through the palate, although the actual fruit is a little subdued right now, which as it opens shows damson and bilberry. There is real tannic [...]
2019 Louis Jadot Beaune Blanc Domaine Gagey 2019 Louis Jadot Beaune Blanc Domaine Gagey The 2019 was affected by hail this year, but that does not impede upon the nose that in fact has a little more chutzpah than the Beaune Bressandes at the moment. The palate is well balanced, vibrant with a keen line [...]
2019 Livio Felluga Terre Alte 2019 Livio Felluga Terre Alte A finely-meshed 2019 white, featuring creamy layers of poached peach, Meyer lemon curd, white cherry and crushed almond enmeshed with a subtle thread of minerally smoke and saline notes. It’s lightly mouthwatering and elegant throughout, showing delicate thyme and spice accents on the finish. Pinot [...]
2019 Louis Jadot Bienvenues Batard Montrachet 2019 Louis Jadot Bienvenues Batard Montrachet A very finely detailed bouquet of subtle peach skin, praline and crushed stone aromas that actually remind me of Jean-Claude Bachelet’s take on this vineyard. The palate is very well balanced, quite rounded and fat in the mouth, although I would not describe [...]
2019 Mongeard-Mugneret Savigny-Les-Beaune Les Narbanton 2019 Mongeard-Mugneret Savigny-Les-Beaune Les Narbanton A softly wooded and subtly spiced nose offers up ripe aromas of cassis, plum, cool earth and violet. There is fine volume and mid-palate density to the rich and suave medium-bodied flavors that display fine persistence and complexity on the firm and lightly mineral-suffused finish [...]
2019 Mongeard-Mugneret Fixin 2019 Mongeard-Mugneret Fixin With a steady and brilliant color, this 2019 wine offers a palette of heady aromas nuanced by red and black fruit. In the mouth, it astonishes with not only its length and power, but also with its finess and generosity. Pinot Noir Pinot Noir is the dominant red wine [...]
2018 Gaja Ca’ Marcanda Camarcanda 2018 Gaja Ca’ Marcanda Camarcanda The Gaja Ca’Marcanda Magari is a glowing intense color. The nose of this 2018 wine is polished, refined, focused and expressive, notes of eucalyptus, herbs and pine. Fine-grained tannins surround a sleek core of black cherry, blackberry and licorice flavors, with fresh nuances gliding through [...]
2017 Iron Horse Russian Cuvee 2017 Iron Horse Russian Cuvee Toasted sugar, caramel apple, nutmeg and orange zest on the nose and ripe red apple, lime, brioche and brown sugar on the palate make this 2017 wine an excellent pairing with medium-sweet desserts, cheese boards, or as a toasting wine. Delicious with savory morning pastries, [...]
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 [...]
2018 Passopisciaro “Contrada Chiappemacine” 2018 Passopisciaro “Contrada Chiappemacine” Rose, underbrush and red-berry aromas shape the alluring nose along with whiffs of new leather and menthol. Smooth and delicious, the mouthwatering palate boasts a compelling combination of roundness, energy, depth and precision, delivering juicy red cherry, crushed raspberry, star anise and wild thyme. Racy acidity and [...]
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 [...]