2020 Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Estates Selection Knights Valley 2020 Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Estates Selection Knights Valley This approachable and delicious Cabernet Sauvignon is a generous Bordeaux blend, with soft and silky tannins and a plush, full mouth-feel. Although this wine is built to age and develop further complexity, the generous and juicy upfront [...]
2020 Cline Cellars Pinot Noir Fog Swept 2020 Cline Cellars Pinot Noir Fog Swept; Sonoma County, California Winemaker Notes; The 2020 Cline Pinot Noir has sumptuous flavors of raspberry, lilacs, and dark chocolate, with subtle hints of vanilla and toasted oak. This wine makes an ideal companion to foods like lamb, braised meats, or duck. [...]
Soft gentle and rich this is made for drinking now with Cabernet-friendly foods. It offers blasts of blackberry and cherry pie currant licorice and sweet cedar flavors wrapped into fine tannins. The blend is made from all five classic Bordeaux varieties based on Cabernet Sauvignon.
2018
2018 Faust The Pact 2018 Faust The Pact This 2018 wine comprises carefully selected fruit some of the best parcels across our Coombsville Estate. The position of these sites within the caldera play an essential role in shaping the highly nuanced character of this wine. The polished expression of black currant and blue fruits are [...]
2017 Artesa Pinot Noir Estate Reserve 2017 Artesa Pinot Noir Estate Reserve Delicate, crunchy red fruit is lifted by a floral accent in this estate-farmed 2017 wine. Crushed rock and iron components add complexity and texture to a rounded, rich and balanced expression of the variety. Artesa Over 25 years ago, Spain’s oldest winemaking family, [...]
2017 Iron Horse Classic Vintage Brut 2017 Iron Horse Classic Vintage Brut This 2017 vintage is considered the “flagship” of the Iron Horse bubblies as it shows everything the family strives to accomplish, striking memory bells that say “champagne” in quality and finesse, but with flavors that are unmistakably Sonoma County, Russian River, Green Valley [...]
2018 Flowers Chardonnay Camp Meeting Ridge 2018 Flowers Chardonnay Camp Meeting Ridge Vibrant aromas of lemon peel and orange blossom highlight the season maintaining the focus on fruit purity of the 2018 Camp Meeting Ridge Chardonnay. The palate is rich, full-bodied yet elegant with beautiful hints of fresh lemon, orange blossom and dried lemon peel. [...]
2016 Hanzell Chardonnay 2016 Hanzell Chardonnay Lovely high-toned aromas of honeysuckle and lemon blossoms combined with green pear, golden delicious apple, tangerine, guava and a flinty mineral quality exhibit chardonnay at its finest. The broad flavors of yellow pear, guava, lemon verbena, orange curd and lime zest are generous and satisfying. Bright acidity gives focus [...]
Ulysses 2017 delivers dense layer so deep cherry balsamic peat forest berries and fresh walnut woven through a finely grained texture and a lingering warm cacao powder finish.
2018 Hess Collection Cabernet Sauvignon The Lion 2018 Hess Collection Cabernet Sauvignon The Lion With 10% Petite Sirah and 7% Malbec, this Cabernet Sauvignon is effusively bright in dense layers of fruit. A moderate grip of tannin helps to give it additional power and length around a juicy mid palate of blueberry and vanilla. Hess [...]
2019 Martin Ray Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains 2019 Martin Ray Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains Notes of rich cherry cordial with underripe raspberry and a striking herbaceous core. Vibrant acidity throughout, with ripe cassis, dried sage and eucalyptus. Firm, chalky tannins and toasted oak, with a touch of smoked paprika. Martin Ray The name [...]
2017 Iron Horse Wedding Cuvee 2017 Iron Horse Wedding Cuvee Ample bubbles. Lemon and peach on the palate. Acid balanced with a touch of sweetness. Creamy in the mouth. Finish long and full. A consistently quality sparkling. Iron Horse A pioneering estate winery founded in 1976, we handcraft California’s most celebrated Sparkling Wines. Our Chardonnays [...]
2018 Robert Foley Vineyards Chardonnay 2018 Robert Foley Vineyards Chardonnay; Napa Valley, California Winemaker Notes; Inaugural vintage. The aroma offers suggestions of vanilla, lemon and butterscotch, which are also delivered in the flavor profile on the palate. Medium in body, there is a delightful liveliness from ample and integrated natural acidity, that also provides for [...]
2018 Harris Cabernet Indulgence 2018 Harris Cabernet Indulgence In the glass this wine displays a regal dark purple hue with a violet halo. Aromatic notes emerge from the glass suggesting kirsch, macerated boysenberry, crushed rock and a faint trace of spearmint oil. The decadent palate is sleek, layered with notes of cassis reduction, dark chocolate [...]
2017
2017 Verite Le Desir 2017 Verite Le Desir What was the secret to achieving such impressive ripeness for Cabernet Franc in 2017? Pierre Seillan’s daughter and one day successor, Helene, told me: “We make a lot of passes through the Cabernet Franc blocks—more than the other varieties. We drop any fruit that is not ripening [...]
2017
2017 Verite La Joie 2017 Verite La Joie The Cab Franc was quite spectacular in 2017. There is a bit more in the blend this year,” Pierre Seillan told me during the tasting of the 2017s with his daughter and one day successor, Helene. A blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Cabernet Franc, 10% Merlot [...]
2015 Lindstrom Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2015 Lindstrom Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley This Stags Leap District wine shows its heritage in the pronounced dark cherry and mocha notes which dominate both the aromas and the entry, as well as the signature soft tannins juxtaposed against a very solid, substantial mid-palate. The flavor intensity, [...]
2017
2017 Gust Pinot Noir 2017 Gust Pinot Noir This Pinot Noir hails from the Diamond Pile Vineyard and Catapult Ranch vineyard within the Petaluma Gap AVA. The Diamond Pile vineyard’s Dijon clones add elegance, detail and brightness to the wine while the heritage clones from the Catapult ranch offer power and backbone to this Pinot [...]
2017 Boheme Chardonnay English Hill Vineyard 2017 Boheme Chardonnay English Hill Vineyard; Sonoma, USA The Bohème Chardonnay “English Hill” 2017 immediately grabs the nose with caramelly lemon, roast hazelnuts, bright green apple slices, freshly cut pears and a squeeze of lime. In the mouth it’s both vibrant and voluptuous with all the aforementioned aromas translating [...]
2018 Ramey Chardonnay Woolsey Road Vineyard 2018 Ramey Chardonnay Woolsey Road Vineyard; Sonoma County, California Vintage Notes;This Chardonnay is exclusive to Ramey; you will not find Woolsey Rd Vineyard anywhere else. Owned by the Martinelli family, the vineyard was planted specifically for us at their invitation. We were able to provide them with old Wente [...]
2018 Sokol-Blosser Chardonnay Dundee Hills 2018 Sokol-Blosser Chardonnay Dundee Hills Firmly anchored in crisp apple fruit, along with highlights of peppery white radish, this takes a turn into a buttery finish which smooths out the mouthfeel. The interesting mix of fermentation vessels—new and neutral barrels, puncheons and a concrete egg named Huevo contributes to a [...]
2019 Krupp Brothers Cabernet Sauvignon M5 Stagecoach VI 2019 Krupp Brothers Cabernet Sauvignon M5 Stagecoach VI Layers of inky red/purplish fruit saturate the palate as this plush, opulent wine shows off its personality. There is plenty of tannin, but also more than enough fruit to stand up to that heft. Napa Valley One of the [...]