Lodi, Uvaggio Primitivo, California 2012
This Primitivo has a light nose of cherry, dried fruit and spice. There is a soft texture to the palate and a cranberry-laced acidity...
California
This Primitivo has a light nose of cherry, dried fruit and spice. There is a soft texture to the palate and a cranberry-laced acidity...
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Notes of black cherry, cassis, mocha, black truffle and subtle top-notes of grilled meats and espresso...
The finest rendition yet of Au Paradis, the 2013 opens in the glass with notes of red and black cherry, violets, menthol, liquorice and a framing of rich new oak...
An appealing bouquet of cassis, graphite, rich soil and subtle tar...
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A stunning bouquet of rose petal, fragrant red-black fruit...
This is a wine which really rewards some years in the cellar...
On the palate the wine is concentrated, intense and deep...
Reminiscent of an old-style white Burgundy...
I have nothing but admiration for Heitz Cellar...
The 1988 Summa Vineyard is cruising along beautifully...
This bottle of single vineyard bubbles feels a bit riper than Champagne might...
An expressive blend of Friulano, Ribolla Gialla, and Chardonnay...
Graham Tatomer seems to have mastered the art of making Austrian varieties...
Pour this wine blind for a roomful of wine experts...
Sashi Moorman and Rajat Parr make their Pinots taste effortlessly elegant...
Robert Sinskey’s biodynamically-farmed reds show a refreshing...
Winemaking duo Duncan Arnot Meyers and Nathan Roberts sourced the grapes...
A forward-thinking winery in Sonoma, using grapes from interesting vineyard sites with old vines...
A very classy Chardonnay made in a Burgundian style, with notes of ripe apple and white peach and very fine use of oak...
Hess use massal selection in the Su’skol vineyard to encourage aromatic complexity from the nine different Chardonnay clones...
Beautiful kirsch and cassis nose with cocoa and damp, earthy undertones. Incredible vibrancy with beautiful fine grained tannins. Layers of cocoa, graphite, baked earth and superbly concentrated dark fruits on the palate...
Somewhat restrained on the nose, as a consequence of some bottle shock. However, the palate is rich and broad, giving a weighty style that’s balanced by sufficient acidity to keep it from being overbearing...
There’s real intensity on the nose, which delivers spicy blackberry and vanilla aromas. Palate is suave, creamy with good underlying acidity...