This wine is a crowd-pleasing smash hit! We'd compare this to blends at twice the price. Lush, dark, and bold with big flavors of blackberry pie and black cherries, dark chocolate, and baking spices. It's silky and full... Read More
The 2022 Zinfandel Angeli is compelling. Deep, layered and exquisitely beautiful, the Angeli screams with Zinfandel character. Even with all of its obvious intensity, the 2022 is not in any way overdone. Rather, it conveys a sense... Read More
Aromas of red currants, spearmint and sandalwood follow through to a medium body with fine tannins and a refined and delicious finish. Pretty tension and polished texture. Succulent.
This has an attractive, slightly spiced character with ripe red and dark berries, hints of walnuts, dried herbs and ground cloves. Medium- to full-bodied, firm and chalky. Has tight-grained tannins, yet with juicy acidity and... Read More
The Santenots du Milieu from Lafon is marvelous wine and among my favourites among the Volnay premier crus, with its perfumed red and black fruit and pleasant floral notes. The texture on the palate is dynamic, with fresh acidity... Read More
Hints of tobacco, smoke and vanilla are a fragrant thread winding through the baked cherry and raspberry fruit, cocoa powder and red licorice notes on display in this lively, harmonious, focused red. Fine, crisp tannins firm the... Read More
Hints of tobacco, smoke and vanilla are a fragrant thread winding through the baked cherry and raspberry fruit, cocoa powder and red licorice notes on display in this lively, harmonious, focused red. Fine, crisp tannins firm the... Read More
The red 2018 Viña Cubillo Tinto Crianza is pretty and attractive, fresh and aromatic, floral, the result of a challenging year with lots of rain and high humidity. This is usually the last vineyard to be harvested, and... Read More
The canonical red 2013 Viña Tondonia Reserva has a developed nose of dried roses and tar that transported me to Piamonte but soon took me back to the López de Heredia cellars in Haro with the mixture of mushrooms,... Read More
The 2020 Seña is a blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Malbec, 15% Carmenere and 7% Petit Verdot (a little higher in search of acidity) from grapes harvested early, the second week of March, and fermented mostly in stainless... Read More
This opens with aromas of fresh blackberries as well as an alluring note of blue fruit and dried thyme. The medium- to full-bodied palate is precise and delineated, not imposing but well integrated. Supple, finely tuned tannins.... Read More
