Although lovely herbal notes appear in this Pinot Noir, the focus is firmly footed on fruitiness. Suave mild tannins...
Dry Creek Vineyard, Russian River Valley (Sonoma County, California) Chardonnay 2016
Chardonnay lovers, listen up. And those who think they don’t care for Chardonnay should also lend an...
Dry Creek Vineyard, Sonoma County (California) Zinfandel 2016
Full disclosure, I’m not a fan of Zinfandel. So, it’s a dilemma when I come across one like this. ...
La Crema, Arroyo Seco (Monterey, California) Pinot Noir 2014
Another fruit-focused Pinot Noir with good weight and a suave texture. Not overdone in the “Pinot Syrah”...
Goldeneye, Anderson Valley (Mendocino, California) Pinot Noir 2015
Showing that you can never judge a wine by the numbers, Goldeneye’s Gowan Creek Vineyard bottling weighs in at a...
Brunello di Montalcino 2013: The Virtue of Acidity
If there was ever any doubt,--and, of course, there shouldn’t be--that Brunello di Montalcino is one of the world’s...
Stéphane Aviron, Moulin-à-Vent (Burgundy, France) 2016
Aviron’s Moulin-à-Vent dazzles with a paradoxical firmness and fleshiness. The tannins are fine, not...
Stéphane Aviron, Morgon (Burgundy, France) 2016
Morgon, along with Moulin-à-Vent, are the two cru that produce the sturdiest wines that often need several years of...
Stéphane Aviron, Juliénas (Burgundy, France) 2016
While not as ripe and fleshy as the 2015 wines from Beaujolais, the 2016s are racier while maintaining charm for which...
Stéphane Aviron, Chénas (Burgundy, France) 2016
Stéphane Aviron makes wines from many of the crus of Beaujolais, the ten villages that have the potential to...
Domaine Christian Moreau, Chablis Grand Cru (Burgundy, France) 2016
Vaudésir, along with Le Clos, sit atop most critics’ lists -- certainly mine -- of top Grand Cru vineyards in...
Domaine Christian Moreau, Chablis 1er Cru (Burgundy, France) 2016
Fabien Moreau, the current winemaker, says that this portion of their plot in the Vaillon vineyard was planted by his...