Wine Reviews
An archive of all wine reviews
Michael Apstein
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May 7, 2013
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Joel Gott is what the French call a négociant. He buys grapes from growers all over the state and puts together the blend he...
Michael Apstein
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May 7, 2013
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The label says it all. This bombastic Grenache-based wine is massive and intense, but it not hot or rough, carrying, as Grenache often does,...
Michael Apstein
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May 7, 2013
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Most of the fruit for this attractively priced wine comes from Paso Robles, a warm region becoming well known as the place for Cabernet...
Michael Apstein
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May 7, 2013
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This substantial Pinot Noir delivers ripe red and black fruit flavors mixed with a healthy dollop of spice. A vibrant freshness, likely reflecting the...
Paul Lukacs
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May 7, 2013
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Here is a Zin that does not commit any of the common sins of that variety. It’s not heady or heavy. It’s not overly...
Paul Lukacs
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May 7, 2013
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How nice it is to find a serious California Cabernet with real tannic structure, full flavor, and more than simple sweetness in the glass....
W. Blake Gray
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May 7, 2013
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A nicely balanced wine with all the elements you might expect from southern hemisphere Sauvignon Blanc — tropical fruit, some grassiness, some citrus —...
Michael Apstein
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May 7, 2013
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Despite its punch of ripe wild strawberry notes, this is a mid-weight wine with a charming rusticity. It grows in the glass with smokey...
Rebecca Murphy
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May 7, 2013
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Bolgheri in western Tuscany on the Tyrrhenian Sea is the land of the Super Tuscan. It is new as wine regions go, with not...
Marguerite Thomas
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May 7, 2013
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I look forward every year to the pleasures that Dry Creek’s Cabernet brings. As its predecessors have usually been, the current vintage is more...
Marguerite Thomas
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May 7, 2013
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Bright, brisk red fruit flavors (notably plum and pomegranate), with backnotes of eucalyptus and cedar give this Merlot particular charm. Among the wine’s assets...
April 30, 2013
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2008 is only the second vintage of this traditional method sparkler from Királyudvar. Yet, the wine is a knockout! This is a well-crafted, delicious...