Wine Reviews
An archive of all wine reviews
Michael Franz
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July 17, 2012
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This feminine wine is a little light in color and weight and might not initially seem as impressive as some others, but it packs...
Michael Franz
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July 17, 2012
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This was the darkest of a flight of notably dark wines tasted "blind" this May at Nebbiolo Prima in Alba, and it followed through...
Michael Franz
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July 17, 2012
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Sweet, flowery aromatics lead to lovely flavors that are rather unusual, showing ripe raspberry and wild strawberry flavors more than the standard issue cherry...
Robert Whitley
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July 17, 2012
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It’s safe to say that California’s Central Coast wine region, which stretches from Santa Barbara at its southernmost edge nearly to San Francisco Bay...
Michael Apstein
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July 10, 2012
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Méntrida, a small DO in the large Castilla-La Mancha region, is starting to rediscover itself. Although Garnacha is the most widely planted grape, some...
Michael Apstein
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July 10, 2012
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With over a third of Austrian vineyards planted with it, Grüner Veltliner is Austria’s signature grape. Laurenz’s version, dubbed Singing, has a lovely combination...
Michael Franz
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July 10, 2012
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A very showy wine that somehow manages to seem more natural than contrived, this displays lots of sweet oak on the nose, but there’s...
Michael Franz
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July 10, 2012
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This is a dark, intensely flavorful wine that doesn’t achieve its impressive flavor impact at the cost of seeming over-ripe or over-oaked. Complete and...
Michael Franz
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July 10, 2012
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If a wine can be “sexy,” this is a very good candidate for the term. Soft, sweet, rounded and alluring, it displays lovely aromas...
Michael Franz
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July 10, 2012
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Marvelous scents of wildflowers and autumn leaves work exceptionally well with the dark-toned fruit in this wine, which is concentrated and deeply satisfying but...
Michael Franz
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July 10, 2012
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This standout from the commune of Treiso is boldly oaked, but the wood is backed up by terrific fruit recalling dark cherries and a...
Michael Apstein
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July 10, 2012
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Beaucastel is one of the top properties in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Year after year, they produce a multidimensional, age-worthy wine. Although Mourvèdre and Grenache, at about...