Wine Reviews

An archive of all wine reviews
Michael Franz
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September 3, 2024
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 I tasted this wine “blind” along with the other leading Pinots in the competition to see where it slots in among the others.  Consequently,...
Michael Franz
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September 3, 2024
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 Like so many Cabernets from top sites and producers in 2021, this is already complete and convincing in its technical characteristics as well as...
Miranda Franco
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September 3, 2024
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 A journey to the heart of the Rhône Valley, the Grand Veneur Les Origines 2019 is a Châteauneuf-du-Pape blend of 50% Grenache, 30% Mourvèdre,...
Rich Cook
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September 3, 2024
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 These guys are serious about the pretty side of Grenache, and while this offering shows a touch more oak than the Adelaida District bottling,...
Rich Cook
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September 3, 2024
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 As with all of Neil Collins’ wines, the aromatic development here is incredibly attractive.  This wine literally blows ripe strawberry and raspberry fruit by...
Rich Cook
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September 3, 2024
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 As an unabashed nut for cool climate Syrah, I am always surprised that their isn’t more of it out on the market.  Enter this...
Rich Cook
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September 3, 2024
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 This is a beastie, but it is very well managed in the style that it’s aiming at.  There is plenty of oak, but the...
Rich Cook
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September 3, 2024
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 This is one of the few unoaked Chardonnays that I always seem to like.  No surprise from Morgan – they don’t treat this as...
Michael Apstein
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September 3, 2024
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 The A & M Bonnie family has expanded from their homebase at Château Malartic Lagravière, a leading estate in Bordeaux’s Pessac-Léognan appellation, to Argentina. ...
Michael Apstein
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September 3, 2024
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 With Giorgio Primo, Giampaolo Motta, the owner of La Massa, shows that Bordeaux varieties do well in Tuscany outside of Bolgheri.  The sumptuous blend...
Michael Apstein
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September 3, 2024
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 Ornellaia is one of Italy’s iconic and greatest wines.  They produce a second wine, Le Serre Nuove dell’Ornellaia, that is made from young vines...
Michael Apstein
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September 3, 2024
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 Regulations for the Reserva category of Rioja require at least 3 years of aging, one of which must be in barrel, before release.  Many,...