Wine Reviews
An archive of all wine reviews
Steve Matthiasson has an affinity for working with traditional Italian grape varieties in Napa Valley. Ribolla Gialla is exceedingly rare in California and especially...
Dario Sattui’s “other project” at the northern end of Napa Valley seems to have a strategy of building their wines for both early approachability...
From the Gil Family Estates’ Bodega Tridente comes a better-than-it-has-to-be 100% Tempranillo wine. The grapes are from old vines of up to 100 years...
Monestrell, also known as Mataro and Mourvedre, is the major red variety in the Jumilla region of Spain. In fact, according to Food and...
Bodegas Arrocal’s Ribera del Duero Crianza is delicious every year, but I confess that I’m always tempted to tell readers to just dig a...
This wine by Rodrigo and Asier Calvo (with consultation from Isaac Fernández) is something of a project-within-a-project of the family’s outstanding winery, Bodegas Arrocal,...
This counterpart to the Maggio Estates Chardonnay represents the peak of the quality pyramid at Oak Ridge Winery. In the glass, this Cabernet shows...
Coming from the best plots within the 2,500-acre family-owned holdings, the grape were hand harvested (as opposed to machine harvesting for their less expensive...
In terms of appearance, this shows a translucent, deep ruby color. The bouquet offers high-toned aromas of crushed red raspberry and currant as well...
Andrew Rich’s Glacial red blend presents a paler color than I expected, just medium, translucent ruby. The nose offers aromas of both ripe and...
The 2018 Warwick Estate Reserve presents a medium purple, ruby color in the glass. The nose leads with dark roasted coffee beans, followed by...
This wine showed a relatively light color for Carménère, which can be dark. The nose is mostly savory with some barnyard, soured/lactic notes (oak...