Wine Reviews
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Gallica’s Cabernet Sauvignon shows the complex fruit, smooth elegance, and balance of a world-class Napa Valley Cabernet. Sourced from Oakville Ranch Vineyard, the fruit...
An ancient 112 acre property brought back to life by the Lesgourgues family, Haut Selve is located close to Chateau Haut Brion in Graves. ...
Launched in 2000 by Michael Lancaster and several friends, Tin Barn offers a range of single vineyard wines from several well-known Sonoma vineyards. Its...
Through the years, I have preferred the (generally) more-complex, less-fruity Sauvignons of Martinborough to those of Marlborough on the South Island. In large part,...
The “Grower Collection” from Chappellet reaches to some fine sources for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The payoff shows in this multi-clone blend bottle from...
Forge’s Peach Orchard Dry Riesling provides a special, terroir-driven experience. The nose presents dried floral, lemon, and lanolin notes while the body’s crisp acidity...
I will admit to never having seen a Cabernet Sauvignon that would admit to 4% Lagrein in the mix, and I am curious about...
This fruit was picked just before the Glass Fire that took away a huge swath of the 2020 harvest in Napa Valley. There is...
This continues a long line of classic Sauvignon Blancs from winemaker Aron Weinkauf, who is clearly the mad scientist of the variety. His meticulous...
Morgan has been working with the Albariño grape for a few vintages now, and I think the wine is starting to hit its stride...
Morgan’s Rosé of Grenache is a crowd pleaser that’s on the dry side — meaning it’s a candidate for turning on your white Zinfandel...
Move over Pinot Noir — clones matter in other wines as well. This offering is a 52/48 blend of Clone 1 and Musqué, and...