Wine Reviews

An archive of all wine reviews
Rebecca Murphy
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September 3, 2024
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 From the families of John Neylon and Ian Wiffin comes a lush, intense Sauvignon Blanc with a pale yellow color with very ripe aromas...
Norm Roby
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September 3, 2024
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 Made from the 45 year-old Chatom Vineyard in Calaveras County planted to a Sauvignon Blanc clone from Château D’YQuem, this wine resembles a white...
Norm Roby
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September 3, 2024
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 Joe Dobbes was the first to offer Pinot Noir made entirely from this Dijon clone when he added it to his Dobbes Family Estate...
Norm Roby
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September 3, 2024
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 Joe Dobbes has been making single vineyard Pinots from this vineyard since 2015.  In 2021, he selected one block planted entirely to clone #...
Vince Simmon
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September 3, 2024
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 Located an hour north of Vienna, the city of Krems has their own winery and their own vineyards that make up Weingut Stadt Krems. ...
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,...
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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 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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 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. ...
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...
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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 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...