Wine Reviews

An archive of all wine reviews
Michael Franz
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April 26, 2022
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 This interesting wine is brought up entirely in new French oak, but is only in the barrels for 9 months.  Quite contemporary in style,...
Michael Franz
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April 26, 2022
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 I’ve tasted some stunningly good vintages of this wine from one of Ribera del Duero’s most admirable producers, yet I didn’t find the 2018...
Michael Franz
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April 26, 2022
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 I’ve never tasted a vintage of this wine that wasn’t excellent regardless of whether price was taken into consideration.  When one does consider cost,...
Michael Franz
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April 26, 2022
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 Unusual in several respects, this is produced by biodynamic methods and also incorporates 15% Garnacha.  The wine shows excellent pigment stability at this stage...
Michael Franz
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April 26, 2022
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 This wine will likely prove difficult to find, as I could only find one entry for it on the “Pro” version of winesearcher.com, and...
Michael Franz
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April 26, 2022
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 Even having visited this producer, I’m still rather unclear on some of the details regarding the various releases, and the winery’s website shows no...
Michael Franz
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April 26, 2022
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 This wine is still very reserved and tight for a 2015, which was a warm year that generally produced quite generous wines, but there’s...
Michael Franz
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April 26, 2022
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 This rings up at a relatively high price for a Crianza, but it is very well grown and stylishly crafted, and proves worth the...
Wayne Belding
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April 26, 2022
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  The Special Club Champagnes are special indeed.  The group of growers who contribute wines with this designation offers high-quality grower wines only in...
Michael Apstein
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April 26, 2022
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 Wölffer Estate, though best known for their Rosés (they list seven on their website) make a bevy of other top-notch wines, including this Malbec. ...
Vince Simmon
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April 19, 2022
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 Kaapzicht is a family owned and run wine estate in Stellenbosch, South Africa.  Their Chenin Blanc, in particular, has continued to impress me year-after-year. ...
Vince Simmon
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April 19, 2022
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 Lisbon area is a really fun place to visit and I have always found the white wines from the area intriguing and delicious.  The...