Wine Reviews
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Under Spanish wine law, this is a Vino de Pago, the country’s most exalted designation, reserved for wines from distinctive and exceptional sites within...
Year in and year out, you can depend on MacRostie to deliver cool climate style across their Pinot Noir portfolio. This vintage of Thale’s...
Bibiana Gonzalez-Rave continues her roll of late with this highly stylized Pinot Noir. A rich aromatic mix of black cherry, strawberry pie and Asian...
Here is a teaching example of cassis aromatics in Cabernet – they flood the nose at full speed, and shine brightly from start to...
This wine always seems to land in my top tier, and it almost always rises to the top in blind tastings of similarly tiered...
Here is a conversation piece of a wine that has a ton going on – aromas of white flower, candle wax, and a hint...
Here’s a classic Oregon expression of Pinot, one that shows bright dry earth notes above red fruit aromas, and all of it shows on...
Ripe cherry and raspberry aromas start the festivities here, with cardamom and cinnamon adding accents. You would expect a nose like this to forebear...
For a late release bottling this shows the freshness of a much younger wine, with racy acidity balancing rich fruit and a viscous texture,...
Winemaker Nate Klostermann strikes again with this expression of apple, lemon and soft tropical fruit notes that ride vibrant acidity while managing a rich...
I always appreciate the courage it takes for a winemaker to pick Chardonnay at a lower ripeness level in today’s domestic marketplace, and I’m...
This bottle come off like a specific barrel selection of the winery’s “regular” Pinot Noir bottling from this appellation, with similar characteristics – cherry,...