Wine Reviews

An archive of all wine reviews
Rich Cook
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July 20, 2021
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 Here is a unique take on Cabernet Franc, and it’s quite an attractive one.  Aromas of cherry and graphite pencil are subtle, drawing you...
Rich Cook
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July 20, 2021
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 This brand is part of the Aquilini stable of wines from Washington state, and it’s a delightful, just barely off-dry expression that delivers pure...
Rich Cook
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July 20, 2021
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Mettler goes for the softer side of the Albariño spectrum with this vintage, with aromas and flavors of golden apple, lemon pith and melon. ...
Wayne Belding
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July 20, 2021
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 Trefethen Chardonnays are notable for their consistency of style and quality.  For decades, Trefethen has produced wines that deftly combine the opulence of Napa...
Wayne Belding
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July 20, 2021
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 Morgon is one of the top Cru villages of Beaujolais and the Côte de Py is a superb site within the village.  Domain Rochette’s...
Michael Apstein
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July 20, 2021
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 This mid-weight blend of Grenache (51%), Mourvèdre (34%) and Syrah brings together strawberry-like fruitiness, some spice and earthy notes.  Its angular acidity, likely secondary...
Marguerite Thomas
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July 20, 2021
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 While the Bourgeois family has been producing wine for several generations, in the 1950s Henri Bourgeois moved to Chavignol in the 1950s and began...
Michael Apstein
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July 20, 2021
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 Though considered Argentina’s signature red, Malbec is grown all over the world.  This rendition, from neighboring Chile, is a lighter style of Malbec, weighing...
Michael Apstein
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July 20, 2021
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 Rioja is one of the very few regions of the world where consumers can find well-aged wines at reasonable prices, and sometimes, like this...
Michael Franz
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July 20, 2021
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 This wine always catches me a bit off guard, and has managed to do so ever since the first vintage I tasted.  When I...
Michael Franz
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July 20, 2021
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 So, you tell me:  If a Spanish producer released two high-end wines, calling one “Gran Elias Mora” and the other “Elias Mora Reserva,” would...
Michael Franz
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July 20, 2021
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 The wines from the lake district between Milan and Venice deserve to be more widely distributed and highly regarded, as bottlings like this demonstrate. ...