Wine Reviews

An archive of all wine reviews
Roger Morris
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June 4, 2024
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 Perhaps it’s the Perrin heritage, but it is difficult for me to taste a Tablas Rhône varietal wine or, more likely, a blend that...
Roger Morris
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June 4, 2024
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 Robert Mondavi always loved – and loved to sell – his Muscat Canelli as his one sweet wine, and it pops up here, added...
Roger Morris
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June 4, 2024
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 This is a tough neighborhood for reds, mostly Bordeaux-grape blends, and this rosso fits well into its class, though a tad pricey for what...
Michael Franz
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June 4, 2024
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 This is excellent Cabernet by any international standard at an extremely attractive price.  Seeing a bull on the rampage on the front label could...
Michael Franz
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June 4, 2024
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 Although this wine has a different producer name as well as a different appellation on the back label than the fabulous flagship “Domus Aurea”...
Michael Franz
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June 4, 2024
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 I have a very long track record with this wine, and it is all about admiration for its distinctiveness as well as love of...
Michael Franz
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June 4, 2024
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 This is a delicious rendering of Carricante from the slopes of Mount Etna, with very precise balance of ripe but delicate fruit and bright...
Michael Franz
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June 4, 2024
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 The flavor profile of this excellent example of Etna Rosso is defined by fruit notes of tart red pie cherries and cranberries, but there’s...
Michael Franz
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June 4, 2024
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 This marvelous wine is already downright intricate in its complexity at seven years of age, and yet it is also abundantly structured with bright...
Michael Apstein
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June 4, 2024
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 Louis Michel’s floral Vaillons couldn’t be more different from their weightier Butteaux.  Yet, they are both superb.  That’s the beauty of Burgundy in general...
Michael Apstein
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June 4, 2024
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 Château Malartic Lagravière, one of only six properties in Pessac-Léognan to be honored for both their reds and their whites in the 1953 Crus...
Michael Apstein
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June 4, 2024
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 Do not be put off by the vintage — not a great one for Chianti Classico — nor the late release, which is the...