Wine Reviews
An archive of all wine reviews
The winery flagship, and a fine representation of what can happen in Southern California when gentle handling is applied. Winemaker Justin Mund does just...
I have a feeling this review is going to involve eating words my friends have heard me speak out loud about this variety in...
Orfila’s Montepulciano is a medium bodied wine that’s full of flavor, showing plum, mixed berries, well melded oak spice and toast, finishing long and...
I’m glad to see another domestic bottling of this variety, and hope to see more of it thanks to wines like this one. A...
A blend of Viognier, Roussanne and Marsanne in a much lighter style than previous vintages that I’m familiar with. This wine works thanks to...
This producer wowed me with their tawny ports recently, and this wine fits right in with the quality standards set. A blend of Gouveio,...
This is my kind of bubbly! Steve Rogstad shepherds this blend of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir into a crisp, racy, acid driven...
A tasty Zinfandel for fans of bright berry fruit, white pepper and rustic style. A citric note to the acid profile keeps the fruit...
This is a bigger, riper, sweeter rendition of the Rabajà cru than the 2016 released by Giuseppe Cortese, and in that sense is a...
This wine is an object lesson in the ability of 2016s from Barbaresco to achieve both concentrated flavors as well as purity and “lift”...
Rarely a powerhouse but usually among the most interesting wines from Barbaresco, this is well suited to the growing conditions of the 2016 vintage. ...
With the extremely talented young Enrico Nada making the wines and his father Giuseppe still energetically tending the vines, this house is rapidly rising...