Wine Reviews
An archive of all wine reviews
Add up an exemplary producer, a great cru, and an outstanding vintage and this is what you get: A wine of impressive depth and...
This traditionally-styled wine is always good, but this vintage may be the best rendition I’ve tasted in a decade. Writing that the aromas are...
A marvelously stylish Nebbiolo that is extremely expressive but still seemingly weightless, this shows open fruit with light savory undertones and appropriately understated wood. ...
Barbaresco “Ronchi” from Albino Rocca is also quite good in this vintage, but the bottling from Cottà is the pick of the litter. Ripe,...
I can’t say that another wine from this producer has stuck in my memory, but I can say that this one will stay lodged...
This is clearly the best wine I’ve ever tasted from this house. It is brimming with expressive aromas and flavors, combining both fruity and...
Deeply colored and deeply flavored, the wine is loaded with juicy raspberry and blackberry fruits. Among this magnetic Zinfandel’s many lures you’ll find subtle...
With every new vintage of Dry Creek’s wonderful Chenin Blanc I wonder why this isn’t a more popular grape variety. Part of the answer...
This grape variety, popular in the southern Rhone Valley of France and also in eastern Spain, is typically used as a blending grape to...
The Gesture series is specially made for the J. Lohr wine club, which anyone can join. The wines across the lineup are rich and...
This beautiful winery in Western Australia has a long and glorious track record with dry Riesling. The 2017 Poison Hill is a glowing reference...
This is a Merlot for the masses, a fruity Merlot that delivers juicy notes of plum and bing cherry with a touch of spice...