Wine Reviews
An archive of all wine reviews
Michael Franz
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June 21, 2016
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This producer flashed onto my radar with a terrific wine from this site in La Morra in 2008, and has remained impressive with every...
Rich Cook
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June 21, 2016
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The Jack London Vineyard Cabernet is famed for its rustic style and mountain tannins, and this vintage delivers as expected, with bold black cherry,...
Rich Cook
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June 21, 2016
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This pleasant Zinfandel is a blend of fruit from three counties — San Joaquin, Sonoma and Lake. I’ve seen this in a few Zins...
Rich Cook
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June 21, 2016
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A pleasant drinking red that’s organic and has no detectable sulfites — if that’s important to you. If it’s not, it’s just an easy...
Rich Cook
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June 21, 2016
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This bottle is the maiden voyage for the label, made by Young Inglewood Vineyards of St. Helena. It’s a dialed in "drink me now"...
Rich Cook
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June 21, 2016
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Patz & Hall comes out swinging with the 2014 Pinot Noirs after two stellar vintages in a row. The 2014 Jenkins Ranch shows cherry,...
Michael Franz
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June 21, 2016
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Rich, warm, soft and deep, this offering from Castiglione Falletto is certainly a wine of the vintage, with low acidity and very notable sweetness. ...
Michael Franz
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June 21, 2016
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This is an unusual wine for the vintage, with a feminine, graceful, silky profile that seems out of keeping for the year but very...
Michael Franz
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June 21, 2016
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This is a multi-dimensional winner from Serralunga that succeeds on the strength of restrained winemaking that permits prolonged interplay between ripe, sweet fruit and...
Robert Whitley
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June 21, 2016
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Fans of muscular Paso reds will embrace this meaty, sturdy red Rhone-style blend from Kukkula. The proprietary name, Sisu, is the Finnish word for...
Paul Lukacs
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June 21, 2016
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Very rustic and oh so French, this Loire Valley Gamay tastes earthy as well as meaty. It has just enough fruit to remain focused,...
Rich Cook
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June 21, 2016
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It’s not often you find this price and this appellation together on a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon, but here we are in this unpretentious,...