Wine Reviews

An archive of all wine reviews
Linda Murphy
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November 10, 2015
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The name refers to the traditional Port varieties Tinta Madeira, Tinta Cao, Touriga Nacional and Souzao, all planted on Pedroncelli’s Geyserville estate.  Wild berry,...
Rich Cook
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November 10, 2015
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The Pommard clone that drives River Turn leans into a more earthy, mineral styled profile than some of Black Kite’s other Pinot Noir bottlings,...
Michael Apstein
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November 10, 2015
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La Grande Rue, squeezed between La Tache on one side and La Romanée, Romanée Conti and Romanée St Vivant on the other, is the...
Michael Apstein
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November 10, 2015
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The wine comes from two separate premier cru vineyards, which are close to each other, but are distinct. Yields were so low in 2012–which...
Michael Apstein
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November 10, 2015
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Wow.  You don’t normally expect this kind of power and finesse from a wine from St. Joseph.  But some producers are now demonstrating that...
Rich Cook
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November 10, 2015
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This vineyard only cements its reputation with this 2013 bottling.  It’s a big, rich wine that’s delicious now and will improve with up to...
Robert Whitley
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March 3, 2015
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This is a delicious though somewhat delicate Pinot from Black Kite’s estate vineyard. In this vintage the Kite’s Rest block has delivered a floral...
Michael Apstein
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November 10, 2015
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Gigondas, another one of the nine “cru” in the southern Rhône Valley whose wines are distinctive enough to warrant identification by only the name...
Rich Cook
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November 10, 2015
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When Randall Grahm starts tinkering with blends, the likelihood of something worthy coming out of the proceedings is high, and this time a clear...
Rich Cook
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November 10, 2015
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My first 2014 red from the northern hemisphere, and a quaffable bargain at that.  Black cherry, blackberry, leaf, mild damp earth and soft oak...
Rich Cook
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November 10, 2015
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Occasionally, cellar circumstances beyond my control necessitate the commission of oenological infanticide.  Or, put less pompously, sometimes a cork leaks, and wine out generally...
Rich Cook
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November 10, 2015
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I recently recommended the 2012 version of this wine, and I can say that the 2013 is a snootful of sexy blueberry and red...