Wine Reviews

An archive of all wine reviews
John McDermott
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December 5, 2023
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 La Chablisienne’s 1er Cru Fourchaume is rather bold for Chablis.  It shoots out of the gates with a complex and potent aromatic bouquet of...
Wayne Belding
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December 5, 2023
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 Fine Sauternes is one of the wine world’s great taste treats.  It is a marvelously opulent, sweet and intriguing category of dessert wines.  The...
Michael Franz
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December 5, 2023
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 In terms of its physical properties and its flavor profile, this flagship wine from Jaraba doesn’t seem all that different from the wonderful “Selección...
Michael Franz
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December 5, 2023
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 Silky and marvelously graceful for all the flavor and pleasure that it delivers, this is an obviously well-made wine sourced from skillfully grown fruit. ...
Roger Morris
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December 5, 2023
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 Are you old enough to remember the Coors Light holiday commercial featuring Leslie Nielsen in pink, fuzzy house slippers?  The one in which he...
Andrew Holod
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December 5, 2023
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 This is an interesting wine, focusing on an expression of the estate, per the winery’s website.  The production inputs are that the fruit was...
Miranda Franco
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December 5, 2023
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 David Hirsch is one of the pioneers of Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir, going on a hunch that the unique geology and climate would produce...
Rich Cook
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December 5, 2023
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 Here is a delicious blend that will please fans of oak spice alongside bright red fruit.  It is a blend of Zinfandel, Cinsault and...
Wayne Belding
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December 5, 2023
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 The Domaine de Chevalier is beautifully situated on a high point in the Pessac-Léognan appellation within the Graves region near the city of Bordeaux. ...
Wayne Belding
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December 5, 2023
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 The village of Pez lies within the Saint-Estèphe appellation, just north of Pauillac in Bordeaux.  Château Ormes de Pez is a noted Cru Bourgeois...
Michael Apstein
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December 5, 2023
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 The wines from Brouilly, the largest of the ten named villages of Beaujolais, typically provide more interest that a straight Beaujolais-Villages.  This one supports...
Roger Morris
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December 5, 2023
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 We often speak of “value” when thinking about of everyday and entry-level wines, but the term should apply at all levels, as it does...