Wine Reviews
This Week’s 30 New Reviews
Michael Franz
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June 11, 2013
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Quite dark in color, with very inviting aromas of ripe fruit with a depth and density that can almost be smelled. There’s also enough...
Michael Franz
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June 11, 2013
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Very sexy aromas show spices and toast along with fresher, more primary notes of bright red fruit. The texture is soft and the flavors...
Michael Franz
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June 11, 2013
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This wine is a model of subtle excellence, with years of positive development ahead of it. Brooding and backward, but still loaded with nuances...
Michael Franz
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June 11, 2013
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The deep, rich, aromas of this wine are quite arresting, and though it is very ripe in character, there’s nothing raisiny about it, suggesting...
Michael Franz
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June 11, 2013
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Sweet aromatic notes lead into a soft, open, deep set of flavors. Balanced and perfectly–I mean perfectly–symmetrical, this shows both sweet and savory notes...
Michael Franz
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June 11, 2013
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Promisingly dense pigmentation offers an accurate indication of what is to follow, as this wine delivers exceptional depth of flavor. The fruit is quite...
Michael Franz
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June 11, 2013
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Complete and convincing, with excellent balance and complexity from the first whiff to the conclusion of the very persistent, impressively symmetrical finish, this is...
Michael Franz
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June 11, 2013
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Expressive, even punchy aromatics show ripe, intense red fruit scents backed by commensurately intense scents of oak. This was among the most dramatic of...
Michael Franz
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June 4, 2013
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Owned by the Mazzei family that is famed for the great Tuscan wines of Fonterutoli, this estate was purchased in 2003 and has seen...
Robert Whitley
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June 4, 2013
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For all of the new interest in Spain’s vast and varied viticultural areas, Rioja remains at the pinnacle. Not only is it the most...
Linda Murphy
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June 4, 2013
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This wine is so elegant and refined that it likely flies under the radar of many critics, particularly those who love richness and volume. ...
Linda Murphy
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June 4, 2013
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Betsy and Bill Nachbauer buck the trend of growing only Burgundian varieties in Russian River Valley. They list toward Italian grapes in their Alegria...