Wine Reviews
This Week’s 30 New Reviews
July 16, 2013
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Perfumed notes of violet, cracked pepper, soy, and sweet-tart red fruits waft from the glass. The high-toned notes continue in the palate with cranberry...
Michael Franz
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July 23, 2013
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One of the most impressive 2009 bottlings of straight Barolo DOCG with a proprietary name rather than a cru designation, this shows impressively dark...
Michael Franz
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July 23, 2013
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This is an excellent wine for near-term enjoyment, with delicate floral and spice aromas and very soft, open flavors that are framed with just...
Michael Franz
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July 23, 2013
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This is a very stylish wine that shows excellent intensity and persistence of flavor but only moderate weight. Oak shows more flamboyantly in the...
Michael Franz
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July 23, 2013
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Among the most successful wines from La Morra in 2009, this shows very appealing savory aromas or cured meat and baking spices, with soft...
Michael Franz
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July 23, 2013
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This shows a distinctly modern-style, with lots of toasty, spicy oak adorning its bouquet, but there’s still enough punchy fruit to work in tandem...
Michael Franz
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July 23, 2013
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One of two stunning successes from Virna Borgogno in 2009, this is a wine of impressive depth and dimension, showing explosive aromas of...
Michael Franz
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July 23, 2013
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This traditionally-styled wine is among the most aromatically expressive and exciting of the hundreds of 2009 Barolo bottlings that I tasted in May of...
Michael Franz
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July 23, 2013
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A remarkable success from a village that had a very tough year in 2009, this wine from La Morra shows very dark color and...
Michael Franz
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July 23, 2013
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Gorgeous from stem to stern, this wine is a fantastic success in 2009. It shows very little overt oak, but the wood that is...
Robert Whitley
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July 16, 2013
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The Double L has been among Morgan’s top single-vineyard Pinots for a number of years and it’s easy to see why. It always performs....
Rich Cook
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July 16, 2013
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Here is a wine to slip in on one of your California Chardonnay loving friends that will broaden their horizons without freaking them out...