Wine Reviews
This Week’s 30 New Reviews
Michael Franz
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March 16, 2010
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This wine was crafted from grapes that were beautifully ripened, lending a soft, pleasantly sweet profile that nevertheless shows nice structure from ripe acidity...
Michael Apstein
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March 9, 2010
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Without question, Allegrini is one of the Veneto’s top producers. They make three wines from the Valpolicella region, this one, a blend from a...
Michael Apstein
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March 9, 2010
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This wine demonstrates that Central Otago and Martinborough are not the only districts in New Zealand capable of producing distinctive Pinot Noir. The Marlborough...
Paul Lukacs
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March 2, 2010
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A very impressive young Pinot, marked by sweet but in no sense candied cherry fruit flavors enhanced by echoes of savory spice in the...
Gerald D. Boyd
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February 23, 2010
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Regis Bouvier aged this 100% Pinot Noir between 12 and 16 months mostly in used oak barrels. The nose is open and forward with...
Gerald D. Boyd
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February 23, 2010
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This youthful Marsannay rouge nicely illustrates why Pinot Noir is equally good early in its life or with some age — just different. Derey’s...
Michael Franz
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February 9, 2010
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The current releases at the (currently crucial) entry-level from Errazuriz are as good as I’ve every seen them look, with terrific renditions of Sauvignon...
Paul Lukacs
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February 2, 2010
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For the past few years, Andeluna has offered a strong line-up of red wines, particularly with the winery’s value-priced white label range. This youthful...
Paul Lukacs
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January 26, 2010
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An excellent Bordeaux-blend from Chile, this wine lacks the herbal edge and firm structure that so distinguishes many top Chilean reds. It makes up...
Paul Lukacs
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January 26, 2010
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Beautifully balanced, showing plenty of savory spice and accents reminiscent of dried herbs and sun-baked earth, this is a compelling, complex Rhône red. Very...
Gerald D. Boyd
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January 26, 2010
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Argento, a name that derives from the Latin word for “silver,” has been making wine for a decade and now is entering the U.S....
Paul Lukacs
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January 19, 2010
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Made primarily with old-vine Grenache and Carignan grown in rocky, limestone-etched hills north of Montpelier, this offering from a relatively new domaine (founded by...