Wine Reviews
This Week’s 30 New Reviews
Established in 1786, Domaine François et Julien Pinon is a seventh-generation, family owned winery in the heart of France’s Loire Valley. They focus on...
Acidity and structure take the lead in this bottling, and it s a bottling you will want to set aside in your cellar in...
As I was sipping this wine it immediately struck me that this Zinfandel could be the red wine incarnation of Kendall Jackson’s legendary Chardonnay...
This wine is among the very best renditions of Albariño from Rías Baixas in almost every vintage, and 2024 is no exception. It is...
Despite a stated 14.6 percent stated alcohol, this Pinot Noir is not overblown or wandering into the “Pinot-Syrah” category. Yes, the alcohol is apparent...
When you slap a bottle of wine with a nod to my favorite jazz legend, Thelonious Monk, I’m hooked. The label, featuring the iconic...
One whiff of this makes me wish I was back in the Alentejo, where delicious, value-driven wines like this one abound. The first Reserva...
This is an entry-level Sauvignon Blanc that touches all the bases but would be better if it mustered a little more complexity. Moderate in...
This is excellent Chardonnay that will actually improve during the next couple of years, as its oak integrates more fully with the wine’s fruit...
Whether Cabernet Franc will become Virginia’s primary wine remains to be seen. But this balanced mid-weight one from Paradise Springs Winery shows why it...
It’s always difficult to make great-tasting wine when the goal is to first meet a different criterion—in this case, to produce a lower-alcohol wine....
Offida, a small area in the southern part of the Marche, has been a DOCG only since 2011. Pecorino (the grape, not the cheese)...