Wine Reviews
This Week’s 30 New Reviews
Puriri Hills, a winery more typically associated with Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir, is making waves with their Bordeaux-style wines that stand proudly on...
Bichot, one of Burgundy’s top producers, opts to use the relatively new, Bourgogne Côte d’Or, appellation that indicates all the grapes came from the...
Ceretto was among the first famous Barolo houses to recognize the potential of the local Arneis variety, and their rendition remains among the best...
The tiny and Pinot Noir-only Bourgogne Côtes du Couchois appellation lies just south of the Côte d’Or in the Côte Chalonnaise. Though it encompasses...
A project of Lawrence Estates’ Carlton McCoy and Domaine Dujac’s Jeremy Seysses, this incorporates the vineyard label once used by Heitz. The wine is...
Serralunga d’Alba is one of the great wine communes of the Barolo appellation. The Baudana vineyard is among the most highly regarded in Serralunga....
This so-called “heritage” California clone has found a fine home in Petaluma Gap, with bright red fruit, pepper, toasty oak and brown spice. It’s...
Interesting to take a clone developed at a specific location and plant it in a different spot. Oh, wait – that’s exactly what pretty...
It is a rare but happy coincidence when the most widely available wine in a potentially excellent but still-underestimated category also happens to be...
The wine and label are relatively new, but the winemaker is one of the best: Ben Casteel, the second-generation head of the Bethel Heights...
Historic winery, check; well-heeled owner, check; excellent vineyard material, check. Combining the classic Rutherford sub-region of Napa which offers dusty cocoa-like notes with restrained...
Poggio al Casone is a small estate, only 40 acres, and focused on making red blends from their estate fruit. Made from 90% Teroldego,...