Products tagged with '90+'
2022 DeLille Cellars - Metier Red Blend Columbia Valley (750ml)
A cascade of violets and lavender gives way to wet stone and crushed blackberries as the 2022 Red Blend opens in the glass. This is juicy in character, with a balance of tart wild berry fruits and perfumed inner florals. Hints of spiced orange and clov...
2022 Descendientes de Jose Palacios - Mencia Bierzo Petalos de Bierzo (750ml)
The 2022 Pétalos was produced with 85% Mencía, 10% white grapes and 5% other reds from over 90 hectares, 20% owned by them and the rest from 180 families. It fermented with some full clusters in oak and stainless steel vats and matured in barrels of diffe...
2024 Diatom - Chardonnay Santa Barbara County (750ml)
Spectator Top 100 wine #18
2024 Dog Point - Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough (750ml)
The 2024 Sauvignon Blanc leads with a distinct nose of freshly picked curry leaf, crushed sea shells, lemon zest, asphalt, mustard seed, dried coriander/coriander seed and white flesh orchard fruit. This is powerfully fruited, has great energy and drive a...
2022 Domaine de Mourchon - Cotes du Rhone Villages Seguret Tradition (750ml)
Appellation Côtes du Rhône Villages Contrôlée
A deep garnet red colour with well-blended fruit aromas of raspberry and blackberry and a hint of liquorice on a spicy background. The palate is both velvety and generous with supple fruit.
Enjoy with roasted vegetables, slow-cooked meat dishes or fresh goat’s cheeses.
GRAPE VARIETIES: 65 % Grenache, 25 % Syrah, 10% Carignan
AGE OF VINES: 40 years
TERROIRS: A mixture of clay, limestone and grey sandstone on steep slopes
YIELD: 35 hl/ha
AGEING: 100% concrete vats
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2022 Domaine des Pasquiers - Cotes du Rhone Villages Plan de Dieu
From some great terroir right near Gigondas, it’s fun to “argue” every year which wine we prefer between this and the Sablet! May as well get both….
2022 Domaine des Pasquiers - Cotes du Rhone Villages SABLET
Pasquiers has been a long-time favorite here, farmed organically since 2010, this wine is a great example of an excellent Cotes du Rhone. This Sablet will out-drink many a Gigondas at more than half the price!
2023 Domaine Lafage - Chardonnay VdP des Cotes Catalanes Novellum (750ml)
Warm and round, with good energy. Orchard fruit and green plum notes are flanked by crushed stone and smoky mineral accents, plus well-integrated toasty details. Savory grilled herb hints echo on the well-meshed finish. Broad and nicely rich. Drink now. 2...
2022 Domaine Lafage - Syrah Grenache VdP des Cotes Catalanes Bastide Miraflors VV (750ml)
Elegantly peppery, the 2022 Côtes du Roussillon Bastide Miraflors evokes aromas of dark berries, spices, flowers and ripe cherries. Moderately weighted, round and supple, it's textured with structured tannins and a long, ethereal finish. There's no reason...
2022 Dr. Loosen - Erdener Treppchen Kabinett (750ml)
The 2022 Riesling Erdener Treppchen Kabinett opens with a touch of tansy, lemon zest and chervil, spreading citric, herbal spice. The finish is gorgeously lemony. Wonderfully balanced, not too sweet, vivid and bright, a joy. (Medium)
2023 Dr. Loosen - Urziger Wurzgarten Kabinett (750m
The 2023 Ürziger Würzgarten Kabinett is pure and refined but generous on the finely aromatic nose that represents the delicate and fragrant floral and herbal characteristics of this volcanic Rotliegend terroir. Savory as well as immediately saline on the ...
2022 Einaudi - Dolcetto di Dogliani (750ml)
Attractive aromas of violets, raspberries and strawberries. It’s bright and fruity, with a medium body, powdery tannins and lively acidity. Deliciously pure and transparent dolcetto. Drink now.
2022 El Enemigo - Chardonnay Mendoza (750ml)
A consistently impressive chardonnay that highlights purity and saline minerality. Salted lemons, sliced apples, seashells and stones drizzled with a touch of oak spice. Full-bodied yet tense and lightly saline on the palate, with bright acidity and a pur...
2023 Envinate - Listan Prieto Tenerife Benje (750ml)
The bottled 2023 Benje, which has 9% Listán Blanco and 1% Tintilla grapes to complement the Listán Prieto, comes from a very warm and dry year in Santiago del Teide when the vines got blocked and suffered a lot, as they also did in 2019. With the experien...
2022 Escudo Rojo (Rothschild) - Carmenere Valle de Colchagua Gran Reserva (750ml)
Some black beans, olives and fennel spice to the blackcurrants. Juicy, medium- to full-bodied, with a fleshy mid-palate, fine-grained tannins and a fresh finish. Pretty fruit in the finish. Drink now.
2019 Familia Zuccardi - Tempranillo Q (750ml)
The 2019 Tempranillo Q hails from Santa Rosa in the eastern plains of Mendoza. After aging in used 225-liter French oak barrels for up to a year, it reveals ripe strawberry and faintly leafy notes with a sun-kissed backbone, complemented by a hint of v...
2023 Fondreche - Cotes du Ventoux Rouge (750ml)
Sebastian Vicente helms the purposeful Domaine de Fondrèche, which was founded in 1991. Located in Mont Ventoux, an area famous for the Tour de France, Sebastian continues the estate’s laser focus on preserving the vineyards and land that they own. Their goal has always been to minimize their impact to the environment, and they do so with zero use of herbicides, and an emphasis on using green fertilizers like various plants.
Tasting Notes: Pure and intense perfumed notes open quickly – black raspberries, blackberries, and fresh florals. Luscious fruits are tamed with a touch of smoky minerality with a long finish.
Serve With: Drink with roasted game, grilled meats and cured meats.
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2018 Fonseca - Porto Late Bottled Vintage (750ml)
The 2016 Late Bottled Vintage Port was bottled in May 2022 with 102 grams of residual sugar and a bar-top cork. It is a field blend aged for 72 months in wood. This is unfiltered, alone among the Fladgate Group's LBVs. Easily the most expressive of the Gr...
