Products tagged with '90+'

2022 Guigal - Cotes du Rhone (750ml)

Notes of lilac, dark cherries and flowers preface Guigal’s 2022 Côtes du Rhône, a juicy, round and elegant wine that is also remarkably dense for the vintage and represents excellent value.

2024 Guimaro - Ribeira Sacra (750ml)

The young 2024 Mencía has 15% other varieties, 80% from the Sil River and 20% from the Miño River, and a pale color and perfumed nose, finer and more elegant than previous years. It has contained ripeness and 12.5% alcohol and a light- to medium-bodied pa...

2023 Hartford Court - Chardonnay Russian River Valley

Another appellation wine, the 2023 Chardonnay Russian River Valley is a bright golden yellow color and offers notes of poached yellow apples, toasted spice, almond, chamomile, and lemon curd. The palate is full-bodied and elegant, as is characteristic of ...

2022 Hedges Family Estate - C.M.S. Red Blend Columbia Valley (750ml)

The 2022 Red Blend CMS lifts up from the glass with a peppery blend of dried flowers and blackberries. It's soft-textured with pretty inner floral tones and a balanced core of ripe wild berry fruits elevated by hints of sour citrus. The 2022 leaves a f...

2022 Hijos de Juan Gil - Monastrell Jumilla (750ml)

The 2022 Silver Label now shows the name on the label (and also "Etiqueta Plateada" in Spanish). It's their first wine in their new era, which started in 2002, a wine that aims to promote the quality and potential of Monastrell. It matured in new and seco...

2023 J Lohr - Chardonnay Riverstone Arroyo Seco Monterey (750ml)

This full-bodied, round and buttery chardonnay has notes of baked apples, toast and brown butter. Ripe, soft and generous. Drink now. Screw cap.

NV Jansz - Brut Tasmania Premium Cuvee

The latest nonvintage from Australia's most famous Tasmanian sparkling producer is a tasty drop at a bargain price. A blend of Champagne's three classic varieties, this bottling combines fruit from the north and south of the island. Eighteen months on lee...

NV Jansz - Pinot Noir Tasmania Premium Rose

You have to squint to see it, but there's just the slightest of pink hues to Jansz's latest Premium Ros?. The nose leads with a combo of toasty hazelnut, dried fig, lemon verbena, orange zest and dried lavender aromas. The palate, while a little lacking i...

2023 Jean-Marc Brocard - Chablis Sainte Claire

Pale lemon colour. Some lemon scented bouquet, quite cool. An extra purity here, very much on the cool white stones, rinsed in citrus. No more than medium bodied but persistent and with class. In bottle Drink from 2025-2027. Tasted Jun 2024

2020 Juve & Camps - Cava Brut Nature Reserva de la Familia

This is distinctive for its abundantly fragrant notes of medicinal herbs and spices, on the nose and then carried on the palate by the lively, delicate mousse. Well-knit, with vivid acidity framing flavors of macerated cherry and apricot with notes of sal...

2024 Kim Crawford - Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough (750ml)

A crunchy and easy sauvignon blanc that delivers green-melon and apple aromas and flavors. It’s medium-bodied, lightly sweet and crisp at the end. Nicely done. Drink now. Screw cap.

2020 La Rioja Alta - Rioja Alberdi Reserva (750ml)

The younger wine here is the 2020 Viña Alberdi, a versatile version of the Haro reds. It was produced with Tempranillo fermented in stainless steel and matured in American oak barrels for two years (it's sold as Reserva in international markets and Crianz...

2024 Les Cretes - Valle d'Aosta Petite Arvine (750ml)

2022 Lohsa - Morellino di Scansano DOCG Terre del Poliziano

A fruity and primary nose with some reductive red berries and herbs. This is crunchy and light on the palate with fresh tannins and lots of cherries in a fruity, soft finish. Laid-back and easy. Drink now

NV Louis Pommery - Chardonnay California Brut

This well-balanced and smooth wine is the debut California offering from French producer Pommery. Made from 96% Chardonnay and a dab of Pinot Noir, it carries aromas of toasted baguette and flowers, with crisp apple and white peach flavors on fine-beaded ...

2023 Macrostie - Chardonnay Sonoma Coast (750ml)

Plenty of ripe, succulent fruit on a full body and a smooth, rounded texture. Applesauce, pineapple, brown butter and vanilla bean flavors give ample richness. Drink now. Screw cap.

NV Marietta - Old Vine Red Lot #75

2022 Marietta Cellars - Zinfandel North Coast Roman (750ml)

The 2022 Román Zinfandel is a blend of 93% Zinfandel, 4% Barbera, 3% Petite Sirah. It has pure, layered scents of apricot, graham cracker, raspberry jam, mossy bark and spice. The palate is light-bodied, soft and juicy with a core of nuanced berry fruit a...