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2023 Chateau D'Issan - Margaux HALF BOTTLE (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
The 2023 D'Issan shows excellent potential, unfurling in the glass with aromas of dark berries, cassis, pen ink and white flowers, followed by a medium to full-bodied, velvety and enveloping palate that's rich, fleshy and charming, with lively acids, good...
2022 Picariello, Ciro - Fiano di Avellino DOCG
The Ciro Picariello 2022 Fiano di Avellino is an elegant and silky expression from a hot vintage. High-elevation vines at 650 meters above sea level on clay volcanic soils serve to protect this wine against any excessive ripeness. Instead, this unoaked wi...
2021 Kosta Browne - Pinot Noir Russian River Valley
Taking on more richness both visually and aromatically, the 2021 Pinot Noir Russian River Valley is generous with violets, black cherry, and cola spices. Medium to full-bodied, it has ripe, sweet tannins, with notes of black tea, expansive black raspberry...
2021 Kosta Browne - Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills
The 2021 Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast is floral with perfume and ripe red berries, as well as notes of framboise, rosemary, and incense. Offering fantastic balance, with fine tannins, fresh seamless acidity, and a good purity of fruit, this is a very attractiv...
2021 Kosta Browne - Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast
Matured for 15 months in 52% new oak, the 2021 Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills has a very pretty expression this vintage. The nose features detailed scents of blueberries, strawberries, Earl Grey tea leaves and forest floor, and the medium-bodied palate off...
2021 Vietti - Barbera d'Asti DOCG La Crena
The certified organic Vietti 2021 Barbera d'Asti La Crena shows a very good sense of balance with sweet and savory sides that transcend the bouquet. It starts off with redcurrant, a lightly floral note, rose hip and Amarena cherry. In fact, that sour cher...
2023 Chateau Cos d'Estournel - St. Estephe (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
The Grand Vin 2023 Château Cos D'Estournel checks in as 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, and a splash of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, resting in 50% new French oak. This beauty brings everything up a notch, with awesome crème de cassis, graphite, v...
2022 Familia Zuccardi - Malbec Valle de Uco Concreto
The 2022 Malbec Concreto comes from the Uco Valley and was fermented in whole bunches before spending a winter in concrete vats. A rich purple in the glass. The fruit-forward, primary nose delivers enticing notes of violet and plum along with blueberry...
2022 Casa Lapostolle - Carmenere Valle de Colchagua Cuvee Alexandre
A fresh, spicy carmenere loaded with fruit. Dark cherries, tobacco, pepper, spices and touches of paprika, dark olives, graphite and dark chocolate. Juicy and fruit-expressive on the palate with a medium to full body and fresh, fine-grained tannins. Flavo...
2023 Chateau Pape Clement - Pessac (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
The 2023 Pape Clément is one of the most exciting wines I have tasted here in a long time, maybe ever. Intensely aromatic and layered, the 2023 is simply stunning. Dried flowers, mint, licorice, mocha, cedar and tobacco soar out of the glass. The purity o...
2023 Chateau D'Issan - Margaux (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
The 2023 D'Issan shows excellent potential, unfurling in the glass with aromas of dark berries, cassis, pen ink and white flowers, followed by a medium to full-bodied, velvety and enveloping palate that's rich, fleshy and charming, with lively acids, good...
2023 Chateau Haut Brion - Pessac MAGNUM (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
2023 Chateau La Mission Haut Brion - Pessac MAGNUM (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
2023 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou - St. Julien MAGNUM (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
The 2023 Ducru-Beaucaillou is a heady, sumptuous Saint-Julien. The aromatics alone are captivating. Truffle, rose petal, blood orange, pomegranate, spice and menthol build in a creamy, lavish Ducru. The 2023 is a classic Bruno Borie wine that emphasize...
2023 Chateau Ausone - St. Emilion MAGNUM (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
2019 La Rioja Alta - Rioja Alberdi Reserva
Hints of toast, smoke and spices lace flavors of soft cherry and plum fruit, mandarin orange peel and dried flowers and herbs in this well-knit, medium-bodied red, framed by lightly chewy tannins. Drink now through 2029. 46,000 cases made, 16,500 cases im...
2019 Xavier Vignon - Gigondas
Deep, brilliant ruby. Expressive aromas of ripe dark berries, cherry and candied licorice are complemented by floral and smoky mineral nuances. Tightly focused black raspberry and bitter cherry flavors show very good clarity, becoming sweeter as the wi...
2020 Alain Jaume - Vacqueyras Chateau Mazane
The 2020 Vacqueyras Château Mazane is terrific and well worth seeking out. Based on 60% Grenache, 25% Syrah, and the rest Mourvèdre, this medium-bodied, supple, elegant Vacqueyras has lots of red and black fruits, complex notes of peppery garrigue, sandal...
2023 Chateau Mangot - St. Emilion (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
Another beautiful wine from this perpetually improving property, the 2023 Château Mangot delivers aromas of blackberries and mulberries mingled with hints of licorice, pencil shavings, bay leaf and violets. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with a ...
2023 Chateau Malescot St Exupery - Margaux (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
One of the most suave, classy vintages from this estate in some years, the 2023 Malescot St. Exupery is a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. Wafting from the glass with aromas of cherries, berries, licorice and pencil shaving...
2023 Chateau Prieure Lichine - Margaux (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
Well structured, deliciously fragrant rosebud and tomato leaf on the opening, this treads lightly at first and then builds in structure and and power through the palate, widening to show creamy raspberry and damson fruit, with a saline kick on the finish....
2023 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou - St. Julien (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
The 2023 Ducru-Beaucaillou is a heady, sumptuous Saint-Julien. The aromatics alone are captivating. Truffle, rose petal, blood orange, pomegranate, spice and menthol build in a creamy, lavish Ducru. The 2023 is a classic Bruno Borie wine that emphasize...
2023 Chateau Ausone - St. Emilion (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
The 2023 Ausone is a powerful, heady wine. Dark, layered and explosive, the 2023 possesses tremendous depth and tons of sheer resonance, something that becomes increasingly apparent with time in the glass. Strong saline notes frame a core of dark-toned...
2023 Chateau Haut Batailley - Pauillac (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
The 2023 Haut-Batailley is another impressive wine from this Chateau. There's plenty of the typical dark fruit and overall breadth that is such a signature, but the tannins show greater finesse than in some prior years—a very positive evolution that conti...
2020 Paul Autard Chateauneuf du Pape
A blockbuster red, with blackberry and boysenberry jam packing a powerful punch. Shows some underlying garrigue and earthy forest floor notes that bring freshness, while firm tannins provide shape. The formidable finish echoes with cigar box, toasted ceda...
2023 Chateau Pontet Canet - Pauillac HALF BOTTLE (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
With the 2023 vintage, this estate has crafted a wine of unprecedented aromatic intensity and precision that marks a significant evolution. Revealing an elegant, fresh bouquet of mulberries and cassis mingled with notions of violets, gentian and menthol, ...
2022 Solitude - Chateauneuf du Pape
Very attractive nose of raspberries, licorice and oranges with a touch of summer flowers. Round and silky on the full-bodied palate, the ample tannins are beautifully integrated, making the long, refined finish velvety. A cuvee of 65% greanche, 20% syrah,...
2019 Il Palazzino - Chianti Classico Argenina
Il Palazzino's 2019 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Argenina is terrific. Bright, poised and articulate, the 2019 has a lot going for it. Wild cherry, tobacco, incense, licorice and dried flowers abound in this super-expressive Chianti Classico. Bright...
2020 Altos de las Hormigas - Malbec Reserve
The 2020 Malbec Reserve was produced from vines on limestone soils in Gualtallary (80%) and Altamira (20%) with concentration and elegance. It has 13.8% alcohol and keeps very good freshness and balance. It fermented with natural yeasts, and 75% of the vo...
2021 Altos de las Hormigas - Malbec Mendoza Classico
This shows notes of cherries and red plums with hints of sweet spices and stone. Medium-bodied and textural with a mineral backbone and vivid red fruit. Dusty tannins and a polished finish. An easy and smooth malbec that shows freshness and poise. Drink n...
2022 Domaine de l'Aumonier - Touraine Sauvignon Blanc
This comes from vines averaging 20 years old growing in the communes of Couffy, Seigy and Chateauvieux just south of the Cher River, a major tributary of the Loire. The Loire Valley is an open window to the Atlantic, blessing the region with clement weather. L’Aumonier’s soils range from tufa hillsides rich in clay and limestone to flatter sites of flint and clay, sand and clay, and silt and clay. Ferments are typically spontaneous (the occasional difficult tank may get a dose of neutral yeast) and the wine is raised in tank. There's no fining during élevage and only a light filtration at bottling. Production averages 8,500 cases.
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2023 Chateau Quintus - St. Emilion (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
The purity of the fruit here is so impressive, with raspberry, lead pencil, cedar and sandalwood. Medium to full body with very fine and intense tannins that run the length of the wine. Mineral. Tensioned. Beautifully integrated and sophisticated at the e...
2023 Chateau Gloria - St. Julien (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
Cassis, violets, spicy wood, espresso, and a kiss of graphite all emerge from the 2023 Château Gloria, an incredibly pure, medium to full-bodied, ripe, balanced Saint-Julien. It shows the pure, elegant style of the vintage, has ripe tannins, plenty of mid...
2023 Chateau Fieuzal Rouge - Pessac (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
The 2023 Fieuzal reveals a bright, perfumed bouquet of mulberries and cherries mingled with floral accents of violets, lilac and spring flowers. Medium to full-bodied, layered and textural, it’s pure and seamless, with a fleshy core of fruit, bright acids...
2023 Chateau Fieuzal Blanc - Pessac (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
The 2023 Blanc from de Fieuzal is another great success this year, exhaling pure aromas of white fruits, white flowers, ripe orchard fruits, menthol and anise. Medium to full-bodied, seamless and broad, it has a delicate, pure mid-palate with chalky dry e...
2023 Chateau Haut Brion - Pessac (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
The 2023 Haut-Brion was picked at the same time as the La Mission Haut-Brion, albeit the secateurs sheathed one day later, on October 6. The nose is less immediate than the La Mission and the fruit is a little darker: blackcurrant, juniper, hints of bl...
2023 Chateau La Mission Haut Brion - Pessac (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
One of the finest wines in the vintage, the 2023 Château La Mission Haut-Brion is based on 52.7% Merlot, 29.6% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Cabernet Franc. It's one hell of a gorgeous wine offering a massive nose of black raspberries, graphite, liquid...
2023 Chateau Lynch Bages - Pauillac (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
The flagship 2023 Château Lynch-Bages is based on 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Petit Verdot, resting in 75% new French oak. One of the biggest, richest wines in the vintage, it’s deep purple-hued and offers up some c...
2022 Jankara - Vermentino di Gallura DOCG
The 2022 Vermentino di Gallura Superiore is wickedly fresh, opening with a burst of white smoke and stone dust invigorated by candied citrus and mint. It’s silky and supple, nearly oily in feel, with zesty acidity to balance and crisp orchard fruits th...
2021 Pietradolce - Etna Rosso DOC
Seductive from the first tilt of the class, the 2021 Etna Rosso slowly opens to reveal dried strawberries, lavender, incense and spice. This is luxuriously round and soothing, with ripe red and blue fruits that easily flow across the palate. The 2021 f...
2022 Soter Vineyards - Pinot Noir Willamette Valley Planet Oregon
The 2022 Planet Oregon Pinot Noir is way better than the price point represents. Gorgeous neon ruby core with a lighter pink rim in the glass, the delicious aromas and flavors of sour cherries, red plums, fresh peaches, dried rosemary, dusty earth, and dr...
2021 Soter Vineyards - Pinot Noir Willamette Valley Mineral Springs Ranch
The 2021 Pinot Noir Mineral Springs Ranch comes to life in the glass: suggestions of cola, rubbed sage, and dark chocolate complicate peppery wild berries. It's soft and round with brilliant acidity and fresh red and blue fruits swirling throughout. A m...
2023 Chateau Langoa Barton St. Julien (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
Solid tannins, gorgeous iris and violet reflections, blueberry and cassis fruits, shot through with cigar box, this is a fairly old school Langoa in the best possibly way, juicy, sapppy, nuanced, with chalky tannins that lift through the palate.
2023 Chateau Cheval Blanc - St. Emilion MAGNUM (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
One of the most profound wines of the vintage is the 2023 Cheval Blanc, a striking wine that stands out for its strong sense of identity and seamless integration at such an early stage in its life. Wafting from the glass with notes of mulberries, lilac, d...
2023 Chateau Mauvesin Barton - Moulis-en-Medoc (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
Inky ruby colour, another vintage that underlines how impressively Mauvesin Barton has been doing over the past few years. Delivers brambled blackberry fruit and balanced but clear toasted spices, austere on the finish, this heads towards closing in, but ...
2023 Chateau Leoville Barton - St. Julien (Bordeaux Future ETA 2026)
Step into the heart of what St Julien does best here, firm and muscular but thoroughly juicy tannins, concentrated blackberry and cassis fruits that are mature but full of finesse, with just the right amount of precision and tension. This is a wine where ...
