Deep ruby color; dark fruit power, baked cherry, plum, blackberry, dark chocolate, vanilla, baking spice, balsamic, granitic minerality on the nose and palate. Continue reading “Taboadella Touriga Nacional Reserva Dão DOC 2021”
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Attems Sauvignon Blanc, Venezia Giulia IGT, Italia 2024
Pale straw-gold color; lemon-lime, grapefruit, green apple, passion fruit, tomato leaf, herbs, mint hint, saline-minerality on the nose and palate. Continue reading “Attems Sauvignon Blanc, Venezia Giulia IGT, Italia 2024”
Stoller Family Estate Dundee Hills Estate Chardonnay, Willamette Valley, Oregon 2022
Pale gold color; Meyer lemon, lime zest, pineapple, citrus, green apple, pear, white peach, white flowers, wet stone on the nose and palate. Continue reading “Stoller Family Estate Dundee Hills Estate Chardonnay, Willamette Valley, Oregon 2022”
Kaiken Disobedience by Francis Mallmann Red Blend, Mendoza, Argentina 2020
Deep ruby color; ripe plum, blackberry, cherry, spices, cedar, graphite, vanilla, dark chocolate on the nose and palate. Continue reading “Kaiken Disobedience by Francis Mallmann Red Blend, Mendoza, Argentina 2020”
Bernardus Signature Marinus Carmel Valley Red Wine, Monterey County 2018
Deep ruby color; blackberry jam, plum, red and black cherry, blueberry, redcurrant, vanilla, cinnamon, cedar, leather on the nose and palate. Continue reading “Bernardus Signature Marinus Carmel Valley Red Wine, Monterey County 2018”
Varvaglione Primitivo 12 e Mezzo, Puglia IGP 2023
Deep ruby-garnet color; black fruit, blackberry, black plum, black cherry, blackcurrant, licorice, nutmeg, vanilla, coconut, chocolate, spice on the nose and palate. Continue reading “Varvaglione Primitivo 12 e Mezzo, Puglia IGP 2023”
CVNE Monopole Blanco Seco Rioja DOCa 2024
Medium straw color; apple, pear, banana, pineapple, white flowers, honeysuckle on the nose and palate. Continue reading “CVNE Monopole Blanco Seco Rioja DOCa 2024”
San Felice Bell’Aja Bianco Bolgheri DOC 2023
Deep yellow-straw color; white peach, o tangerine, range zest, grapefruit, lemon zest, pineapple, salty minerality, jasmine, thyme, Mediterranean herbs on the nose and palate. Continue reading “San Felice Bell’Aja Bianco Bolgheri DOC 2023”
Lifestyle choices and wine 2-25-2026
Right now, many in the wine world are freaked about the decline in wine drinking. Advice: relax, take a deep, cleansing breath. A nice, chilled rosé also might help. Continue reading “Lifestyle choices and wine 2-25-2026”
Schrader Cellars Double Diamond Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley 2023
Pale straw color; green apple, key lime, Meyer lemon, citrus rind, white peach, pineapple, jasmine on the nose and palate. Continue reading “Schrader Cellars Double Diamond Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley 2023”