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"Aromas of bread dough and watermelon with peaches on the nose. Some dried fruits. Full-bodied with phenolic tannins, like a fine pinot noir. The f...

"This is a step up from the linear and fresh 2006. It shows subtle depth and power with a dense block of vivid fruit that's highlighted by lemon ze...

"A fresh and balanced Champagne in the aperitif style, with the creamy mousse carrying flavors of ripe yellow apple, toast point and candied lemon ...

"Terrific. A mature vintage Champagne, bursting with biscuit, fig, walnut and coffee tones on a fresh, lively structure. It picks up a hint of mush...

"Very high percentage of Pinot Meunier (over 20%), and from one of the hottest vintages on record. Quite a beautiful, youthful colour, the nose hon...

"An aristocrat. Big-boned and intense, yet with finesse and complex flavors of coconut, whole-grain bread, ginger, citrus and honey. Waves of flavo...

"Champagne Number 1, which is known today as Krug Grande Cuvée, is the fullest expression of Champagne, re-created every year, regardless of annual...

"The 2004 vintage has all the precision one looks for in the best vintages. Several years since disgorgement and still so light, primary and fresh....

"A wine that has created its own universe. It has a unique, special softness that allies with the total purity that comes from a small, enclosed si...

"The new release of this Champagne is impressively stylish. It comes from a vertiginous vineyard facing north across the Marne river, the soil prod...

"Amazingly concentrated and elegant, bursting with plum, cassis and cherry aromas and flavors, touched by sweet oak and a nip of earthiness to add ...

Producer tasting notes: "After many years of bottle-ageing, this wine imparts a superb combination of lovely mature fruit and elegance, which only ...

"The ’70 Les Forts de Latour has aged exceedingly well over forty years. A light, gravely, earthy, mulberry-scented bouquet that just lacks a littl...

"The 1990 Amarone is one of the finest aged Amarones I have ever had the pleasure of tasting. Everything is simply in perfect balance. The 1990 is ...

"Very ripe and generous, a smooth, supple, ebullient wine showing plenty of raspberry, cherry and spice flavors, especially a welcome smack of blac...

"One of my all-time favorite vintages from Soutard, this wine, which is quite dense, concentrated, muscular, and full-bodied, still has a dark garn...

"The 2017 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru Les Demoiselles (Domaine des Héritiers Jadot) is very serious indeed, unfurling in the glass with notes of...

"The prodigious 2007 Solo has a saturated dense purple color to the rim, a wonderfully sweet nose of blue and black fruits intermixed with charcoal...

"The 2004 Barolo Lazzarito Vigna La Delizia offers up scents of tar, smoke, spices, plums, licorice and tobacco on a mid-weight frame. The wine off...

"Made in a thick and robust style, this hearty red is powerful and weighty in oak and tannin. Spicy seasonings of cinnamon and clove highlight rich...

"Reliant on seductive, creamy, vanilla-laced oak, a trait that will divide purists and hedonists. An appealing if obvious choice for those who like...

Chateau Montelena, founded in 1882, is one of Napa Valley’s oldest estates. Revived in 1969 by Jim Barrett, it gained global fame when its 1973 Cha...

"Pale garnet-brick. Intense gamey / savoury aromas with an undercurrent of dark cherry jam, fresh cracked black pepper and a pleasant hint of mushr...

"One of the richest, densest, most concentrated offerings in the entire tasting, it also proved to be one of the best-balanced, with better integra...

"Jean Louis Chave commented that 2005 was not a “friendly vintage” on release and compared it to 1998, 1995 and 1983 in style. His 2005 Hermitage i...

"A solid, even square, style, showing an iron cast to its cherry and red berry notes. The tannins are on the drying, astringent side, yet there's s...

"The 2018 CRU Pinot Noir has a gorgeous bouquet of gingerbread, Chinese five spice, earthy forest floor with cedar and sandalwood-like incense. e w...

" The 2019 Blacktail Proprietary Red Blend MMXIX is produced from 41% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, 17% Malbec, 22% Petite Sirah and 11% P...

"We approach this wine as the symphony made up from our historic single vineyards. When looking at Napa Valley as a whole, the terroir is wildly di...

"For the first time, this wine is blended with a touch of Viognier (3%). It was partially fermented in concrete, and the aromas are lifted with not...

"Lastly, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Pere de Famille is another flawlessly balanced, pure, powerful 2016 that knocks it out of the park in terms of...

"Moving to the 2016s from bottle, the 2016 Clos de Betz is 70% Merlot and 15% each of Petit Verdot and Cabernet Sauvignon. It shows how strong this...

"The 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Altagracia was tasted as a finished blend barrel sample. Deep purple-black in color, it has a fragrant nose of potpour...

"Pale peach skin color. Deep, complex nose of apple, nut skin, apricot and minerals; this somewhat resembled a bottle of 1990 Pol Roger Winston Chu...

"1998 Antagonists: This was a surprising effort (93% Grenache, 5% Syrah and 2% Viognier) from a challenging vintage throughout California. The dram...

"Still fresh and lively, and much younger tasting than the 1998 Antagonists or the 1995 Red Handed, this wine was certainly the biggest of the earl...

"Tight as nails, with earth and mint aromas leading you toward plum, black cherry and leather-like flavors. This is fiercely tannic right now, with...

"There are 350 cases of the unfiltered 2002 Numanthia. Produced from yields of one ton of fruit per acre from 70-100 year old Tinto de Toro (the lo...

 "A very nice wine drinking in the sweet spot. Concentrated, lush, ripe, sweet and easy to enjoy due to its lavish fruit, licorice, dark cocoa, smo...

"I was deeply struck with the wines I tasted from Harris Estate Vineyards this year. The vineyards are located on the lower slopes of Diamond Mount...

"The producer sources from both sides of its bi-county property for this lovely concoction, a mouthfilling mix of black pepper, juicy black plum an...

"So perfumed and beautiful in the nose with spearmint, blueberry, and blackberry aromas. Full-bodied yet reserved and refined. Very linear and tigh...

Heritage School Vineyards, located in Calistoga, Napa Valley, is a boutique winery producing small-lot estate Cabernet Sauvignon. Originally founde...

"This is fresh and vivid with blackberries, dark chocolate and fresh mushrooms, as well as bark and dark, trumpet mushroom-like notes. Medium to fu...

Situated in the cool, foggy Sta. Rita Hills appellation, Sea Smoke Estate Vineyard covers 40 acres planted with 10 Pinot Noir clones alongside 10 a...

Ghostwriter is a collaboration between Kenny Likitprakong (Hobo Wines) and Brian Wilkerson, focused on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the Santa Cru...

Kenny Likitprakong began managing this remote, mountain vineyard site in 2011. Surrounded by forest, the environment contributes distinct aromatic ...