Deep gold color; yellow apple, orange blossom, vanilla on the nose; pear, yellow apple, pineapple, citrus, vanilla, oak on the palate. Continue reading
Month: February 2021
Golan Heights Winery Gilgal Cabernet Sauvignon, Galilee 2016
Deep ruby color; black cherry, plum, oak on the nose; black cherry, blackcurrant, blackberry, vanilla, plum, oak on the palate. Continue reading
Vintage variables
“Plant a radish. Get a radish. Never any doubt. That’s why I love vegetables; you know what you’re about,” goes the opening in a song from The Fantasticks. Continue reading
Dominio Fournier Crianza, Ribera del Duero 2016
Deep ruby, almost black color; black cherry, vanilla, freshly baked pastry on the nose; cherry, plum, fig, black olives, blackberries on the palate. Continue reading
Ron Rubin Chardonnay Russian River Valley 2018
Medium gold color; apple, pear, vanilla on the nose; yellow apple, pear, white peach, pineapple, lemon, toasty oak on the palate. Continue reading
Bodegas Virxe de Galir Pagos del Galir Godello 2017
Medium gold color; white flowers, lemon-lime on the nose; peach, green apple, grapefruit, lemon-lime, mandarin orange, smoke, crushed gravel minerality-saline on the the palate. Continue reading
Line 39 Pinot Noir, California 2017
Medium ruby color; cranberry, cherry on the nose; cherry, cranberry, raspberry, plum on the palate. Continue reading
Château Malescasse Haut-Médoc 2017
Deep ruby color; blackberry, blackcurrant, raspberry, blueberry on the nose; blackberry, blackcurrant, cherry, plum, chocolate, raspberry, tobacco, graphite on the palate. Continue reading
Bonterra Sauvignon Blanc, North Coast, California 2018
Pale straw-yellow color; green bell pepper, white peach, grapefruit, lime on the nose; grapefruit, white peach, pineapple, lemon-lime, melon, minerality on the palate. Continue reading
Valentine’s
Survival alert to male readers: Sunday is Valentine’s Day. Continue reading
