Deep garnet color; cherry, black plum, orange oil, blackberry, raspberry, graphite, pencil shavings, earth, black pepper, juniper berry, oak on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Month: September 2024
Banshee Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma County 2019
Deep ruby color; dark cherry, plum, blackcurrant, chocolate-covered raspberry, vanilla, oak, baking spice on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Bodegas La Caña Estate Bottled Albariño, D.O. Rías Baixas 2021
Pale gold color; pink grapefruit, lemon-lime, honeydew melon, white peach, pineapple, pear, honeysuckle, saline-minerality on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Wine barrels 9-25-2024
Winemakers: To oak or not to oak, that is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take up oak to craft your wine to shake the spheres of ordinary. Continue reading
Carmel Winery Carmel Signature Black Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
Deep ruby-garnet color; dark cherry, blackcurrant, blackberry, plum, chocolate, oak, cedar, tomato leaf, spice on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Ogier Héritages Côtes du Rhône Red 2022
Deep ruby color; cherry, plum, blackberry, raspberry, strawberry, licorice, oak, vanilla on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Great wine comes from great vineyards 9-18-2024
What makes a great wine? There is a hard and fast answer: “great wine comes from great vineyards.” Continue reading
Hahn Family Wines Cabernet Sauvignon, California 2022
Deep ruby color; blueberry, cherry, blackberry, redcurrant, raspberry, oak, vanilla, leather on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Soter Vineyards Estates Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon 2021
Medium ruby color; cherry, blueberry, plum, strawberry, leather, violets, forest floor, pepper, spice on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Domäne Wachau Grüner Veltliner Federspiel Terrassen, Austria 2022
Pale gold color; green apple, mango, pineapple, lemon-lime, white pepper, nutmeg, vanilla hint, white spice, minerality on the nose and palate. Continue reading
