Pale gold color; white peach, grapefruit, white plum, Meyer lemon, mango, pineapple, honeysuckle, jasmine, minerality on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Month: June 2025
Günter + Regina Triebaumer Blaufränkisch Reserve, Burgenland, Austria 2019
Deep ruby color; raspberry, cherry, blackberry, strawberry, dark plum, cinnamon, clove, minerality on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Château de Valcombe Costières de Nîmes Rouge 2022
Deep purple color; plum, blackberry, blueberry, black olives, pepper, meat-bacon, garrigue (scent of wild, aromatic scrubland), spice on the nose and palate. Continue reading
VARA Winery VARAxLG Brut Blanc de Blancs American Sparkling Wine NV
Medium straw-gold color; Meyer lemon, almond, grapefruit, green apple, honeysuckle, hint of honey, brioche, minerality-salinity on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Expensive wine 6-25-2025
People ask what was the most expensive wine I ever received for review. I think their question reflects curiosity about what wine I get to review and how does expensive wine taste. Continue reading
Varvaglione Papale Primitivo di Manduria DOC 2020
Deep ruby color; plum, black cherry, blackberry, blueberry, redcurrant, strawberry jam, oak, cocoa, licorice on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Buscado Vivo O Muerto Chardonnay La Verdad, San Pablo, Argentina 2019
Pale gold color; green apple, pear, tangerine, lemon, honeysuckle, bread yeast, hazelnut, minerality on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Domaine Bousquet Ameri Malbec, Gualtallary Single Vineyard 2020
Deep ruby-purple color; black cherry, blackberry, blackcurrant, plum, blueberry, raspberry, oak, sweet tobacco, smoke, graphite-minerality, violets on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Famiglia Cotarella Sodale Merlot Lazio 2020
Deep ruby color; plum, cherry, cranberry, black olive, vanilla, spice, pepper, violets, earth, minerality-crushed stone on the nose and palate. Continue reading
Domaine des Bernardins Beaumes de Venise Red Rhone Wine 2022
Deep ruby color; strawberry, cranberry, plum, candied orange, spice, pepper, flowers on the nose and palate. Continue reading
