Deep ruby color; blackcurrant, dark cherry, blackberry, plum, tobacco, cocoa, black tea, earth, tar, minerality on the nose and palate. Continue reading “Isabelle et Paulin Calvet Château Picque Caillou, Pessac-Léognan Contrôlée 2020”
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Ehlers Estate Cabernet Franc 2021, St. Helena, Napa Valley 2021
Deep ruby color; dark cherry, blackberry, redcurrant, plum, bell pepper, chocolate, tomato, roses, oak on the nose and palate. Continue reading “Ehlers Estate Cabernet Franc 2021, St. Helena, Napa Valley 2021”
Wine name revolution 10-2-2024
If you go into almost any wine shop, liquor store, or supermarket wine section in the United States—and now in most places in the world—you will find wine bottles arranged and named by the variety of grape used to make the wine. Continue reading “Wine name revolution 10-2-2024”
William Chris Vineyards Purtell Vineyard Grenache, Texas High Plains 2020
Medium ruby color; cherry, raspberry, plum, strawberry, dried herbs, chocolate on the nose and palate. Continue reading “William Chris Vineyards Purtell Vineyard Grenache, Texas High Plains 2020”
Carpineto Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG 2019
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 “Carpineto Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG 2019”
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 “Banshee Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma County 2019”
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 “Bodegas La Caña Estate Bottled Albariño, D.O. Rías Baixas 2021”
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 “Wine barrels 9-25-2024”
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 “Carmel Winery Carmel Signature Black Cabernet Sauvignon 2021”
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 “Ogier Héritages Côtes du Rhône Red 2022”