2012 Coquerel Family Wine Estates Petite Sirah Walnut Wash Vineyard Calistoga, Napa Valley
“A dark and growling monster.”
2012 Hermann J. Wiemer Riesling Magdalena Vineyard Seneca Lake
Porcelain, paperwhites, the fine, reedy bones of birds
2006 Dr. F. Weins-Prüm Estate Riesling Mosel
“Lemon oil, wet stone, metal, clay, the tropics.”
2006 Dr. F. Weins-Prüm Estate Riesling Mosel
“Lemon oil, wet stone, metal, clay, the tropics.”
2014 Tin Barn Vineyards Syrah Rosé Joon Coryelle Fields Vineyard Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County
“Evocative and beautiful.”
2014 Blending Sessions Chardonnay Sonoma County
“Lavish but not ostentatiously opulent.”
2014 Tenshen White Wine Santa Barbara County
“A big white wine, slick but with bright edges.”
2015 M. Chapoutier Belleruche Rosé Côtes du Rhône
“Balanced, snappy, fresh-squeezed, easy.”
2015 Commanderie de la Bargemone Rosé Coteaux d’Aix en Provence
“A mélange of super-ripe berries steeped with green melon and new-mown hay.”
2013 Santa Barbara Winery Chardonnay Santa Barbara County
“Honeydew and Crenshaw melon, with a welcome grapefruit snap.”
2013 Domaine de Dionysos La Devèze Côtes du Rhône
“Plum-fruit inflected, with a peppery minty-garrigue finish.”
Tasting Fifty Great Wines of Portugal
Meg Houston Maker reviews fifty Portuguese wines selected by a panel of master sommeliers.