2019 Tablas Creek Vineyard Esprit de Tablas Rouge Paso Robles
Esprit de Tablas is the winery’s flagship red, a Rhône-inspired blend that balances Mourvèdre and Grenache with a dose of Syrah and Counoise. Farming…
Wine Reviews
2019 Tablas Creek Vineyard Mourvèdre Paso Robles
This is not your grandmother’s Mourvèdre. Tablas Creek’s bottling is light-colored, light-textured, and juicy, quite different from the chewier examples from warm reaches of…
2020 Tablas Creek Vineyard Grenache Blanc Paso Robles
The majority of Tablas Creek’s estate Grenache blanc goes into their white Rhône-style blends, but they also make about 1,000 cases into a varietal…
2018 Les Vignes Oubliées Terrasses du Larzac
The vignes oubliées in question are old, head trained Grenache, Carignan, and Syrah vines, planted in small plots at 300 to 400 meters of…
2020 Gorgo Chiaretto Bardolino
Winemaker and owner Roberta Bricolo has converted her family estate in Bardolino to organic production and now makes a range of red, white, and…
2017 Centralas Wine Cabernet Sauvignon I, Nomad Mendocino
The Centralas Cabernet is fermented with ambient cultures, and the wine spends three years in French barriques, about one-fifth new. The winery admirably discloses…
2020 Costaripa Valtènesi Rosato Riviera del Garda Classico
Costaripa’s rosé is a blend of autochthonous Italian grapes, half Groppello Gentile, one-third Marzemino, and the balance split between Sangiovese and Barbera. The fruit…
2020 Tablas Creek Vineyard Patelin de Tablas Blanc Paso Robles
Tablas Creek’s Patelin de Tablas Blanc is a Rhône-style white blend, 40 percent Grenache blanc, 21 percent Viognier, 19 percent Roussanne, 15 percent Marsanne,…
2020 Tablas Creek Vineyard Côtes de Tablas Blanc Paso Robles
Tablas Creek’s Côtes de Tablas Blanc is a Rhône-style white blend based on Viognier. In this 2020 vintage, the cuvée is 38 percent Viognier,…
2019 Tablas Creek Vineyard Esprit de Tablas Blanc Paso Robles
Tablas Creek’s Esprit Blanc is its prestige Rhône-style white. The blend is 63 percent Roussanne, a grape with firm structure and texture, with the…
2020 Gorghi Tondi Zibibbo Secco Rajàh Sicilia DOC
First, a brief memory: I visited Gorghi Tondi in 2017, a guest of sisters Annamaria and Clara Sala. They are the fourth generation to…
2018 Château de Jau JauJau 1er Côtes du Roussillon Villages
Château de Jau occupies a 100-hectare estate founded in the 12th century CE by Cistercian monks. The site, in the fragrant, scrubby countryside just…