2018 Raptor Ridge Winery Tuscowallame Estate Whole Cluster Pinot Noir Chehalem Mountains
The wine is a mix of whole cluster and de-stemmed fruit, with a net of about 20 percent stem inclusion, grown on seven- to…
Red Wines
2017 Corison Cabernet Sauvignon St. Helena Napa Valley
Cathy Corison’s 2017 Napa Cabernet is lovely now, but, like all of her younger wines, has many years ahead of it. The color is…
2018 Brick & Mortar Pinot Noir Cougar Rock Vineyard Napa Valley
Cougar Rock Vineyard straddles 1,450 to 1,800 feet of elevation in the Vaca Mountains, east of Yountville. The Pinot for this wine was harvested…
2020 RAS Wines Arkadia Sparkling Blueberry Wine Maine
If two recent reviews prompted disclosure about the affinities of friendship, this wine prompts disclosure about the affinities of terroir. I was born and…
2021 Joseph-Jibril Carbonic Pinot Noir Marshall Ranch Sonoma Coast
As I mentioned in my review of the Joseph-Jibril rosé, I can’t be fully objective about this wine, having met one of the winemakers,…
2015 Corison Cabernet Sauvignon Kronos Vineyard Napa Valley
The 2015 vintage was Cathy Corison’s twentieth from her estate Kronos Vineyard, so it was a natural choice to celebrate our twentieth wedding anniversary….
2018 Faury Saint Joseph Rouge
This wine is 100 percent Syrah, as required for Saint Joseph red. The robe is nearly opaque, a deep velvety garnet. The wine is…
2017 Boedecker Cellars Pinot Noir Athena Willamette Valley
Boedecker sources fruit from four vineyards in the Willamette Valley, principally in the Chehalem Mountains and Yamhill-Carlton, to make this dark wine. The fruit…
2018 Raptor Ridge Winery Pinot Noir Temperance Hill Vineyard Eola-Amity Hills
Raptor Ridge began transitioninng to organic, biodynamic, Salmon Safe, and certified sustainable credentials for all its fruit sources in 2016. The winery is certified…
2019 Division Pinot Noir Cent Cassin Vineyard Yamhill-Carlton
Fruit for Division’s “Cent” Pinot comes from blocks of the Cassin Vineyard planted in 2013. The wine spent ten months in French oak, and…
2018 Domaine Ligier Poulsard Arbois
Ligier’s Poulsard is hand-harvested and spends a year in large vats prior to bottling. It’s a limpid garnet color with a faint orange cast…
2013 AXR Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
I received this sample in November, 2017, as part of a large, unsolicited shipment of California Cabernets made by consulting enologist Jean Hoefliger. The…