2018 Corison Winery Cabernet Sauvignon St. Helena Napa Valley
Fruit for the Napa Valley bottling is sourced from vineyards Cathy Corison’s been farming organically (and now with some biodynamic principles) for decades. The…
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2016 Gallica Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
Rosemary Cakebread sources fruit from the Oakville Ranch Vineyard for her Napa Cabernet. The wine is Cab Sauv with a little Cab Franc, and…
2011 Julia Moro La Combe Perdue Châteauneuf-du-Pape
“La Combe Perdue” means the lost valley. It also, apparently, means the lost wine. Scanning the world’s wine databases for this gem is fruitless:…
Two Organic Chianti Rùfina from I Veroni
I Veroni is an historic winery located about ten kilometers due east of Florence, in the Chianti Rùfina region. The estate consists of seventy…
Emeritus Vineyards 2019 Pinot Noir from Pinot Hill East and Pinot Hill West
Emeritus bottles two expressions from their estate Pinot Hill vineyard using fruit harvested on each side of the hill. The eastern flank gets morning…
2021 Castel Salle Schiava Bischofsleiten Sudtirol Alto Adige
Fruit for this Schiava bottling was hand harvested and fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel. The wine spent six months in a mix of…
2019 Corison Winery Cabernet Sauvignon St. Helena Napa Valley
Cathy Corison’s 2019 Napa Valley Cabernet, just released, is deep, brilliant ruby-purple and, as with all of of her wines, is highly perfumed, scented…
2019 Inman Family Wines Pinot Noir Olivet Grange Vineyard Russian River Valley Sonoma County
Fruit for Kathleen Inman’s estate Pinot is farmed organically. The grapes were harvested at night, mostly de-stemmed, and fermented with ambient cultures in a…
2018 Gaja Ca’ Marcanda Magari Bolgheri
Gaja’s Magari Super Tuscan is 60 percent Cabernet Franc, 30 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10 percent Petit Verdot. It has a fresh ruby color…
2020 Tablas Creek Vineyard Mourvèdre Adelaida District Paso Robles
This is the 17th bottling of Tablas Creek’s varietal Mourvèdre, the fruit grown organically and biodynamically on the winery’s estate vineyard. About 140 cases…
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…
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…