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…
Red Wines
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…
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…
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…
2019 Centralas Pinot Noir Syren Spear Vineyards Santa Rita Hills
Centralas’s vineyard designate Pinot noir is sourced from a certified organic vineyard planted to Clone 667. The fruit was de-stemmed and fermented with ambient…
2015 Laurel Glen Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Sonoma Mountain Sonoma County
This is an estate wine from the 14-acre Laurel Glen Vineyard, first planted in 1968. The site has been certified organic since 2014 and…
2018 Mas des Chimères Nuit Grave Terrasses du Larzac
This enchanting wine is a blend of 48 percent Syrah, 22 percent Mourvèdre, 20 percent Grenache, and 10 percent Carignan grown in the brushy…
2018 Domaine des Sanzay Saumur Champigny
Domaine des Sanzay’s Saumur-Champigny is a mercurial wine, youthful but with the stuffing to age. Made from organically farmed Cabernet Franc, it’s rich raspberry-red…
2020 Gallica Cabernet Franc Napa Valley
Gallica’s Napa Cab Franc is ruby purple with blue-fuchsia glints. The wine has a perfume of violets and black plums, and the first palate…
2017 Émile Beyer Pinot Noir Eguisheim Alsace
The Émile Beyer winery was established in Eguisheim in 1580 and is now managed by the family’s 14th generation. Farming is organic and the…
Three vintages of Corison Sunbasket Cabernet
Cathy Corison’s wines are vintage-expressive; a vertical tasting reveals more about the temperament of the season than that of the winemaker. I always find…
2018 Perrachon et Fils Clos des Chers Juliénas
Perrachon’s Juliénas is deliciously versatile and a terrific value