2020 Bigagnoli Eocene Montebaldo Bardolino
Since this 2020 vintage, Bardolino producers have had the option to designate wines as one of three new cru: La Rocca, Sommacampagna, and Montebaldo….
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2020 Casaretti La Rocca Bardolino
Casaretti’s Bardolino is a blend of Corvina, Corvinone, and Rondinella and is certified organic. The robe is limpid red with a watery rim, and…
2021 Tablas Creek Vineyard Patelin de Tablas Rouge Paso Robles
Tablas Creek uses mostly purchased fruit for this Rhône-style red, all sourced from Paso Robles vineyards. The blend is 43 percent Syrah, 28 percent…
2020 Tablas Creek Vineyard Esprit de Tablas Adelaida District Paso Robles
Esprit de Tablas is a Rhône-style red blend, 40 percent Mourvèdre, 30 percent Grenache, 21 percent Syrah, with a dollop of Counoise, Vaccarèse, 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:…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
2017 DeLille Cellars D2 Red Blend Columbia Valley
DeLille’s D2 is a Bordeaux-style blend of two-thirds Merlot, a little less than one-third Cabernet Sauvignon, and a dollop of Cab Franc and Petit…
2017 Clos des Fous Pour Ma Gueule Red Blend Itata
Winemakers (and friends) Pedro Parra, François Massoc, Paco Leyton, and Albert Cussen feature prominently on this wine’s label. Pour Ma Gueule means, basically, “for…