This is a red wine you can chill for a bit, to enjoy during the summer. Even though it's from the famed Bordeaux region, don't hesitate to put it in the fridge for a half-hour or so before drinking -- as if it just came out of a wine cellar.
This wine is made with grapes grown in one particular block of the coastal vineyards of Chile’s Maipo Valley, and this winery tells us this vineyard is drip-irrigated from its own deep wells. The wine has fairly intense aromas which emphasize nice dark-red, even purple fruit. There are earthy, leather
In this very moderately-price California chardonnay, a nice herby aroma is surprisingly followed by a feeling of sweetness on the front of the tongue, which dissipates into oaky peachiness in a medium body, with some butteriness. End-palate of apricot, minerality, some hints of chalk and lively acidity along with the
How often do you open a wine and get just what you’re hoping for? For me, this was one of those times when I got what I had hoped for in a Sonoma chardonnay: a wine that has some fruitiness and plenty of minerality, along with a backbone of structure.
This is a wine that successfully straddles the line between old world and new world: some of the herbal and acidic tones of a structured classic wine, along with more modern roundness and the fruitiness. The experience begins with an aroma of tropical flowers, herbs and minerals. This transforms seamlessly
Searching for calmness in these times, when I heard about “meditation tasting” from the folks at Champagne Henriot, I immediately decided to try it. Then it occurred to me I might already be pretty relaxed if I was sipping champagne. But what if meditation-tasting (aka “meditasting”) could make things better?
A versatile and extremely enjoyable Napa Cab in a post-modern style: not a fruit-bomb and not over-oaked. Plummy blackberry aromas with the heat of the sun-baked earth in the aroma, also notes of cocoa, leather and wild mountain herbs from this Eakle Ranch estate-grown fruit. Medium-hearty body with fine-grain tannins
I approached this sparkling wine with a bit of skepticism – but it was completely unfounded. First, I was leery of the name “Faire La Fête” which means “to party.” Second, I have never heard of this producer, and there’s essentially no information online. Third, this wine comes from the