Red Wine between $75 and $100

This wine is a historic blend of fruit from Rocche di Castiglione Cannubi and Bric dël Fiasc. Because the Cannubi lease was not renewed Carobric will be very different after the 2018 vintage. However the Paolo Scavino 2017 Barolo... Read More

The 2022 Pinot Noir VGR is youthfully flinty to begin requiring plenty of air to reveal blackberry rhubarb cinnamon stick and woodsy undertones. The medium-bodied palate offers expansive layered flavors. It’s balanced by juicy... Read More

Made from a blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon 9% Merlot 9% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot the 2020 Sorella is fresh yet restrained and has a focused and red-fruited core of spiced potpourri. The nose is slightly compressed at... Read More

A deft application of wood sets off slightly riper aromas of poached plum violet and kirsch. The super-sleek intense and even more mineral-suffused flavors possess very good mid-palate volume before terminating in a youthfully... Read More

A perfumed and overtly floral-suffused nose speaks mostly of poached plum and discreet spice wisps. There is excellent volume and punch to the mineral-driven medium-bodied flavors that display solid length on the compact serious... Read More

The 2022 Pinot Noir UV - Lucky Well Vineyard is redolent of black cherry plum new leather tobacco incense and dried flowers. It offers lovely immediacy in a mid-weight approachable style with good balance and no hard edges. Floral... Read More

The Aston Estate is located in a remote part of the Sonoma Coast at Annapolis in Calistoga, just five miles and two mountain ridges from the ocean. The estate originated with the purchase of a 40 acre parcel in 2000, on a gentle... Read More

Baricci's wines are some of the most distinctive and elegant in the appellation. Showing medium-rich concentration the 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Montosoli delivers granite slate black cherry and dark currant in one very... Read More

Bedrock wine company was started in 2007 by Morgan Twain-Petersen, the son of Joel Petersen who had established Ravenswood. Working initially out of a garage with outdoor fermenters and subsequently borrowing space in a friend’s... Read More

Deep garnet in color the 2001 Amon-Ra shows the lovely evolved fruit of a mature Shiraz on the nose. Replete with leathery chesterfield and sandalwood aromas it is fused with nuances of incense cedar chest dusty earth mulberries... Read More

Again a prospective sample blended from several barrels the 2020 Cote Rotie Les Journaries (labeled Maestria outside the United States) is a blend of fruit from La Landonne and Côte Brune. It's full-bodied rich and tannic... Read More

This delicious village-level Vosne is not yet racked and at present is a bit restrained; still there is a lot of substance here with an elegant currant fruit aroma and hints of smoke spice and earth. The grapes come from three... Read More

A pure expression of Sangiovese the Bibi Graetz 2019 Testamatta is a wine in constant evolution. Bibi has added 17 more hectares of vineyard to the program with 12 hectares in Fiesole (north of Florence) and 5 hectares in San... Read More

Savory peppery perfumed and packed full of the character the 2015 Rosso della Centa a 100% varietal Merlot will keep you coming back to the glass over and over again. Wild strawberries blackberries cloves tobacco and an enriching... Read More

A more deeply pitched nose somewhat grudgingly reveals notes of plum earth wild dark currant and a hint of forest floor. The rich and succulent yet decidedly powerful larger-bodied flavors deliver fine length on the compact serious... Read More

A super-fresh and exuberantly expressive nose combines notes of red currant cherry and plenty of floral elements especially violet. The attractively textured and moderately powerful medium-bodied flavors exude an almost aggressive... Read More

These are the ‘young’ vines planted in 1983 in La Dominode. An attractive mid purple. The whole bunch vinification shows more than usual on the nose while behind there is a delicious red berry fruit with some orange zest.... Read More

The 2021 Las Gravas contains grapes from a vineyard planted in 2006 (that already contributed to the 2020) and it has given the wine a fine-boned profile with more freshness and varietal Monastrell notes a rustic-elegant feeling.... Read More

The estate was founded by Giovanni Neri, a grain merchant from south of Florence, who purchased the 200 hectare Casanova farm on the eastern side of Montalcino in 1971. The first Brunello bottling was made that year but the first... Read More

The 2015 Barbaresco Riserva Rose delle Casasse is one of the most distinctive wines in all of Piedmont. It emerges from a tiny parcel in Neive first planted in 1913 with the Rose clone of Nebbiolo known for its aromatic intensity... Read More

This celebrated Tuscan red is a blend of mostly Sangioveto (also known as Sangiovese) with a smaller part of Malvasia Nera. The Castellare di Castellina 2018 I Sodi di S. Niccolò shows the elegance and grace of these native grapes... Read More