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The 2023 Papera Ranch Heritage Wine is an unusual wine in that Carignane represents about 35% of the blend. Red-toned fruit and floral nuances run through this super-expressive wine. Pliant and creamy the 2023 has an abundance... 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

Bottled in 1970s

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

A refined red with a taut well-knit frame of sandy tannins and orange peel acidity structuring flavors of macerated cherry oolong tea leaf and minerally hints of smoke and stone that drive the lingering finish. Drink now through... Read More

The Benanti 2021 Etna Rosso Contrada Cavaliere is punchy and bright with lots of primary fruit that recalls raspberry and redcurrant with a hint of white pepper. This vintage delivers a very clean and immediate quality of fruit... Read More

A lively medium-bodied red appealing for the equilibrium and expression this offers ripe and dried cherry fruit underscored by fresh loamy earth and accented by crushed pine licorice snap and floral notes. Chewy finish. Drink... Read More

A structured white offering rapier-like acidity tightly meshed with flavors of crunchy white peach green almond crushed pine lemon wax and petrol. There's good tension and focus; this should open nicely with short-term cellaring.... Read More

This is the wine that started it all. Benanti's Pietra Marina wine started a quarter century ago and its success is what put Etna—especially its white wines—on the map of the world's best wine territories. The 2019... Read More

Ripe and fresh aromas of petrol and various white orchard fruit give way to succulent plump and delicious middleweight flavors that conclude in a clean moderately dry and refreshing finale. To enjoy young. (Drink starting 2025)... Read More

Ripe and vaguely exotic aromas of white peach acacia blossom and citrus confit are trimmed in soft wood. The rich suave and generously proportioned medium-bodied flavors display good if not special depth and persistence on the... Read More

Here there is just enough reduction to push the underlying fruit to the background so be sure to give this some air if you're tempted to try a bottle young. The lilting and beautifully textured middleweight flavors flash excellent... Read More

A brooding and reticent nose features liqueur-like aromas of poached plum cassis and cool earth. The delicious intense and overtly stony middle weight plus flavors flashed focused power on the firm compact and tightly wound finale.... Read More

The 2016 Extra-Brut Avize Grand Cru is another compelling Champagne in this range from BĂ©rĂŞche. Exotic delicate and light on its feet this has so much to offer. Lemon confit graphite sage mint and dried herb inflections reveal... Read More

The latest release of the NV Brut Réserve was disgorged in October 2019 with seven grams per liter dosage and it's based on the 2017 vintage. Exhibiting a glass bouquet of citrus oil oyster shell fresh peach and toasted... Read More

The 2019 Chardonnay Sigrid is especially lovely this vintage offering that often-unattainable combination of plush ripe fruits and shimmery acidity. Its aromatic nuances blossom slowly—white peach Greek yogurt and pie spices... Read More

The 2021 Chardonnay Sigrid is bright and crystalline offering scents of Meyer lemon almonds meringue and flint. The palate is surprisingly powerful! It explodes with concentrated apple and almond layers while its firm linear acidity... Read More

The 2022 Pinot Noir Silice Vineyard is transparent and pure. It has detailed aromas of cranberry pomegranate and tangerine peel while accents of mossy bark and mushrooms evoke a shady forest. The medium-bodied palate is concentrated... Read More

The Bergström Vineyard in the Dundee Hills is composed of volcanic clay and basalt soils and that terroir really comes through in the 2022 Pinot Noir Bergström Vineyard. The nose evokes scorched earth iron and meaty tones before... Read More

A prospective blend assembled from several barrels for my tasting the 2020 Cote Rotie Amethyste—a blend of five lieux-dits—is dark fruited and plummy yet also vaguely herbal and wiry. In the mouth it's medium to full-bodied... 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 CĂ´te Brune. It's full-bodied rich and tannic... Read More

The 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Cardeuse opens in the glass with scents of peonies violets plums wild berries dark chocolate and baking spices. Medium to full-bodied lively and perfumed it's bright and fine-boned... Read More

The 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Maltroie is promising offering up aromas of pear crisp green apple lime zest freshly baked bread and wet stones. Medium to full-bodied satiny and elegant it's fleshy but precise with... Read More