2019 Wine

The 2019 Seña was produced with a Bordeaux blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon 21% Malbec 15% Carmenere and 4% Petit Verdot with the Chilean character of the high percentage of Carmenere. Most of the volume fermented in stainless... Read More

From 65-year-old vines and vinified in fuders until mid-April this year the 2019 Dhroner Hofberg Riesling Trocken is concentrated and flinty on the detailed complex highly aromatic yet refined and slatey nose. Crystalline and... Read More

The floral perfumed and expressive 2019 Cardia Pombeiras was produced with Mencía from 40-year-old vines on slate soils 0.16 hectares. It fermented with some 30% full clusters and indigenous yeasts and matured in used French... Read More

The grapes for the 2019 Cardia Seoane Baja come from the middle of the slope of this vineyard in Doade in the Amandi subzone of Ribeira Sacra. It is a blend of 80% Mencía and 20% Garnacha Tintorera and matured in French barriques... Read More

The 2019 Cazoga Cepas Centenarias comes from a steep slope planted in 1910 on shallow granite soils. The vines deliver very low yields (less than 2000 kilos per hectare) and it fermented with 25% full clusters and indigenous yeasts... Read More

Heidi and Russell Bevan run the Adversity estate out of Stockton in California, the name being a reflection of their conviction that vines grown in adverse environments will produce the most interesting fruit, with unique flavor... Read More

Heidi and Russell Bevan run the Adversity estate out of Stockton in California, the name being a reflection of their conviction that vines grown in adverse environments will produce the most interesting fruit, with unique flavor... Read More

From vines planted in 1947 facing east and in very poor soil the 2019 Riesling Grand Cru Brand Kirchberg is pure but intense and concentrated on the dense and aromatic nose that also reveals saline notes of crushed stones. On... Read More

The 2020 Riesling Grand Cru Sommerberg Dudenstein is another adorable wine from Jean Boxler. From about 70- 80-year-old vines on deeper marlier soils with a granite layer the 2020 shows a coolish clear and refined bouquet of crushed... Read More

The intensely yellow-colored 2019 Riesling Grand Cru Sommerberg Eckberg opens with an intense complex and very elegant bouquet of exceptional depth and finesse. Beautiful crystalline stone and citrus aromas lead to a rich and... Read More

A bit tighter in style than the expansive flowery 2018 the 2019 Condrieu Clos Chanson adds pineapple and citrus notes to the ripe apricot flavors. It's medium to full-bodied concentrated and focused with a long mouthwatering... Read More

Based out of Ventura California, Andremily Wines was set up by Jim Binns, formerly – and for twelve years - the cellar master at Sine Qua Non, and his wife Rachel in 2012 and produces a number of artisanal bottlings from... Read More

Offering up aromas of plums raspberries and spices the 2019 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Gruenchers is medium to full-bodied fleshy and gourmand with a ripe core of fruit succulent acids and fine youthfully chalky tannins that... Read More

I've been tracking the increasing percentage of Cabernet Franc in the blend of this iconic Tuscan wine. The 2019 Bolgheri Superiore Guado al Tasso is made with 25% Cabernet Franc with 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot.... Read More

Arnot-Roberts was founded in Healdsburg in 2001 by childhood friends Duncan Arnot Meyers and Nathan Lee Roberts. Duncan had been involved in making wine at various wineries in the region and Nathan had worked with his father as... Read More

Arnot-Roberts was founded in Healdsburg in 2001 by childhood friends Duncan Arnot Meyers and Nathan Lee Roberts. Duncan had been involved in making wine at various wineries in the region and Nathan had worked with his father as... Read More

A brooding and much less expressive nose grudgingly offers up notes of various dark berries warm earth discreet floral suggestions and a touch of plum. There is once again excellent volume to the dense serious and muscular larger-scaled... Read More

Once again there is an overt spiciness to the peppery and broad-ranging floral-suffused nose that includes notes of both red and dark raspberry. The rich and impressively constituted middle weight plus flavors possess excellent... Read More

Once again the nose is ripe yet decidedly cool with its layered dark berry aromas that reflect additional notes of spice violet lavender and whiffs of humus. There is borderline painful intensity to the chiseled and tension-filled... Read More

A markedly earthy nose combines notes of fresh red berries with those of underbrush and the sauvage. There is fine density to the vibrant intense and attractively textured medium-bodied flavors that flash almost no austerity on... Read More

A softly earthy nose also reveals plenty of whole cluster influence on the cool pretty and unusually elegant nose of airy red cherry currant and a hint of spiced herbal tea. The strikingly vibrant and appealingly textured medium... Read More