2014 Wine

The 2014 Montefalco Sagrantino 25 Anni is a steady and rich wine that shows dark primary fruit that is followed by a long succession of spice smoke and tar-like aromas. You get the full Sagrantino package here with ample muscle... Read More

The beautifully layered and ultra-floral inflected nose features notes of ripe white orchard fruit and citrus elements that are framed by a soft application of wood. The generous and extremely rich full-bodied and impressively... Read More

Discreet wood easily allow the lemony aromas of pear white flower and tangerine peel to be appreciated. There is a bit more volume and richness to the seductively textured medium-bodied flavors that also possess good intensity... Read More

The 2014 Chassagne-Montrachet Villages has a well defined precise almost Puligny-like bouquet with hints of white peach and citrus lemon - precise and detailed - impressive for a village cru. The palate is well balanced elegant... Read More

This also displays a phenolic hint that doesn't detract from the super-fresh nose of citrus white flower and petrol aromas. The racy and intense middle weight flavors possess fine volume as well though not the same power while... Read More

Here the Pear William and floral-suffused nose is somewhat phenolic in character (think olive oil nuances) though it may not last as this character often dissipates with more time in barrel. There is outstanding richness to the... Read More

A pungent nose consists only of wood and reduction today though again I suspect that this will have no trouble cleaning up. The mouth feel of the gorgeously intense and mineral-driven flavors is finer than that of the Bâtard... Read More

The 2014 Barbaresco Riserva Rose delle Casasse is a powerful ample wine. A blast of dark amarena cherry plum mocha licorice and spice infuse the 2014 with tons of depth and volume. The 2014 is not especially refined in fact it... Read More

The 2014 Latour is one of the very finest wines of a vintage that favored the northern Médoc. Mingling aromas of wild berries and cassis with hints of cigar wrapper loamy soil black truffles and classy new oak it’s full-bodied... Read More

The 2014 Lynch-Bages is full of promise offering up a classic bouquet of rich but vibrant blackcurrant fruit mingled with with hints of loamy soil cedar and vanilla pod. Full-bodied deep and layered with an abundance of ripe but... Read More

"Bright red-ruby. Very ripe aromas of black raspberry liqueur and dark chocolate. Fat and sweet on the palate; comes across as a bit roasted following the Echézeaux as well as somewhat youthfully disjointed as a strong spine... Read More

"Bright red-ruby. Very ripe aromas of black raspberry liqueur and dark chocolate. Fat and sweet on the palate; comes across as a bit roasted following the Echézeaux as well as somewhat youthfully disjointed as a strong spine... Read More

This is perhaps the most floral wine in the range in 2014 plus it's even spicier than the RSV if not the La Tâche with its rose petal violet lilac Asian spice sandalwood dark berry liqueur and lavender-scented nose.... Read More

This is notably less expressive but not necessarily mute with its restrained aromas of red currant anise close hoisin sandalwood and once again Asian-style tea all of which is trimmed in nuances of rose petal and lavender. The... Read More

The wines from the extremely hot drought year 2014 were just bottled prior to my visit. The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon reflects the vintage’s precociousness and front-end loaded flattering style. It is medium to full-bodied shows... Read More

The 2014 Rosso del Bepi is understated yet very pretty showing nuances of woodland berries laced with sour citrus savory herbs and a hint of animal muskiness. This washes across the palate with silken textures yet delivers masses... Read More

"Notably more fresh and lively than the Lagniappe Syrah the 2014 Syrah John Lewis is a pretty perfumed effort that has classic notes of blueberries spice box lavender and olives. Medium to full-bodied structured and tannic it... Read More

From the Chaillot lieu-dit and the most concentrated and rich in the lineup the 2014 Cornas Les Ruchets was the tightest most backward and reserved on this occasion. It slowly gave up notes of ripe dark fruits lavender hints of... Read More

The 2014 Roberta’s Reserve State Lane Vineyard is a blend of 97% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc. 650 cases were produced which is 27% of their total production. This was actually showing more fruit density and personality than... Read More