2017 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 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

The Elio Grasso 2017 Barolo Gavarini Chiniera shows us that deft hands are able to shape good results in a challenging vintage. This wine is balanced and polished with an array of smaller and more detailed aromas that we simply... Read More

The 2017 Carema Etichetta Nera is laced with wild cherry spice leather cedar and dried herbs. A wine of amplitude and power the 2017 has a lot to offer. I would cellar it for a few years to allow some of the formidable tannins... Read More

The 2017 Brunello di Montalcino is beautifully bright and stitched up with extreme focus and sharpness. Sangiovese has this gorgeous ability to show linearity and lift but it remains elegant and tight at the same time. This wine... Read More

The 2017 Cornas la Louvee comes across as being quite different from the 2018 offering up fresh raspberry aromas and flavors. It's still full-bodied and velvety but it's also salty crunchy and vibrant with a long licorice... Read More

Balsamic aromas of camphor and cedar mingle with rose and leather on this full-boded savory red. Structured and delicious the juicy palate is still youthfully austere delivering ripe Marasca cherry crushed raspberry baking spice... Read More

Forest floor prune leather and pipe tobacco aromas make their way to the forefront. Showing the heat of the vintage it's full-bodied and concentrated offering cherry marinated in spirits licorice and the warmth of evident... Read More

Badiòla is a historic vineyard farmed by the Mazzei family but this is the first Gran Selezione expression made with its fruit. The 2017 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Castello di Fonterutoli Badiòla offers terrific intensity... Read More

A collaboration with rockstar sommeliers Rajat Parr and Marco Pelletier, the 2017 Champagne Les Hautes Mottes Brut Nature lends a reflective straw appearance and is inflected with a fresh, floral perfume of fresh linen, candied... Read More

This is an unexpected knockout from the underdog 2017 vintage. Drawing its fruit from old vines in the magnificent village of Castiglione Falletto the Oddero 2017 Barolo Rocche di Castiglione is perfumed and delicate in a manner... Read More

The Oddero 2017 Barolo Villero is another surprise hit from a vintage that did not make it easy for vintners in the Langa. This wine shows classic profile with plenty of blue flower violet and crushed stone. The fruit tones are... Read More

The 2017 Vintage Port is a field blend mostly Touriga Nacional Touriga Franca Tinto Cão and Sousão aged for 18 months in old wood vats. It comes in with 99 grams of residual sugar. This was bottled in May 2019 about a month... Read More

There is austerity here and you almost immediately feel that the wine is quite dry in this vintage. With the Tenute Cisa Asinari dei Marchesi di Gresy 2017 Barbaresco Gaiun Martinenga that dryness seems to translate to both the... Read More

Medium-dark golden-tinged straw. Exuberant nose of pineapple almond cake and lime. Enters broad and delicately spicy then juicy and vibrant. Citrusy acidity provides this fleshy tactile wine with clarity and cut. Along with the... Read More

Situated about 20 minutes’ drive north of Montalcino close to Montesoli, the Valdicava estate was purchased by the current owner Vincenzo Abbruzzese’s grandfather in 1953. Brunello has been made here since 1968. The... Read More