Red Blend Wine Over $100

This is a classic beauty. The 2019 d'Alceo made with 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Petit Verdot is dark and enriched but magically it is never heavy or bulky. It carries its weight with feather-like grace backed by dry tannins... Read More

Colgin's 2021 IX Estate is a rich opulent example with layers of ripe black cherries and dark chocolate punctuated by hints of sage and bay leaf plus some vaguely floral notes (violets?). Full-bodied concentrated velvety and... Read More

Jubilation is the newest wine in the Colgin Cellars collection. Jubilation is a Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine created with a selection of barrels that display earlier drinking characteristics from the three hillside vineyards.... Read More

This captures gorgeous flavors of mulberry blackberry and boysenberry compote and infuses them with sparkling anise sage and singed wood spice notes while iron minerality and racy acidity provide ample structure with mouthwatering... Read More

From a north-facing site at elevation the 2019 Cerro Sur is a bold savory wine loaded with energy. This Cabernet Franc-based wine is bursting with tension. Floral spice and mocha accents lend striking aromatic top notes. I am... Read More

Released only late last year Mugnier's 2013 Musigny Grand Cru is still far from true maturity but it has at least begun a graceful evolution unwinding in the glass with scents of exotic spices red berries orange rind rose... Read More

The pedigree and purity of this red are evident immediately from its black currant blackberry pomegranate violet and wild herb aromas. Saturated with red and black fruit and picking up licorice and mineral elements this is all... Read More

The 2011 Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial was produced with a blend of 84% Tempranillo and 16% Mazuelo (Cariñena) from a plot called La Plana that was planted in 1950 at 485 meters in altitude the highest in the Ygay property.... Read More

This bottle opens a new chapter for one of Italy's most celebrated and collected wines. The first vintage made entirely in its dedicated state-of-the-art winery (and the first vintage with a 10% dabble of Cabernet Franc added... Read More

The components of the 2021 Proprietary Red barely changed relative to the barrel sample I tasted last year with 61% of the fruit being estate grown (Stagecoach and Waters Ranch) with the remainder coming from Upper Range (35%)... Read More

A nose that is luxuriously fruity also has undertones of salt flint and herbs providing balance. The palate runs wild with fruit but simultaneously offers notes of dark chocolate and a subtle spiciness to keep things lively. Tannins... Read More

An exquisite wine relying primarily on Cabernet Sauvignon from a single estate. Aromas of lavender dried herbs and grapefruit pith combine with flavors of firm fruits and cocoa on a structure of abundant powder-fine tannin and... Read More

The 2021 Percarlo is every bit as stunning from bottle as it was from barrel. Rich and vivid in the glass with striking complexity the 2021 is a fine follow-up to the 2020. The 2021 is a bit tight relative to the 2020 but that... Read More