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Wine Reviews

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Map Maker 2025 Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand ($19)

Gooseberry, passion fruit, and jasmine are lovely aromatics that translate to the palate. Key lime and a grassy middle rely on a keen acid structure for a bright mineral finish.

94

Marchesi di Barolo 2021 Medaina, Barolo DOCG, Piedmont, Italy ($50)

The liquid arrives with a deep, graceful warmth seasoned by garden herbs and wild strawberries. Its quiet elegance shows wood-kissed, earthy dark fruit, with a civilized elegance.

92

Massolino 2022 Langhe DOC Chardonnay, Italy ($33)

Vinified in a mix of oak and concrete and spending about a year on the lees, this Chardonnay is poised just so between brightness and richness. Nectarine, grapefruit curd, and preserved lemon coalesce around crème brûlée, fig, and toasted pine nut on both nose and palate, where round acidity yields to a slightly chalky finish.

92

Massolino 2023 Dolcetto d’Alba DOC, Italy ($25)

Sour cherry and black currant are stitched together by fine threads of leather, tobacco, and toasted cumin in this wine, whose zip and grip don’t eclipse its charm.

92

Massolino 2025 Moscato d’Asti DOCG, Italy ($25)

Here’s a bijou of a Moscato, brimming with fragrances of honey-drizzled peach, honeydew melon, and almond blossom. Flavors of lychee and float on a fine mousse that bestows a touch of chalk on the finish while making us crave Thai green curry with shrimp.

92

Meiomi 2024 Pinot Noir, CA ($23)

The depth of character here is indisputable, from its layers of black cherry, dark plum, intense oak, and graphite. This is a bold Pinot Noir with an elegant plushness.

90

Member’s Mark 2023 Tour du Monde Zinfandel, CA ($14)

Bramble and spice, with ripe cherries, boysenberries, and toasty oak race across the palate in a juicy flow.

92

Merriam 2021 Right Bank Windacre Vineyard, Bordeaux Blend, Russian River Valley ($84)

This luxuriously soft blend is comprised of 65% Merlot, 14% each of Cabernets Franc and Cab Sauvignon, and 7% Malbec. Medium-bodied, with layered fruit notes that are both red and black in tone as well as a lightly spicy edge from 60% new French oak, it is more charming than powerful, and ready for current enjoyment.