Sweet basil and lemon verbena add flourish to this refreshing white. Golden apple and pineapple are lively and keeps the “perky” going through to the finish.
Sweet basil and lemon verbena add flourish to this refreshing white. Golden apple and pineapple are lively and keeps the “perky” going through to the finish.
Floral aromas lead to a bloom of jasmine and lime blossom. The perfume persists on the palate, accentuating a spark of saline minerality on the crisp finish.
Made by the saignée method from a field blend of Rhône varieties, this estate-grown rosé has got ample meat on its bones. Mint-flecked scents of wild strawberry, maraschino cherry, and cantaloupe spring from the glass before descending on the fairly full and ripe yet quite dry palate, where blood orange and rose petal yield to a peppy, peppery finish.
This producer’s Malbec offers excellent value, and that’s also true of this Cabernet, which is even more complex. A bit leaner in profile, it offers blackberry and dark cherry fruit flavors accented by a pleasantly leafy aromatic note and structured by fine-grained tannins.
A robust wine that shows no notable influence from oak, but also shows no need for any, as the fruit flavors are more pure than usual in this Malbec, and there’s plenty of natural tannin for structure provided by the grapes’ skins and seeds. Dark color accurately indicates the wine’s meaty character and intense flavors recalling dark berries.
Deep and brooding, its melted chocolate cedar-raspberry center drapes across the palate. Rich and inviting, with well-groomed tannins wrapped in silk scarves.
Spiced sandalwood and blackberry purr, a more energetic vintage than the ’16 with the agility of a stalking feline. Tannins are dry and chalky, but approachable, lengthening savory notes of tobacco, licorice, bittersweet dark chocolate, and umami.
I first tasted this in 2023, the wine was aged in 100% new French oak for three years, and a year in bottle. Tasting it again, the arousing aromas of roasted coffee beans and crushed blackberries revive the senses. Its former grip has lightened up, but the tannins remain broad and giving, thanks to its intensity and ripeness of fruit. Dried violets and Black Forest cake notes are sumptuous and lengthens the finish with grace.