GUINIGI

Wine Reviews

92

Kate Arnold 2024 Sauvignon Blanc, North Coast, CA ($23)

This 100% Sauvignon Blanc is elegant and layered with a medley of finely tuned wood, nuttiness, hay, an atomizer’s worth of sea spray and whispers of char and smoke. The lifted citrus is triumphant with a final cascade of salinity on the finish.

90

Keepa 2024 Carmenère, Chile ($12)

Black raspberry and purple plum are seasoned with thyme and basil. Mocha latte soothes, lending oaky notes that sweeten the palate. Acidity is evident, completing the cycle for freshness and a variety of cuisine partnerships. Excellent value.

92

King Stag 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon, California ($16)

Instantly engages the palate with dark chocolate-cherry. This suede-lined beauty is rich and inviting.

95

Klipsun 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon, Klipsun Vineyard, Red Mountain, Washington ($75)

This Cabernet Sauvignon is a muscle car that doesn’t feel weighed down. It is driven by crunchy red fruit with streaks of mint and a pinch of eucalyptus. Aged for 14 months in French Oak, it packs a fruit punch of cranberry and plum with a lightness of touch that craves a second sip.

95

Klipsun 2022 Red Blend, Klipsun Vineyard, Red Mountain, Washington ($63)

This one whispers from the glass a tantalizing siren song. This is romance that progresses into seduction, with dark chocolate and a velvety soft texture. A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah with Malbec and Cabernet France, ripe red berries burst and bristle with a ripple of savory spice. This is a fire that burns.

90

Kosmic Kitty 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon, California ($12)

Imagine rose petals dripping with luxardo cherry juice blended with blood orange and raspberry coulis. This is Cabernet Sauvignon at its most playful. It satisfies with a panoply of bright red fruits that gratifies with a persistent electricity. The final flourish echoes with cinnamon and nutmeg and fresh turned earth.

90

Kosmic Kitty 2024 Sauvignon Blanc, California ($12)

A bombastic label belies nuance in the bottle, with tropical melon, lemon, kiwi with a touch of meringue and a surprisingly savory note of radish with white pepper. This wine registers at multiple octaves. It is balanced with panache and the flavors unravel like the spool of yarn that the cat on the label would find endlessly diverting.

94

Les Vins Julien 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley ($85)

Charred cedar, graphite, licorice, and espresso grab the tongue, unleashing a secondary surge of juicy plum, dried violets, and plum skin tannins. With tension and an unbounded flourish of intensity, this rich and full-bodied wine is one to remember.