SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: Brilliant garnet-red color, with warmer tinges developing over time. Unmistakeable bouquet, very pleasant, intense yet ethereal, very persistent, at times spiced, with aromas of truffles, liquorice and dried flowers. Dry taste,...
The Wine Advocate 90 Points: A super fresh, elegant and fragrant wine with structure, herbal, floral and spicy notes, capable of giving great pleasure at any table.
Winery Notes: The deep ruby/purple-hued 2019 A.V.A. Red Blend of Cabernet Franc checks in as 68% Cabernet Franc, 23% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Petit Verdot and Malbec. It’s a ripe, medium to full-bodied, incredibly silky expression of this...
Let’s finish our tour of the Southern Hemisphere in South Australia. Kilikanoon is located in the town of Penwortham, situated in the rolling hills of the Clare Valley, just a two-hour drive north through the much warmer Barossa Valley from...
Importer's Notes - Although Saumaize-Michelin is not widely recognized in the United States, top French publications such as Bourgogne Aujord’hui and Bettane & Desseauve’s Vins de France have been touting the wines for years. Roger...
Tasting Scale Aroma Intensity: 7/10(Rich and aromatic with layers of red cherry, blackberry, plum, spices, and leather.) Flavor Complexity: 9/10(Full-bodied with a balance of fruit, spice, and oak, revealing red berries, dark chocolate, cedar,...
The thing that all fans of this ultra-important La Morra cantina agree upon is that anything made with an Oddero label on it is going to be some serious juice! ‘Fun, easy-to-drink quaffer’ is rarely a description one finds in any review of an Oddero wine...
Our search for affordable, top-quality Napa Valley Cabernet took a turn this past winter when a corporate customer of ours asked specifically for Tether Cabernet, a wine we confessed we’d never heard of. We contacted the wine’s...
Grillo is a cross created in Sicily in 1873. Originally meant to combine the distinctive florals and prettiness of the Zibbibo variation of Moscato with the sturdier heat-resistance and fleshiness of Cataratto, it has been, ever since, the backbone of...
Quintarelli’s rendition of the ‘basic’ Valpolicella-styled wine is where to start when diving into the depths of this totally unique property. It’s ‘basic’ only in the sense that this is the one Quintarelli wine...
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The wine once known as Lucia Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir has come of age, shedding, after many years, its once modest moniker for an Estate designation with the...
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Here’s the thing. Tenuta Carleone’s Sean O’Callaghan is a confirmed and vociferous advocate for Tuscany’s Sangiovese grape and has created an amazing, envious reputation for...
Winemaker NotesFine bubbles which rise slowly, persistent mousse. Straw-colored. A nose of ripe pear with some touches of cut hay. Full fruit, but clean in the mouth. This cuvée contains 40% Pinot Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay. All wines...
PRIMA Notes: Bourgogne Epineuil Rouge (the only red appellation possible here as there’s no such thing as Chablis Rouge) from the high-altitude Cote de Grisey, an austere, virtually top-soilless site universally considered to be the top spot...
Vinous Media: The 2019 Aglianico del Vulture Titolo is stunning. It opens with a bit of an exotic flair, mixing smoky plum and lavender with animal musk, crushed ashen stone and a whiff of sour citrus that lights up the senses. Then it enters the palate...
2020 Edi Keber Collio Bianco It’s a rare occasion indeed when I can send out an offer on Edi Keber’s totally unique Friulian white. There is very little made, and with the cult-like following this one-wine, two-man cantina...
2021 Gini Soave Classico People of a certain age still cringe at the word ‘Soave’ as it conjures up the virtual ocean full of really bad wine once grown in the flats along the autostrada near Soave castle between Verona and Venice...
A lovely surprise, this is for lovers of fruity, intense Pinot but there’s a lot of snap here.
Bernardus Pon, who established Bernardus Winery in 1989, was something of a visionary when he wisely chose Carmel...
There’s always a certain amount of rusticity associated with the reds of Blagny, a distinctive earthiness and iron-y minerality that adds interest to what is usually a red berry infusion blended with cherry, spice and violets. The 2015, an...
Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Wine Sub-subregion: Barolo Massimo Martinelli was, for over 50 years, the winemaking force behind Renato Ratti and his Bricco Mollea wines are a retirement gift to himself (and us). So elegant! ...
2016 Capanna Brunello di Montalcino James Suckling: Gorgeous aromas of black cherry, cedar, leather and dried flowers follow through to a full body with firm, creamy tannins that are long and caressing. Tight and focused. Pretty clarity to...
It's a stylistic choice, that of trying to interpret the taste of the appellation’s namesake, which gives us a rich and virile wine, able to be enjoyed young or after its evolution, for the passionate. Critical Acclaim95 Robert Parker's Wine...
100% Barbera. The harvest takes place rigorously by hand, and the fermentation is spontaneous with native yeasts in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats. A first racking takes place in oak casks of various sizes. A second racking is performed...
• Les Parcellaires de Saulx is a focused micro-négociant launched in 2017. It was founded on the site of the centuries old Manoir des Grands Bourgognes in Meursault. • The first priority of the new company was to retain the services of...
Wine Advocate: 94 Points The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Knights Valley, blended with 3% Petit Verdot, has a deep ruby-purple color and alluring aromas of black cherries, blueberries, thyme, aniseed and violet with touches of tobacco leaves and cedar. The...
Ermisch Cellars, located in Bend, Oregon, is just the sort of winery we love to feature. It’s a family-run enterprise started in 2001 by Kirk Ermisch, with daughter Hannah, a trained winemaker and sommelier, currently taking over more and...
FREE GROUND SHIPPING ON 12 OR MORE BOTTLES We freely admit it. We’re Pinot Noir snobs. We love the elegance and finesse of an ultra-cool climate Pinot from Alto Adige, Germany or Alsace and adore the terroir-driven wines of Burgundy...
#24 PRIMA’s ’24 for 24’ Best Wines Of The Year
As old school as their label, this ancient property near the town of Savigny-Les-Beaune has been run since 1995 by Marie-Laure Serrigny and her younger sister Francine who hew to...
It’s not hard to find Pinot Grigio out there. There’s a virtual ocean of it made from the flatlands of Trentino and the Veneto available for your easy-drinking pleasure. But those inexpensive but often character-deficient PGs give...
Wine Country: France
Wine Subregion: Champagne
Wine Sub-subregion: Vallee de la Marne
Both of the Gosset wines were very good, the Reserve Brut showing perfect balance of fruit, acidity, minerality and bubbles. Lush and round freshness supported...
2016 Capanna Brunello di Montalcino 'Nicco' James Suckling: Very beautiful aromas of crushed cherries and flowers, such as violets. Some fresh mushroom and tile as well. Full-bodied with extremely polished tannins and an ultra-silky texture...
PRIMA Notes: The Footbolt Shiraz is packed with dark, savory fruit flavors, fermented in open-top vats, with some food treading still taking place, just like the old days. The wine is aged in both new and used French oak barrels and finally...
Duckhorn takes rich and supple Napa Valley merlot in an elegant direction. While there may be a lot of juicy blackberry fruit, along with a toasty, smoky presence of oak, both of those elements serve to elevate the texture. Rather than complexity, this...
Family vintners for over 100 years, the Catenas are recognized internationally for their pioneering role in high-altitude viticulture and in leading Argentina’s Malbec revolution. In the 1950s, Don Domingo began sourcing...
PRIMA Notes: The Pinot Noir comes from vines planted in the 1990s (damn you phylloxera!) to upwards of 10 different clones and is mostly whole-cluster fermented, broken down by foot and on its skins for almost a month before being aged 18 months in...
Decanter: A plush and fabulous expression of variety and provenance with well-integrated alcohol, tannin and acidity. Will continue for several years and mellow. Be warned – one glass will be quickly followed by the next." -...
Coming on the heels of the Ciacci offer last week, comes the wonderful benchmarks from Altesino. While Ciacci rules the southern part of the appellation, Altesino’s Montosoli vineyard is the icon of the north. These are beautiful, elegant offerings. Both...
Discover the rich and robust character of the 2019 Truth Be Told Cabernet Sauvignon, an affordable wine that captures the essence of California’s renowned Napa Valley without breaking the bank. Crafted from carefully selected vineyards, this...
Winemaker NotesThe 2020 vintage presents an alluring profusion of black cherry, mulberry and Oregon blackberry aromas with notes of leather, cigar box and dark chocolate. Hints of desert sage and crème de menthe accent the rich fruit. The palate...
FREE GROUND SHIPPING ON 6 OR MORE BOTTLES Christophe’s just-arrived 2020 Moulin-a-Vent simply exudes authenticity: a beautifully nuanced old vine Gamay with warm, thoroughly inviting, deeply pitched floral, plum and mineral flavors. Bright, snappy...
The thing about California Chardonnay is that it comes in so many shapes and sizes. Some love it as big as it gets- a wine like Jack Spratt’s wife would like: bursting with fruit, lavishly oaked and a finish that makes it a meal in itself. Others...
A blend of Malvasia Istriana, Friulano and Riesling Renano, the Friuli Isonzo Flors di Uis shows a slightly more streamlined and tonic in feel with bright aromas of white flower, peach, pear and crushed granite that waft elegantly from the bouquet. 2021...
The name Chapoutier has long been associated with the best wines of the northern Rhone Valley, with a family history that reaches back to 1808. The modern winery, established in the city of Tain in 1929 by Marius Chapoutier, is still a leading producer...
When speaking of Alsace these days, it’s a safe bet to use the wines of Marcel Deiss as a jumping off point. While not as well-known as, say, Zind-Humbrecht or Domaine Weinbach, Deiss was one of the prime movers of the biodynamic farming movement in...
When speaking of Alsace these days, it’s a safe bet to use the wines of Marcel Deiss as a jumping off point. While not as well-known as, say, Zind-Humbrecht or Domaine Weinbach, Deiss was one of the prime movers of the biodynamic farming movement in...
Winemaker NotesThe 2023 vintage was long and temperate, and at times, blissfully cool. The resulting wine has a great balance of richness and texture and a very well delineated backbone of vibrant acidity. Aromatics and flavors of lemon, mandarin, Asian...
Importer's Notes: A unique sparkling rosé from Savoie. Made using the 'methode ancestrale' with whole grape fermentation and indigenous yeasts. Strong aromatic expression of red fruits. Fresh, lively and festive. Off-dry.
PRIMA Notes: There is, of course, no shortage of great wine in Italy these days, but the list of true icons- your Rinaldis, Gajas, Ornellaias and the like- is still a short, rarified one. Somewhere very near the top of that list must be...
I wasn’t at all familiar with Elio Sandri’s Cascina Disa wines until, about six or seven years ago, a bottle of his 2004 Perno Riserva Barolo was opened for me by a winemaker friend in the Langhe who called Elio one of the best Old School...
Large and in charge, Matteo Ascheri is one of those people you meet in Barolo who are just Piemontese to their very core and he’s revered enough locally to be serve as the president of the Barolo-Barbaresco Consorzio. They’ve been in the...
Unfortunately for us, Ca’ del Baio is no longer the best-kept secret in Barbaresco it once was. The news, thanks to their reviews, the annual visits of the PRIMA gang and the profiling of the Grasso sisters in Suzanne Hoffman’s...
Winery Notes: Pinot Grigio, is one of the noblest varieties of the Burgundy family of wine grapes. It prefers the lightly clayey soils of the mid and lower Valle Isarco that give it unique strength and expression.
The nucleus of this miniscule Pinot Noir-only project is the winemaking prowess of one Jean-Nicolas Meo, the winemaker at, and owner of the iconic Meo-Camuzet domaine in Vosne-Romanee. Burgundy lovers swoon at the very sound of this domaine’s...
Les Sétilles is sourced from vineyards within the communes of Puligny Montrachet and Meursault, with each village representing roughly half of the final blend. Grapes are sourced from multiple plots within each village in an effort to maximize complexity...