Domaine de Villaine Bouzeron is more floral than fruity but remains very fresh, thanks to the acidity present. This liveliness, as always, is generated by the particular marl-limestone soils of Bouzeron. Rich, round and lively at the same time, the...
This Pinot Gris has a complexity worth analyzing, but on second thought, let’s instead just sit back and revel in the gloriously rich nose and luscious, palate-coating flavor. The wine drinks just short of dry, but don’t let that hold you...
Sourced from a younger- now 10-year old- single block of Calera clone Chardonnay, and given roughly the same treatment in the cellar as its big brother, Le Debut goes through malo-lactic fermentation and is aged nearly a year in both used French oak...
Juicy, fresh and loaded with green apple, pear, lime fruit, pepper and a hint of celery aromas. On the palate, similar flavors plus fresh green peas and white pepper. This is a classic Grüner Veltliner, completely enjoyable with a range of dishes -...
Rich and oily with dried-lemon, pear and apple character. Full body. Savory, salty finish. Apr 17, www.jamessuckling.com
Score: 90-91/100James SucklingSweet and a bit OTT but with good energy and a big please-me factor. Quite good length. Apr 2017, www...
The 2018 Viré-Clessé Les Raspillières displays cold stone and light flinty notes on the clean and focused nose. The palate is fresh and generous with orange peel and citrus lemon on the entry. Good weight and concentration here with...
A more vivid window into the soul of Meursault (without paying for Meursault) we can’t imagine. Clean, mineral-driven acidity drives a palate rich with yellow cherry, Asian pear and a tinge of something more tropical, a by-product of the...
A rich and fruit-driven nose of apple, salted lemon, acacia flower, hazelnuts, bread dough, and ocean salinity. It is a deep and well-rounded style, with plenty of freshness to age this wine for years.
This is Nahe Riesling royalty- an on-point dry, full-flavored white that might remind some tasters more of Chassagne-Montrachet than German Riesling. But there’s no fooling the penetrating mineral-petrichor nose. It is pure, siphoned-through-stone...
Clelia Romano’s Colli di Lapio (hill of wolves) sits at the highest point in the Avellino appellation and affords one a stunning view of Campania plainwhile the grapes grown on this windy hillside seem to suck up all the wild fennel, mint and other...
This 2019 Sonoma Chardonnay reveals classic Russian River Valley character with showy citrus blossoms, toasty orange, lemon curd, and subtle stone spice. Lifted and lively the precision-tuned palate carries plenty of fruit and native acidity developing a...
The most sublime and the most celebrated estate of Chablis, the wines of Domaine Raveneau are a rare find. Domaine Francois Raveneau uses purely artisanal methods to produce Chablis' most powerful wines. The domaine is an icon not only for Chablis...
Displays toasty baking spices, nutmeg, spring flowers, marzipan, and pit fruits. The partial oak and lees aging gives this Verdejo additional roundness, complexity, and length.
The 2017 Chardonnay Woolsey Road Vineyard offers plenty of brioche and white flower nuances to go with rocking levels of Meyer lemon and tart pineapple fruit. It's rich, concentrated, and powerful on the palate, yet also has a racy spine of acidity...
Seductive aromas of spiced Bosque pear, lemon zest, and honeycomb are accented by chamomile blossoms and a hint of fresh pie crust. A perfectly balanced combination of yuzu and white peach lead into the delicate essence of vanilla and clove. Precise...
Weighing in at 11.5% ABV and about 12 grams per liter RS, the Maximin Grunhaus Riesling Monopol is a swoon-worthy, simply gorgeous white packed with penetrating Riesling peach, green herb (wintergreen, tarragon, lemon verbena, basil) and lime peel aromas...
This sort of oxidative winemaking makes for a phenomenally interesting, incredibly layered wine that packs an almost exaggerated amount of Pinot Gris flavor into the bottle. Not exactly ‘orange’ (as are the more extreme wines being made in...
With the chutzpah to stand up to just about any seafood dish imaginable (the Venice lagoon is just minutes away), it’s also a natural with poultry, pork chops and just about anything else you can think of! Very highly recommended! ...
PRIMA Notes: The Winner’s Circle vineyard sits on one of the finest sites in the Russian River Valley and the fruit grown here has been long coveted by growers and vintners alike.
An Hautes Côtes white that has long been a below-the-radar favourite of Burgundy lovers. Planted in the 1990s at 380 metres, which was pretty bold at the time, it's a tangy, crunchy, mineral-etched Chardonnay with some sweet vanilla spice from oak...
PRIMA Notes: We were instant fans of the 2019 Secateurs Chenin Blanc and we’ve found it to be great on its own and wonderful with garden fresh vegetables, roast fowl and filets of fish. Hopefully, you will share our enthusiasm. We...
PRIMA Notes: It’s a pleasure to be able to introduce the first Dehlinger Garbro Ranch Chardonnay here. Aiming for a lighter touch, Eva fermented the fruit in wood, only 25% of which was new, to create a rich and satisfying style of Chardonnay...
Winery Notes: This wine is bright yellow with golden hues. The scent is reminiscent of apricots and broom flowers, with a hint of tropical fruit. The taste is smooth, dense and characterised by a considerable aromatic persistence of dried apricots,...
The 2018 Ma Belle-Fille expresses nuances and complexity of dough, jasmine, pineapple, fresh pear, pastry elements, golden apple and nectarine accentuated by elegant minerality. Generous on the palate, rich with a creamy texture and multilayered, the...
This Sauvignon Blanc jumps out of the glass with pink grapefruit, Asian pear, white peach, lemon oil, lime leaf, and lemongrass aromatics. The palate confirms the nose and is extremely bright and tense, showing great balance. Bright guava, juicy stone...
Dry, spicy Chenin Blanc seems to have stormed back into fashion, but at Foxen, it was never out! This is a beautiful, beautiful rendition of the grape capturing the intense dried hay, Bosc pear and spice character of the grape. Elegant but also...
Some of us remember when drinking a glass of good California Chardonnay wasn’t such an… event. It wasn’t like a meal in a glass, just a glass to go with a meal. Or not! This is exactly that sort of Chardonnay- pure,...
White Burgundy Value Alert! The grapes for this cuvée are sourced from four separate parcels within the famed Pierreclos subappellation of the Macon: ‘Margots,’’Le Chateau,’ ‘Les Grands Buys’ and ‘La...
100% Jacquere from the hills of Savoie, this is sort of where Cotes du Rhone Blanc meets the French Alps. Fresh, delicate and super pretty, this is a thoroughly lovely white that wants to be invited to your next picnic or served alongside a...
Fresh and racy, this greets the palate with a lemony pucker. Zippy citrus, ripe pears and oodles of minerality dominate its personality at this time. Light to medium bodied now, we expect it will flesh out given some time (it truly just hit...
The 2019 agricultural campaign started slowly due to the prolongation of the winter season until February, with the consequent delay of the spring season. Nonetheless, the vegetative recovery has been regular and the high temperatures of June, July and...
Introducing Prisoner’s newest creation, the sultry, beautifully layered and dangerously irresistible Carneros Chardonnay. Showcasing Chardonnay’s elegantly tropical and subtly sunkissed side, this is a must have for fruit forward Chardonnay...
The 2017 Rochioli blend is 74% from Mid-40 block, 19% River block and 7% Allen Vineyard, which the Rochiolis have farmed for many years. The soil here is Yolo sandy loam and overwash, derived from sedimentary formation in alluvial fans. This is our third...
Its extreme elegance immediately justifies the reasons why this original Piedmontese wine has been so successful.Colour: straw yellow.Bouquet: it has an original and intense aroma of white flowers and fruits such as pear, peach, pineapple and passion...
Honest and pure sparkling wine. Peppery and herbal, with notes of fresh cut grass, lemon curd, and lots of pretty green and yellow apple notes throughout. Crisp, clean, fruity, and delicious. Aged minimum of 3 years on lees, disgorged summer 2019.
Pale light yellow with a green hue. Aromas of ripe peach, honeydew, and lemon rind intertwine seamlessly with vanilla and spice. The aromas are followed by flavors of lychee and yellow peach which meld perfectly with the cream texture, vanilla and slight...
Winery Notes: Gilles Lesimple is the fourth generation of a family of winegrowers. Based in the well-known village of Chavignol (a commune in Sancerre), he has been a winegro
Gilles Lesimple is fortunate to own land covering the three main...
Tasting Notes: Pale light yellow with a green hue. Aromas of ripe peach, honeydew, and lemon rind intertwine seamlessly with vanilla and spice. The aromas are followed by flavors of lychee and yellow peach which meld perfectly with the cream...
PRIMA Notes: A Pinot Grigio that harkens back to the Old Days, a template refined by the likes of Jermann and precious few others in the eastern hills of Friuli and Slovenia who take this grape seriously. There's an ever so slight hue of...
The amazing Chardonnay is a miniature version of the wine that really put Mount Eden on the map. The slowly-maturing 2016 shows an impressive level of concentration with really glorious aromas of honeysuckle and citrus blossom with hints of...
Wine Spectator: 93 Points - Verbena, beeswax and matcha green tea notes give way to a succulent, polished core of lemon curd, lanolin and quince flavors. Powerfully intense and focused, but the mouthwatering acidity keeps the flavors vivid, fresh and...
This bone dry bottle of Chenin is loaded with flavors of juicy pears, green apple, lemon zest, white flowers, and wet rocks. Salty acid and a weighty mid-palate lead to a lasting finish. This is Vouvray Sec in one of its finest forms.
Tasting Notes: The Home Ranch Chardonnay comes from a vineyard a few minutes’ walk from the Sbragias’ Dry Creek winery and proves that the Sbragia style of Chardonnay translates well to Sonoma County as well as Napa. Barrel fermented...
Named Saint Jean after the very pretty little church in Le Haut, the Chapelles planted this small parcel of vines to Chardonnay in 1991. Barrel fermented and aged in mostly neutral oak, it’s the higher elevation and cooler climate of this site that...
Celebrating the 25th vintage of Chardonnay from our beautiful Red Shoulder Ranch vineyard in Napa Valley’s Carneros District. Year after year this estate vineyard offers up wine with plush, exotic, zesty aromas and flavors.
“This 25th...
Tasting Notes: Pale straw yellow colour with greenish hues and a characteristic fruity aroma mixed with floral notes. Balanced flavour sustained by a slightly acidic note which enhances aromatic freshness.
Tasting Notes: Precise, sharp and clean nose that might seem a bit subdued but this subtlety also allows a saline side to shine. A bit of breathing opens everything up and brings on hints of ripe pear and apple. The mouth follows the same path...
Winery Notes: Classique styled Loire valley sauvignon from the master of Montlouis and Vouvray. Produced entirely from Chidaine’s biodynamically farmed vineyards around the villages of Montrichard & Chissay-en-Touraine, just north of the Cher...
Striving for concentration and structure, the fermentation is longer than is typical but the results are simply stunning. It results in a wine that has tremendous length and crisp acidity, exactly what you’d expect in a bottle of well-made...
Orange zest, white flower, sweet sage and hay aromas yield to softer peach and apricot. The palate is full of energy and vigor with clear-cut fruit intensity and savory character. Ripe stone fruits dominate with an underscore of oatmeal and marzipan...
Pristine aromas of honeysuckle, white peach, sea salt caramel and sharp citrus make for a delicious entry on the nose of this bottling by Chris Miller. The sip zips with acid and surrounds a chalky texture, delivering flavors of Meyer lemon, grapefruit,...
The Chignin is made with 100% Jacquère from 40-year-old vines planted on clay and limestone soils. Fermentation is in stainless steel tanks, with partial malolactic fermentation.It has wonderful texture for a mountain wine, and shows notes of...
Fermented in stainless steel and neutral oak, this light-bodied, well-structured white impresses with pretty citrus blossom scents and tart, high-toned acidity. Pungent with lemon and lime flavor, it develops bolder melon and pear notes as it opens in...
Tasting Notes: A rich, polished Chardonnay that definitely will not shortchange you on its tropical fruit, toasted oak and lemon crème brulee flavors. There’s something ultra-satisfying about drinking a good ol’ fashioned...
Winery Notes: This area of Bordeaux, south of St. Emilion and Pomerol and north of Sauternes, is known for producing light, crisp wines that pair perfectly with oysters, light fish or on simply by the glass. Estelle Roumage's version is made...
The Arneis “Bricco delle Ciliegie” is the perfect wine to understand the extraordinary potential of grown in the Roero Arneis. Domenico Almondo, theowner of the Giovanni Almondo winery, represents a true landmark in this area and the eighties...
The nose is distinctly powerfully hedonistic and intense with aromas of rose petal, lychee nut, orange blossom and acacia, with a background of mineral, yellow peach, candied orange, greengage, toasted almond and nougat. Creamy and weighty in the mouth,...
Winery Notes: 100% Vermentino from 15-year-old vines planted in the Maremma with a southern exposure at 180 meters above sea level. The grapes are harvested at the beginning of September. Fermentation occurs in stainless steel followed by aging for...
Brilliant aromas of dried ginger, lychee fruit and pink grapefruit zest transition to tastes of zesty green apple, crisp pear and candied kumquat. Stepping back from my high-falutin’ descriptions, the Navarro Dry Gewurztraminer 2018 is true to its...
This small batch reserve Chardonnay is from the winery’s estate vineyard and Tunnel aged it in neutral French Oak on its lees for a year then moved it to stainless steel for six more months giving it a gorgeous, creamy texture while maintaining its...
Son of Michel, Raymond Dupont-Fahn is a fifth generation wine maker and has worked closely with his father and grandfather from an early age. In just a short career as winemaker he has produced some stunningly great wines from humble appellations...
Vernaccia is one of those wines often best enjoyed in situ, as it were, i.e. sitting in an outdoor trattoria underneath one of San Gimignano’s famous towers watching the tourists go by as you enjoy your panzanella. It tends to lightness and...
A top Riesling with lush residual sweetness and well integrated fruit acid. This elegant Riesling is recommended for noble game dishes with cranberriesor duck with red cabbage.
92 points Vinous: Outer quote mark Here is an adamantly dry bottling that captures the efficacious bright acidity and salinity that are also features of this year’s off-dry generic Müller-Catoir bottling. The wine’s sunny...
An elegant, almost dry style, with cardamom, melon and honeysuckle notes. Features lively acidity that provides balance and support, keeping this focused from the start to the long finish. Fenugreek accents linger. Drink now through 2028. 127 cases...
This cross between Riesling and Madeleine Royale, which was created by the Swiss botanist and oenologist Hermann Müller from the Swiss Canton of Thurgau, finds ideal conditions in the cool climate of Valle Isarco and at elevations over 700 meters (2...
The blend is all SB and styled in more a Loire-ish style than, say, Bordeaux Blanc but is, nonetheless, a stunning mouthful of wine! A quarter of the production was fermented in a concrete egg while the rest was fermented and aged in neutral oak...
Russian River Ranches2018 ChardonnayTop of Wine & Spirits’ Most Popular Chardonnay Poll for 31 years!*
Russian River Ranches is beautifully focused on the palate with flavors of crisp, zesty lemon, green apple, lime and barrel spice. The wine...
Winemaking
Harvested during the cool nighttime hours to fully capture their pure flavors and vibrant acidity, then press as whole clusters. This maximizes varietal intensity while minimizing the extraction of astringency from the skins. In 2019, this...
Light and crisp — a refreshing blend between dry and sweet. Perfectly blended for laid-back brunches, sunshine afternoons, long laughs and good stories. Canned from the highest quality vineyards and blended in the hills of California, each...
Winery Notes: Martin Nigl’s Freheit is sourced from 4 different vineyards in the hills above the city of Krems. The soils here are primarily löss and the temperature is moderated by its steep elevation. The name Freiheit means...
Tasting Notes: Golden Delicious apples, yellow peaches, musk melon, and honey on the nose and through to the palate, the medium acidity is balanced by pleasant fleshiness, finishing very clean with a hint of minerality. Refreshing and with moderate...
White roses, white peaches, salty mineral and slate-y petrichor are only a few of the aromas that lead into a palate that is both satisfyingly rich- almost Alsatian in nature- while plenty fresh and lively too. A natural with fresh or salt water...
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.
Lifted and fresh on the nose with notes of white blossoms and snappy fruits. On the palate, the wine gives way to stone fruits and hints of melon before finishing with a zip of refreshing acidity. The finish is clean but long and showcases this classic...
The historic Pacher Hof vineyard has been owned by the Huber family since 1142. Cellar master Andreas Huber cultivates eight scattered hectares planted to the typical grapes of the Eisak Valley, the German name corresponding to the Italian Valle Isarco...