Telaya Wine Co.’s 2023 250th Anniversary Liberty Red is an Idaho red blend built around ripe blackberry, plum, black cherry, vanilla, and baking spice. Medium-full in body, it combines moderate acidity with rounded, medium-plus tannins and a noticeable oak influence. The wine is structured for near-term drinking rather than extended
The 2021 Robert Mondavi The Reserve Red Blend draws exclusively from To Kalon Vineyard in Oakville. Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc lead the blend, producing a concentrated, oak-forward wine with dark fruit, graphite, firm tannins, and the structure required for extended bottle aging.
The 2022 Alpha Omega Stagecoach Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is a concentrated Atlas Peak wine with notes of cassis, blackberry, cedar, and graphite, supported by firm mountain tannins. Its compact structure and pronounced oak influence suggest that several more years in bottle should allow the wine to soften and become better
The 2022 Reynvaan Family Vineyards Queen’s Road White Estate White is a full-bodied, textural Rhône-style white blend from Washington’s Walla Walla Valley. Combining Roussanne, Marsanne, and Viognier, it balances ripe stone fruit and floral aromatics with grounded savory complexity, wet stone minerality, and well-integrated oak structure designed for near-term aging
Chateau Lilian Ladouy is a beautiful, rich Bordeaux blend crafted from 35-year-old vines in the Saint Estephe region of France. This historic chateau has seen a number of owners over its 360-year history, but none have put as much time, effort, and thought into its revival as the current owners,
The 2022 Abeja Beekeeper’s Blend is a full-bodied Washington State red blend composed of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Syrah. Featuring ripe blackberry, plum, and cassis fruit supported by cedar, vanilla, and toasted oak, it delivers a generous, polished profile with supple tannins and a fruit-driven finish.
The 2020 Otu Estate Pinot Noir is the product of the cool, dry, Marlborough climate that continues to seduce New Zealand winemakers that want to diversify their Sauvignon Blanc plantings
Silver Oak, along with a handful of other Napa Valley wineries is part of Napa Valley’s Cabernet Class of 1972. This milestone marks more than just fifty years in business, the Class of 72’ represents the highest concentration in consequential wineries ever to be created in a single year in
If you’ve been following this wine blog for a while, we make no secret of our love of Catena Zapata wines.
The 2014 Bodegas Manzanos Azagra Voché Selección Graciano Rioja Reserva is a 95 point wine made from Spain’s increasingly rare Graciano grape. In the hands of one of Spain’s most respected wine families, this bottling checks all the boxes for an easy drinking, reasonably priced red wine.
If you love Super Tuscans that are bold, elegant, and have expansive palates with rivers of lush dark fruit, this bottle of 2018 Cabreo “Il Borgo” is one to hold and drink now, or cellar for a special occasion.
The world is in love with the wines of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. So much so that about 80% of each vintage is exported to countries around the world.