For a port, this ruby is light on its feet and refreshing. Aromas are complex. Fresh black cherry, dried plum, and mocha meld with raisin
Category: Wine Reviews
Wine Review: Populis Macerated Chardonnay Mendocino County 2020
Intense but brutal, fierce with a hint of hostility. To the simple aromas of apricot, orange zest, and apple cider, the palate adds a blast
Wine Review: Weingut Burg Ravensburg Sulzfield Blaufränkisch Baden 2017
I love the offbeat personality of this German Blaufränkisch from Baden. Complex and mercurial, it opens innocently inviting, then turns feral, finally finishing dry and
Wine Review: Pieropan Soave Classico 2019
I don’t often get excited by Soave but this Classico has me riding its swift current seeing into the life of things. A very generous
Wine Review: Lapostolle Carmenere Cuvée Alexandre Apalta 2019
Carmenere is a bit of a novelty grape, distinctive and interesting, but hard to fall in love with. They tend to feel anguished and distraught
Wine Review: Sosie Wines Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 2017 and Red Blend Moon Mountain District 2017
Sosie Wines is a relative newcomer to Sonoma, founded in 2015 by Scott MacFiggen and Regina Bustamante . They advertise “low intervention” winemaking and an
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