2017 Ceritas Chardonnay Porter-Bass Vineyard, USA, California, Sonoma Coast, Wine Review

Vintage: 
2017
Score: 
95
Grade: 
A

One of my favorite Chardonnays (both the winery and this vineyard).  Light golden in color with some green hues, clear and bright.  The nose is smoky with minerality, slight vanilla and grapefruits.  Medium to full bodied.  Slightly oily texture.  Good acidity.  On the palate, minerality and slight grapefruit.  Lemon candy on the long finish.  12.9% abv.  This is still drinking youthfully.  It should drink well for another ten to fifteen more years.  Great on its own, this will work well with lighter foods but also seafood and even fried chicken.  

2019 Guido Marsella Fiano di Avellino, Italy, Campagna, Wine Review

Vintage: 
2019
Score: 
90
Grade: 
A-
Current Price: 
$25.00USD

Pale golden in color, clear and bright.  The nose has pears with a slight herbal note.  Medium bodied.  Dry.  On the palate, this is refreshing with some depth. Moderate acidity.  The palate has pears, minerals and slight wax.  Moderate finish.  This will work well with lighter foods but a Margherita pizza would work well, too.  Drink over the next couple of years.  

2020 Travaglianti Etna Rosato, Italy, Sicily, Wine Review

Vintage: 
2020
Score: 
90
Grade: 
A-

This is a Rose wine from Sicily made from Nero Mascalese grapes.  Pink/orange in color, clear and bright.  Fresh nose with cherries, slight cranberries, char and salinity.  Light to medium bodied.  On the palate, this has nice lively acidity.  Cherries, cherry juice and char.  Long finish.  This drinks very easily and it is also quite food friendly.  From Salmon to a Steak, this will pair nicely.  Drink over the next two to three years.  

2019 Rivers-Marie Cabernet Sauvignon, USA, California, Napa, Wine Review

Vintage: 
2019
Score: 
95
Grade: 
A
Current Price: 
$105.00USD

This is the basic Cab from winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown's home winery.  At $75, it is expensive but at the same time, a great value  in high end Napa Cabs.  Purple in color with a thin ruby rim, opaque and bright.  The nose has cassis, chocolate, char, slight graphite and slight cedar.  Full bodied.  Firm tannins.  On the palate, this is young but delicious.  Cassis and slight black cherries with underlying char and slight spice.  Long finish.  This could use another five years in the cellar but drinking well now with some air.  This has twenty years of great drinking left and the score sh

2019 Domaine Michel Bregeon Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine sur lie, France, Loire Valley, Wine Review

Vintage: 
2019
Score: 
91
Grade: 
A-
Current Price: 
$19.00USD

I have always felt that Muscadet can age better than given credit for.  Yes, with age it loses some of that raw crispness, but it rounds out and can get almost Chablis-like.  Of course, that depends on the producer.  Golden in color, clear and bright.  The nose is classic with salinity/crushed shells along with lanolin and a hint of citrus.  Medium bodied.

2018 Andremily EABA, USA, California, Wine Review

Vintage: 
2018
Score: 
96
Grade: 
A+
Current Price: 
$115.00USD

This is a blend of 59% Syrah, 23% Mourvedre, 15% Grenache and 3% Viognier coming from California's Central Coast.  The EABA means it got extra barrel ageing than their regular release wines.  In fact, it saw 22 months in French Oak (50% new).  Typically, extended ageing wines seem to need more time in bottle to come around as well.  This one does.  That said, it is a ripe, delicious, hedonistic wine right now.  Inky purple in color, opaque and bright.  The nose needs some air, then shows black raspberries, blueberries, plums and black cherries along with spice, roasted meats, slight floral

2021 Adelsheim Pinot Noir Willamette Valley, Oregon, Wine Review

Vintage: 
2021
Score: 
85
Grade: 
B
Current Price: 
$30.00USD

Ruby in color, clear and bright.  The nose is light with cherry juice, slight rhubarb and slighter sour cherries.  Light to medium bodied.  No tannins.  On the palate, light red fruit.  Easy.  Moderate finish.  This is drinking well and should be drunk over the next couple of years.  It will work better but needs lighter foods.

2015 Dönnhoff Felsenberg Riesling Großes Gewächs, Germany Nahe, Wine Review

Vintage: 
2015
Score: 
94
Grade: 
A
Current Price: 
$100.00USD

Wonderful, if still very young, showing for this wine.  Golden in color with just a hint of green hues.  The nose has peaches with smoke and wet rocks.  Boisterous acidity.  Great texture.  On the palate, this is delicious.  Peaches and baked peaches oppose crisp minerality and wet rocks.  Plenty of depth if still tight.  It unwinds in the glass.  Long finish.  This is very young and just starting to get expressive.  It should improve over the next twenty years or so and then drink well for twenty more after that.  Quite food friendly, it went well with Chinese food but should also work wit

2015 Markus Molitor Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese, Germany, Mosel, Wine Review

Vintage: 
2015
Score: 
92
Grade: 
A-

Golden in color, clear and bright.  The nose is nice with pineapple, minerals, peach and vanilla.  Medium bodied.  Round, no hard edges.  Good acidity.  On the palate, peaches, vanilla and minerality.  This is sweet but enough acidity to balance.  Long finish.  This is still young but drinking well.  It should drink well for another fifteen to twenty years.  Nice on its own, this will work with food that can work with the sweetness.  It would be lovely with Thai food.  

2005 Nicolas Potel Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru Wine Review

Vintage: 
2005
Score: 
96
Grade: 
A

Wow.  Wonderful showing for this wine.  Garnet in color, mostly clear and bright.  The nose is deep (and great) with cherries, black cherries, roasted meats, spice and slight  dark chocolate.  Full bodied.  On the palate, this is complex and layered.  Black cherries, slight sour cherries, and spice with underlying earthiness.  Long finish.  This is great on its own and would be nice to slowly savor but it will work well with food.  Roasted duck would be a nice match.  This bottle was about at peak, but should easily go another ten to fifteen years.  

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