A One-Day Road Trip to Napa A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of touring the most famous wine region of California, the Napa Valley for a day. I obviously had to stop by and try (for the first time as far as...
Score: 90/100 Score 90/100 Needless to say that Grüner Veltliner is not a very common grape variety for a New Zealand wine. This full-bodied Austrian grape is actually not very common around the world at all outside of its home country. But Kiwis have never...
Score: 90/100 Score 90/100 Vintage 2015 was an year of exceptional quality for New Zealand wine, in general, and the Marlborough ones in particular. As usual (though we’re not bored, quite the opposite) Saint Clair Family Estate has given us a series of single vineyard...
Score: 94/100 Score 94/100 The Tuscan lady that produces this Brunello, Donatella Cinelli Colombini, is particularly proud of this wine in its 2010 vintage version. She goes as far as saying: “This is the best Brunello I have ever produced”. One has to know that in...
Score : 93/100 Score 93/100 The Philipponnat Champagne house is located in the heart of the Top Pinot Noir-oriented Montagne de Reims area of the French Champagne region. When they make a sparkling Champagne made from 100% Pinot Noir wine like the one we review...
Score : 90/100 Score 90/100 The Rosé Réserve Brut Cuvée is Champagne Palmer & Co‘s non-vintage pink sparkling wine. It is made from 40-45% Chardonnay, 40-45% Pinot Noir, and 10-15% Pinot Meunier. In the whole blend, 10 to 12% of red wine vinified in oak is used to...
Score : 91/100 Score 91/100 In Philipponnat Champagne house’s range of sparklings, the Royale Réserve Non-Dosé is the super-dry version of the iconic Royale Réserve Brut (see wine review here). Essentially, this is the exact same wine as the non-vintage Royale Réserve Brut, but with...
Score: 93/100 Score 93/100 This red wine is made by Bodegas y Viñedos Vegalfaro from a vineyard that boasts its own appellation, its own DO (denominación de Origen) like the Spanish call them, a ‘D.O. de Pago’. The Pago de los Belagueses is a...
Score: 90/100 Score 90/100 This wine is a blend of 85% Carignan with 15% grenache from the Cru La Livinière in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. Vines are 60 years old and planted (in 1922) at about 4000 vines/ha. Being very old vines of Carignan...
Score : 91/100 Score 91/100 This wine is a blend of 90% syrah, 5% carignan, and 5% grenache from the Cru La Livinière in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. Vines are 25 years old and planted (in 1992) at about 5000 vines/ha. Yields are quite...
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