Mad Hatter 2008 Red (Napa Valley)
92 poengAn impressive wine from this St. Helena winery, with the vineyard below Howell Mountain. It's rich and classic, showing ripe blackberry, blueberry, currant and earthy flavors, with wonderfully thick,…
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An impressive wine from this St. Helena winery, with the vineyard below Howell Mountain. It's rich and classic, showing ripe blackberry, blueberry, currant and earthy flavors, with wonderfully thick,…
A rich, lusty and satisfying Zinfandel, showing classic varietal flavors of ripe, wild red berries, tobacco, soy sauce, bacon and white pepper. Alcohol is notable in the slight heat and glyceriny swe…
Finely balanced, a wine that exudes class and freshness. The green and yellow fruits fill the mouth, round but always with a layer of crispness. Everything comes together, the fruit, the acidity and…
It's all there with this rich Merlot. Fabulously lush in currants, mocha and cedar, it also displays great balance and charm. The tannins are superfine. Drink this beauty now through 2010.
The wine has richness, but it is the balancing freshness that makes this wine so delicious. There is also a core of tight structure, a layer of spice that comes through strongly. But that tense fresh…
An intense, creamy wine, showing fresh fruits as well as almonds, spice, yeast and toast flavors. It has been finely crafted to bring out a bouquet of spring flowers and a richer, warm feel. It shoul…
Showing great restraint and structure, this wine is complex, savory and brings a welcome change from the usual fruity soft California wine. It smells lightly spicy, beefy and earthy, tastes mild but…
Fragrant, floral and pretty in every way, this wine is also meaty in intense texture and beauty, with a bold beguiling entry that mellows on the midpalate. Balanced acidity supports notes of honey, h…
The Antinori family's Brunello estate has seen ups and downs in terms of wine consistency over the past five years. But 2008 delivers an honest and nicely concentrated expression that seems to benefi…
Grippy in sizably powerful mountain tannins, this wine is at first difficult to penetrate and will benefit from further cellaring, through 2022. In the shadows lurk full-bodied hits of floral violet…
Batasiolo is a large estate that offers a long list of Piedmont wines. Elegant and bright, this pretty Barolo offers the best of the austere Nebbiolo grape at a reasonably low price. It seduces with…
Beautifully intense and elegant, this opens with fine aromas of spice, dried fruit, cola, tar and ground licorice. It delivers a long, silky sensation in the mouth.
This Pinot tastes young and undeveloped, but it should go places. Evidence of its youth lies in the big tannins and acids and the way the fruit flavors are so fresh and primary. Although it's delicio…
A hugely tannic wine, still of course very young. Its black cherry and dark plum fruits are augmented by wood tannins and concentrated spice. This is Blaufränkisch at its most dense with layered acid…
Rich and almost liquorous in its texture, this is powerful stuff. It has weight, with intense, concentrated flavors of tropical fruit, spice and a smooth character. The acidity lends lift on the fini…
A wonderful wine at a great price. This is complex and delicious in blackberry and black currant flavors, with a savory minerality on the finish. As it starts off with tough tannins, allow it to deca…
Med vinranker i landsbyen Lamarque nær Gironde-østersen, ligger denne eiendommen godt til rette for å dra nytte av varmen fra vannet. Vinen, en blanding av 55 % Cabernet Sauvignon og 40 % Merlot (med…
Denne vinen har godt av litt tid på flaske. Treverk og frukt er integrert, noe som fremhever krydderet i frukten, samtidig som deilige eple- og hvit solbærfrukter får blomstre. Skrukapsel.
Frisk, fruktig og aromatisk, denne vinen har en ren syrestamme og sprø sitrus sammen med sin syrlige tekstur. Stramheten viser dens lagringspotensial; drikk fra 2020. Grunnlagt på 1200-tallet av bene…
Denne vinen er oppkalt etter de fire Sullivan-brødrene, hvorav en lager Benovia-vinene og en annen lager denne vinen, blant andre. En tydelig kjærlighetshandling, denne Chardonnay med liten produksjo…
Lys høyfarge og med et kremet, nær perfekt skum, viser denne boblevinen frisk asiatisk pære, lett plumeria, våt elvestein og regn-på-trottoar aromaer, alt sammen ganske mineralsk på nesen. Imponerend…
Friske aromaer av svart plomme løftes av duft av lavendel, syrin og potpurri i nesen på denne blandingen av 65 % Cabernet Sauvignon og 35 % Syrah. Rik smak av bjørnebærpai, vanilje, muskat og butterd…
Modnet i ett år på eikefat, denne konsentrerte, strukturerte vinen er svært rik og konsentrert. Den har en mørk tekstur og røyksmak med lakris, samt frukt av sort plomme. Den er kompleks og kraftig o…
Swanson har en flott historikk med denne vinen, som alltid trenger tid ved lansering. 2005-årgangen viser klassisk Napa-struktur, med harde men nesten perfekte tanniner og fyldige, eikeduftende svart…