Vinanmeldelser

92-94 Big and tannic, very firm and tough. Yet all the fruit is there, offering great potential. There is a ripe, juicy aftertaste. Under the same ownership as Château Léoville-Poyferré in Saint-Juli…

92-94 Powerful tannins here, spiced with a considerable amount of new wood. The wine has richness, black chocolate burnt toast flavors along with intense sweet plum fruits.

From a vineyard adjacent to the Santa Lucia Highlands, this wine's wondrous nose of dense black currants, blueberries and fresh-cracked black pepper is made even more complex by black olive, gamy roa…

Rich and thickly textured, this wine features intense botrytis aromas of dried apricots, backing them up with flavors of honey and orange marmalade. Long and intensely sugary on the finish, with enou…

Pure sweetness, the wine has a rich texture with just a hint of botrytis but plenty of opulent spice, very rounded and unctuous. It is just beginning to show maturity, but could easily age further, t…

Richly textured wine, full of ripe and spicy fruit, the acidity just a hint behind the dried honey and watermelon flavors. It is full-bodied, ripe, packed with intense fruit flavors. A wine for aging…

Even with the elder Giuseppe Quintarelli in retirement, this storied name in Valpolicella continues to make one of the most classic and traditional expressions of Amarone available today. The layered…

Sometimes a blend of vineyards like this one can equal or surpass the single-vineyard bottlings. This complex and well-rounded wine achieves a good balance between seductive fruit flavors and more su…

It takes a precision winemaker to craft a Pinot Noir with such detail from a cool vintage in a cool region. Jon Meuret (founder of Maison Bleue) has the right stuff, as this new project demonstrates.…

Expressive and loaded with fruit, mineral and spice components, this powerful wine centers around dense flavors of black cherry and cassis. Threads of coffee, caramel, wet rock and citrus keep coming…

Appropriately youthful and flashy, this is textbook Barossa Shiraz, full bodied and rich. Dusty tannins and mouthwatering acids support dark berry fruit, cedar and vanilla. It's drinkable now, but sh…

Bright, beautiful and balanced, this tiny production wine is aflutter in high-toned citrus notes, melon and peach. A well-crafted marriage of power and sophistication, the aromatics of wild jasmine s…

Blackberry, raspberry and asphalt aromas are staunch and gritty. A tight, firm, structured palate is balanced from front to back, while dark berry flavors are woody, dry, toasty and spicy. The big, s…

Nicole's is a consistent stunner, upholding its reputation just fine with this vintage, a vibrant and spicy take on rich, robust cherry and black raspberry that's both juicy and smooth. The finish wr…

This is a rich, ripe Condrieu that manages to avoid seeming excessively weighty or oily. The suggestion of grilled apricot and pineapple slices is balanced by mouthwatering acidity and a slightly pep…

Pure Cabernet Sauvignon from the Yellow Jacket, Waliser and Pepper Bridge vineyards, this supremely rich and expressive wine is riveting for its depth and detail, and it's packed with red, blue and b…

Bold in alcohol, with a dry, intensely textured palate, this Riesling is rich and ripe, with notes of honeysuckle, peach and even a hint of berry. It carries its girth well, with a zippy streak of le…

Modne aromaer av bjørnebær, rosiner og solbær blander seg godt med grafitt og vaniljenoter. Det finnes en mild, dyptgående kraft i denne vinen, men mest av alt er den fyldig og generøs, med varme sma…

Denne blokkutvalgte Syrah er en nær slektning av Polkurask mer grunnleggende, men fremragende Syrah fra Marchigue i vestlige Colchagua. Den viser mye eik, vanilje og modenhet av mørke bær, men på gan…

Konsentrert hibiskus og roseblader blir kuttet av en jernaktig mineralitet og anisnoter på nesen i denne vinen som Greg Brewer og Steve Clifton lager for en japansk partner. Den er rik på ganen, men…

Subtile noter av appelsin møter nylig kuttet pære-smaker, forsterket av noe restsukker. Rikdommen i ganen blir vakkert balansert av en frisk og ren, sitrusaktig syre og en bearbeidet fenolstruktur so…

Denne vinen er optimistisk og elegant til tross for sin fyldige størrelse. Tørket tranebær og solbær spiller på ganen, med et glimt av hvit pepper. Lys og dansende med mineralitet, avslutter den fløy…

Formidabel syre gir denne vakre vinen en friskhet rundt komplementære lag av rosenblad og jordbær-granat. Laget av en blanding av to Chardonnay-kloner, legger den til ekstra noter av mandarin og sitr…

Fra en kjølig vingård i Forestville som tidligere var viet til epler, er Appian Way rik på Goldridge-jord, og gir et godt hjem for disse druene som byr på et kjernpreg av granateple og tranebær, med…