Vinanmeldelser

Denne pene vinen er rik, tørr og mykt tanninrik. Selv om den har litt høy alkoholprosent, føles den jevn og rund og viser Cabernet Sauvignon sin mer modne side med bjørnebærsyltetøy, cassis-likør og…

Dette er en massiv, kraftig Chardonnay, en New World-stil som er veldig moden og tungt eikelagt. Du enten liker det eller ikke. Kjennere av denne stilen vil elske overfloden av smaker som honning, an…

Dette er en vakker Zinfandel. Den viser alle de ville, eksotiske skogsbær-kirsebærsmakene du kan ønske deg, oversvømmet med tistelkrydder og noter av solbær og mynte som varer evig i ettersmaken. Lik…

En nydelig Cab, polert og raffinert, og en stor forbedring sammenlignet med vingårdens 2004-flaske. Viser klassisk mykhet og rundhet fra Napa Valley, en vin som forfører ganen. Det finnes komplekse s…

Saftig bjørnebær, kirsebær og læraktige tanniner kjennetegner denne fyldige, tette og komplekse vinen, som er fløyelsmyk på ganen. Selv om frukten er godt utviklet og fyldig, bør tanninene fortsette…

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,…

Dry, hard in tannins and rustic in the way of some youthful Petite Sirahs. If you drink it now, you'll find plenty of sweet, flashy cherries and raspberries, but the wine will feel hard and astringen…

Lovely golden color highlights a balanced, floral and pretty late-harvest expression of apricot jam in this nuanced wine, which is relatively low in alcohol with 12.3% residual sugar. It offers visco…

This is a big, sweetly oaked wine notable for its ripe flavors and sheer opulence. It's distinctly Californian in the massive, rather jammy blackberries, cherries and raspberries, and shows good bala…

A very nice Chardonnay that has the dusty, herbal tug that Napa Chards often display. Otherwise it's very rich, with potent pineapple pie and peach tart flavors, enriched with creamy lees and buttery…

Impressively flashy, an opulent wine that immediately offers a blast of blackberries, cherries, currants, red licorice and cedar. But it's quite astringent in tannins. Age this Cabernet-based Bordeau…

Big, rich, extracted and just beautiful. It's a high-octane Zin, with high alcohol and ripe, spicy flavors, making it a classic example of its type. Just massive in blackberries, black cherries, beef…

This is stunningly good single-vineyard wine. The fruit shows well-ripened apples and peaches all the way into pineapples and mangoes, offering up a cascade of flavors that tumble across the palate.…

The cool vintage resulted in an unusually lean and streamlined, but by no means uninteresting, wine. It's subtly fruity with hints of citrus zest and grapefruit. The main note, however, is gooseberry…

The winery's Vintage Select Cabernet was famous in its day as one of California's greatest and most long-lived. It's not entirely clear why they changed the name to Vintage Selection, but this is sti…

Gobs of jammy blackberry and cherry fruit mark this dynamic young wine, along with enticing notes of spice, mocha and toasty oak. The tannins are thick, but velvety, making it drinkable now. The Knig…

This Cabernet blend shows the future of the new Coombsville region, which was officially approved as an appellation in 2011. It's a powerful wine with penetrating blackberry, currant and mocha flavor…

An interesting blend of fruit from both warm and cool areas, this wine is dry, tannic and complex with flavors of blackberries, currants, cured meats, black pepper and cedar. Good as it is now, it wi…

The esteemed Hyde Vineyard is in Carneros, and is the source for some incredible Syrahs from winemakers like Joseph Phelps and the Hyde Vineyard label itself, and Mira now joins that list. The wine i…

This is a beautiful Cabernet that's soft, subtle and delicious. It has balanced blackberry, plum and licorice flavors, touched with oak, and finishes with low-alcohol elegance.

Dry and crisp with acidity, this Sauvignon Blanc, with 3% Sémillon, was fermented in stainless steel but partially aged in neutral oak barrels. The palate shows complex flavors of citrus fruits, Asia…

A potpourri of dried sage, gunpowder, black pepper and leather provide a robust, full-bodied and brawny experience in this wine crafted from vineyards across the valley. It has black fruit flavors an…

Blended from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Zinfandel and Syrah, this is a complex wine. Very dry and marked by young, aggressive tannins, it strikes you as dramatic, offering waves of fruit, mineral, s…

There's an intense purity to this Sauvignon Blanc that makes it particularly refined and elegant. In fact, this is Stag's Leap's best in many years. It has a translucency that lets you taste the mine…