Vinanmeldelser

This is sweet Amontillado in fine form. The nose is centered around a core of molasses and brown sugar, while the palate bubbles with maple and toffee. Yes, it's a sweeter-styled Amontillado, but the…

This is the best Potelle Syrah I've ever had, but be forewarned: It's an extraordinarily tannic wine that shows its 1,800-foot mountain origins. It clocks in at 13.9% alcohol, yet it's bone dry. The…

Sweet and slightly viscous in texture, this wine lacks some aromatic flourishes, sacrificing complexity for purity of its pineapple, apple and citrus flavors. Yet because of its balanced, crisp acidi…

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…

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…

Among an excellent trio of Chardonnays from Roco, this is the spicy one, with soft and supple tree fruits, a touch of citrus and more. The complexities pile on, suggestions of melon and cotton candy,…

Dark ruby with tawny gold highlights, this intense wine comes from Ramos-Pinto's Bom Retiro estate. It is dried raisins, toffee with beautifully integrated spirit and acidity. It's a rich wine, with…

Intensely concentrated flavors of sweet cantaloupe, tangerine and peach belie the difficulties inherent to Mosel's 2013 vintage. This spätlese is unusually rich and silken on the palate, yet maintain…

Campo dei Gigli is a blockbuster wine with dark concentration, enormous richness and intense aromas of blackberry, BBQ sauce, sweet cherry and mesquite smoke. The wine tastes round and supple and off…

Fancy and easy to drink now for its soft tannins and elegant mouthfeel. Flavors of blackberries, black currants, black cherries, dark chocolate, herbs and sweet tobacco flood the mouth, and are compl…

This brilliant Pinot Noir exhibits the finest qualities of the great 2007 vintage. It's a big wine, filled with fruity flavor and sizable tannins, but so fresh and silky, it's drinkable now, with dec…

With more than a decade of careful aging under its belt, Vigneti di Osan Amarone offers sweet cherry flavors, dark concentration and bright aromas of vanilla and spice. The wine still makes a big imp…

Von Strasser continues to produce stunning Cabernets that are not only delicious when released, but ageable. This estate bottling is superbly rich in cassis and cedar, and while the tannins are thick…

If hedonism is what you like in a Cab, you'll love this lush bottling from Peju. It's softly delicious, offering waves of complex blackberries, blueberries, currants, sandalwood and sweet milk chocol…

Crisp and luscious, this coastal Chardonnay shows off its cool-climate origins and fine vintage. Displays ripe pineapple tart, green apple butter and flamboyant lime flavors, enriched with sweet smok…

Acidity and minerality mark this vibrant, complex young Chardonnay. It has a tart, sour pineapple candy flavor, softened and enriched with sweet smoky oak and butterscotch, and undergirded with a cha…

The second edition of Chateau Rollat's Ardenvoir Sémillon includes eight percent Sauvignon Blanc in the blend, a nice addition that tightens up the mouthfeel. Barrel fermented, it's bursting with ric…

Breggo has produced a fine, ageable Pinot Noir from this highly regarded vineyard. The wine is medium-bodied and dry, with a silky texture and complex, charming flavors of black and red cherries, col…

Kraftige aromaer av bakekrydder, ristet fennikel, ingefær og lett lakris gir nyanser til tørket kirsebær, tranebær, biff bourguignon og søt løkduft i denne vinen fra østsiden av Salinas-dalen. Smaken…

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…

Den dempede og blomstrende åpningen av jasmin og mandarinskall leder til en gane som holder bare et snev av restsukker, og fyller denne nydelig balanserte Gewurztraminer til randen med søte sitrusswi…

Stor, kraftig og selvsikkert moden, denne fyldige vinen oser av saftige bjørnebær, vill salvie og blåbærsmaker som tilsynelatende smelter i munnen. Et flott eksempel på sen høst-stil uten å være søt,…

Deilig. Dette er en fyldig rosémusserende med umiddelbar appell, fra den kobberfargede nyansen til den lange, krydrede avslutningen. Viser rike smaker av kremete bringebær og røde kirsebær, brioche,…

Produsert i en av de store søtvinregionene i Frankrike, er denne rike honningaktige vinen intens samtidig som den alltid bevarer syrlighet og en sprø eplekarakter. Honning og smaker av botrytis balan…