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With loads of white flower and honey notes, Zagra (100% Grillo) is fresh and clean, with lingering tones of almond skin, jasmine and orange blossom. The finish is crisp and lean.

Lots of forward, ripe blackberry and cherry fruit in this wine, with oak adding richer notes of smoky vanilla and caramel. With smooth tannins and a dry finish, it provides a lot more pleasure than y…

A fine young Pinot Noir, bristling with clean acidity and bone dry. It's strongly flavored, giving a burst of cherries, raspberries, cola and spices.

There's a touch of wet earth or forest floor that gives this wine a brambly but rustic feel. Aromas include leather, old spice, prune, tobacco and teriyaki sauce. Pair this wine with meat dishes mari…

Aromas of tangerine zest, peach and flower are followed by dry clean fruit flavors that show no apparent oak influence, with citrus notes lingering on the finish.

This opens with white flower, yellow stone fruit and honeydew melon aromas. The fruity sensations carry over to the palate, with a tangerine zest note and tangy acidity that leads to a juicy finish.

This leathery, full-bodied red is rich with blueberry cobbler, coffee and smoked meat flavors. Soft and round in structure, it tastes robustly varietal.

Hay, tomato vine and grilled herb aromas follow through to the linear, structured palate, along with a citrusy note of grapefruit and a hint of white stone fruit. Fresh acidity lends a clean finish.

Drawn from the cooler Awatere Valley subregion, this is pungent and green. Leafy notes and hints of green tomato accent passion fruit flavors in this medium-bodied wine that finishes crisp and refres…

This is the little brother of Brumont's estate wines such as Montus and Bouscassé. It is all fruit, the 80% Tannat tamed easily, leaving a modicum of tannins to support the juicy black fruit. It is a…

Toasted bread crust, pressed yellow flower and yellow stone fruit aromas lead the way while the linear, slightly lean palate offers yellow apple skin and citrus notes. Bright acidity lends freshness…

Brassfield is establishing a fine track record with this wine. It's wonderfully crisp and clean in acidity, with pure flavors of citrus fruits, lemongrass, apricots, wildflowers and white pepper. Fin…

Here's a hardy, meaty interpretation of Primitivo with thick aromas of tobacco, leather, earth and blackberry. It has ripe, mature notes of black fruit and berry and offers succulence and power on th…

Light and supple, this Pinot is meant for drinking now. It's polished and elegant, with a silky texture framing pleasant cherry, cola, spice and smoky oak flavors.

There's an attractive meaty or earthy quality to this Primitivo that gives the wine dimension and personality. Black olive, red berry and spice come through and the wine tastes thick and succulent in…

Very bright and pure, with high acid that makes the wine clean and vibrant all the way through the finish, this Viognier bursts with tropical fruits, limes, wildflowers, honey and vanilla bean. Reall…

With solid berry and plum aromas, the bouquet is friendly and nice. This is fresh and fruity in style, with hints of leather and chocolate accenting core berry and plum flavors. An earthy, warm finis…

Here is a steady and clean expression of Sangiovese that delivers steady pulses of cherry and oak spice with smaller doses of cola and licorice at the back. The wine is dark and concentrated with a t…

This 60-40 blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet from Central Italy opens with a pretty quality of fruit that shows bold extraction and still-young tannins with an astringent bite at the end. The bouquet…

There's lots of rich, jammy blackberry, cherry and oak flavor in this Merlot, with a gentle scour of firm tannins. It's not an ager, but offers plenty of upfront pleasure for drinking now.

The first whiff of this Rioja is full of oaky char, shoe polish, raw leather and can't-miss wood resin. With airing the nose cedes chocolate and berry scents. This is plump, chewy and a touch resiny…

You'll find plenty of tart green gooseberries in this dry Sauvignon Blanc. Yet there are also ripe grapefruit, kiwi and papaya flavors. It's a refreshingly clean wine for drinking now.

This sweet red wine made from Cabernet Sauvignon has aromas of blackberry and dark chocolate that lead to flavors of dried plum, honey and black raspberry in the mouth. There is enough acidity to pre…

This wine gets a bonus for venturing into new territory, aging Cab in used Bourbon barrels. The result is far from perfect, but not as gimmicky as one might assume. Aromas of leathery blackberry, ced…