Estate Crush, Old Vine Zinfandel Wine Blogger Reserve 2013, Colarossi Family Vineyard, Lodi, California
Tasting Note: You can’t buy this bottle of zinfandel specially produced and released by Estate Crush to celebrate the 2016 Wine Bloggers Conference conference held in Lodi, California – but you can do the second-best thing and visit their tasting room and sample the multitude of wines made by talented winemakers across the Lodi region.[Read more]
Ravines, Chardonnay 2013, Finger Lakes, New York
Tasting Note: You’ve never likely experienced an appassimento-made (method of sun drying a proportion of the grapes until they raisinate and lose their moisture) chardonnay, and you may never again.[Read more]
LangeTwins Family Winery and Vineyards, Cabernet Sauvignon 2013, Lodi, California
Tasting Note: Purple-to-ruby in color this aromatic cabernet sauvignon has a nose that will remind you of the cabernet sauvignon grape varietal’s origins as a cross between the cabernet franc and sauvignon blanc grape varietals.[Read more]
Michael David, Inkblot Cabernet Franc 2013, Lodi, California
Tasting Note: A silky, fruit-forward expression of cabernet franc with a healthy, cedar-tannin-led back that reveals the best of what the grape can achieve in a warm climate.[Read more]
Omega Cellars, Winemaker Select Cabernet Franc 2013, Mokelumne River, Lodi, California
Tasting Note: This cabernet franc’s fruit may be hot weather, but it tilts its hat towards the Loire Valley.[Read more]
Penfolds, Bin Kalimna Bin 28 Shiraz 2013, South Australia, Australia
Tasting Note: A full-bodied, ripe-fruit syrah with a restrained aroma character that delivers slightly less restraint on the palate.[Read more]
Emiliana, Natura Carmenere 2013, Colchagua Valley, Chile
Tasting Note: Often carmenere presents overripe fruit; this carmenere sidesteps that trend and presents just-ripened red and black fruit elegantly balanced with acidity and tannin creating a unique and enjoyable expression of the grape varietal.[Read more]
Red Tail Ridge, Pinot Noir 2013, RTR Estate Vineyard, Finger Lakes, New York
Tasting Note: This pinot noir expresses the essence of restrained, red-fruit nectar wrapped in faint rays of 8:00 p.m. summer sun.[Read more]
The Dancing Fox, Cabernet Franc 2013, Lewis Vineyards, Lodi, California
Tasting Note: This ripe cabernet franc style captures the hot climate character of the grape varietal similar to cabernet franc from other hot-weather regions such as Mendoza, Argentina.[Read more]
Jean-Maurice Raffault, Les Galuches, Chinon 2013, Loire, France
Tasting Note: A light alcohol (12.5%) cabernet franc that makes a perfect low-alcohol sipper for those who enjoy having multiple glasses of a gentle, red-fruit-dominated wine over the course of an evening without the stress of high alcohol or harsh tannin.[Read more]
