Domaine Grosbois, La Cuisine de ma Mere Chinon 2014, Loire, France
Tasting Note: A Chinon that proves you don’t have to choose between fruit and an earthy, vegetal character – you can have both in balance.[Read more]
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Cuvée Lions d’Or White Blend 2014 – Delivers on Value
Cuvée Lions d’Or, White Blend 2014, France
Tasting Note: The type of lighter-styled, white wine blend you’d pick up in the store, not only because it has a pretty label, but also because it delivers on value and taste when you get home.[Read more]
Les Combes de Saint-Saveur Récolte 2014 – Swims in Tart Red Fruit
Les Combes de Saint-Saveur Récolte 2014, Côtes du Rhône, France
Tasting Note: An enjoyable Côtes du Rhône that swims in tart red fruit.[Read more]
Marques de Casa Concha Chardonnay 2014 – A Chardonnay Chameleon
Marques de Casa Concha, Chardonnay 2014, Limari, Chile
Tasting Note: A chardonnay chameleon that hints at warm-weather fruit while delivering on cooler-weather acidity lightly kissed with French oak.[Read more]
Marques de Casa Concha Carmenere 2014 – Stunning Example of a Bordeaux Blending Grape
Marques de Casa Concha, Carmenere 2014, Peumo, Chile
Tasting Note: A rubust red and stunning example of this most underrated of Bordeaux blending grapes that shines in Chilean soil.[Read more]
M. Chapoútier Belleruche 2014 – Dark Red Fruit Inclined
M. Chapoútier, Belleruche 2014, Côtes Du Rhône, France
Tasting Note: A straight-forward, Rhone blend that is dark-red fruit inclined.[Read more]
Lucky Goat Reserva Red Blend 2014 – Fruit Forward
Lucky Goat, Reserva Red Blend 2014, Colchagua Valley, Chile
Tasting Note: A relatively straightforward, fruit-forward, easy-drinking Chilean red blend.[Read more]
Domaine Pichot Le Peu de la Moriette Vouvray 2014 – Shows Chenin Blanc’s Height
Domaine Pichot, Le Peu de la Moriette, Vouvray 2014, Loire, France
Tasting Note: A lovely, tropical-fruit led Vouvray and a stunning example of the heights which chenin blanc can reach in the Loire Valley.[Read more]
The Royal Valley Vineyards Wine Company Old Vines Steen Chenin Blanc 2014 – A White to Try Again & Again
The Royal Valley Vineyards Wine Company, Old Vines Steen Chenin Blanc 2014, Swartland, South Africa
Tasting Note: A dry, tropical fruit-styled chenin blanc from South Africa with rich flavor.[Read more]
Sheldrake Point Gamay Noir 2014 – Reminiscent of French Beaujolais
Sheldrake Point, Gamay Noir 2014, Finger Lakes, New York
Tasting Note: If only more American wine producers would plant gamay and help Americans experience this most-versatile of grape varieties.[Read more]
