2011 Rodney Strong “Chalk Hill” Chardonnay

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
The nose offers delicious aromas of baking pears in puff pastry. Rich on the palate, it has baked pears and spices and baking bread. Citrus makes an appearance on the mid-palate, a light touch of lemon meringue adding acid that lingers, counter-balancing the baked flavors, through the long finish. Mouth-feel

2008 Kennedy Shah Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Coffee, fig, and chocolate are on the nose. Blackberries and a bit of red currant lead on the palate, which fills out with mocha on the mid-palate. Tannins are big, dusty bordering on gritty, and mouth-drying. Black fruit dominates, but red fruit keeps a spine of tartness from attack through

2010 Law Estate “Audacious” Red Blend

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Silk in a glass. The blend is a little random, with bright, fruity Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon sitting in the same room, but looking the other way and refusing to talk to each other. Petite Sirah gives a deep black fruit anchor, and Syrah adds some meatiness. The mouth-feel, though,

2010 Law Estate “Intrepid” Syrah

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Syrah on steroids, an NFL left tackle in a bottle. Blueberries, blackberries, black pepper and bacon fat on the nose make a promise the palate more than fulfills. Blueberries and blackberries are wrapped in vanilla pastry, blackberries follow, with bacon and sage. Blueberries and spice linger on the finish. Tannins

2010 Trinitas “Proprietors’ Reserve” Chardonnay

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
This food-friendly Napa Valley Chardonnay is buttery rich with a citrus zing. The nose is very soft, with deeply baked apples and caramel, and a touch of lime zest. Pears sautéed in butter, with nutmeg and cinnamon lead, adding crusty french bread and zesty/sweet lime on the mid-palate. Key lime

2011 Nadia Cabernet Sauvignon

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Nadia is the sister label to better-known Laetitia Vineyard & Winery, of the Arroyo Grande Valley. Blackberries, black cherry, tobacco leaf and mint show the different components on the nose. On the palate, blackberry and tobacco leaf are dominant, mint secondary, adding chocolate on the mid-palate. Very young, very raw, and a