Very bright acids and tart red fruit, strawberries, cranberries, and rhubarb, in leather, spiced with black pepper. Firm tannins and bright acids suggest good cellar life, but this is a great food wine right now, with a terrific QPR. WHO:-read more-
Violets and a slightly gamey mustiness, as well as the brick-red color, show a wine that aged gracefully. There is still black fruit but it does not overwhelm the more delicate floral flavors. This is a nice example of Margaret-read more-
This is not a wine for the delicate or unsuspecting. Raspberry, mocha, unsweetened chocolate and wax are all rolled up on the end of a wooden stave, which somebody is about to sneak up behind you with and beat you-read more-
Lots of red fruit, overripe strawberry and black cherry, with some sage, fennel and wax, on the nose. The palate matches the nose, plus a bit of allspice. It also has a certain savoriness, a silky umami, that makes the-read more-
This deep, earthy Pinot was aged in 75% new french oak. On the nose it presented clean red fruit, cranberries and tart wild cherries. Deeper, sweeter red fruits appeared on the attack, with significant depth on the mid-palate, earthy, offering-read more-
Howard G. Goldberg, of The New York Times, highlighted the work of our Executive Editor Meg Houston Maker in her two-part story, "A Trip to the Rhone," in The Latest on Wines, describing her story as "an ambling armchair reads-read more-
This delightful Chard opened with rich aromas and flavors of apple and burnt butter, balanced with tart lemon grass. It undergoes 60% malolactic fermentation and spends 16 months in neutral barrels. Enjoy this rich, tart, wonderfully balanced Chardonnay with cornish-read more-
Happy New Year to you from the entire Palate Press family. I would like to say "thank you" to all of our readers, and particularly our subscribers, for making 2009 such a successful launch year for Palate Press: The online-read more-