This chewy Spanish red is made from old vine Grenache. It is rich, tannic, and deserves a lot of swirling in the glass to open up flavors of dark red and black fruit, chocolate, and spice. WHO Bodegas Borsao WHAT-read more-
Another Spanish red that helped my mind take a vacation was this super sexy Tempranillo. Filled with dark fruit and smoke, this wine is supple and juicy. It is well balanced and utterly drinkable. Watch out: this wine screams red-read more-
There was a time when I ran off to France for a couple of weeks and drowned my sorrows in bottles exactly like this: a Rhone varietal made up of 70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, and 10% Mourvedre. This is a-read more-
After drinking a glass of this I discovered my heart is still capable of fluttering. This wine is intense, and complex. It is earthy and a little oaky, filled with red and black fruit and dark chocolate. Eat it with-read more-
Good lord, this was good. If fresh and clean had an aroma and a taste--it would be this wine. Amazing wet snow, mineral, and stone aromas, with some leafing out and citrus aspects. Then the wine was crisp and citrusy,-read more-
No oak and it shows. Apples on the nose lead to apples and pears mixed in lemon cream on the palate. It went well with leftover Thanksgiving turkey, and would match with any poultry. WHO Michel-Schlumberger, Petanque WHAT Chardonnay WHERE-read more-
This was stunning. Beautiful balance, fine bead, and delicate mousse. Faint aromas of pears, and some fresh brioche. The flavor were delicate, clean, and refreshing with a pure beam of ripe pear throughout. I detected a bit of zingy ginger-read more-
As delicious as I imagined it would be when I tasted it from a barrel sample in summer 2007. This wine is still young, and deserves a few more years in the bottle to further integrate its blackberry, clove, black-read more-