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The nose offers honeysuckle and citrus blossoms. Tropical fruit comes out on the palate, guava and papaya, with Meyer lemon on the mid-palate. This wine is intensely tropical and floral, and remarkable for the price. Drink with ham and pineapple. Recommended. 89 points. DBH WHO: Cameron Hughes WHAT: Chardonnay WHEN:

What We’re Drinking – Cameron Hughes Lot 539 Pinot noir

David Honig

Wine Reviews

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Aromas of cherries and strawberry pie waft up on the nose. The palate offers up sweet red fruit, Bing cherries and ripe strawberrries, with hints of marjoram and sage and a sense of freshly-turned earth. This is a $30 Pinot in a $13 bottle. Drink with lamb chops. Recommended. 89

What We’re Drinking – Roco “The Stalker” Pinot Noir 2013

David Honig

Wine Reviews

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The color is very pale, clear around the edge, a translucent brick red in the center. Strawberries and brambles show on the nose. On the palate, the stalks included in fermentation show as brambles, while sweet strawberry from the nose gets more complex on the palate. Cranberry, raspberry, and sage

What We’re Drinking – Troon “Cuvée Rolle” Vermentino

David Honig

Wine Reviews

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Aromas of honeysuckle, magnolias, and peaches show on the nose. The palate is complex, as peach, nectarine, and tarragon dance around a mineral spine and salinity that will pair beautifully with oysters. Highly Recommended. 91 points. DBH WHO: Troon Vineyard WHAT: Vermentino, Marsanne WHEN: 2016 DESIGNATION: Cuvée Rolle WHERE: Applegate

What We’re Drinking – Troon Zinfandel

David Honig

Wine Reviews

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The nose offers up blackberry tarts with a touch of nutmeg, with rich baked fruit and toasty pastry with hints of vanilla. On the palate the fruits turns from black to red, as blackberry morphs to black cherry, and the mid-palate shows earthiness and nuttiness, with lovely lingering fruit and

What We’re Drinking – Winter’s Hill Rosé of Pinot Noir

David Honig

Wine Reviews

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The color is a lovely translucent pink. Sweet strawberry cream shows on the nose. The palate offers nice complexity, leading with off-dry strawberry and adding zippy lemon zest and sweeter berries on the mid-palate. Lemons lingers on the finish. Drink with smoked salmon and crème fraîche. Recommended. 88 points. DBH

What We’re Drinking – 2013 Troon Vineyard Black Label M*T Reserve

David Honig

Wine Reviews

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Troon is in the southern Oregon Applegate Valley AVA. Troon is making wines from some non-traditional grapes, including this blend of Malbec and Tannat. Malbec is the grape that made the famous Black Wine of Cahors, a rich dark tannic grape. It is also one of the six grapes allowed

What We’re Drinking – 2012 Evening Land Seven Springs Vineyard “La Source” Pinot Noir

David Honig

Wine Reviews

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The nose is fantastic, cherry, just-turned earth, sage, cardamom, and more with so much happening it’s possible to forget to drink. The same complexity shows the palate, with cherries, raspberries, rose petals, and spices, shifting from fruity to floral, with spice running throughout. Tannins are soft and slightly dusty. Mouth-feel

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