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Prophecy Wines Vin de France Rosé 2018

Prophecy Wines Vin de France Rosé 2018

The color of ballet shoes, Prophecy’s 2018 Rosé comes from the South of France and delivers a delicate bloom of raspberries, Alpine strawberries, melon and wet stone. It’s crisp on the palate and nimble, with a citrusy candied pink grapefruit acid spine that lends mounting energy from start to finish. An excellent value with pretty […]

Castello di Monsanto Monrosso Toscana IGT 2016

Castello di Monsanto Monrosso Toscana IGT 2016

Like breathing in the Italian countryside in mid-summer—the 2016 Monrosso Tuscan Red Blend IGT displays dusty earth, leather, dried mushroom, and mountain herbs. Composed of 60% Syrah, 32% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, and 3% Sangiovese, the fruit notes seem rather secondary here, and emerge more on the palate than the nose—a melange of black cherry […]

Château Peybrun Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux 2015

Château Peybrun Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux

A blend of 80% Merlot, 17% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 3% Cabernet Franc. The 2015 vintage of Château Peybrun is generously framed in aromas of black cherries, black currants, aged leather, forest floor, menthol, and violets. It shows a degree of concentration on the palate without heaviness, with polished tannins that subside into a mineral and […]

Château de Cérons Graves Blanc 2013

Château de Cérons Graves Blanc 2013

The color of summer goldenrod, the 2013 Château de Cérons Bordeaux Blanc is a precise blend of 50% Sauvignon Blanc, 40% Sémillon, and 10% Sauvignon Gris grown in mixed gravel and clay soil. Bruised pear and yellow apple are rendered more complex by crushed herbs, apple blossom, quince paste, and smoky minerality. It’s quite linear […]

La Marca Luminore Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore NV

La Marca Luminore Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore NV

Sun-dappled and clinquant as its name suggests, a fine net of bubbles wells up from the core of La Marca’s aptly named Luminore Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore. Delicate aromas of d’Anjou pear, white peach, granulated honey, parchment, and linden blossom wink in and out of focus. Crisp and vibrant on the palate, it lacks the […]

Boutinot Les Côteaux Côtes du Rhône Villages 2015

Boutinot Les Côteaux Côtes du Rhône Villages 2015

Boutinot’s 2015 Les Côteaux Côtes du Rhône Villages is a cuvée of 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah assembled from cru parcels in Sablet, Séguret, and Cairanne. The nose ripples with baritone, atramentous aromas of black cherry, blackberry, black olives, saddle leather, pain grille, savory herbs, and lilacs. Medium-bodied on the palate with well-integrated tannins—menthol, Tellicherry […]

Bodegas Riojanas Rioja Monte Real Reserva 2014

Bodegas Riojanas Rioja Monte Real Reserva de Familia 2014

Soft and seductive, this 100% Tempranillo from Bodegas Riojanas, the 2014 Monte Real Reserva slowly blooms in the glass with plums and black cherries interweaving notes of dusty earth, wet terra cotta, and mahogany wood. In the mouth, tannins are gathered at the fore and mid-palate—they’re fine, yet still tightly wound. Stewed prune and dried […]

Hōm Merlot by Robert Eden 2018

Hōm Merlot by Robert Eden 2018

Vibrant purple on the meniscus, Hōm Merlot is part of a new collection from acclaimed biodynamic winemaker, Robert Eden of Château Maris. It’s a fresh and vivid Merlot, with aromas of blueberry crumble, black cherries, lilacs, spice, and cinnamon bark. The wines are vinified in the first cellar made from hemp that passively consumes carbon […]

Yarden Malbec 2014

Yarden Malbec 2014

A well-crafted example of an Israeli Malbec, Yarden’s 2014 vintage is generously imbued with aromas of plums, mulberries, star anise, vanilla, and dried herbs. There’s ample, mouth-filling black fruit on entry, couched in ripe, chewy tannins. It’s a wine that will continue to improve over the next five to eight years. 14.0% ABV | Sample Golan Heights […]

Ferraton Pere & Fils Saint-Joseph La Source Rouge 2015

Ferraton Pere & Fils Saint-Joseph La Source Rouge 2015

Displaying classic Northern Rhône character, the Ferraton Père & Fils Saint. Joseph “La Source” 2015 is opaque quinacridone violet in the glass with an aromatic profile awash in smoky plums, blackberries, earth, sun-dried tomato, braised meat, and anise. Crafted from 100% Syrah that has been biodynamically farmed and aged concrete and new and neutral oak […]

CHRISTINE HAVENS
McMinnville, OR

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