Emiliana Natura Carménère 2015
Owned by Italian conglomerate Banfi, Emiliana ‘Natura’ is composed of 100% organically farmed grapes. True to the profile I tend to find in Chilean Carménère, the 2015 vintage is brimming with plums, black cherries, wood spice, earth, baking spice, and milk chocolate. In the mouth, it’s full-bodied, and framed in ripe tannins with juicy fruit […]
Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Apalta Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
The 2013 Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Apalta Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is furnished in fruit-forward that run the gamut from black currants to blueberries along with toast, cedar and woodspice. Concentrated, ripe, and fairly powerful in the mouth, making this an ideal steak wine, the finish is herbaceous—a hanging note where bell pepper and cracked black pepper […]
Emiliana Natura Rosé 2016
Heavily laden in musk melon, Queen Anne’s cherries and white peach, the most alluring thing about the Emiliana Natura Rosé 2016—there is a perception of sweetness on entry but that sensation quickly fades to peach pit and pink grapefruit skin that hits the sides of the tongue, leaving a pleasant bitterness that just goes on […]