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Gustave Lorentz Pinot Blanc Alsace Réserve 2016

Gustave Lorentz Pinot Blanc Alsace Réserve 2016

Made from 100% Pinot Blanc sourced from vineyard parcels in the Grand Cru Altenberg de Bergheim, and grown in predominantly clay-limestone soils, the Gustave Lorentz Réserve Pinot Blanc exhibits a light and limber profile on the nose and palate. Almond cookie, lemon drop, green apple, dried mint, and wet stone. In the mouth, it’s refreshing […]

Two long weeks I wandered

Through two long weeks I wandered, stumbling through the nights guided only by the stars and hiding during the days behind some protruding rock or among the occasional hills I traversed.

Mettler Family Vineyards Pinotage 2016

Mettler Family Vineyards Pinotage 2016

This is not your South African Pinotage—not by a long shot. Bright ruby red, Mettler Family Vineyards’ 2016 Pinotage offers up ripe Rainier cherries, plums, blackberry cobbler, anise seed, and lees-infused notes of yogurt and whipped butter. In the mouth, ultra-silky tannins lending a sense of roundness and polish to this full-bodied Lodi red. The […]

LangeTwins Aglianico Rosé 2018

LangeTwins Aglianico Rosé 2018

Crafted from sustainably grown, dry farmed Aglianico, the LangeTwins 2018 Rosé is shrimp-tail pink in hue, and offers up a charming bouquet of watermelon, sour cherry, golden raspberry, and wet shell. It’s crisp and bright on the palate—the acid hits the sides of the tongue, creating a fresh, mouthwatering profile. Nuanced minerality and red berry […]

Prie Vineyards Carignane Ancient Vine Spenker Ranch 2016

Prie Vineyards Carignane Ancient Vine Spenker Ranch 2016

From 100+-year-old vines aged for 18 months in neutral and new French oak, Prie Vineyards 2016 Carignane is ruby-hued, and from its appearance, unfiltered. Fresh notes of brambly berries, raspberry coulis, spice, white pepper, dried hay anoint the nose. It’s medium-bodied silky, deliciously pillowy tannins. Bright acidity terminates softly in a finish of vanillin and […]

M2 Vermentino Mokelumne River 2018

M2 Vermentino Mokelumne River 2018

The color of sun-bleached straw, the 2018 M2 Mokelumne River Vermentino is etched in dewy Comice pear, yellow apple, almond biscotti, and wild iris. A textural band gathers at the mid-palate, bisecting this lithe white as bright acidity surges across the palate. The finish is decidedly mineral, with accents of dried thyme, miner’s lettuce, and […]

Michael David Winery Inkblot Cabernet Franc 2015

Michael David Winery Inkblot Cabernet Franc 2015

David Michael Winery’s first Cabernet Franc, the 2015 Inkblot bears, and nose that is reminiscent of Loire Cab Franc, though the body is much richer and concentrated. It fairly bursts with aromas of juicy boysenberries, blueberry buckle, violets, cinnamon stick, and cigar box. The aromatic profile reverberates across the palate with bright perfumy fruit that […]

Château de Ribebon Bordeaux Supérieur 2015

Château de Ribebon Bordeaux Supérieur 2015

Poised and polished, Château de Ribebon is a blend of 60% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon from old vines ranging in age from 60 to 100 years—all grown on a gravelly outcrop overlooking the Dordogne River. Aromas of plums, black currants, sweet tobacco, and menthol waft from the glass. Pillowy tannins […]

Dopff & Irion Cuvée Réne Dopff Pinot Blanc 2016

Dopff & Irion Cuvée Réne Dopff Pinot Blanc 2016

Limpid pale yellow in the glass, the 2016 Dopff & Irion Cuvée Réne Dopff Pinot Blanc is awash with spritely notes of d’Anjou pear, freshly cut yellow apple, white peach, blanched almond, and spring blossoms. Round on the palate, with body and autolytic mid-tones from four months aging on the lees—subtle minerality, white pepper, and […]

Emiliana Natura Carménère 2015

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 […]

CHRISTINE HAVENS
McMinnville, OR

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