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Domaine Bobinet Hanami 2014

Domaine Bobinet Hanami 2014

From the Saumur-Champigny region of the Loire, Domaine Bobinet’s 2014 Hanami is made from 100% Cabernet Franc, 30% of which is carbonically macerated. The nose unspools to reveal earthy barnyard funk, freshly turned tilth, and decomposing leaves along with pie cherries and Damson plum. In the mouth, it’s a touch astringent and drying, with a […]

Hecht & Bannier Côtes de Provence Rosé 2018

Hecht & Bannier Côtes de Provence Rosé 2018

A salmon-hued blend of 60% Grenache, 35% Cinsault, and 5% Vermentino, Hecht & Bannier’s 2018 Côte de Provence Rose opens with a kaleidoscope of red berries, mandarin orange, white peach, melon, star anise, mountain herbs, and line-dried linen. It’s interesting to see what the addition of Vermentino does to the flavor profile of this blend, […]

Nathalie Falmet Le Val Cornet Brut Champagne 2010

Nathalie Falmet Le Val Cornet Brut Champagne 2010

From the Côte des Bar region of Champagne, Nathaalie Falmet’s single-vineyard 2010 Brut Le Val Cornet is a revelation—offering up rippling, glinting layers of yellow apple, golden raspberry, buttercream frosting, croissant, hazelnut skins, curling parchment, wet porcelain clay, and an ephemeral wisp of smoke. In the mouth, a burbling and delicate bead steadily rises through […]

Clos du Moulin Aux Moines Bourgogne ‘Aux Seurrets’ 2014

Clos du Moulin Aux Moines Bourgogne 'Aux Seurrets' 2014

The vines that makeup Clos du Moulin Aux Moines Bourgogne ‘Aux Seurrets’ bottling are located in a small parcel just outside the village of Pommard. Established in the 1970s and seated in clay-loam soils, the 2014 vintage is awash in brambly red berries, wild strawberries, damp earth, barnyard, and a pleasant top note of rancio. […]

Jean Sipp Les Trois Terroirs Pinot Blanc 2016

Jean Sipp Les Trois Terroirs Pinot Blanc 2016

Having studied at the Avize school in Champagne, winegrower Jean-Jacques Sipp’s 2016 Pinot Blanc Les Trois Terroirs has the sort of elegance and bracing acidity that is found in a good bubbly. Pale gold, it blooms with aromas of bruised pear, lemon pith, Persian melon, white flowers. It’s just off-dry and feels tart and tightly […]

Mas de la Dame La Gourmande Rosé 2018

Mas de la Dame La Gourmande Rosé 2018

A blend of 60% Grenache, 20% Syrah,10% Mourvedre, and 10% Cinsault, the 2018 Mas de la Dame La Gourmande Rosé is rose gold in the glass and opens with a bushel basket of ripe red berries, pit fruit, and mandarin oranges, and wind-blown minerality. In the mouth, it’s lighter than the nose belies—the acidity a […]

Boutinot Les Six Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne 2016

Boutinot Les Six Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne 2016

Grown in ‘agrilo-calcaire’ or chalky clay, Boutinot’s 2016 Les Six Cairanne is composed of 50% Grenache, and 10% each of Syrah, Mourvedre, Counoise, and Cinsault—it exhibits black raspberry, black cherry, Damson plum dried herbs, incense, and spice on the nose. There is too a lovely resinous piney note that reemerges on the finish. In the […]

Château Peybonhomme-les Tours Le Blanc Bonhomme 2016

Château Peybonhomme-les Tours Le Blanc Bonhomme 2016

A blend of 50% Sauvignon blanc and 50% Semillon grown in clay-limestone soils, with 40% fermented in new barrels with the balance fermented and aged in concrete. It’s the color of goldenrod and emits prodigious waves of pungent musk melon, persimmon, and grilled pineapple along with a whiff of smoky nut oil and wet stone. In […]

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 […]

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 […]

CHRISTINE HAVENS
McMinnville, OR

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