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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 […]

Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Apalta Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

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 Un-Oaked Chardonnay 2016

Emiliana Natura Un-Oaked Chardonnay 2016

Emiliana offers this surprisingly lean Chilean un-oaked Chardonnay. Perhaps a little more body than Chablis, but certainly less lush than most domestic versions of this versatile grape. Lime sorbet, yellow apple, underripe pineapple, and a pinch fresh green herbs. Silky on entry, it glides along, held aloft by bright grapefruit-pith tinged acidity. Lovely and fresh—a […]

Emiliana Natura Rosé 2016

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 […]

Concha y Toro Cabernet Sauvignon Marqués de Casa Concha 2015

Concha y Toro Cabernet Sauvignon Marqués de Casa Concha 2015

Concha y Toro Cabernet Sauvignon Marqués de Casa Concha 2015″ width=”200″ height=”200″ /></a>A solid Chilean Cabernet, Concha Y Toro’s Marques de Casa Concha Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 is crafted from fruit sourced from a stony alluvial bench in the Maipo Valley. Classic aromas of black currant and blackberry rest well beneath layers of potting soil and […]

CHRISTINE HAVENS
McMinnville, OR

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