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The 2011 Errazuriz Estate Reserva Carmenère embodies the winery’s elegant, complex style of winemaking. This youthful Carmenère offers an eye catching ruby/violet robe and a dazzling aromatic intensity. Scents of ripe blackberry, currant, and dark chocolate mingle with hints of wood smoke, wild herbs, and black pepper. On the palate, layers of velvety berry flavors grace the palate before politely exiting in a flurry of smooth tannins and soft touches of herb and spice that make the thirsty throat plead for more.

In two decades of tasting Gilles Noblet’s wines, we have never tasted anything less than classic, elegant Mâcon-Fuissé and Pouilly-Fuissé. His 2011 Mâcon-Fuissé is no exception, offering an elegant, savory, fresh bouquet reminiscent of acacia flowers, apple blossoms, and minerals. On the palate, it follows through with gentle fruit, pinpoint minerality, and laser like precision that provides eminent drinkability. All this adds up to an elegant, nuanced, refreshing glass of Chardonnay.

Sergio Gomba’s scented, seductive 2010 Querciola Barbera d’Alba clearly expresses the hedonistic side of Barbera and highlights the tender qualities of this classic red wine from Piedmont. It comes across as scented and savory, like the Barbera wines of yesteryear. The ruby robed 2010 Querciola Barbera d’Alba bears the scent of ripe Bing cherries, violets, and lush woodlands. It is medium-bodied and gracious on the palate, so that one gets a full taste of Barbera fruit and spice, without a tannic after burn.

The flamboyant 2010 Casa Silva Reserva Carmenère is just one more example of the acumen of Mario Geise and Casa Silva. A deep purple wine with ruby highlights, their latest Carmenère offers up a heady bouquet of ripe blackberries, red bell pepper, woodland herbs, and delicate spices. On the palate, the essences of forest berries mingle with subtle earth tones, delicate notes of coffee and dark chocolate, all atop a layer of soft tannin which defines and frames the wine’s many flavors without overpowering them.

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Jean-Marie Guffens’ 2011 Maison Verget Pouilly-Fuissé is undoubtedly a reference point for the appellation. As it is endowed with an alluring bouquet reminiscent of spring flowers, crushed rock, and ripe citrus, one could almost forget to take a sip, but what a shame that would be. In the mouth this elegant Pouilly-Fuissé presents polished fruit and layers of nuanced flavors infused with a subtle minerality. A touch of oak adds additional body and complexity without overpowering the wine’s freshness, vigor, or individuality.

Made entirely from Macabeo grapes that are fermented in the bottle, Torre Oria Cava, whose recent success includes a Gold Medal at the prestigious Concours Mondial, captivates from the moment the cork pops. Its pretty sunshine-imbued color and full floral bouquet of berries and wildflowers are joined by delicate, tiny bubbles that glide gracefully across the palate. Refreshingly dry, supple and medium-bodied throughout, Torre Oria offers a wealth of charming, elegant flavors including savory peach, tropical fruit and spring flower tones.

If you like a juicy, satisfying red wine with a little zip, you’re going to love the 2010 Domaine du Tauch Fitou. This utterly satisfying Fitou tastes great and goes down easily – perhaps, too easily. We had to rescue the bottles from several panel members who forgot it was a tasting. Indeed, there is no need to prognosticate where and when this wine will be ready to drink. It’s all there now. So, relish now and over the next year the crushed berry and wild herb scents and savors in this wine, along with the wine’s silky tannins and smooth finish.

What a portrait the 2010 Condesa Eylo Verdejo makes! Imbued with a touch of the Castilian sun in its bright shiny robe, this ripe, sensuous Verdejo offers beguiling scents of apple and pear along with wafts of spring flowers. Fleshy, yet elegant, racy, and impeccably balanced with a long, impressive finish, the 2010 Condesa Eylo offers something wonderful in every sip. Pure fruit flavors tempered with hints of fennel and mineral enliven the palate and add complexity to Jose Antonio Merayo’s delicious Rueda Verdejo.

Nearly black and impenetrable in color, the 2010 Corte C provides one hearty mouthful of wine, but with balance and charm. Upon aeration, a wellspring of berry, black fruit, and dark cherry scents rise from the glass welling up from the wine’s dark, brooding core. Hints of cedar, grilled meat, and wood smoke mingle with the wine’s lush berry flavors to provide one big satisfying mouthful of wine. With extended aeration, 2010 Vistalba Corte C reveals even greater complexity and flavor, not unlike fine young Bordeaux.