Featured Wines - October 2002

From its tall slender, masculine bottle to its long lingering, beguiling finish the 2000 Casa Silva Reserve Chardonnay cuts a handsome figure. Vibrant in color and confident in all respects, this Chilean Chardonnay can give many more expensive white Burgundies and Napa Valley Chardonnays a run for their money. The wine's aroma is enchanting: ripe fresh fruit scents, dripping with butter, protrude through a layer of vanilla and spice from new toas...

From its tall slender bottle to its suave sophisticated finish, the 2000 Casa Silva Reserve Carmenere provides a delicious and unique tasting experience. Carmenere has been described as the Bordeaux grape most likely to charm the pants off beginners and connoisseurs alike. Indeed, if Carmenere were in school today, it would almost certainly be voted the most likely to succeed: it combines all the finest attributes of both Merlot and Cabernet Sauv...

A gorgeous deep ruby robe sets the table for the majesty of the 1999 Podere Il Palazzino Chianti Classico. Better yet, within a few minutes of pulling the cork, entrancing, profound aromas emerge from this lush hedonistic Chianti. Scents of deep down fruit and lush woodlands, resplendent with wild strawberry, iris, and violet, spring from the glass. However, the best is yet to come. On the palate, the Il Palazzino is pure pleasure, exhibiting a r...

Imbued with a sprite golden-hued robe, the 2001 Ocone Taburno Greco proffers all the purity of sunshine; it reflects the natural goodness of the earth, the air and the elements of the high hillside vineyard, which has borne it. Honey, fennel, narcissus, and the unique perfume of the noble Greco grape, grown at an altitude of over 1000 feet, permeate the bouquet of this refreshingly natural, biodynamically produced wine. Long, pure fruit flavors u...