Featured Wines - April 2004

The 2001 Tim Gramp Watervale Riesling is perhaps the ultimate expression of noble dry Riesling in South Australia. A pale but luminescent robe catches the eye but hardly prepares the taster for the multitude of scents and savors that emerge from this beautifully made wine. A squeeze of lime, citrus oil, along with traces of exotic fruits caress the nose, while a long textured center blossoms with prolonged airing and hints of minerals, spring flo...

Regardless of the vintage, Fattoria Le Terrazze seems to shine, due in no small part to the Ternis' strict crop selection and low yields, so it should come as no surprise that the 2001 Le Terrazze Rosso Conero is delicious. It reveals an elegant soft perfume, redolent with the scents of cherry, rose and violet. Wedded to the wine's seductive floral components is a sensual, earthy aroma that exudes the essence of spring and captures the fecundity ...

If your idea of the perfect wine begins and ends with Chardonnay or somehow you have come to worship the taste of new oak rather than the natural, individual flavor of wine, the 2002 Oremus Tokaji Furmint Mandolas may not be your first choice in dry white wine. However, if you are like most consummate wine drinkers and are intrigued by a very highly individual wine that sports character, flavor, purity, and quality, and is just brazen enough to b...

Sporting a rich ruby robe and the aromatic profile of fine Bordeaux, laced with a dollop of New World fruit, the 2002 Rolf Binder Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot does indeed resemble a hypothetical blend of Bordeaux and South Australia. If this wine could talk, it would say G'day with an accent, but what a lovely, sexy accent that would be. From the first sip, ripe fruit is the initial reaction on the palate, followed by the savor of blackberry, plum, ...