Featured Wines - May 2009

As an outstanding example of the rare, indigenous grape variety by the name of Prieto Picudo, the 2005 Dominio Dostares Leione is imbued with a deep, deep purple color and a knockout aroma that is both lush and mysterious. A totally captivating wine, the 2005 Leione is made from vines 90 to100 years of age. It is a truly unique offering that owes its special flavor to the inimitable Prieto Picudo. However, Leione’s style and hedonistic appeal mos...

Georges Lorentz has once again fashioned an outstanding Grand Cru Riesling from the famous Altenberg de Bergheim vineyard. For those of you who may still think of Riesling exclusively as a sweet German concoction, we ask you to put aside all pre-conceived notions and prepare yourself for the glory of Alsace and the essence of a noble varietal in the 2004 Gustave Lorentz Altenberg de Bergheim Riesling Grand Cru. This Grand Cru offering is neither ...

Bold, beautiful, and impeccably balanced, the 2006 Artesa Carneros Pinot Noir makes a hedonistic and stylistic statement. It is dark, scented, and savory – no wimpy wisp of a Pinot here. Delicious scents of currant, clove, chocolate, and wood smoke permeate the nose. In the mouth, this wine’s olfactory carries through on the mid palate, offering an elegant, rich, multi-layered center that combines red fruit, spice, and fresh-cut tobacco leaf flav...

Like its red counterpart, the 2008 Emperador Macabeo is a 100% varietal and an intense young wine that offers splendid aromatics and a truly enjoyable mouthful of wine. For starters, this bright, sunshiny white wine offers luscious scents of dried pineapple, apricot, and herbs. On the palate, the 2008 Emperador Macabeo blossoms and deepens in flavor with each and every sip; deep-down fruit flavors mingle with the savor of herbs, minerals, and lem...

Taste and see the goodness of the Maconnais in the fresh, scented, exceedingly easy-to-drink 2007 Joseph Drouhin Macon-Villages. Endowed with a sunshiny yellow robe and the telltale Macon aromas of acacia flowers, beeswax, citrus, fresh-cut mountain apples, and minerals, this first class Macon-Villages offers an abundance of haunting flavors to accompany its pretty, aromatic profile and sleek, elegant body. Spring flowers, citrus oil, and the gen...

The 2007 Moulin de Gassac Rouge began life on the sunny slopes of the finest Languedoc vineyards. It is a traditional blend of Syrah (30%), Grenache (30%), Carignan (25%), and Cinsault (15%) from 25- 50 year old vines. Although made in a more approachable style than Mas Daumas de Gassac’s “Grand Cru,” the 2007 Moulin de Gassac Rouge displays an impeccable integration of its four component varietals, excellent depth of flavor, and subtle complex f...

The 2006 Poggio del Falco from Morazzano is a sophisticated, organic offering that embodies a wealth of flavor. In short, this pure Super Tuscan red from an exceptional vintage convinces us that sometimes dreams do come true: wine of this caliber is hard to come by and typically sells for three times the price of the Poggio del Falco. The 2006 Poggio del Falco epitomizes all that is good about the finest Tuscan reds and the haunting landscape fro...