Featured Wines - May 2014

The deeply brooding color of the 2012 Barista belies the soft fruit and seductive scent of freshly ground coffee that first greets the nose. Blended with the redolence of cranberry, pomegranate and raspberry, the aroma of the 2012 Barista sucked us in even before the first sip. On the palate, one experiences a full burst of coffee, supported by a deep core of red berries and a touch of vanilla. Dry and full of flavor...

Soft, succulent, yet fresh and vivacious, the Signal Ridge Bubbles Méthode Traditionnelle Brut offers a very satisfying bubbly that delights the senses. For starters, it exhibits a light pretty bouquet replete with the scents of crisp mountain apples and freshly baked bread. Soft and expansive in the mouth, it glides easily across the tongue before exiting with ease and grace. Unlike most less expensive sparkling wines not made by...

In the 2012 Château de Saint-Lager Brouilly, Pascal Dufaitre has once again fashioned the quintessential Brouilly as well as one of the most compelling and eminently enjoyable of all Cru Beaujolais wines. Château de Saint-Lager’s Brouilly sports a rich purple robe and exudes pure perfume in the form of a tantalizing aroma of fresh ripe raspberries, strawberries and spring flowers. On the palate the wine explodes in a riot of ripe vivacious...

The medium-bodied 2012 Denis Dutron Mâcon-Fuissé offers everything classic white Burgundy from the fabled Mâconnais has to offer. It begins the enchantment with a brilliant, sun-kissed robe, but even better is the wine’s enticing bouquet of freshly picked mountain apples, tropical fruits and oven baked bread. In the mouth, creamy, buttery flavors meld beautifully with the wine’s pure, natural fruit. Pinpoint precision and a racy refreshing...

Most premium Malbecs can be counted on to capture the eye with their deep purple robes and flashes of violet, but few beckon and sparkle in the glass the way the 2010 Casarena Jamilla’s Vineyard does. Brilliant to the eye, beguiling to the nose, and smooth on the palate, the 2010 Jamilla’s Vineyard provides the best that Malbec has to offer. In fact, this Malbec tastes even better than it looks. As one would expect, the 2010 Jamilla’s...

Chappellet’s 2012 Cervantes Sonoma Coast Chardonnay is indeed “a wine lover’s wine.” This maiden release of Cervantes Chardonnay exhibits all the pinpoint flavors and subtle complexity that has made Chardonnay grapes from Sonoma’s Sangiacomo Vineyard the most sought after in California. Add ideal weather throughout the 2012 growing season and the winemaking acumen of Phillip Corallo-Titus and a supremely elegant Chardonnay of tremendous...

Edgebaston’s GS Cabernet Sauvignon is dedicated to the late George Spies, former winemaker at Monis of Paarl and then Stellenbosch Farmers Winery. Spies’ 1966 and 1968 GS Cabernets have been heralded as two of the most extraordinary Cabernets ever made in South Africa and have been compared to the legendary California Cabernets of André Tchelistcheff from that same era. The 2008 Edgebaston GS Cabernet Sauvignon bears much in common with...