Featured Wines - November 2014

The 2012 Boschendal S&M (70% Shiraz, 30% Mourvèdre) boasts a beautiful deep robe and voluptuous body of dark plum, trimmed with ruby highlights. With just a few minutes of aeration, sensual notes of dark cherries, wild berries, plum, white pepper and wood smoke waft from the glass. In the mouth, lush mulberry and plum flavors meld with hints of sizzling bacon and char grilled notes to tantalize the taste buds. Add in touches of dark chocolate...

Mont-Marçal is the exceptional Cava; unlike most of its peers, Mont-Marçal vintage dates all of its Reserva Brut so that the consumer knows the age and freshness of the wine and can evaluate the relative charms of each individual vintage. For our money, the 2011 Mont-Marçal Brut Reserva is an absolute delight. It portrays a light airy appeal as it sparkles in the glass, providing an inviting picture that reflects the wine’s elegant...

The certified organic 2012 Bosquet du Sanglier Côtes-du-Rhône embodies the essence of Grenache, offering the taster a classic and delicious example of the Rhône’s most important grape variety. It’s also as pure, natural and easy to drink as any red wine, and a true crowd pleaser, too, especially when brought to table. Medium-bodied and easy to drink, the soft, scented 2012 Bosquet du Sanglier Côtes-du-Rhône offers up a brilliant robe, a...

Whether it is the bright glint of sunshine that shines through the color of the wine, the wine’s bold aromatics that combine tropical fruit, lemon zest, cinnamon, creamery butter and nutmeg or the wonderful spice infused Chardonnay fruit flavors that caress the mouth, we all liked it. A lot! Although rich in fruit, Boschendal’s 2013 Chardonnay retains wonderful acidity and comes across as supremely balanced and long on the palate. And while...

Although some growers in California struggled in 2010 with the coolest growing season on record, Freeman and other cool climate Pinot Noir producers reveled in 2010’s long cool growing season, which saw heat only late in August and early September, to fully ripen the grapes. The result is an extraordinary 2010 Freeman Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir, a wine that is lush and inviting from the moment it is poured. Moreover, it offers complex Pinot Noir...

Made primarily from Champagne’s primary black grapes, Pinot Noir and Meunier, Magenta’s Cuvée Supérieure Brut captures the elegant, delicate side of Champagne. It first captivates the eye with its delicate mousse and persistent streamers of tiny pinpoint bubbles. Add to this wine’s eye appeal a set of pretty aromatics along with plenty of soft round flavors that leave the mouth refreshed and we bet you will be wishing you had a case of this wine. Easy to drink, yet subtlety complex and full of flavor, the...

As a blend of 65% Grenache, 25% Mourvèdre and 10% Syrah, the 2012 Domaine Chamfort Vacqueyras is a powerful wine of great character from old vines, many of which are in excess of 50 years of age. Deeply colored, full-bodied and packed with flavor, the 2012 Domaine Chamfort Vacqueyras displays a heady bouquet of dark fruits, anise, and garrique (the amplifying herbal scents and savors of the Provencal landscape), pepper and spice. Rich in...