Featured Wines - April 2016

Year after year Tamellini’s Soaves consistently impress critics and consumers alike, as the many 90+ point scores for Tamellini Soaves readily attest. However, no Tamellini Soave DOC to date outshines the quality and purity of the 2014 Tamellini Soave DOC. In the splendid 2014 vintage, Tamellini fashioned an irresistible white wine of delicacy, finesse, flavor and superb minerality. Tamellini’s 2014 Soave DOC once again offers Garganega’s

The 2011 Santa Lucia Castel del Monte Nero di Troia is a soft, rich, velvety wine with plenty of flesh and backbone. As a quintessential southern Italian red, it offers an eye-popping, deep purple color, a heady aroma, and a big mouthful of wine. Black cherry, woodland berries and purple plum flavors dominate the palate profile of this delightful wine, and with the support of ripe tannins and a touch of oak, the...

Bodegas Martínez Corta’s 2014 Cepas Antiguas Selección Privada Rioja constitutes one of the best values in Rioja wine. This Cepas Antiguas spent just enough time in new French oak to imbue it with everything it needs to please and succeed in life, including a bright ruby robe, a soft seductive aroma of blueberry, red cherry and plum mingled with hints of cinnamon, clove and vanilla, as well as wonderful flavor and texture. Each sip engages the...

Thanks to the natural, biodynamic viticultural practices at the estate, the 2014 Camille Braun Cuvée Marguerite-Anne Pinot Blanc offers a delightfully fruity, crisp, delicate glass of Pinot Blanc with superb definition. Light and ethereal in bouquet, one of Pinot Blanc’s charms, and supple and supremely clean on the palate, Camille Braun’s 2014 Pinot Blanc stands out for its pinpoint precision and clean energizing flavors. Hints of orchard...

For nearly four decades Bethel Heights has produced many of Willamette Valley’s most compelling estate grown Pinot Noirs. In fine vintages and fair, Bethel Heights has fashioned top notch Pinot Noir. In the blessed, highly favored 2012 vintage, Bethel Heights has fashioned a truly exceptional Aeolian Estate Eola-Amity Hills Pinot Noir. Consummate winemaking skills, great terroir, and exceptional weather conditions in 2012 have resulted...

The nearly impenetrable 2013 Beckmen Vineyards Purisima Mountain Vineyard Ballard Canyon Syrah catches the eye and captivates the senses from the moment it is poured. Beguiling scents of blackberry, kirsch, violet and sizzling bacon pour from the glass. In the mouth, this dense, beautifully endowed Syrah offers massive appeal in the form of rich berry fruits, plum, dark chocolate, wood smoke and pepper, all wrapped in polished, tightly-wound...

With another outstanding performance, Clelia Romano clearly demonstrates why her 2014 Colli di Lapio Fiano di Avellino is the premier Fiano and the benchmark by which others have come to be measured. Brilliant and sparkling in the glass, the 2014 Colli di Lapio Fiano di Avellino offers up an enticing array of aromas and flavors: spring flowers, stone fruits, and incense all make their appearance and exude a seductive energy with pinpoint...