Featured Wines - June 2016

The 2013 Valle Secreto First Edition Carmenère sports an intense red color with purple notes, which underscores the wine’s charming, extroverted personality. Amplifying black fruit aromas bound from the glass, redolent with the scents of woodland blackberry and currant with an infusion of bergamot and cedar. To complement its seductive aroma, the 2013 Valle Secreto First Edition Carmenère follows up with smooth rich palate appeal. Mouth...

France once dominated the production of world class Sauvignon Blanc, but no more. Many fine Sauvignon Blancs now flow from California, Chile, New Zealand, South Africa and elsewhere, yet few New World Sauvignon Blanc wines match the quality and value of the 2015 Casas del Bosque Casablanca Reserva Sauvignon Blanc. The 2015 Casablanca Reserva offers the crispness of French Sancerre, the juicy citrus flavors of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc and...

Food & Wine magazine named the 2014 Casas del Bosque Maipo Valley Gran Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon to its list of TOP 10 WINE VALUES OF THE YEAR 2015 – and for good reason. Casas del Bosque’s 2014 Gran Reserve Cabernet shames most other Cabernets costing two and three times the price. The wine’s dense ruby color, entrancing aroma, and deep lush flavors are craftily supported by smooth, ripe tannins. Notes of blackberry, kirsch, spearmint, and...

Excellency and consistency are Gilles Noblet’s calling cards. In more than two decades of tasting Noblet’s wines, we have never tasted anything less than classic, elegant Mâcon-Fuissé and Pouilly-Fuissé from Gilles Noblet, as Domaine Gilles Noblet’s 2014 Mâcon-Fuissé readily attests. The 2014 Domaine Gilles Noblet Mâcon-Fuissé sports its usual bright sun-splashed robe that recalls the rows of golden clusters of Chardonnay grapes that mature...

Once again Caterina Dei and Nicolò d’Aflitto have fashioned an elegant, flashy, highly scented Vino Nobile in the 2012 Dei Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. The 2012 Dei Vino Nobile carries the deep, telltale color of Prugnolo Gentile to delight the eye, and it offers a beguiling aroma of red and black fruits infused with hints of rose petal and violet to delight the nose. In the mouth, the 2012 Dei Vino Nobile di Montepulciano comes across as...

91 pts - James Suckling. 94 pts - Descorchados. Gold - Catad’Or Wine Awards. France once dominated the production of world class Sauvignon Blanc, but no more. World class Sauvignon Blancs now flow from California, Chile, New Zealand, South Africa and elsewhere, as Casas del Bosque’s 2015 Pequeñas Producciones Sauvignon Blanc so aptly attests. Moreover, this wine provides more than a match for France’s finest Sancerre – the benchmark for 100% Sauvignon Blanc wines around the world...

96 pts, Platinum Medal - Decanter World Wine Awards. The 2014 Casas del Bosque Pequeñas Producciones Syrah offers a rich aroma of crushed strawberry, bramble, and violet. In the mouth, polished black fruits and spicy notes of cinnamon are accompanied by hints of cedar, cherry, and white pepper. Well-integrated oak tones backed by abundant, round tannins add backbone and superb length and structure to this beautiful Syrah...