Featured Wines - March 2018

The 2014 Pedroncelli Mother Clone Zinfandel continues to exemplify the winery’s gracious, balanced style of Zinfandel. No surprise, as Zinfandel has always been Pedroncelli’s forte. The estate’s historic Zinfandel vineyards grow on the hillsides surrounding the family winery that were planted in 1904. The Mother Clone Zinfandel comes from cuttings from those initial 1904 “Mother” vines along with some of the original 100+ year old vines...

Exceptional weather conditions in 2016 combined with the meticulous care the Huguet brothers afford their grapes has yielded a splendid 2016 Can Feixes Blanc Selecció. In addition to the high praise our tasting panel heaped on it, the wine was also awarded by Wine Enthusiast with 90 points and a spot in their Top 100 Best Buy Wines of 2017. At Can Feixes, the native Montonec (Parellada) once again produced small, tight-bunched grapes of...

France once dominated the production of world class Syrah, as it did many of the world’s premium grape varieties, but today world class Syrah now flows from Chile and elsewhere, but few can match Casas del Bosque’s 2015 Gran Reserva Syrah from Casablanca for quality and value. Imbued with a vivid purple color, deep juicy blackberry and cassis flavors, and delightful hints of smoke, spice and violet, the 2015 Casas del Bosque Gran Reserva...

The 2016 Casa del Bosque Reserva Sauvignon Blanc continues Cases del Bosque’s “hot hand” with Sauvignon Blanc and adds further testimony to the superiority of Chile’s Casablanca Valley for growing cool climate grapes. France once dominated the production of world class Sauvignon Blanc, but no more. The 2016 Casas del Bosque Casablanca Reserva Sauvignon Blanc has earned 90 points from both James Suckling and Descorchados...

Ben Glaetzer’s Bishop Barossa Shiraz always displays an inviting royal purple robe, bold textured flavors, and wonderful purity – a full-bodied, take-no-prisoners style of wine. In the 2015 Glaetzer Bishop, Ben provides all that and more. Awarded multiple 90+ point ratings, including 95 points from James Halliday and the Wine Companion, the 2015 Glaetzer Bishop offers a sensual bouquet of blackberry, mulberry...

The 2015 vintage in the Loire Valley may prove to be one of the finest in decades. In 2015 Florent Baumard has transformed the sensual, though sometimes mercurial, Chenin Blanc varietal into a bevy of truly outstanding wines, both dry and sweet. In the case of Baumard’s 2015 Savennières, we are looking at a refreshingly dry Chenin Blanc that offers the ideal tension between voluptuous fruit and bright acidity. Awarded 94 points by...

A blend from some of the finest barrels from each of the estate’s five vineyards, Bergström’s 2015 Cumberland Reserve Willamette Valley Pinot Noir is the epitome of the Bergström style and the quintessential Oregon Pinot Noir. In 2015, Bergström’s Cumberland Reserve once again rises to the top, providing additional evidence of Oregon’s acumen for fashioning world-class wine from the world’s most complex grape. Brooding, deep and dark in color...