Featured Wines - June 2020

The 2016 Wise Villa Wisdom of Wine is a rich, flavorful wine that excites from the get-go and grows ever more satisfying with each and every sip. A brilliant deep ruby-red color and explosive aromatics set the stage for this delicious red blend’s bold black cherry and berry fruit flavors infused with bramble, dark chocolate and vanilla tones. Rich and smooth but never flabby, the 2016 Wise Villa Wisdom of Wine Meritage-style red positively...

Costers del Sió’s incisive 2018 Celistia Fuego is a delicious white blend comprised mostly of Viognier, while Macabeo, one of Spain’s most important indigenous white varieties, plays a strong supporting role. The 2018 Celistia Fuego offers intriguing aromas, replete with hints of pear and peach. Tropical fruits and an ethereal floral background also make a happy appearance to delight the nose. In the mouth, the 2018 Celistia Fuego caresses...

“Charming… flavorful… huggable… equally ideal for a warm summer evening as a cold winter night” are just a few of our tasting panel’s comments on Costers del Sió’s 2017 Celistia Tierra. A delicious red blend from the heart of Catalonia’s Costers del Segre, Tierra’s vibrant purple and ruby robe sets the stage for a delightful interlude from the same old, same old. An inviting bouquet of fresh raspberry and plum along with hints of forest berries...

An exceptional vintage in France’s Loire Valley has yielded a splendid 2018 Domaine Dyckerhoff Reuilly. Rivalling nearby Sancerre, the diminutive Reuilly appellation (a mere 450 acres) has increasingly become an excellent source of delicious, mouth-filling Sauvignon Blancs as Domaine Dyckerhoff ‘s 2018 Reuilly aptly attests. The quality of the 2018 vintage is manifest in the soft, fragrant scents of citrus blossoms, mountain apples, and spring...

Deep, big, and brooding are still the first impressions the 2012 Solo Una Vez conveys to the wary taster, but appearances can be deceiving. Solo Una Vez, born of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot that emanate from two high mountain vineyard sites, may still appear foreboding, but this once in a lifetime venture is anything but unapproachable. The wine’s deep color underscores a wealth of seductive scents, and it embodies a tremendous cornucopia...

It seems that Marlène and Nicolas continue to outdo themselves in each successive vintage, pushing the envelope on flavor and texture to even greater heights in their superlative 2018 Domaine Chevalier Les Pends Crozes-Hermitage, which is truly superlative. Brilliant in the glass and offering a gorgeous, intoxicating nose redolent with the scents of tropical flowers, honeysuckle, savory spices and vanilla bean, one could hardly ask for more...

Deep, plush and immediately gratifying, the 2012 Exploración Solo Una Vez is 100% Cabernet Franc¬ from high mountain vineyard sites. The wine’s deep color underscores a wealth of seductive aromas and flavors reminiscent of pure ripe blackberries, currants, cacao, spice, and of course Cabernet Franc’s sensuous, warm earth tones. Rich in flavor and superbly textured, the 2012 Exploración fills the mouth and enlivens the palate with its satiny...