Featured Wines - Sept 2021

Deep, juicy, and redolent with the savory scents of crushed berries and wild herbs, the 2019 Château Cabezac Minervois Tradition Rouge epitomizes the hedonistic pleasure one can expect from the Dondains and the venerable appellation of Minervois. Round and full in flavor, yet delightfully silky and supple in texture, this red blend (50% Syrah, 30% Grenache, 20% Carignan) graces the palate with beautiful fruit-forward flavors imbued with...

Mayu has fashioned a delightfully crisp, utterly unique and enjoyable white wine in its 2020 Mayu Valle de Elqui Huanta Vineyard Pedro Ximénez. Grown in one of the highest vineyards on earth at an altitude of 6,320 feet, the 2020 Mayu Valle de Elqui Huanta Vineyard Pedro Ximénez offers a captivating bouquet and flavor profile redolent of tropical fruits, citrus, and pinpoint minerality. Pineapple and mango flavors infused with a crystalline...

Chapel Hill’s 2018 The Parson Grenache Shiraz Mourvèdre (GSM) ranks among Australia’s best. From the moment it exits the bottle, this suave, succulent GSM offers nothing but pure pleasure. It opens with ripe red berry scents infused with subtle hints of mocha and spice to immediately captivate the nose. The wine’s delightful olfactory follows through on the palate, offering ripe lush fruit and floral tones edged with wild herbs and a deft touch...

The hand-crafted 2020 Artesana Canelones Tannat Rosé, made with minimal intervention, captures the eye with the color of wild roses and satisfies the palate with a myriad of tantalizing flavors. The scents of apple and cherry blossoms along with savory spice flavors dominate this mouth-filling rosé. In short, the 2020 Artesana Canelones Tannat Rosé offers the palate more than the oceans of insipid rosé wines that flow from cooperatives in the...

The 2015 Robertson Number One Constitution Road Shiraz more than lives up to Constitution Road’s lofty reputation as the winery’s flagship offering. From the wine’s saturated purple color through to a long, captivating finish, which captures the heart and soul of the varietal, Robertson’s 2015 Number One Constitution Road Shiraz turns in a first-rate performance. Intense aromas of rich ripe blackberry, Luxardo Cherry, and plum fruits intertwined...

Fournier’s 2018 Grande Cuvée Sancerre hails from the village of Verdigny in the heart of Sancerre where Domaine Fournier is located. This Grande Cuvée, also known as La Chaudouillonné, comes from selected vineyards grown on the village’s famous Caillottes terroir, which is unique to Verdigny. This special terroir imparts a beautiful golden hue, intense aromatics, and a ripe, full mouthfeel of candied citrus and explosive minerality to the...

Chapel Hill’s 2018 McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon personifies McLaren Vale’s ripe, racy style of Cabernet Sauvignon and demonstrates once again Chapel Hill’s acumen with Cabernet. The deeply colored 2018 Chapel Hill McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon offers an impressive array of savory Cabernet aromas: a core of refined blackberry and cassis infused with hints of eucalyptus and wild herbs, a flavor profile not unlike many of Joe Heitz’s...