Featured Wines - March 2022

Vasco Perdigao has crafted another superb Côtes-du-Rhône in his 2019 Domaine Chamfort Les Camassots Côtes-du-Rhône. Again the scion of an excellent vintage in the Rhône Valley, the 2019 Chamfort Les Camassots hails from traditional varietals (60% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 10% Cinsault) from the picturesque village of Sablet. Deep and inviting in color, the full-bodied 2019 Chamfort Les Camassots Côtes-du-Rhône offers up a juicy and enticing...

The Downes Family are consummate producers of Sauvignon Blanc as the Downes Family Vineyards 2021 Sanctuary Peak Sauvignon Blanc will attest. Built along the lines of chateau-bottled white Bordeaux, it is a 90/10 blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon that is fermented with wild yeasts and aged three months in new French oak. It also emanates from no less than seven different blocks of Sauvignon Blanc planted on soils rich in mineral quartz...

The 2019 Casas del Bosque Reserva Pinot Noir is a light, delicious, fruit-forward Pinot Noir that offers a charming aroma of freshly picked cherries and strawberries, spritely fruit flavors, and gentle acidity born of Casablanca’s sea breezes. This lithe Pinot Noir finishes fresh and clean with touches of woodland berries and freshly cut hay. Casas del Bosque was among the first to recognize Casablanca’s potential for cool weather varietals...

The 2020 Douloufakis Dafnios Vidiano is another outstanding effort from this superlative estate. Born on the beautiful Greek island of Crete, home to the ancient Minoan civilization and some of the finest food and wine in modern Greece, the 2020 Douloufakis Dafnios Vidiano brightens the glass with a splash of sunshine and caresses the olfactory with savory scents of apricot and tropical fruits. In the mouth, the wine’s bright, crisp tropical...

Deep in color and wonderfully complex in bouquet and flavor, the 2016 Château de Haute-Serre Grand Vin Seigneur Cahors Malbec (which features 7% Merlot and 3% Tannat in support of 90% Malbec) ranks among the finest Cahors wines we have ever tasted and has caught the attention of critics as well (92 Points – Wine Enthusiast). Endowed with sensuous aromatics resplendent with the scents of Morello cherry, blackcurrant, and exotic spices, the...

Buttery, complex, and hauntingly beautiful in aroma and flavor, the 2016 Fisher Unity (50% Sonoma County/50% Mendocino County) Chardonnay recalls the exceptional California Chardonnays of the 1970s, the very wines that established California as a premier purveyor of Chardonnay, which is far and away the planet’s most sought after white wine. Fisher’s 2016 Unity Chardonnay offers a seductive aroma, redolent with the scents of acacia, forsythia...

Carpineto has fashioned the most complete and complex Vino Nobile to date in their truly noble 2016 Carpineto Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva (90% Prugnolo Gentile, 10% Canaiolo Nero). Despite Vino Nobile’s penchant for aeration, this young Vino Nobile makes a grand entry from the moment it is poured. Savory notes of black cherry, blackberry, bay leaf, and thyme grace the nose and palate. In the mouth, this wine delivers an ever...