Featured Wines - Sept 2022

It would be hard to top Quinta Nova’s delicious 2019 Pomares Douro Tinto, but the Amorim family continues to raise the bar at their picturesque Quinta Nova estate with the newly released 2020 Quinta Nova Pomares Douro Tinto (40% Tinta Roriz, 35% Touriga Franca, 25% Touriga Nacional). The regally robed Quinta Nova Pomares Tinto captures the eye with its deep ruby and purple tinted hue. A draught of blackberry, dark cherry, and woodland scents...

The organically grown 2021 Fontaleoni Vernaccia di San Gimignano owes it unique flavor, freshness, and longevity to San Gimignano’s much lauded rare Vernaccia clones, which thrive in the environs of this spired town, as well as to the Troiani family’s devotion to the vine. Whereby most Tuscan whites rely upon the more innocuous and ubiquitous Trebbiano and Malvasia grape varieties, Vernaccia di Gimignano must be comprised predominantly or...

Juicy, hedonistic, and downright drinkable, the 2020 Domaine de Cabasse Cuvée Marguerite Côtes-du-Rhône (100% Grenache) is both charming and truly sensuous. Benoit Baudry’s gregarious 2020 Cuvée Marguerite comes imbued with a translucent crimson robe that gives the impression that a delicate ethereal wine awaits. Don’t be fooled. With just a few minutes in the glass, this ebullient Côtes-du-Rhône offers up heady aromatics: cranberry, wild...

A delectable blend of three indigenous Portuguese varietals (40% Gouveio, 35% Viosinho, 25% Rabigato), the 2021 Quinta Nova Pomares Branco bursts with energy. It captures the beauty of the Douro, beginning with a fresh, beguiling bouquet. Savory scents of green apple, white peach, and lime eagerly greet the nose. In the mouth, the wine’s citrus and orchard fruit flavors are infused with a firm structure, allowing it to flow gracefully on a bed...

The 2019 Luca Old Vines Malbec has been called “a quintessentially expressive Mendoza Malbec” and “elegant and timeless” by Wine Spectator, who awarded it spot #21 in their Top 100 wines of 2021. We call it romantic, perfectly delicious, and downright seductive. Beguiling aromas of blackberry, Luxardo cherry, and plum, interlaced with sensuous spice tones and a hint of espresso, captivate the nose from the first sniff. In the mouth, layers of...

Elegance, purity, and complex flavors, which one rarely experiences in other rosé wines, set Château Margüi’s 2021 Côteaux Varois Rosé above the rest. The 2021 Château Margüi Côteaux Varois Rosé (45% Grenache, 35% Cinsault, 15% Syrah, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon) offers a pale pink salmon color, which captivates the eye, while a pretty set of aromatics entices the nose with citrus, fresh strawberries, pear, and deft touches of the scintillating...

The 2019 Château Margüi Côteaux Varois en Provence Rouge (60% Syrah, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Grenache) captures the eye with its brilliant ruby/purple robe. Full-bodied but silky smooth, the 2019 Château Margüi Côteaux Varois en Provence Rouge exhibits an intoxicating aroma redolent with the scents of black cherry, currant, and violets – all dusted with a hint of exotic spices. On the palate, the wine’s elegance, purity, and power are all on...