Featured Wines - Sept 2023

The highly aromatic 2020 Castell del Remei Gotim Bru (35% Garnacha Tinta, 35% Tempranillo, 15% Syrah, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon) is fresh, juicy, and redolent with the scents of raspberry and black cherry as well garrigue, the entrancing floral and herbal scents of the wild natural country side of Catalonia and nearby Provence. Medium to full bodied and silky smooth in the mouth, this artful Spanish blend displays fleshy berry fruit flavors...

Domaine Houchart makes a splash with the 2021 Côtes de Provence Blanc, a vivacious white wine made from traditional Provencal grapes. In this rare Provencal white, one can almost taste the Provencal sun, feel the cool sea breeze wafting from the Mediterranean Sea, and smell the scented fragrance of Provence’s magical landscape. Like its predecessors, it is light, fresh, juicy, and packed with energy. It offers an inviting bouquet of citrus, mango...

Terramagna’s 2017 Rayen Black Edition Vino de la Tierra de Castilla captivates the eye as the cork exits the bottle and the wine splashes joyfully into a glass, exhibiting a saturated purple robe. Once in the glass, ripe black fruits mixed with incense and balsamic notes greet the nose. In the mouth, concentrated blackberry, plum, and anise flavors with a touch of vanilla caress the palate. Concentrated and expansive, yet quite smooth and with...

Coca i Fitó’s youthful, fresh 2021 Aloja Blanc DO Terra Alta typifies the vivacious mineral-driven style of white wine for which Terra Alta and Montsant are renowned. Made primarily (90%) from old vines of Grenache Blanc (30-60 years of age) and a touch (10%) of mature Macabeo, which has had considerable lees contact to provide flavor and texture, the 2021 Aloja Blanc DO Terra Alta offers a subtle, yet intriguing bouquet of floral, mineral...

Delicious, intense, and wonderfully intriguing, the 2018 Castell del Remei 1780 (68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Tempranillo, 7% Garnacha) merges the best of Spain, Bordeaux, and Napa Valley into one elegant, flavorful, power-packed wine. Black currant and dark cherry aromas meld with spicy notes and whiffs of smoke to tantalize the nose. Initially intense in the mouth, Castell del Remei’s 1780 opens surreptitiously, revealing concentrated berry fruit flavors...

Lively, fresh, and sporting Chablis’ luminous glint, the 2022 Chartron et Trébuchet Chablis presents itself as the quintessential Chablis. Sensuous and intriguing scents of citrus, pear, white flowers, oyster shell, lemon zest, and a faint but beckoning scent of the sea greet the nose. Balanced and precise, Chartron et Trébuchet’s 2022 Chablis fills the mouth with a myriad of flavors drawn from the soil as well as the sea: one can taste the limestone rich...

Born of another splendid vintage in Bordeaux, and composed of 80% Merlot and 10% each of Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, the Chariol family’s 2018 Château de Lescours Saint-Émilion Grand Cru (92 Points – Wine Enthusiast) offers a beautiful purple and garnet tinged robe, enticing aromatics, and layers of black currant and berry fruit. Opulent, yet elegant, the concentrated 2018 Château de Lescours Saint-Émilion Grand Cru fills the mouth with juicy...