Current Featured Wines - October 2024

The 2021 Casa Silva Los Lingues Cabernet Sauvignon (93 Points – Descorchados; 90 Points – Wine Enthusiast; 90 Points – James Suckling) is a suave, sophisticated wine that combines the best attributes of New and Old World winemaking. Deep in color, but never thick or syrupy, the 2021 Casa Silva Los Lingues Cabernet Sauvignon offers up a beguiling array of olfactory pleasure. Savory scents of mulberry, blackberry, cassis, cedar, and vanilla...

The Goulaine family and the folks at Château La Grange fashion a truly classic Muscadet in their La Berrière Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu Sur Lie, a dry, racy, and downright thirst quenching white wine that has been a four-time Wine Enthusiast “Best Buy.” The 2023 vintage is no exception – the wine’s brilliant crystalline hue and fresh floral and mineral-driven aromas had us at the first sniff. In the mouth, citrus and stone fruit flavors...

The 2022 Château du Trignon Côtes-du-Rhône – a traditional Southern Rhône blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre – displays a deep rich color and a wealth of savory scents and flavors. The delightful scents of wild strawberries, red currants, and ripe plums mingle with hints of spice and aromatic herbs to enliven the olfactory. In the mouth, this comely Côtes-du Rhône coats the mouth with supple berry flavors infused with hints of wild fennel...

Knockout gorgeous! Château du Trignon’s 2023 Viognier Côtes-du-Rhône Blanc is a classic beauty. Need we say more? We insist. Crystalline brilliant in the glass and redolent with Viognier’s heady perfume of juicy peach, pear, and exotic spice tones, the 2023 Château du Trignon Viognier Côtes-du-Rhône Blanc had us at first sight and sip – and that’s just this wine’s opening act. Pure, racy and laser-like on the palate, the wine’s fruit...

Sensuous, seductive, and exquisitely beautiful, the 2022 Viberti Langhe Nebbiolo reveals its charm from the moment it is poured. The wine’s rich garnet robe provides a feast for the eyes while amplifying aromatics grace the nose. A beautiful perfume of deep red cherries and plums along with the beguiling scents of roses and sandalwood had us even before the first sip. Elegant and hauntingly beautiful in the mouth, the 2022 Viberti Langhe...

Wow! The 2022 Arzuaga Fan D.Oro Castilla y León Chardonnay checks all of our boxes and plenty more. The 2022 Arzuaga Fan D.Oro Chardonnay is truly a world-class offering that puts many Old and New World Chardonnays to shame. Arrayed in a bright golden robe and endowed with a delicious complex aroma, it had us even before the first sip – and it didn’t let go. Notes of pineapple and pear with hints of buttered brioche and tantalizing spices...

Hailing from an outstanding vintage, the 2021 Casa Silva Microterroir de Los Lingues Carmenère (95 Points – Tim Atkin, 94 Points – Vinous, 93 Points – James Suckling) is by all accounts the ultimate expression of the venerable Carmenère varietal. Profoundly colored and offering an intoxicating aroma of Morello cherry, dark plum, and other assorted fruits, the 2021 Casa Silva Microterroir Carmenère nearly sings from the glass. In the mouth...