Ponzi Vineyards Tavola Pinot Noir 2023
Willamette Valley
June 12, 2025 - Tavola Pinot Noir continues the tradition of exceptional quality, made from lower elevation sites and younger vines to emphasize a fruit-forward character with soft tannins. Luisa Ponzi ensures that every wine, including Tavola, meets the highest standards. This Pinot Noir serves as a perfect introduction to Oregon and Willamette Valley wines, offering generous fruit, exotic spice, and floral notes. Bright, textured, and fruity, Tavola delivers great value for Willamette Valley Pinot Noir.
James Suckling - March 11, 2025 "A valley-wide blend of grapes that gives a vibrant, fresh and bright sense of red fruit, balanced by raspberries, black cherries and a rich texture on the palate. Light tannins,…
Masciarelli Marina Cvetić Trebbiano d’Abruzzo Riserva 2022
Abruzzo
June 10, 2025 - The Trebbiano Riserva Marina Cvetic represents the ultimate expression of one of Abruzzo’s historic vines. Like Montepulciano, Trebbiano was once considered a workhorse grape without real potential. This wine changed that view completely, offering an original, full-bodied, and elegant interpretation with its own character. Marina Cvetic wines are known as a “lone voice” for the most demanding and technical experts. Explosive, concentrated golden fruit leads to a rich, floral, and spicy palate. This wine represents a true revolution for Trebbiano and Italian whites.
Wine Spectator - May 31, 2025 "A supple white, lightly honeyed and silky on the palate, with refreshing, lemon pith–infused acidity. Offers flavors of Anjou pear, crushed almond, chamomile and beeswax, with a subtle tang of…
Wine Enthusiast - July 19, 2024 "The nose is fresh and citric, with aromas of the sea, lemons, limes, white flowers and fresh pineapple. The palate plumps up that pineapple note, but a continued current of…
Gary Farrell Winery Russian River Selection Pinot Noir 2022
Russian River Valley, California
June 03, 2025 - Most wineries focus on their single vineyard wines first. Whatever doesn’t make the cut gets mixed and sold at a lower price. Gary Farrell creates the blend first. Vineyards are fermented separately, creating transparent expressions of each terroir. They then work to make the most complex and delicious blend possible. Every bottle is comprised of the literal best vineyards in Sonoma. You won’t find another wine with this integrity and pedigree.
Wine Enthusiast - "This bright Pinot displays aromas of cranberry and dried cherry on the nose. The palate brings fresh berry flavors, savory roasted shiitake, cola spice and sage. On the finish, lively…
Poggio al Tufo Rompicollo 2021
Toscana IGT
May 13, 2025 - This Tuscan "Super Value" is a blend of 60% Sangiovese and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and comes from a single-vineyard site in the Alta Maremma called Rompicollo. The vineyard benefits from southern exposure, ample sunlight, and a soil rich in tufo, a particular type of volcanic rock.
Wine Spectator - February 12, 2025 "Black currant, blackberry, iron, tapenade and mint aromas and flavors highlight this thickly textured red. Firm and elegant, showing all the characteristics of Cabernet Franc. Ends long."
E. Guigal Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2020
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
May 13, 2025 - Guigal produces an intensely concentrated, inviting and complex Châteauneuf-du-Pape that is unique to the region today. Their passion for Châteauneuf, the leading appellation of the Southern Rhône, runs as deeply as that for their home sites in the North. The combination of working with top fruit that has perfect ripeness, along with their extraordinary patience in the cellar, results in rich and full, yet savory, spicy, seamless and balanced wines. This one can be enjoyed immediately but is capable of aging for the long haul.
Jeb Dunnuck - March 28, 2024 "A ripe, perfumed, medium to full-bodied effort that stays firmly planted in the more elegant style of the vintage. Ripe red and black fruits (raspberries, strawberries), garrigue, and peppery notes…