2000 Latour is a contender for wine of the vintage, a majestic First Growth flirting with perfection. The nose is backward and demands coaxing from the glass, eventually revealing intense black fruit, cedar, graphite and very subtle Japanese nori aromas. ...
"Like old-style Macallan"-Serge Valentin, Whiskyfun
. Bottled at cask strength, Domaine de Charron has no sugar, coloring, or additives of any kind. Charron is distilled from 100% Baco grapes, which produce a robust and mouth-coating distillate. Uncommon for armagnac, Domaine de Charron is aged in 100% new French oak for the duration of its maturation -- with the Baco grapes able to stand up to heavy wood extraction. The result is a big, rich style of armagnac with depth and viscosity.
The 2003 Montrose was served blind in Bordeaux on two occasions. Picked between 11 to 26 September, it is a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. It remains one of the outstanding wines of a very black and whi...
Our Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay comes from the historic and storied Ritchie Vineyard in the Russian River Valley, originally planted in 1972. A different style than our Bennett Valley Chardonnay, this wine is leaner and full of apple and zest with mouth-watering brightness. Simultaneously, it's rich and creamy as a result of both oak and stainless steel aging. An age-worthy wine that screams for great food.
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Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2018 Gazin (a blend of 93% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Franc) leaps from the glass with vibrant notes of warm plums, black raspberries and kirsch, plus suggestions of wild mushrooms, fragrant earth, Sichuan pepper and tree bark...
This wine is still relatively young, but with extended aeration, the whiff of toasty new oak dissipates nicely to reveal a wine displaying lots of coffee, tobacco leaf, chocolate, and black cherry and currant fruit. A spicy 1990 that is medium to full-bod...