Charles Smith
Stoneridge Vineyard King Coal Cabernet-Syrah Blend 2020
Concentrated, spicy, intense. Charles’s Smith style!
Giuseppe Campagnola
Amarone della Valpolicella Corvina Blend 2016
I am not Amarone fan, Jan
Ah! That explains it. Cheers.
Mt. Difficulty
Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2019
Fantastic. Fresh red fruit aromas rise readily from the wine to be followed with an explosion in flavor. Fresh red berries and raspberries lifted by an earthy minerality slowly disappearing in a lingering finish.
Wowww. Just opening the bottle and pouring it into a glass, the aroma filled the air. So potent, so fresh. And then just the first sip not only confirmed that it added mineral earth, vibrant notes of red fruit — red berries that reminded me of my youth eating them straight from the bush back at our farm. Lingering, sooting finish. Just amazing.
Château Pontet-Canet
Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2015
And now a Bordeaux blend expression from… well Bordeaux! Left bank that is. Our favorite left bank Bordeaux fantastic quality for reasonable price. This wine was intense, still rather edgy tannins but already great complexity of waves of dark and red fruit laced in subtle pipe tobacco and spiced oak.
Casa Magoni
Reserva Clone 337 Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
Hand carried back from Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California. Magoni makes some very, very good wines. This is a great example. Rich, expressive and full bodied with earthy, sweet undernotes that make these wines connect so well with Mexican cuisine. Mexican wines are the new Tequila. Want to know more? Check out our adventure we had over there finding these Mexican wine gems. It wasn’t easy… https://youtu.be/_TZHhc6DXLQ?si=Lk8w06Crg5zJruJJ
Hand carried back from Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California. Magoni makes some very, very good wines. This is a great example. Rich, expressive and full bodied with earthy, sweet undernotes that make these wines connect so well with Mexican cuisine. Mexican wines are the new Tequila. Want to know more? Check out our adventure we had over there finding these Mexican wine gems. It wasn’t easy… https://youtu.be/_TZHhc6DXLQ?si=Lk8w06Crg5zJruJJ
Domaine Lafond
Roc Epine Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2016
Just the right wine to kick back with after working the property at the cabin. This 2017, beautiful color packed with rounded tannins, nice old world body. It even paired with an aged Gouda - whoa! — 2 months ago
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Domaine Lafond
Roc Epine Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2016
This wine is in balance! Everything plays together so well. It’s a nice year old wine, also the aged notes integrated so well with the vibrant red fruit coming from the Grenache. A little bit of Mouvedre and Syrah give it nice complexity.
Familia Zuccardi
Finca Piedra Infinata Paraje Altamira Malbec Blend 2015
Focussed mineral laden wine. Single note, which suprised me for an eleven year old wine.
Hmmm, of course I had expected more from a 11 year old bottle full of mountain minerality and bright fruit. It did have all that but it didn’t get out of the chorus and not much more was revealed.
Château Léoville Poyferré
Saint Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2016
Beautiful left bank Bordeaux from Saint Julien. Balanced, polished, and flavorful with great tension.
Beautiful left bank Bordeaux wine from Saint Julian. Balanced, polished, and a flavorful tension that guided the wine to a satisfying finish. 
Tammy de Weerd
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