Walk Around the World With Vinous Icons

What makes an icon? “Icon” is often defined as a person or thing admired for having great influence or significance. Well, we’d say the estates attending Vinous Icons meet those criteria! Dinners, more dinners, seminars, another seminar, walk-around tastings, galas, oh my! Curious which wines are being poured at the Walk-Around Tastings? We've gathered a handful of the wines with various reviews from the Delectable community! Grab your tickets and get your comfy shoes ready for the Walk-Arounds! -- Icons Tasting - Day One | The Altman Building, New York City | 4:30pm - 8pm Icons Tasting - Day Two | The Altman Building, New York City | 12:30pm - 4pm Taste a selection of the most admired wines in the world curated by our team of reviewers at the Vinous Icons walk-around tasting. Please note that a number of the wines being shown are made in very small quantities. As a result, some wineries will pour different wines on each day. -- Argentina 2018 Familia Zuccardi Finca Piedra Infinata (95pts JH) 2011 Trivento EOLO - Australia 2017 Cirillo Estate 1850 Ancestor Vine Grenache (98pts AH) 2004 Cirillo Estate 1850 Ancestor Vine Grenache (93 AH) - Chile 2020 Don Melchor (95pts JH) 2017 Don Melchor (94ts JH) - China 2018 Ao Yun - France – Bordeaux 2016 Château Canon (97pts NM) 2015 Léoville-Las Cases Clos du Marquis (92+pts AG) - France – Champagne 2013 Dom Pérignon (94pts AG) 1999 Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill (94pts AG) - France – Rhône & Beaujolais 2016 Château du Moulin-à-Vent Champ de Cour (94pts JR) 2016 Domaines Paul Jaboulet Aîné St Joseph La Croix des Vignes (93pts JR) - Italy – North 2020 Chiara Condello Chiara Condello - Predappio 2013 Vietti Barolo Ravera (100pts AG) - Italy – Tuscany 2011 Ornellaia (97pts AG) 2015 Podere Il Carnasciale Il Caberlot Toscana (96pts AG) - Italy – South 2020 Elena Fucci Titolo by Amphora (94+pts EG) 2021 Passopisciaro Franchetti (96pts EG) - Spain 2016 Vega Sicilia Macán (95pts JR) 2014 Vega Sicilia Unico (97pts JH) - United States – Central Coast 2019 Booker Oublie (95pts JR) 2019 Rhys Horseshoe Vineyard Pinot Noir (96pts AG) - United States – Napa Valley 2019 Blankiet Rive Droite Merlot Blend (97pts AG) 2018 Realm Cellars The Bard (98pts AG) - United States – Sonoma 2019 Cornell Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (97+pts AG) 2017 Kistler Vineyard Laguna Ridge Chardonnay (97pts AG) - United States – Oregon 2021 Lingua Franca Bunker Hill Chardonnay (94pts EG) -- PURCHASE YOUR VINOUS ICONS TICKETS HERE

Dom Pérignon

Brut Champagne Blend 2013

Some specials on today at the Chelsea lounge at JFK. Thought I’d ask and look what we got. It doesn’t have as much of the typical Dom taste for me and it is still very very young, definitely still a baby. Great nose and packs a lot of citrusy flavors - they will certainly mellow over the years. Not a bad rendition, not quite hitting the super high marks with me right now, but very pleasant early p.m. bubbly on this holiday — 9 months ago

Andrew, Bob and 8 others liked this

Cornell Vineyard

Estate Grown Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

This is super enjoyable. Drank excellently over 3 days. Food friendly and a long life ahead! — 2 years ago

Ceccherini, Paul and 4 others liked this

Lingua Franca

Bunker Hill Chardonnay 2021

Delectable Wine
9.4

Wonderfully perfumed, the 2021 Chardonnay Bunker Hill opens with a cascade of dusty florals and sweet herbs, as flinty stone contrasts hints of white peach and sage. This is seductively round and textural with depths of sapid ripe stone fruits and liquid rock minerality. A lemony concentration lingers as the 2021 finishes long and lightly structured, leaving a minty freshness that punctuates the experience perfectly. The Bunker Hill is a real charmer. (Eric Guido, Vinous, January 2024)
— 10 months ago

Rhys Vineyards

Horseshoe Vineyard Pinot Noir 2019

Bigger and with more oak than I remembered last. Good but a little bit disappointing? A bit much on the spice for me. Maybe I just don’t like oak? It’s good after about an hour in a decanter. — a year ago

Concha y Toro

Don Melchor Puente Alto Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

This is an exceptionally well-balanced wine with acidity, velvet tannin and alcohol (14.5%) perfectly offsetting the abundant fruit. Cassis, black cherry, tobacco leaf, blackberry, eucalyptus, blueberry, violet and cedar are present plus just the hint of dried fruit showing the tertiary development to come. Very long and silky finish. A fabulous wine — 2 years ago

Paul, Tom and 3 others liked this

Booker Vineyard

Oublié Red Rhone Blend 2019

12/2023. What a nice red blend. Fruit, flavor and makes the palate happy. Paired so well with the petite filet at Hall’s Chophouse. — a year ago

Ted, Skip and 6 others liked this

Elena Fucci

Titolo Aglianico del Vulture 2020

Wow. Perfect wine to pair with a big red sauce dish like chicken Parmigiana. I recommend you open the bottle a good 30-60 minutes before drinking. So glad I have a few more bottles. — a year ago

Blankiet Estate

Rive Droite Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

Beautiful wine. 45 days maceration and still a medium bodied wine of precision and bright red fruit. Red plum, cranberry and roasted cherries. Roses. Elegant. — a year ago

Ira, Shay and 1 other liked this

Concha y Toro

Don Melchor Puente Alto Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

The 30th Anniversary of this signature wine grapes Puente Alto vineyard, deep Ruby with aromas of dark fruits and espresso notes, a blend of 98% Cab Sauv & 2% aged for 15 month in French oak (66% new). On the palate flavors of black cherry and  blackberry with herb, tobacco and smoky oak spice notes. Firm tight tannins, long finish ending with fruit, cacao and toasty spice, needs time to develop, cellar a while! Tasting Sample! — 4 years ago

Jason, Daniel P. and 10 others liked this