Henry Marionnet Domaine de la Charmoise Touraine 2015 Purple and dense color, quite unusual for Gamay wines. Nose of red and black berries, spices, earth and mineral notes. Wide on the palate, much more than previous vintages of this wine, really tasty and more concentrated, the sun does show through the wine, which makes it even […]
Hobo Wine Company Zinfandel Dry Creek Valley Sonoma 2013 Dark cherry color. Nose of wild berries, spices and just a hint of old wood. So good and smooth on the palate, one could say it’s dense and chewy, but it drinks so well and feels like pure silk! This is a classy California wine made […]
Closson Chase The Brock Chardonnay Niagara River VQA 2014 Bright gold color with green hue. Mineral nose with pineapple and mapple water, then pear, apples and spices. The oak does show, but with some air did blended nicely with the fruit. Flavorful and deep, this feels so young! Flavors are accurate to what was on the […]
Ijalba Genoli Rioja 2015 Lightly colored with freen hue. Fresh on the nose with lemon, minerality, some saltyness and herbs. Medium concentration on the palate, finesse is leading with lemon, fresness, mineral and a good finish lenght. Good (87) Made of 100% Viura. Aged in tanks. Alcohol level of 13% Available at the SAQ for 15,95$ (Code […]
Finca Villacreces Pruno Ribera del Duero 2014 Dark cherry color. Nose of black berries, savory herbs, spices, it’s fresh and almost feels finesse coming from the glass. Explosive palate, mouth coating with pretty flavors of black berries, then spices and a hint of vanilla. Well made even if in a seductive style, but still this will […]
Jean Foillard Morgon Côte du Py 2014 Pretty bright ruby color. Nose of flowers, berries, some aromatic herbs, then earth and spices. Charming nose of natural Gamay wine at its best. There is so much fruit notes in that wine! It’s sappy, enjoyable, thirst your quench for sure, then show some structure with spicy and mineral notes. […]
Diamond Creek Cabernet-Sauvignon Red Rock Terrace Napa 1996 The Californian Diamond Creek Vineyards, which name comes from the place where it stands, the Diamond Creek Canyon, is made of different types of soil vineyards, bottled separately, ranging for 3 to 4 different wines depending on the vintage. One more thing that makes Diamond Creek different from […]
Domaine Laurent Martray Brouilly Combiaty 2014 Already the 3rd vintage to be reviewed on the blog! Looks like this is a wine I like year after year… Ruby color with purple hue. Nose where red fruits blossoms with cherries, berries, then spices and earth. Chewy and tasty fruit folloewd by spices flavors, a good concentration […]
Vietti at M Mme wine bar Having an history spreaded over five generations (from 1873), it’s only in 1919 that Mario Vietti produced the first wines under the name Vietti. He did have to change the farming they were doing on his family property, plant vines and buy more land. Since his desire was to own his […]
Marcel Lapierre Morgon 2015 Dense ruby color pith purple hue. Nose of earth, savory herbs, cherry pits, gooseberry and some flower notes. Wide and tasty on the palate, the wine feels juicy, sun loaded (fruit ripeness can be feeled), then spices and earth flavors on a present acidity, but far from being bright or sharp. […]
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