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Schug Chardonnay Carneros 2013

Schug Chardonnay Carneros 2013

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Schug Chardonnay Carneros 2013 

Medium gold color. Nose of peaches, oranges, butter and toasted bread. Same flavors on the palate with additional notes of grilled pineapples and oak withouit being overwhelming, it had some balance and a touch of finesse and a medium long finish. Good+ (88)

Made of Chardonnay mainly coming from Carneros, the other part being from Sonoma. Barrel fermented, aged in oak barrels on lees with 21% new medium French oak barrels. Alcohol level of 14,5%

Available at the SAQ for 29,35$ (Code SAQ : 11089910)

Schug Winery’s website: schugwinery.com

Sample proposed by Les Sélections Fréchette: selectionsfrechette.com

Birichino Besson Vineyard Central Coast California 2014

Birichino Besson Vineyard Central Coast California 2014

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Birichino Besson Vineyard Central Coast California 2014 

Bright ruby color. Fine nose where homemade small berry jam pairs with garrigue style herbs. This have such beautiful aromas. Bright, great red berry flavors, some herbs, spices notes, it’s fresh, just round enough, good acidity. If California could offer more of that type of wine! Very good+ (90)

Made of own-rooted 100 years old grenache vines. Aged in neutral French oak barrels. Alcohol level of 13,0% 

Available at the SAQ for 26,10$ (Code SAQ : 12486386)

Birichino’s website: birichino.com

Sample proposed by Trialto: trialto.com

Sterling Vineyards Reserve SVR Napa Valley 1994

Sterling Vineyards Reserve SVR Napa Valley 1994

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Sterling Vineyards Reserve SVR Napa Valley 1994

The cork crumbled at bottle opening, but thankfully, nothing went into the bottle. Still brightly colored even if it did showed some bricking on the rim. Nose of candied berries, leather, old wood, smoke and sweet spices. Really tasty, it does deliver and give what I usually expect from a californian Bordeaux blend styled wine with a majority of Cabernet-Sauvignon; a good moment! Still have plenty of life, a very long finish and it tasted well through the 2 hours we took to go through the bottle. We enjoyed it quite a lot. Excellent (91)

Made of 70% Cabernet-Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc, 10% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot and 1% Malbec. Aged 23 months in american and french oak barrels. Alcohol level  of 13,5%

Sterling Vineyards website: sterlingvineyards.com

Sterling Vineyards Reserve SVR Napa Valley 1994