California
100% Pinot Noir
14.2%
An exotic nose of forrest floor, wild berry, black cherry, and mahogany emanates from the glass with the 2013 Perli Vineyard Pinot Noir. Savory, mouth-filling tannins and tangy acidity typical of this remote site on the Mendocino coast provide ample structure for flavors of blackberry reduction, cola, graphite, black plum, and asian spice. This dark and complex Pinot continues to unfold on the palate over the course of a full minute.
Italy
100% Nebbiolo
14.0%
Elegant Barbaresco, with a dark ruby-garnet color with orange rim. Nose: intense, aromatic, ripe red fruits, berries, oak wood, leather, caramel. In the mouth: richness of fleshy dark fruit, berries, plums, red-mirabelle, heavy spices, slightly bitter, black coffee, old oak, sour-bitter tobacco, balsamic herbs. Wine condensed, harmonious, beautifully built, with a nice fruity acidity, and sweet wood tannins. Finish, sophisticated, very durable and strong.
100% Sangiovese
From a warm year, this is simply gorgeous; spicy, complex aromatics and then a sleek and fresh palate with great intensity and stacks of potential lurking beneath its elegant facade. Black cherry, tobacco, spices, and iron-filing characters all give the textured palate enormous nuance and complexity. The finish is long and mouth-watering with fine tannins. Although it is beautifully balanced today, this will surely age well.
Oregon
14.1%
The top wine from De Ponte, this spent 14 months in 50% new French oak. The fruit is concentrated and delicious, a mix of ripe strawberries and cherries, and the satiny finish adds highlights of chocolate-covered orange peel. With ample aeration you may dive right in, or cellar a bit longer and drink from 2020 to 2030.
59% Grenache, 13% Cinsault, 13% Vermentino, 12% Mourvedre, 3% Counoise
13.1%
There's a chalky power to the nose of this lightly hued wine, its baking soda aromas melding with rose petal, lime peel and watermelon scents. There's tremendous tension to the palate, where bubblegum and ambrosia melon flavors meet limestone-like minerality. Ripe enough to make it playful, it's bright enough to drink all day.
France
Syrah, Grenache Tintorera and Carignan
14.5%
100% Chardonnay
13.7%
This has a terrific combination of richness, texture, fruit and acidity. The aromatics combine golden delicious apples, waffles and a light nutty character. The wine definitely has a density of texture but it is nicely cut with bright acidity making it serious and deft all at the same time.
13.9%
This medium-bodied wine offers an alluring orchard-fruit nose of ripe peach, and pear, as well as notes of lemon candy, honeysuckle and wet stone minerality. The lovely fruit continues on the palate, where it is accentuated by harmonious acidity, subtle oak and hints of lemon cream and sweet thyme.
