Each year, almost without fail, I receive samples of Flora Springs‘ Napa Valley wines, usually including their flagship white (“Soliloquy”) and red (“Trilogy”). And yet, I’ve never really featured their wines here, even after a decade-plus. Which is a shame, because they are arguably better than ever. It’s time to rectify that oversight, friends. Flora…
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Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for July 1, 2024
NV Fiol Prosecco Rose (Veneto): Sweet red berry kiss wrapped in rose petals and fresh breezes. $20 B+
2023 Stinson Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc (Monticello): Making a spicy statement, with green herbs, lots of lemony lift, and a long, mineral finish. $28 B+
2023 Stinson Vineyards Cabernet Franc (Virginia): Eschewing complexity in favor of delivering direct, very good spices, herbs, and dark cherry fruit flavor. $33 B+…
Hard Work, Hard Rock, and Desperation: G.D. Vajra Recent Releases
For several years now, I have often wondered why the wines of Piedmont’s G.D. Vajra don’t rake in 98+ points like, all the time. Sometimes I think that the major critics just don’t “get” what these wines are all about. Which seems even stranger, now that I think of it, considering that it took me…
Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for June 24, 2024
2022 Merry Edwards Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley): Another consistently fine showing; sultry with black raspberry, currants, blackberries, and leather. $60 A-
2022 Merry Edwards ‘Georganne’ Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley): Niiiiiiice. Rhubarb, black raspberry, herbs, tea. Big but so balanced and elegant, we might just be seeing the best ME Georganne release in recent memory… $70 A
2022 Merry Edwards ‘Dach’ Pinot Noir (Anderson Valley): Tight as a tourniquet right now. But that doesn’t stop it from being exceptional. Cedar, vanilla, dried violets, black tea, bramble, strawberry, blackberry, black raspberry, dark chocolate, fantastic acidic structure…