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Tenuta dell'Ornellaia

Le Volte Toscana Sangiovese Blend 2022

Medium Ruby red color with berry fruit, fragrant spice and earthy floral notes, blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, aged for 10 months on used oak. On the palate flavors of blackberry, cherry, and tobacco with notes of herb pepper spice and tangy mineral feel. Fine tannins, medium+ finish ending with tobacco and cacao wrapped in an earthy spice character. Will age a bit! — 4 days ago

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Mollydooker Wines

Velvet Glove McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018

Inky in color with a short reddish rim.

Fruity nose of blackberries, sweet plums, cooked cherries, raisins, dried figs, alcohol, licorice, vanilla, cedar, cola, spices, milk chocolates, tobacco and peppercorn.

Full bodied, smooth and bold, with medium acidity and long legs.

On the palate black currants, cooked plums, sweet cherries, vanilla, spices, cedar, espresso, cola, light herbs, licorice, mocha and red chili pepper.

Long finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.

This is a very tasty Shiraz from Australia. Big and bold, and somewhat sweet. Has a lot of acidity on the finish for all that fruit. Rich and extracted.

Very much "in your face" kind of wine, and not for the faint of heart. Feels very much like a Napa Syrah, with a teeth staining color.

Needs a couple hours to open up properly, which I didn't have, as it finished too quickly.

Needs 5 years in the bottle to mature properly, and calm down a bit. Will be a 95+ wine in 10 years. Will age nicely in the next 15 years.

Wine Spectator 95 points. Robert Parker 96 points.

Good as a sipping wine, and good with food too. Will pair nicely with BBQ Meats. I paired it with a Charcuterie board of meats and cheeses.

16% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$215.
— 4 years ago

Daniel, Bob and 19 others liked this

Ferrari-Carano

Prevail West Face Alexander Valley Cabernet-Syrah Blend 2018

Lookout Tree 2018 is tasting very nice today. Paired with a steak and salad and very pleased with this wine. — a month ago

Les Bottes Rouges (Jean-Baptiste Menigoz)

face b cotes du jura Savagnin 2020

Jeremy Shanker
9.3

My favorite jura wine at the moment. — 9 months ago

Bob and Douglas liked this

Tenuta dell'Ornellaia

Le Volte dell'Ornellaia 2016

8 years vintage. Concentrated and smooth. Black fruits. CP quite good!
La Volte 16 @1235, Xiaduo - P Vino, 240723,90
— 2 years ago

Séverin Barioz

Face B Pif Paf Blanquette de Limoux Mauzac Chenin Blanc

Like a nice hard apple cider. Little yeasty/brioche — 4 years ago

Pehu Simonet

Face Nord Millésimé Grand Cru Champagne Blend

NV and only $42.95 . . . — 7 months ago

web, Tom and 3 others liked this

Figgins

Estate Red Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2021

Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.

Fruity nose and full in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with cherries, raspberries, cooked plums, chocolates, light wood, herbs, earth and peppercorn.

Long finish with grippy tannins and tart cherries.

This is a very tasty Cabernet Sauvignon based blend from Walla Walla Valley. Rich and in your face kind of wine. Fruit forward and extracted.

This Single Vineyard Bordeaux blend is complex, tangy and interesting. Feels very young, and needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly.

I had the 2015 vintage not too long ago, and it was drinking beautifully. Will continue to age nicely in the next 10 to 15 years, and showing good potential to become a 94 point wine.

A good sipping wine, that would also pair nicely with food.

A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Aged in (57% new) French Oak barrels for 22 months.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$120.
— 7 months ago

Paul, Dick and 12 others liked this

Swanson Vineyards

Face Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Mocha , cherry lusciousness. Lovely jam from this boutique producer — 4 years ago

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