Varietal:Cabernet Sauvignon
Appellation:Israel, Galilee
Style:Red
Price:$26
WOW Rating:90
Observes Jewish wine critic Glenn Verk, “This wine receives 18 months of aging in French oak, and though unfiltered and a bit cloudy, the earthy nose is elegant and complex, though maybe not bone dry.”
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Varietal:Sauvignon Blanc
Appellation:Australia, Adelaide Hills
Style:Dry White
Price:$26
WOW Rating:91
There is lovely passion fruit and melon with earthy herb, all this throughout the nose. Then follows a passionate medley of flavors: crenshaw melon, hints of subtle passion fruit. The Tower Estate Sauvignon Blanc is very dry and very balanced.
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Varietal:Blend
Appellation:California, Mendocino, Yorkville Highlands
Style:Red
Price:$28
WOW Rating:92
“The blend is more Merlot based this vintage, though it traditionally starts out at 50% each of Cabernet and Merlot,” explains founder Edward Wallo. “It changes totally from year to year. Blending is the funnest thing each year.” A sniff reveals dark, earthy fruit aromas. The first sip offers blackberry, dusty plum, a bit of cedar, vanilla, jam and a long mineral finish. “We are one of the twelve original vineyards to be certified organic, since 1986,” says Wallo.
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Varietal:Cabernet Franc
Appellation:California, Mendocino, Yorkville Highlands
Style:Red
Price:$19
WOW Rating:91
The nose reveals a nice array of red fruit aromas. A sip offers flavors of complex fruit, earth, cocoa powder and great length. “We are one of the twelve original vineyards to be certified organic, since 1986,” says founder Edward Wallo. For more information, or to arrange a visit to this winery (located about 100 miles north of San Francisco), go to www.yorkville-cellars.com. The vineyard is located in southern Mendocino County between Anderson Valley to the west and Alexander Valley to the east.
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Varietal:Shiraz
Appellation:Australia, Hunter Valley
Style:Red
Price:$30
WOW Rating:94
Inhale and enjoy lots of plum, with blackberry, black pepper, and eucalyptus or maybe mint. The nose is spirited and divine. Swallow from the glass and embrace the inky blackberry essence, the piquant black pepper, the vibrant mint, the earthy tar, and the gripping tannic structure. This important Shiraz demands attention.
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Varietal:Blend
Appellation:California, Mendocino, Yorkville Highlands
Style:Dry White
Price:$19
WOW Rating:92
There are aromas of fig with a touch of citrus and complex minerals. This wine was a Wine Spectator “Top 100 Wines of the Year” in 1995 and deserves watching. The name is inspired by the dowry of Eleanor of Aquitaine, that being the western part of France which included Bordeaux. “We are one of the twelve original vineyards to be certified organic, since 1986,” says founder Edward Wallo. For more information or to arrange a visit to this winery (located about 100 miles north of San Francisco), go to www.yorkville-cellars.com. The vineyard is located in southern Mendocino County between Anderson Valley to the west and Alexander Valley to the east.
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Varietal:Sauvignon Blanc
Appellation:California, Mendocino, Yorkville Highlands
Style:Dry White
Price:$14
WOW Rating:88
A crisp complex mix of bright citrus and delicate herbal, this white wine is well suited for most any food pairing. “We are one of the twelve original vineyards to be certified organic, since 1986,” says founder Edward Wallo. For more information, or to arrange to visit this winery (located about 100 miles north of San Francisco), go to www.yorkville-cellars.com. The vineyard is located in southern Mendocino County between Anderson Valley to the west and Alexander Valley to the east.
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Varietal:Syrah
Appellation:California, Santa Barbara
Style:Red
Price:$19
WOW Rating:89
Zaca Mesa shows, once more, how suited the Syrah varietal is to the Santa Barbara appellation. This is a big, full, supple wine with rich, ripe fruit. Yet is balanced by a dash of fresh acidity, assisted no doubt by those cool Pacific breezes. President Richard Nixon showed a preference for sparkling wine from Napa, but if alive today he could have chosen well from his own neighbourhood.
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Unpretentious but a beautiful mouth, pure, crystalline fruit and nicely: The Black Stones by Jean Maupertuis in Auvergne. A true wine sausage made from Gamay Auvergne.
An animal nose, mouth and vinous lively and especially an excellent buvabilité: Almond Cuvée Domaine du Mazel in Ardeche, owned by Gerald and Jocelyne Oustric.
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The house specialty Wine grape and wine Kunej is presented with a new name, new tastes, new wine story. Levin red wine from any wine, which have so far been pridelovalo Bizeljsko-Sremič the district. It has a dark red purple color, which could resemble the kind of Mediterranean wine, but wine is completely different structure.
The wine is intense ruby Levin red, violet and brick odtenki.Vonj is a medium intense, fruity nose Mon plum, leather, crust of bread, coffee and dark chocolate kančku. Pleasant and open. Good drinkability on first contact. Tannins are mostly aligned, soft and well hang out with lively acid. Red fruit is always present in the mouth.
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