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Aromas are ripe apple, white peach, and tropical fruit (lychee in particular). The palate is medium-plus in body with continued orchard fruits, a lightly creamy texture and some minerality. On the finish, one finds citrus in the form of fresh acidity and soft bitterness.

From the producer: Pale yellow colour. The nose shows the strong limestone influence: mineral, stone driven, citrus fruits and some white fruits (peach) after some aeration. The wine fermented in a large recent oak cask (foudre) and was on full lees until bottling. The palate is quite strict, bone dry, with a racy sapid acidity that gives a juicy texture on the finish. The wine has a nice concentration, but because it is bone dry with a ripe acidity, it feels elegant and delicate.

Aromatics of grass, lime, yellow pear and gooseberry invite you to this fresh South African white. It is medium weight with both tart citrus (lime and lemon) and sweeter yellow fruits (pear, quince, melon). Crisp acidity, mouth filling and a good value.

Aromas are fresh and clean with citrus and nectarine notes.  This elegant Gruner offers more citrus along with pear, quince, and a slight herbaceous character on the palate.

Pleasant pepper spice and crisp apple and green pear fragrance on the nose. On the palate, fresh herbs frame the fruit. Some mandarin or clementine orange on the finish with classic white pepper.

Attractive scents of violets, blackcurrants, plums and smoke are intertwined and sensual. The palate is medium plus in weight with wonderful damson plums, black cherries and black cap raspberry fruits that taste macerated with baking spices and joined by smoky notes and dark chocolate. This is not at all heavy -- it has just-right richness and some minerality and juicy acidity to keep the ripe dark fruits in check. 

Medium plus in weight with mulling spice flavors of clove, cinnamon, pepper and nutmeg, along with toasty, chocolate and vanilla notes. These join with purple fruits -- mixed cherries and steeped plums -- to form a bold, but classic, California value Cab.

Aromas of dark chocolate, mocha, black licorice, and dried mulberries lead to a juicy and fruity set of flavors, concentrated but not heavy. Fresh, brambly acid rather than tannin provides the structure that supports the mouth-filling dark fruits, plums, cherries, chocolate, and coffee. It is medium-plus in body and length.

Aromas are lightly floral along with blueberry jam.  Fuller in body with more blueberry, dark cherry, and cassis on the palate. Nice density and ripeness with round tannins.

The nose offers intense aromas of spiced wood and dark fruits--plum, blackberry, and currant, by no means overripe. In the mouth, the fruit is nicely balanced by structuring elements, both fine tannins and, to a lesser extent, acidity. The flavors are well integrated and just keep getting more generous and interesting with air. The wine provides complex fruits and food oriented tannins. It is medium-plus in both body and length.

Aromas of acai berry and milk chocolate are prominent on the nose with touches of barn and slight minerality.  Flavors echo the nose with more dark berries, leather, sandalwood, and vanilla/spice.  The wine shows excellent restraint and is complex and well-structured without being over-saturated.

Aromas of mulling spices and Moroccan souk spices combine with dark berries, tar and smoke to entice you to this Pinot Noir. It is between medium and full bodied with considerable concentration, yet it is not heavy. Macerated red and black cherries join pressed rose, mulling spices, bittersweet cacao nibs and a note of tar. The tannins are velvety and acid is integrated. With air, spiced black currants and smoke evolve on the long finish.

Slightly earthy aromas with additional notes of cherry, crushed peppercorns and cured meat. On the plate this wine is dry with flavors plum, cherry, vanilla and savory herbs. It is medium in body with juicy acidity and a long smoky finish.

This delicious red opens with deep aromas of leather, cigar box and red fruit. Plush flavors of blackberry, black cherry, and pomegranate lend a touch of fruit sweetness that is a nice counterpoint to the soft, chewy tannins.

This opens with aromas of red cherry, minerality and chalk. On the palate, it is medium plus in body with flavors of red cherry candy, raspberry, coffee, cinnamon, minerality and earth. It has crisp acidity and some youthful tannins, although the initial entry is rounded in texture and the wine can still be described as elegant.

Aromas of red and black cherry, spice and cocoa. On the palate notes of blackberries, black pepper, cherry and plums are supported by the fine tannins. This medium-plus body wine is elegant with a silky texture. 

Medium aromas of cherry, mulberry, vanilla, and light spice introduce this wine. There is a touch of smoke and spice on the medium weight palate along with dark fruits, especially black cherry and black currant.

This is a beautiful, classic expression of Barbera, with fine acidity balanced by ripe fruit. Aromas of black currant and dried plum with hints of licorice and earth lead to more of the same on the palate. It is medium-bodied with a long finish, this is a wine made for the table.

Concentrated aromas include dark berries and spicy cinnamon. Flavors of boysenberry, plum and dark cherry shine with more rich brown spices on the palate, tannins are supple and well-integrated.

A fragrant bouquet with red and black cherries, and a touch of florality. This wine is pure and appealing with a medium bodied finely textured palate. The fruit on the palate has tart currants, blackberries, with just the right density with balanced tannins.

Dark fruits, especially black cherries, exude from the glass along with herbs, rum-soaked raisins and licorice root. This is just over medium weight and nicely rich with black currants and blackberries, slight spice, a touch of forest floor and lifting acidity.

Intense nose of strawberries, cherries, blackberries and cassis, with spiced black pepper notes on the back. Fresh on the palate, with excellent acidity.

Deeply opaque, dark cherry red, with garnet highlights. Expressive aromas of black forest fruits and blueberry with delicious, jammy cherry coming through, and a characteristic, terroir-imparted mineral nuance. Velvety and elegant on the palate, revealing exquisitely fine, fruit tannins, good length, and refined aromas of aging in toasted oak.

This wine presents classic Rhone aromas -- blackberry, blueberry, dark cherry, smoke, earth, and mineral notes. The palate is medium plus in body with black currant and black raspberry fruit joining minerality, stone, a touch of smoke, and olives. The wine is velvety, pure, and suave with refreshing acidity, just-right density, and ripeness. There is some earthiness throughout.

This wine is named after the winemaker's daughter who graduated from Cornell. Aromas of forest floor and light smoke from oak aging (approximately 25% of which is new oak) back up savory roasted red pepper notes. The palate is medium-plus in body with complex flavors of black fruit and earth along with cigar box, mushroom umami, and some minerality.

This wine gives off dark berries, lingonberry, raspberry and soil aromas.On the palate, there is ripe boysenberry, black plum, black cherry and black raspberry fruit, along with savory bramble, licorice root and a touch of cocoa to balance it. The wine is medium weight, yet dense and supple. Delicious and surprisingly textural.

Aromas of dark cherry and damson plum with faint spice notes. The wine is round, supple and it is medium-plus in body. Flavors of cherry and plum alongside spice and black raspberry with a hint of minerality on the finish.

This wine starts out very aromatically with violets, dark berries, cured meats, cool earth, dark chocolate, camphor, pressed rose, baking spice, menthol and gradually, with red fruits emerging too. Just lovely! On the palate, it is modern and saturated with sweet cranberry and spiced jam flavors that still maintain freshness. It's medium to full bodied with black currant fruit mingling with clove, sandalwood and camphor. The tannins are soft and rounded. Drink now or cellar.

This is an easy-drinking Chianti with ripe black currant, black cherry and chocolate notes. It has crisp acidity, balanced by smooth tannins on the palate.

This red begins with some earthy notes of oregano, cured black olives and forest floor. The fruit is mostly black with cocoa-dusted berries and black currants filling in the formidable tannic and acid structure that surrounds the wine. Saparavi originated in the country of Georgia and has found a comfortable place in the Finger Lakes. It is a teinturier grape, meaning that the skin gives considerable color to the wine. This is a good food partner, especially with heartier dishes.

Attractive notes of truffle, red and black cherry and dark earth invite you to this Loire red. This medium weight wine gives fresh blackcurrant and some cranberry flavors with medium acidity and tannin. A classic Bourgueil with truffle, forest floor and cherry. This is a lovely food wine but also easy to drink.

Lightly smoky plums and blackberries combine with sandalwood in the aromas of this wine. The palate is medium weight with excellent fruit concentration and juicy, mouthwatering structure. This Cabernet Franc is redolent of plums, black cherries and blackberries with light pepper and baking spice, earth, mineral and smoke notes. The wine has lively acidity, moderate tannins and a long, satisfying finish

Vibrant, with a fresh core of cherry and cassis notes backed by anise, apple wood and garrigue hints through the finish. Nice underlying juiciness throughout. Best from 2022 through 2029. 1,500 cases made, 160 cases imported. Wine Spectator – 92 points

The aromas are of cranberry, red cherry, barn, forest floor and golden tobacco. This is mid-weight with fruit of cranberry, cherry, raspberry, pomegranate and orange balanced by chalk, minerality and a touch of spice. This wine is fresh and very drinkable; it will esepcially shine tableside.

Red and black cherry aromas jump from the glass. The medium-plus bodied palate boasts an elegant texture with more ripe red berries (cherries, plums and raspberries), pressed rose, cinnamon and pepper notes.  There is light florality on the long finish; delicious now with room to grow! 

One of the leading domaines in Bandol, Domaine Tempier is, without a doubt, the most visible producer from the appellation in the U.S. marketplace today. I think this is well-deserved (and a good thing for Bandol), as the wines are at the top of the hierarchy in terms of quality. The estate has been in the Peyraud family for generations and has a long, storied history that’s beautifully documented in Kermit Lynch’s newsletters and book, Adventures on the Wine Route (an absolute must read for any wine lover). The family is still going strong today, yet the wines are now made by Daniel Ravier. -Wine Advocate

This wine begins with dark, steeped berries encircling fireplace and pine forest aromas. in the mouth, it is creamy and full-flavored, exhibiting wild black currant and dark chocolate flavors mixed with sweet tobacco and black cherry candy. The wine envelops your whole mouth and glides down the throat, leaving a hint of smoke and mocha. First rate and drinking beautifully now, but will age through 2028.

Richly perfumed with cooked berries, violet and slight earthiness. Plum and ripe black cherry on the juicy/silky palate. Red berries and cocoa linger on the finish.

Aromas of red and black fruits with a hint of mint. On the palate this is medium-plus in body with black fruit flavors and mouthwatering acidity. Notes of bark, black currants, dried herbs and bramble with fine tannins. The finish is long with a combination of dark berries, forest floor and dark chocolate flavors.

Dark stewed fruit of  blackberry and black currant introduce the wine. Fresh, ripe, and lightly smoky black fruits are balanced with a nice backbone of medium-plus acidity and touches of earth. Raspberry and plum notes emerge with time. This is medium bodied and lifted, making it a flavorful summer red.

Aromas of grilled plums, black cherry, cured meat and tobacco jump from the glass. The palate is juicy yet dry with more plum and cherry flavors and a touch of anise, supported by fine tannins and lingering, refreshing acid.

Aromas of plums, mocha and violets introduce this wine. The palate shows its Italian roots with cherry, raspberry and plum with slight grippy tannic structure and medium acidity. This has a long finish, good complexity and a serious side.

Appealing aromas of red and black fruits, licorice and black pepper are your introduction to this unique Mediterranean grape. The wine is medium weight with red and purple fruits, plums, blueberries and rose petals. It is fresh, unique, appealing, fragrant, food-friendly, soft and accessible. The tannins are light to medium weight with crisp acidity.

Offers dark cherry and plum flavors that are fleshy and filled with tannic power. Minerally midpalate, with a finish that is loaded with baker's chocolate accents. Drink now through 2024. – Wine Spectator, 90 Points

Complex aromas of blackberry, dried cherry, dried plum, black fig, wood, campfire, and a hint of licorice. The palate is similar in flavors, generous and juicy. It is well-structured with fine but present tannins that will soften with air and age. Flavors are integrated, but there’s room for them to join closer. This full bodied wine has a longer finish. It will age well.

This wine smells Old World with its combination of leather and red cherries. On the palate is bright with red cherries, black pepper, leather and Old World earthiness. Slightly between medium and full bodied with some structuring tannins.

Lovely aromas of chocolate, wood, dark fruit, and baking spices, complex and inviting. Chocolate runs through the wine from the attack to the midpalate, joined by dark spiced fruit and balsamic notes throughout. Both tannins and acidity are pronounced but integrated nicely with air. Medium in body with a longer finish.

The nose is appealing and a little earthy with gamey animalistic barn notes and some cured meat mixed around with black pepper and dark fruit. The complex palate delivers dark chocolate, black plum and smoke. The tannins are polished and slightly drying on the finish.  It is medium plus in body and medium acidity. 

This has quite pale color, but it's a flavorful wine. The nose offers red fruits, bramble (strawberry leaf), spice and cedar. The wine is medium weight with bright red cherries, raspberries, garrigue (bramble) and yet it has very integrated acidity, round tannins and an overall silky texture. It's an excellent summer wine or any time you need a lighter option.

Aromas of dark cherry, baking spice, and cocoa lead to a palate of cherry, plum, toast and cinnamon. This is medium weight in body and acidity with soft, integrated tannins.

Earthy aromas of forest underbrush mix with dark berries on the nose. This is ripe, spicy, and round on the palate with more black fruit, earth, and dark chocolate notes. It is easy to enjoy and pair with food.

"Blueberry, plum, tobacco and citrus-zest aromas. It’s medium-bodied with firm, tight-grained tannins. Fresh and juicy with good structure. Drink or hold." - James Suckling 92

Medium aromas of red cherry, high toned fruit and some tart pomegranate. The palate is clean and medium bodied with red cherry, plum, and cranberry. It has medium plus acidity with light tannin structure. 

Aromas include mixed red and black berries with touches of tobacco, plum, and licorice.  The palate is medium-bodied and structured with nice tannin/acid balance supported by black cherry, plum and raspberry flavors wrapped in hints of smoke, spice and vanilla.

This is drinking well right now, its inviting aromas of cassis and blackberry mingling with baking spice. The palate is spicy and fruity with plums and red cherries. Integrated tannins and acid support the fruit.

Aromas of dark and red cherry with a touch of smoke, additional charming aromas of macerated black and red currants. The flavors echo the aromas with more chocolate and a touch of bark. The palate has nice round texture with soft but working tannins. The acidity is integrated with a velvety and polished finish.

Touches of orange and potpourri can be found on the nose. This wine gives plum, raspberry and cherries that are ripe, yet not rich. It shows the fruitiness, fun and charm of a wine that undergoes carbonic maceration.  The palate is medium bodied or slightly more, with juicy acidity.

Raspberry, red cherry and strawberry fruit are perky and fresh in this Burgundy. There's a touch of cinnamon and pepper spice as well as mineral notes. The wine is medium weight and clean with fine to moderate tannins. This wine from the Cote Chalonnaise benefits from an hour of air and then makes a great accompaniment to a range of foods. It finishes with juicy plums and a touch of earth.

The aromas to this wine are darker in profile with dark cherry, black currant, prune, black olive, licorice and cassis. The palate echoes the nose and delivers medium plus body, medium acidity with finely textured tannins that became more integrated as it breathed and delivering a generous mouthfeel.

The nose provides notes of blackberry, black cherry, cinnamon and cocoa. The palate is fresh and lifted with black fruits, cassis, and a hint of vanilla. It is medium in body, with medium-plus concentration and supporting tannins.

The nose of red cherry, truffle, rose and light earth is very enticing. The wine is medium weight with both black and red cherries intertwined with earth, steeped strawberries, wild raspberries and a touch of darjeeling tea. This has beautiful texture and though it is very flavorful, it remains elegant.

From the producer: Rich, ripe and explosive, this 2020 Shiraz displays vibrant blueberry, plum and notes of dark chocolate. The voluptuous palate of blue and black berries is layered with coffee, vanilla cream and liquorice spice. 

Open knit and elegantly expressive, featuring red currant and spiced cinnamon flavors that linger toward sleek tannins. Drink now through 2027. – Wine Spectator, 90 Points

Juniper, violet and pepper notes mingle out front before the core of kirsch and plum fruit arrives, turning this into a juicy ball of anise-tinged deliciousness, with an echo of garrigue through the finish. Drink now through 2025. Wine Spectator, 91 Points

From the producer: The 2020 Abstract pours a neon purple splash and an opaque maroon core with dark aromatics upfront. Black plum, boysenberry and hints of bing cherry and lavender invite a taste. On the palate, the aromatics turn into the sense of taste along with a touch of dark chocolate and reduced blackberry. Supple drying tannins and a slight chalky texture close the wine with a calming finish.

The 2019 Sinister Hand displays spicy, dark, and savory characteristics. The exuberant nose has raspberry aromas with a hint of vanilla, while the lively palate has a soft juicy texture and a well-balanced acidity. Chewy tannins, black cherry, and a hint of toasty French oak round out the vibrant finish.

Medium aromatics of spice, licorice, horse saddle and blackberry with some camphor notes. This Syrah is dry and masculine with dark black licorice, vanilla and clove. This wine is intense yet lifted. 

This wine opens with aromas of morello cherry, plum, dried roses, coffee and light earth. It is medium weight with flavors of red cherries and raspberries mixing with hints of cinnamon, dried porcini mushroom and cranberry tea -- a good balance of fruit and savory notes. This has perky acidity and fine tannins.

Aromas of truffle, red currants, red cherries, pomegranates and rose are evident here. The palate is medium weight with red cherry, strawberry leather, cran-raspberry, pomegranate, cocoa and a touch of pepper. This has slightly grainy tannin that is typical of Nebbiolo and a pleasant tartness. This wine appeared on Wine Spectator's Top 100 List in November 2022.

This is a medium aromatic wine, with a balanced palate. Extracted darker berry fruit, with some spice, kirsch, blackberry jam, and mulberry. It is medium in body, fresh acidity and rich concentration.

Aromas of black cherry and cracked black pepper interlace with notes of old barrel and earth. The palate delivers raspberry, cherry, red plum and lingonberry with black pepper and cinnamon. This is medium-weight, juicy, bright and balanced with medium tannins. Pure and typical of the varietal, the wine continues with raspberry and some earth on the finish.

This is darkly colored and dense in the glass. The nose offers complex and balanced aromas of blackberry, cherry, dark chocolate, and sweet but not overpowering wood and spice. The palate repeats the aromas with well integrated black fruits and cocoa/mocha notes. It’s texturally velvety with a full mouthfeel and forward fruit, well made and easy to drink. Medium plus body with a longer finish.

This soft Rioja with five years of age is prime drinking right now. Dried cherries and raisin notes, along with hints of leather, cinnamon and baking spices deliver interest and complexity.

With air, this wine reveals aromas of raspberry, cherry and sweet spices.  Then flavors of blackberries, plums and black cherries are joined by spice, warm earth and winter notes of pine and mulling spice. The medium tannins are thorough and the acid is juicy in this medium weight, food-friendly red.

This has aromatics of red fruits and earth. It is medium weight with a melange of red fruits, especially raspberry, as well as cinnamon and pepper. This complex wine offers crisp acidity, medium tannins and a long, ripe finish. 

Medium weight with noticeable cherry and blackberry fruit flavors, this wine goes particularly well with food. It is structured with balanced acidity and tannin; earthy notes add complexity from mid-palate through the finish.

Macerated dark cherry, leather, licorice, sweet tobacco, cedar all flesh out in the glass. The 2016 is powerful, rich and tannic. ~ Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media, September 2020 (93 points). A beautiful, pure Sangiovese that competes nicely with Brunello, showing depth and tension. A solid line of fine tannins runs through the center of the wine, providing backbone and beauty to the cherry and berry fruit. Drink or hold. ~ James Suckling, James Suckling Magazine, June 2021 (94 points).

Aromas reminiscent of the Old World with black fruit, minerality, forest floor, wood spice and a savory character. On the palate it has more New World flavors: blackberry, vanilla, and bittersweet cocoa. It is complex, supple, and tasty.

An affordable Valpolicella with balance and character! Lovely aromas of cherries and dried cherries lead to more red fruits on the palate, along with spice, leather, even notes of salami. Balanced acidity with a touch of grippy tannin.

Appealing aromas of red and black fruits, licorice and black pepper are your introduction to this unique Mediterranean grape. The wine is medium weight with red and purple fruits, plums, blueberries and rose petals. It is fresh, unique, appealing, fragrant, food-friendly, soft and accessible. The tannins are light to medium weight with crisp acidity.

Aromatics of red fruits and rose petal are classic for this grape. On the palate, there are red cherries and red currants along with spices. This is medium weight and has a mix of rounder tannins on the attack and some youthful, drying tannins on the finish.

Winemaker Notes: 2019 displays a brilliant, deep garnet-red color. This wine delivers layers of fresh fruit on the nose; plum, black cherry, and blackberry along with warm notes of baking spice and vanilla pod. Subtle licorice and seductive tobacco and hazelnut add a luxurious dimension. Flavors of ripe black cherry develop into lovely mineral notes, along with a lingering finish. Sumptuous and supple, with a line of acidity, giving elegance and balance. Wine Spectator, 92 points: Features fine, chalky tannins that provide good tension and definition to flavors of black and red currant, bay leaf, olive, anise and hints of minerally salt and smoke. This medium- to full-bodied version is fresh and focused, classy and harmonious overall. Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Drink now through 2030

This red blend begins with lightly earthy, soil notes mixed with ripe blackberry, black cherry, cranberry and black currant notes. It is medium weight with juicy acid and fine tannins. Cocoa powder and smoke add complexity as it turns denser with air.

Aromas are marvelous and complex, with earth, smoke, and several small black fruits like blackberry, mulberry, currant, and black raspberry. The palate is structured by very friendly tannins, there but not assertive. Quite mouthfilling, with ripe fruit similar to the nose, intense and concentrated, balanced by wood spice. It is medium plus in body with a medium finish.

This is a great, entry-level Finger Lakes red wine value. It is medium weight with flavors of bing cherry, blackberry, and a touch of smoke. This isn't green at all; it has enough ripeness and yet, it stays sleek with fine tannins and medium acidity. A light woodsiness, red cherry and cranberry evolve on the finish.

Aromas of fresh and smoky blackberries and plums. On the palate, this is medium weight or slightly less in body, with flavors of black currants, blackberry seeds, cherries, earth and smoke. It is medium in acid with fine tannins. This red is silky and fresh… the ultimate picnic wine! Note: This is a liter bottle.

Appealing floral scents along with plum, blueberry, black cherry, cherry candy, red licorice and leather will entice you to this Tuscan red. It is medium weight with red and black fruits, florality, black olive and woodsy flavors. This has fine tannins that grow slightly drying on the finish. The acidity allows it to be an excellent food partner.

This is a complex pear cider with notes of lavender and sage, dragon fruit and some black licorice. additional notes of white peach, white nectarine, grapefruit pith and light florality.  The palate is delicate and layered with pear skin, white currant, rosemary and soft mousse finishing with crushed seashell minerality.