1. Chalk Hill 2007 Chardonnay – $32.99 Colasanti’s Market - Year-in and year-out one of my favorite Chardonnays - Delicious. Robert Parker 90 points "The light straw/gold-hued 2007 Chardonnay Estate reveals an attractive bouquet of smoky hazelnuts, nectarines, and buttered citrus, medium to full body, and good freshness and acidity.
2. Domaine Les Aphillanthes 2009 Cuvee Des Galets – Lovely French Cotes Du Rhone Grenache, Syrah, Mouvedre $16.97, Plum Market - Highly Recommended - Loved this wine for the price! 90 points Robert Parker: "A brilliant offering (15.2% natural alcohol), the 2009 Cotes du Rhone-Villages Cuvee des Galets, all from the renowned windswept Plan de Dieu northeast of Chateauneuf du Pape, exhibits notes of kirsch liqueur, loamy, sandy soil, underbrush, and pepper. This dense, medium to full-bodied, richly fruity wine builds incrementally in the mouth, revealing lots of glycerin in its complex, evolved, impressively endowed style. Drink it over the next 3-4 years.”
3. Groth 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon – $36.99 (usually $57.99) Meijer - Deeply extracted, tasted great for 4 days after opening. Big, bold and cries out for red meat to tame it. 94 points Wine Spectator: "Tight and concentrated, with a dense, rich, chewy beam of dried currant, mineral, graphite, black cherry and blackberry fruit that's intense and full-blown, both flexing its muscle while displaying deft balance. Ends with a compact, layered finish. Best from 2012 through 2022. Tasted twice, with consistent notes." (10/10)
4. Volver 2008 Spanish Tempranillo - $13.99 – Papa Joe’s or Costco - Opened this after a much more expensive bottle and it held its own, a serious red. 90 points from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate: "The 2008 Volver is also 100% Tempranillo sourced from 50+-year-old vines and aged for 14 months in new French oak. A glass-coating opaque purple color, it showcases aromas of pain grille, earth notes, spice box, and fragrant blue and black fruits. Supple-textured, super-ripe and concentrated, on the palate it is mouth-filling, savory, and structured enough to evolve for 2-3 years. It can be enjoyed now and over the next 8-10 years.”
5. Primus 2007 Chilean Cab, Syrah, Merlot, Carmenere blend – $22.95 Papa Joe’s or Costco - Bold and good. WA 90pts. - According to the Wine Advocate: “The 2007 Primus is a glass-coating opaque purple with aromas of tar, licorice, pepper, blackcurrant, and blueberry. Youthful, structured, and balanced, it will evolve for 5-7 years and offer prime drinking from 2015 to 2025. “
No comments:
Post a Comment