Wine

Wine Assessments: Mini Round-Up for August 12, 2024

.I try a bunch-o-wine (specialized condition for much more than the majority of people). So each week, I discuss a few of my wine reviews (mostly coming from examples) as well as tasting keep in minds in a "mini-review" style. They are indicated to be eccentric, fun, and (typically) easily-digestible evaluations of (primarily) presently accessible glass of wines (visit here for the skinny on how to review all of them), thus you can get right relevant and also decide if they are actually for you (or not). Cheers!
2020 CVNE 'Cune' Ecologico-- Organic (Rioja): Stewed reddish fruit, flavor, lavish structure, and also never-let-me-down texture. $17 B+.
2021 Wiens Loved Ones Cellars Fiano (Temecula Valley): Decrease to start, but after long it is actually disclosing its own real milky, citric, &amp blossomy colours. $28 B+.
2022 Daou Vineyards Book Cabernet Sauvignon (Paso Robles): Most importantly else, this is built to satisfy. $55 A-.
2021 Stag's Leap White wine Cellars 'Artemis' Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Lowland): Leaping coming from the glass in surges of powerful, sexy reddish and black fruit products. $80 A-.
2016 Groth Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville): Funky/earthy, with dark, brooding, black fruity fruit product as well as still sporting lots of grasp. $90 A-.
2021 Sonoma-Cutret Les Additionally Haut Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley): A smoky, oaky, scorching as well as full throttle performance. $70.
2022 Raeburn High Flier Chardonnay (Russian River Lowland): A crowd-pleasing (and also quite lengthy!) melange of [very] mature pear, baked apple, vanilla, toast, &amp nectarines. $30 A-.
2022 Raeburn 'Higher Flier' Pinot Noir (Russian River Lowland): Hitting all the right notes below: bright &amp lovely red berry fruit, rhubarb, hardwood flavors, &amp a tea fallen leave finish. $33 A-.
2022 Merry Edwards Coopersmith Pinot Noir (Russian Stream Valley): Telling you why you fell for RRV Pinot from the beginning. Dark, tasty, structured, and at turns, savoury &amp. $70 A.
2011 Chateau Ste. Michelle Indian Wells Red Blend (Columbia Valley): Chewy, down-to-earth, meaty, smoky, and yeah, still fruity! $NA B+.
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