floral fruits

Fully ripe yet snappy, a winning combination. Red cherries and raspberries upfront with good bleed of earth-tinged fruit on to the mid palate where fruit acids ...

The 2002 Shiraz Block 6 (made from 112-year-old vines cropped at a mere 1-2 tons of fruit per acre) is the antithesis of the Hillside cuvee. Backward and nearly ...

Good colour; richly textured, with blackberry, plum and licorice fruit in a medium- to full-bodied frame; has a long and sustained palate with excellent balance; ...

The 2007 Boarding Pass Shiraz contains 5% Viognier which provides a floral lift to its Cote-Rotie-like bouquet of bacon, smoked meat, and blueberry. Seamless, ...

Vivid ruby. Floral aromas of black cherry, raspberry, minerals, potpourri and underbrush. Fat and pliant but at the same time juicy, with dark fruit flavors picking ...

Vivid gold. High-pitched lemon and lime on the nose, with complicating notes of chalk dust, iodine and jasmine. Initially stern and unyielding but gains flesh in ...

(from vines that abut Griotte and were originally planted in 1910 though there has been a lot of replanting since; aged in 75% new oak). Moderate wood spice ...

Shows earth and berry aromas. Hints of fresh herbs follow through to a full body, with lots of dried fruit and spices on the palate. Long and flavorful. Best from ...

Davis Bynum pinot noir is driven by vineyard sites. True to long-established form, it remains a very food friendly wine, with bright fruit aromas and flavors, a ...

Musky red berry and cherry skin scents are joined by cola and rooty sassafras with air, along with sexy oak spice and potpourri qualities. Broad, spicy red fruit ...

Very pretty aromatics of blackberry, vanilla, tobacco, spice and coffee draw you in. The palate is lush and deep, with black fruit, cola and integrated spice ...

The Tawny VO exhibits a medium amber color along with a huge, fragrant perfume of sweet candy and brandy-macerated red and black fruits, molasses, maple syrup, ...

The 2006 Pinot Noir Stermer Vineyard is dark ruby-colored with earth notes, mineral, black cherry, and black raspberry. This is followed by a medium- to full-bodied ...

Vivid ruby. Highly complex nose offers raspberry, rose petal, candied orange peel and pungent flowers. At once suave and firm, with intense spiciness and a ...

The 2007 Barolo is simply breathtaking. A bouquet that recalls Pinot Noir melds into pure Nebbiolo fruit as this captivating, sensual Barolo reveals off its ...

Excellent, fresh, full color. Still firm on the nose. Very good concentration and stylish. This is excellent. Classic Port. Still a little unresolved tannin. Very ...

Pale orange. Spicy aromas of wild strawberry, pear, orange, honeysuckle and white pepper. Fleshy, palate-coating red berry flavors display very good depth and are ...

Podere Brizio delivers a super pleasurable and succulent Brunello with a soft, chewy consistency and a long, velvety finish. The bouquet is composed of dark fruit, ...

A quite rich and full-bodied oranically produced Cab. There is a light touch of French oak to complement the dark fruits and to lend structure. A great value!

An exceptionally good wine, right up there with the fantastic 2007 Cask. Classic Rutherford Cabernet, dry, softly tannic and delicious, with herb-infused blackberry ...