Wine Review

Gabrielle and Ashley are two of the most popular girl’s names of the 21st century and once you taste Gabrielle Ashley Reserve Cab it just might become your most popular go-to red.

Every Monday Tom Cannavan of wine-pages.com chooses a new wine of the week. For 28th June 2021 the Alejandro Fernandez, Pesquera Crianza 2018 is his choice, a red wine from Ribera del Duero in Spain.

The best of the best, Chateau D’Yquem stands alone as the grandest and greatest of the wines of Sauternes. www.wineexpress.com/chateau-dyquem-2015-premier-grand-cru-sauternes-375ml-hlf-btl

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Every Monday Tom Cannavan of wine-pages.com chooses a new wine of the week. For January 28th 2019 the De Martino, Gallardia Cinsault 2017, a red wine from the Itata Valley in Chile is his choice.

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Heitz Vineyards has a well-earned reputation for producing high quality, distinctive Napa Valley wines, particularly Cabernets. The style is always full-bodied, well-extracted with immense structure. www.wineexpress.com

Here’s an incredible find that truly showcases the talents of an extraordinary California vintner. As you know, Rutherford is an elite sub-region in Napa valley. www.wineexpress.com/xanthos-2018-cabernet-sauvignon-rutherford-napa-valley

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Every Sunday Tom Cannavan of wine-pages.com chooses a new wine of the week. For 25th January 2015 the Mission Estate, Riesling 2013 from Hawkes Bay in New Zealand is his Wine of the Week. There’s a lot more than Sauvignon Blanc to New Zealand wine, and indeed a lot of Riesling is produced. Much of

Every Monday Tom Cannavan of wine-pages.com chooses a new wine of the week. For 4th October 2021 the Greystone Organic Sauvignon Blanc from North Canterbury in New Zealand is his choice.

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Every Monday Tom Cannavan of wine-pages.com chooses a new wine of the week. For 6th June 2021 the Ken Forrester Old Vine Reserve Chenin Blanc 2019, a part barrel fermented Chenin from Stellenbosch in South Africa.

Robert Parker scored this 93 points saying “A real beauty, and, for a top Napa Cabernet, an excellent price point. The wine has a dense bluish purple color, a sweet kiss of crème de cassis, licorice, camphor and subtle toast.” http://www.wineexpress.com/shopping/prod_detail/main.asp?productID=37908

Here’s a lucsious Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills and the winemaking talent behind it is a thoroughbred stable, including Mark Herold, Jay Buoncristiani and Julien Fayard.

Every Monday Tom Cannavan of wine-pages.com chooses a new wine of the week. For 22 May 2022 the Morande Terrarum Patrimonial Semillon, a fasscinating ‘wine geek’s’ wine ade from 100-year-old vines and made partly in concrete ‘eggs’.

Ok, so 2013 was a not so hot year in Bordeaux among many really solid vintages. So what does that mean? It means wineries cut production drastically, perhaps they put all of the fruit into a second label wine instead of a Grand Vin.