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No wine blows by the expectations of an under $30 wine more consistently than Bodega Norton Privada Family Blend. It’s exactly what we—and Wine Access members—look for in a full-bodied red blend that delivers an unbeatable quality-to-price ratio. The members who claimed our entire allocation of the last vintage of Privada have been clamoring for the…
We weren’t worried, per se, but we weren’t quiiiiiite sure we could find our way back out of the tunnels. Our host for the tour of Casa Primicia’s extensive passages had disappeared around a corner, though which one was the cause of some disagreement. That left us to ponder the possibility of spending the rest…
Rescued From Obscurity, Valencia’s Under-$20 Diamond in the Rough Spain’s Bodegas Mustiguillo Mestizaje Tinto, which marries the richness and piercing aromatics of Grenache with scintillating acidity and brooding, cigar-smoke seriousness, is the next big thing in Spanish wine, and about to be launched into the international spotlight. It’s the kind of wine in-the-know drinkers clamor for,…
Rioja Blanco is one of our favorite types of white wine in the world. The category accounts for just 5% of Spain’s wine production, and the best bottles are marvelously complex, as weighty and age-worthy as white Burgundy, and very difficult to come by. That’s why our excitement was off the charts when we discovered…
Randall Grahm has done it all. A James Beard award winner, Wine Spectator cover boy, catalyst of the California Rhône revolution, inductee of the Culinary Institute of America’s Vintner’s Hall of Fame… the list goes on and on. We shouldn’t have been shocked by the heroics that we found in Grahm’s 2016 Le Cigare Volant,…
Many California winemakers strive to emulate Bordeaux for its freshness, austerity, minerality, and tension, but few are able to succeed in the under $50 segment—let alone under $30. Fewer still receive the “Top 100 Winery” endorsement from Wine & Spirits, and can boast inclusion among “25 of Our Favorite Under-the-Radar California Reds” from Food &…
When Tor Kenward, the ex-Beringer exec and proprietor of TOR wines (the stratospheric-scoring mailing-list Cabernets we’ve offered a handful of times) raves about a wine he loves, we investigate immediately. Especially when that wine carries its own imposing 96+-point Parker score and “Impressive!” declaration. That would be today’s 2016 Cami Estate Red Wine Napa Valley—the…
Screaming Eagle Alum’s $75 Blockbuster Red Today’s 2016 Carbone Red Wine Napa Valley hails from one of Napa’s greatest power couples—Andy Erickson and Annie Favia. Annie’s viticultural work began with David Abreu, shepherding Napa’s Grand Cru vineyards for Harlan, Screaming Eagle, Ovid, Sloan, Bryant, Colgin, and Staglin. Andy’s first winemaking job was with John Kongsgaard…
The 2016 Carte Blanche Proprietary Red is a monument—statuesque in its grandeur. Deep and dark as midnight, suffused with perfect blackberry and blueberry, cacao, graphite, and tobacco. Jeb Dunnuck called it “St. Emilion-like,” a “powerful yet elegant wine from Keplinger.” For a wine of this stature—one crafted by a hall-of-famer like Helen Keplinger and comprised…
We first tasted the inky, dark-fruited 2016 Cellers de Scala Dei Prior Scala Dei in the Catalan village of Porrera, at a hole-in-the-wall called Restaurant La Cooperativa. It had pastel walls, low ceilings, mismatched tablecloths, and a to-die-for braised lamb shoulder—sublime with the old-vine blend the gregarious proprietor had poured into our glasses. Perfect dish,…
Cheval Blanc is a bucket-list wine in any vintage. But in a legendary year like 2016—a growing season in contention to be the best of our lifetimes—it’s about as good as wine gets. Boasting two 100-point scores—including from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, who praised its “jaw-dropping elegance and depth”—it’s a Cheval Blanc that achieves immortality…
The Overdelivering Fifth Growth of Pauillac Fifth Growth Château Clerc Milon is “brilliantly placed” between First Growth châteaux Lafite Rothschild and Mouton Rothschild, and produces “one of the most fruity and savory Pauillacs,” according to Robert Parker. Clerc Milon’s reputation is one of stellar value. Designated as Fifth Growth in the 1855 classification, Clerc Milon…
In the phenomenal 2016 vintage, First Growth Château Margaux and “Super Third” Château Palmer both earned 98 points from Decanter—and Château d’Issan earned a stunning 97 points from the same publication. This is one of the greatest years ever for d’Issan—Decanter singled it out as their favorite in a 19-vintage vertical tasting. It sums up…
Bold and powerful, with a dark, assertive Bordeaux character, the 2016 Château de l’Aubrade has structure, muscle, and a ten-year cellaring potential that is astounding at this price point. Showcasing the nobility of this region even as it brandishes its power, the bottling won a 91-point endorsement from Wine Enthusiast, calling it “big, smoky, and…
Guigal’s 70-year Search is Over Nothing says world-class wine, or sends collectors into a frenzy, like the name Guigal: Their Northern Rhône bottlings are the stuff of legend, and Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate calls them “the modern world’s greatest testament to a family-run winery.” Our visit to the Guigal cellars earlier this year felt like…
Eyes closed, a deep, dark-fruited whiff and a spice-tinged sip of today’s gorgeous Châteauneuf-du-Pape will make you think you’re drinking one of the legends that lives in the Rhône’s 95-point zone. Open your eyes, and you’re head over heels for an upstart that claimed an icon-like score—and kept its insurgent price. That’s because the fast-rising…
There is a well-known phenomenon among wine-loving travelers. You vacation somewhere, say the South of France, and fall in love with a wine—a succulent, juicy red, consumed day after day on stony, sun-soaked beaches. You bring a case home, and suddenly find it completely dull, a pale imitation. But some bottles are capable of transporting…
We’ve been drinking the same case of under-the-radar 2010 La Tour de Mons for nearly a decade—usually with a grilled ribeye or rack of lamb—and every year, its value proposition grows stronger and stronger. This overachieving estate is a rule-breaker, a quiet exception, reminding us that extraordinary value can exist alongside long-lived brilliance, even in…
When you’re laying out triple digits for a bottle, it’s not too hard to find Bordeaux that epitomizes the elegance, vibrancy, and dynamism of the region. But when you’re paying closer to $50, finding an exemplary Bordeaux is a feat—which is why the 2016 Château Larrivet Haut-Brion is a singularly smart buy. Grown in the…
Some Bordeaux properties seem perpetually undervalued. For us, St.-Émilion’s Grand Cru Classé dark horse, Château Monbousquet, is right at the top of that list. Under the direction of Gérard Perse, a pioneer in the modern Bordeaux style, and master consultant Michel Rolland, the Grand Vin is a textbook expression of the appellation—rich, velvety, harmonious—minus the…
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