The 2010 Francois Pinon "Les Trois Argiles" Vouvray is a freaky good 100% Chenin Blanc from the Loire Valley's François Pinon, who sourced the grapes from three different clay-soiled areas of his vineyards. A sniff of the 2010 Les Trois Argiles (French for "the three clays") gives up sweet spice and bushels of juicy citrus and pear. A sip slides you some apple and almost … [Read more...]
2010 Cameron Hughes Lot 313 California Field Blend
The Cameron Hughes Lot 313 California Field Blend is composed of 71% Zinfandel, 10% Petite Sirah, 10% Syrah and 9% Carignane, along with very small amounts of indigenous Italian grape varietals grown the Lodi AVA inside the Central Coast AVA in California. The label shows California as the origin of the grapes, which means the grapes came from more than one AVA, but all the … [Read more...]
2010 Spanish Demon Rioja Tempranillo
The 2010 Spanish Demon Rioja Tempranillo is 100% Tempranillo sourced from the family owned Estate vineyards of Bodegas Vallobera Winery in the Alavesa region of Rioja, Spain. Alavesa is the leading grape growing region of Rioja. The wine is called Spanish Demon and not some formal typical Rioja wine name, because they were looking to appeal to Millennial’s and people who are … [Read more...]
2010 Beck Zweigelt
The 2010 Beck Zweigelt is sourced from 4 Biodynamic vineyards each in one of the main grape growing areas/communes (Gols, Halbturn, Winden and Apetlon) in Burgenland, eastern Austria. This region is the warmest in Austria and the vineyards are located on the eastern side of Lake Neusiedl. The Zweigelt grape was created by Fritz Zweigelt in 1922 by crossing St. Laurent (related … [Read more...]
2010 Alfredo Roca Pinot Noir
The light red, see-through color on this pinot from Mendoza (Argentina) tricks you into thinking it's going to be one of those wimpy, light-and-breezy pinots that do have their time and place, but you tend to avoid when you're in the mood for a nice full body. It smells of a barrel full of cherries and tastes like plums all over the place. Then - SMACK - this wine is robust, … [Read more...]
