2017 Opus One
The Wine Advocate
RP 95
Reviewed by: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Release Price: NA
Drink Date: 2021 - 2036
Opus One had picked 91% of their fruit before the fires started in 2017, and only two lots were eliminated from consideration. The 2017 Opus One, bottled in July 2019, is a blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8.5% Petit Verdot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 4.5% Merlot and 1% Malbec. Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, it slowly grows on the nose, revealing compelling notes of baked black cherries, mulberries, black raspberries, warm cassis and blackberry pie with nuances of spice cake, yeast extract, tapenade, licorice and dusty soil with a waft of wild sage. Medium-bodied, the palate has a lively skip in its step, featuring bags of juicy raspberry and cassis-laced fruit and a refreshing line, supported by ripe, plush tannins, finishing long and graceful.
Published: Nov 01, 2019
2019 Guigal Cotes du Rhone
The Wine Advocate
RP (89-91)
Reviewed by: Joe Czerwinski
Release Price: NA
Drink Date: 2023 - 2029 ⇒飲み頃に入っています
Strongly marked by bold fruit on the nose, the 2019 Cotes du Rhone features scents of blackberries, raspberries and cherries. Medium to full-bodied, it's atypically rich and structured—a fine, balanced summation of the vintage.
Published: Feb 11, 2022
2012 Lamothe-Guignard
The Wine Advocate
RP 83
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
Release Price: NA
Drink Date: 2016 - 2021
Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. The 2012 Château Lamothe-Guignard has a slightly nutty, almost Aszu-like bouquet that opens nicely in the glass. The palate is rounded on the entry, viscous in texture, but it clearly lacks complexity and it feels disjointed on the truncated finish. The estate has made better wines in recent years.
Published: Mar 04, 2016
2020 Mazzei Chianti Classico Fonterutoli
The Wine Advocate
RP 91
Reviewed by:Monica Larner
Release Price:$27
Drink Date:2022 - 2027 ⇒飲み頃に入っています
The 2020 Chianti Classico Fonterutoli is 90% Sangiovese blended with small parts Malvasia Nera and Colorino, all aged in oak for an easy 12 months. This wine offers a classic interpretation from Castellina in Chianti with bright fruit, lots of cherry, background tones of earth and crushed flowers. You will appreciate the basic energy and finesse of this wine. 300,000 bottles were produced.
Published: Feb 10, 2023
2018 Guigal Cotes du Rhone
The Wine Advocate
RP 88
Reviewed by: Joe Czerwinski
Release Price :NA
Drink Date: 2022 - 2025 ⇒飲み頃に入っています
Guigal's 2018 Cotes du Rhone is a fun, fruit-driven vintage of a wine whose normal style tends more toward "serious." It's medium to full-bodied but refreshingly supple, with juicy cherries and blueberries dancing on the palate.
Published: Feb 11, 2022
2018 Weingut Markus Molitor Riesling Wehlener Klosterberg Beerenauslese
RP 98
Reviewed by:Stephan Reinhardt
Release Price:NA
Drink Date:2030 - 2080
The citrus-colored 2018 Riesling Wehlener Klosterberg Beerenauslese is clear and concentrated on the precise and lemon-fresh nose that represents a first-class, early botrytis with remarkable precision. Dense yet clear and piquant on the palate, with great purity, finesse and lingering salinity, this is a brilliant, highly finessed Beerenauslese whose sweetness is cut by minerals and this crystalline and salty acidity of the coolish Klosterberg. Highly stimulating in its clarity, piquancy and linear elegance. Sold in 375-milliliter bottles.
Tasted at the domain in September 2020.