Daniel P. Drake 
Agricola Querciabella
Mongrana Maremma Toscana SuperTuscan Blend 2019
Last night I opened the 2019 Mongrana Maremma Rosso Toscana. Tuscany, Italy. This wine is a Super Tuscan blend of 50% Sangiovese, 25% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Sauvignon.
On the nose there is cherry, red plum, blackberry, tomato, chocolate, leather, nlack pepper and wet gravel.
On the palate I am detecting cherry, raspberry, plum, red currant, spice, herbal notes and wet gravel.
This is a full bodied wine with a smooth well rounded mouthfeel medium + acidity and medium + grippy chewy tannins that leaves you with a long red & black fruit earthy finish. Please have a wonderful week ahead and stay safe and healthy. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 25 days ago
Sea Smoke
Southing Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir 2012
This wine is the 2012 Sea Smoke Southing Sea Smoke Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir.
On the nose there is raspberry, cranberry, cherry, mushroom, clove, forest floor and earth.
On the palate I get plenty of raspberry, tart cherry, cranberry, clove, soft oak, mushroom and earth.
This is a medium bodied wine withe a smooth mouthfeel medium+ to high acidity and medium fine tannins that lead to a medium to medium + red fruit earthy finish. Definitely a beautiful wine and after 10 yeard of age is still fresh and youthful. I hope everyone's weekend has been fun and enjoyable as we look forward to another big week. Please stay safe and healthy. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — a month ago
Pierre Sparr
Grande Réserve Alsace Riesling 2019
This wine I had the other night is the 2019 Pierre Sparr Grande Réserve Riesling. From Alsace - Beblenheim, France.
On the nose there is citrus, lemon, bicycle tire, pear, green apple, vanilla and minerality.
On the palate there is lemon, lime, peach, green apple, golden delicious apple and good minerality.
This wine is light to medium body smooth and creamy mouthfeel with medium + to high mouthwatering acidity that leads right to a long citrus apple mineral finish. Please have a healthy and safe holiday weekend. Nostrovia! 🥂🥂🥂🥂 — 5 days ago
David Paige Wines
Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2018
Over the weekend we opened the 2018 David Paige Wines Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. From Carlton, Oregon and a blend of grapes from Chehalem Mountains, Ribbon Ridge and Eola-Amity Hills.
On the nose there was strawberry, cranberry, cherry, clove, mushroom, hibiscus, vanilla and earth.
On the palate there is tart cherry, raspberry, cranberry, clove, mushroom, vanilla and earth.
This is a medium bodied wine with medium + acidity and medium fine tannins that moves easily into a long red fruit earthy finish. A very nice expression of Pinot Noir from the Willamette Valley. Have a wonderful week ahead and my it be positive and productive. Please stay safe and healthy. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 17 days ago
Bodegas Juan Gil
(Silver Label) Jumilla Monastrell 2019
Last night I opened this 2019 Juan Gil Silver Label Monastrell. This is from the Bodegas Juan Gil Jumilla, Spain, 100% Monastrell (Mourvèdre).
On the nose there is black plum, blackberry, blueberry, black pepper, violet, gravel and earth.
On the palate there is blackberry, blueberry, plum, black cherry, black pepper, spice, soft oak, gravel and earth.
This is a full bodied wine with a smooth sweet juicy mouthfeel medium + acidity and medium supple tannins that move smoothly into a long black & red fruit earthy finish. We are on another weekend and I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend planned. Please stay safe and healthy. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — a month ago
Château Rose Sainte-Croix
Listrac-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2016
Last night I opened the 2016 Château Rose Sainte-Croix made from Left Bank Bordeaux grapes mainly the Médoc - Listrac. The blend is 50% Cabernet Sauvignon and 50% Merlot.
On the nose there is black cherry, blackberry, black plum, black currant, menthol, licorice, spice, some oak and dark earth.
On the palate I am getting black cherry, blackberry, black currant, cedar, licorice, tobacco, herbs, a vegital note, spice and earth.
This wine is full bodied with a smooth mouthfeel medium + acidity and medium + grippy sandy tannins that leave you with a long dark fruit earthy finish. I wish everyone a wonderful weekend, please be safe and stay healthy. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — a month ago
Pala
Riserva Cannonau di Sardegna 2017
This past Friday night I opened the 2017 Pala Cannonau di Sadengna Reserva. This is a 100% Garnacha from Serdiana, Sardegna, Italy.
On the nose there is strawberry, raspberry, cherry, licorice, tobacco, cinnamon and earth.
On the palate I am finding strawberry, cherry, raspberry, licorice, cinnamon, leather, dried herbs and earth.
This wine is medium to medium + body a nice smooth mouthfeel medium + acidity and medium + grippy tannins that leave you with a long red fruit earthy finish. I hope everyone's weekend was eventful and are looking forward to the week ahead. Please stay safe and healthy. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 11 days ago
Château Phélan Ségur
Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2018
Over the weekend I opened the 2018 Château Pgélan Ségur Saint-Estèphe Left Bank Bordeaux. A blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon and 43% Merlot.
On the nose was very expressive and floral, black cherry, blackberry, fig, black currant, licorice, creamy chocolate, iron, violets and earth.
On the palate was black cherry, blackberry, black plum, black currant, licorice, spice, minerality, light oak, herbal and dark rich earth.
This is a full bodied wine wiyg smooth fresh mouthfeel mouthwatering medium + acidity and medium + grainy tannins that leaves you with a long black fruit earthy graphite finish. This is a beautiful wine and worth the price. You can drink now or cellar for a later date. Have a wonderful week ahead and please stay safe and healthy. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 17 days ago
Lewelling Vineyards
St. Helena Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
Last night I opened the 2018 Lewelling Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon. This is a 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from St. Helena Napa Valley California.
On the nose is black cherry, plum, blackberry, black and red currant, bell pepper, mint and pencil lead.
On the palate there is sweet black cherry, bkackberry, black plum, black currant, vanilla, chocolate, spice, cedar, pencil shavings and wet gravel.
This is a gorgeous full bodied wine witha smooth sumptuous mouthfeel medium + acidity and medium + sandy tannins that leads into a long dark fruit wet gravel finish. What a wonderful weekend. I hope everyone is having the same. Please stay safe and healthy and a continued wonderful weekend. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 — a month ago
Daniel P. Drake
Yesterday for the 4th of July we opened the 2019 Clos du Val Cabernet Sauvignon. From Napa, California Napa Valley.
On the nose there was black cherry, blackberry, plum sauce, black currant, spice, graphite and earth.
On the palate there is a black cherry, blackberry, plum, black currant, chocolate, spice, green bell pepper, toasty oak and earth.
This is a full bodied wine with a smooth mouthfeel medium + acidity and medium + grippy tannins that leaves you with a long dark fruit graphite finish. I hope everyone had a blessed 4th of July enjoying family and friends. Please have a wonderful week ahead and stay safe and healthy. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 2 days ago