Weekend Wines
Chappellet
Napa Valley Merlot 2018
This is the 2018 Chappellet Napa Valley Merlot from St. Helena, California. The blend is 76%Merlot, 16% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Malbec and 2% Petit Verdot.
On the nose is plum sauce, raspberry, blackberry, fig, chocolate, coffee, anise and violets.
On the palate is cherry, raspberry, blackberry, black tea, licorice, herbs, mocha, oak and dark earth.
This wine is full bodied with a smooth silky mouthfeel medium to medium+ acidity and medium fine tannins that moves into a long dark fruit earthy finish. Continued great weekend with safe and healthy thoughts to each of you. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 4 years ago
Duckhorn Vineyards
Napa Valley Merlot 2015
Great why to kick off the weekend! — 9 months ago
Greywacke
Kevin Judd Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022
This is the 2022 Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc. This is from Marlborough, New Zealand.
On the nose is the distinct aromas of lime, grapefruit, white peach, guava herbal notes, grass and pear.
On the palate there is grapefruit, lime, pineapple, mango and white peach.
This is a medium bodied wine with a cleanfresh mouth watering mothfeel medium+ acidity and a lind crusp citrus lime grapefruit finish. A wonderful wine for the money. Looks like the weekend should be a good one with some crisp cool weather. Wish you an eventful weekend. Please stay safe and healthy. Nostrovia! 🥂🥂🥂🥂 — 2 years ago
Domaine Berrien Cellars
Lake Michigan Shore Cabernet Franc 2013
This wine I recently had is the 2013 Domaine Berrien Estate Grown Cabernet Franc which is from Berrien Springs, Michigan.
On the nose there is cherry, strawberry, raspberry, green bell pepper, black pepper and herbaceous notes.
On the palate is cherry, strawberry, raspberry, green bell papper, black pepper crushed gravel and earth.
This wine is medium to medium + bodied with medium acidity and medium to medium + fine tannins that leaves you with a long red fruit crushed gravel finish. I wish everyone a wonderful weekend. Please stay safe and healthy. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 4 years ago
Produttori del Barbaresco
Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2018
Last night we opened the 2018 Barbaresco Produttori del Barbaresco.
On the nose there is cherry, raspberry, plum, licorice, rose petal, herbs, truffle, pepper and earth.
On the palate are the distinctive notes of cherry, raspberry, plum, licorice, spice, herbs, leather, menthol and earth.
This wine is medium to full bodied medium + acidity with medium + firm rounded mouthcoating grippy tannins that moves easily into a long red fruit dry soil finish. This is a beautiful wine that will provide many years of enjoyment. Stay safe and healthy with a weekend full of love and joy. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 3 years ago
Freemark Abbey
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
This is the 2018 Freemark Abbey Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine is from Oakville, California a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 2% Malbec and 2% Petit Verdot.
On the nose there is black cherry, blackberry, herbal notes, black currant, baking spice, chocolate, pencil shavings, green bell pepper and dark earth.
On the palate is black cherry, blackberry, plum, black currant, violet, green bell pepper, mocha, black pepper, pencil shavings, and earth.
This is medium to full bodied with a smooth plush mouthfeel medium+ to high acidity and medium+ fine grippy tannins that seamlessly moves to a long red & black fruit pencil lead finish. A very nice wine that has many years to go. Have a great weekend and please stay safe and healthy. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 3 years ago
Somm David T
Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator
Every time I have an older BV Tapestry, 15-25 yrs, I am always impressed with their better vintages. 2007 the rule rather than the exception. This when released in 2009-10 was between $35-$40 depending on when & where you purchased it. Having stated the above, these have proven to better than some to many Napa Cabernets costing $125 to $175 with the right long age. Bought in the last six months on the secondary market for $55 if my memory hasn’t failed me.
Tonight from a corvined bottle over the weekend still shows youthfulness but has excellent integration & evolution. Still has 12-15 years of good drinking ahead.
Ripe & lush, touch candied, dark currants, blackberries, black raspberries, the darkest cherries, black plum, baked strawberries & haunting blueberries/raspberries. Sweet tarriness, dry twig, powdery limestone, anise to some black licorice, soft, wet herbs, baking soda, dry top soil, nutmeg, soft clove, cinnamon, vanillin, dark spices, withering & candied flowers that are dark, red, blue framed in lavender & liquid violets.
The palate shows lush, ripe with M+ velvety rounded tannins. Lush dark currants, blackberries, black raspberries, the darkest cherries, black plum, baked strawberries & haunting blueberries/raspberries. Sweet tarriness, dry leather, used tobacco with ash, lead pencil shavings, dry twig, powdery limestone, anise to some black licorice, moist & dry herbs, baking soda, dry top soil, nutmeg, soft clove, cinnamon stick, vanillin, dark spices, withering & candied flowers that are dark, red, blue framed in lavender & liquid violets, pretty acidity and a finish that is; well balanced/structured/knitted, elegantly polished that last two-minutes and lands evenly on fruits, soft earth notes & deep spices as it sets. — 3 months ago