Classic Belair. Elegance and finesse. Lovely black currant and cherry fruit with some meaty smoke, earth, truffle, and tobacco. This is a very pretty and tremendous food wine with great freshness and focus. I tasted this at Belair as a barrel sample in...

I consumed this over the course of two nights. On night one, it started out completely shut down. It took 3-4 hours before the flavors and nose began to emerge. Last night (on night 2), this drank beautifully. Restrained, elegant, finessed. Lovely...

We celebrated Thanksgiving with friends last night, and of course, we opened a little wine. It was a very eclectic lineup. but with the exception of one wine, we had some really nice wines and equally nice surprises. For those of you who are into...

Fun wine to drink. Still on the youthful side and certainly velvety and medium bodied. Cherry, plum and blackberry fruit spectrum with red licorice, earth, and tree bark. A little light on the garrigue for my taste, and it falls just a tiny bit short...

Last Sunday, we assembled at the Jahnke's for our November wine salon. Food was delicious and we tasted through a bunch of Australian wines. As you read my notes, please bear in mind that I have generally abdicated the idea of drinking Aussie wines, so...