Winery - Whitehall Lane
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
For 40 bucks, this is a sumptuous, lush young wine that offers all the fancy fruit and oak you expect from an upscale Napa Cab.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Pretty nice Merlot, soft and sensual, like Merlot is supposed to be, and wonderfully ripe in blackberry, cherry, blueberry, plum, chocolate, cedar, vanilla and spice flavors. A pretty complex wine that finishes long and smooth. Drink now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
In Napa Valley, unless Sauvignon Blanc gets fully ripe, those gooseberries veer toward cat pee and mint. But there’s just enough pink grapefruit and honey flavors to save the day for this dry, crisp wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Made New Zealand style, this Sauvignon Blanc is strong in gooseberry, juniper, lime and white pepper flavors. It’s absolutely dry, with crisp acidity.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A richly concentrated wine with deep black-cherry and dark-plum fruit, balanced against ripe tannins. This complex yet powerful wine is a blend from five Napa vineyards. It’s mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with small bits of Merlot and Cabernet Franc. The finish is long and layered. Drink it now or cellar it for five to eight years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Displays intensity in the citrus, melon and fig flavors that are so rich and concentrated, they’re almost sweet. This is a crisp, dry wine, with a spicy finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Soft, gentle and seductive, with its cherry-chocolate, sweet green olive, vanilla and pecan pie flavors wowing the palate. Best of all are the tannins, which are rich and fine. They provide structure, while being sweet themselves. What a sensational Merlot. It deserves the best food you can rustle up.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
So ripe in black currant and mocha fruit, so rich in sweet tannins, so well structured. It’s an impeccable Cabernet that’s beautiful now, but should hold through the decade.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A lush, ripe wine packed with appealing black currant, cherry, cocoa and wintergeen flavors. Grip is provided by sweet, dusty tannins and fine acidity. Drink this stylish, dry wine now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A touch of the veggies, particularly asparagus and bell pepper, mix with citrus in this fuller-bodied white. While it isn’t exactly a heavyweight, the ample body is weighed down by lower than average acidity. On the back end, the long, persistent finish is adequate, but the green element that’s so present up front comes back in force.
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