The color is a bright ruby red. This characteristic wine is, at the nose, intense. It has a velvety texture with a balanced tannic content. In the mouth it feels dry and full with a pleasant acidulous note. It is best served between... Read More

Tasting Notes For Alexana Mosaic Pinot Noir 2023

Introducing our ‘Mosaic’ Pinot Noir, a testament to the unparalleled diversity of terroir within the Alexana's two Estate vineyards that are nestled on the backside... Read More

Style: White, aromatic, and floral. Some sources describe it as being in a Burgundian style, with topping off barrels (ouillage) to avoid oxidation and enhance the expression of terroir.

Tasting notes: Having vibrant acidity balanced... Read More

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The Pinot Noir Dundee Hills offers quality that sits well above its modest price tag with its pairing of concentrated flavors and a weightless frame. Medium ruby, it features cranberry sauce, pomegranate and rhubarb... Read More

Coming from Chacra’s oldest block of vines, planted in 1932, you might expect this to be the most concentrated wine, but it is actually the ballerina of the portfolio – strong but elegant, uplifting yet poised. A boney,... Read More

This is Greg Brewer’s appellation blend rather than his single-vineyard expressions, but it’s still incredibly dynamic and delicious. A fresh and fruity strawberry-slushie aroma is met with notes of crushed slate and... Read More

Aromas of freshly picked red and black cherries and wild strawberries with subtle hints of fresh rose and violet. Across the palate, this Pinot is medium bodied with flavors of juicy ripe strawberry, red raspberry, and cherry.... Read More

Actually a paler colour than the village Santenay, but a finer fruit, alpine strawberry and light raspberry, with sound acidity and slightly more refined tannins. Slightly more whole bunch vinification for this wine, around 20%.... Read More

A slightly riper nose of blue skinned fruit, plum, anise and more evident floral influence is complemented by the equally ripe, rich and opulent larger-bodied flavors where the seductive texture contrasts markedly with the firm,... Read More

Expected Arrival Time: September 2025

I asked for the blend rather than tackling the individual components. A fine bright rich purple. An exquisite bouquet, still a baby but you can feel that there is a multitude of detail to... Read More

Dense red to crimson. The bouquet is a little more closed than Les Suchots, but with a suggestion of a fair intensity of fruit to follow. Prettily floral, cherry and raspberry too, this is rather stylish, still with a little biscuit... Read More

The wine defends the Côte de Nuits Villages appellation with a beautiful allure. Its ambition is serene: to showcase the finesse of Pinot Noir. It develops a lively nose that ventilates notes of morello cherry and stone,... Read More

he 2023 Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru has a gorgeous bouquet that blossoms in the glass. Dark cherries, touches of violet and iodine just soar with aeration—wonderfully delineated. The palate is medium-bodied with... Read More

The coiled, intense 2023 Pinot Noir Bloom's Field is dark-fruited and floral on the nose, leading to a multidimensional palate that combines textural depth and breadth with stunning saturation and focus. The palate is vibrant... Read More

Domaine de la Côte ‘La Côte’ Pinot Noir 2023 stands as the estate’s flagship, sourced from a singular, windswept slope in California’s Sta. Rita Hills. Farmed organically and crafted with minimal... Read More

Despite its dark and brooding reticence on the nose, the 2023 Pinot Noir Memorious is shaping up to be a beautiful combination of polished, weightless, herbal and saline. The texture is beautifully lacy and dexterous, with a long,... Read More

Dense red to crimson. The bouquet is a little more closed than Les Suchots, but with a suggestion of a fair intensity of fruit to follow. Prettily floral, cherry and raspberry too, this is rather stylish, still with a little biscuit... Read More

Well-sculpted and elegantly dynamic, with lilting raspberry and pomegranate flavors laced with green tea, rose petal and savory spice accents. Ends with fine-grained tannins. Drink now through 2033.

An ultra-floral-suffused nose features airy aromas of mostly red berries and more discreet spice nuances. The highly energetic and beautifully detailed larger-bodied flavors possess excellent volume and minerality while delivering... Read More

The 2023 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru is lovely, offering up complex aromas of dark berries, cherries, vine smoke, spices and orange zest. Medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated, it's deep and fleshy, with an open-knit,... Read More

The 2023 Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru is beautiful, unwinding in the glass to reveal aromas of cherries, raspberries, violets and spices. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and layered, it's fleshy and sensual, its pure core of fruit... Read More