Margan Family Hunter Valley Semillon 2018, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia: From the Hunter Valley, New South Wales wine region, Margan Family 2018 Semillon is simply gorgeous with floral aromas, beeswax, honeyed melon, ripe peach and lime-lemon zest flavours with an elegant finish and a spicy mineral tang. Love Hunter Valley Semillon. The vines for this wine were planted in the 1960s in the red volcanic soil of the Fordwich Sill. The winery is fully accredited for environmental sustainable initiatives through Entwine. Pair with veal or roast chicken. Drink: 2021-2023. 493338 12.50% XD 750 mL $17.25 Score: 91/100. February 19, 2021
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Malivoire Wine Company Melon 2019, Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment, Ontario V.Q.A., Canada Drink: 2020-2021. 12% D 750 mL $21.95. March 6, 2020
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By Chadsey's Cairns Winery Chenin Blanc 2016, Prince Edward County, Canada Drink: 2020-2022. 12% D 750 mL $20.00. March 1, 2012
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Montes Purple Angel Carmenere / Petit Verdot 2011, Colchagua Valley DO, Chile: Purple Angel will make you feel as though you've gone to heaven aloft a cloud of sensory pleasure. Can one wine pack more flavour into the bottle? I'm skeptical. The grape Carmenere resurfaced in Chile about 12 years ago after being believed extinct when the root louse phylloxera hit Bordeaux, its original home, in 1880. In Chile it's called the "Jurassic Grape" because it returned from so-called extinction. Montes grapes are planted on steep vineyards for maximum drainage. This vintage is a blend of 92% Carmenere, 8% petite Verdot aged for 18 months in French and American oak barrels. If you love full-bodied, juicy, fruit-forward wines, this is your apogee as it also has all of those other great hallmarks of superb wine: complexity, balance and finish. Yes please! Drink: 2014-2020. 62364 14% XD 750 mL $85.00 Score: 95/100. December 6, 2014
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Halos de Jupiter 2016, Côtes Du Rhône, Rhône A.C., France: A full-bodied southern French red wine from the Rhine Valley with gorgeous aromas of black fruit and pleasantly bitter, dry finish. Winemaker Michel Gassier and oenologist Philippe Cambie have crafted a blockbuster here. Pair with roast duck. Drink: 2018-2021. 276956 15% XD 750 mL $18.95 Score: 92/100. November 9, 2018
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Königschaffhauser Vulkanfelsen Pinot Gris Trocken 2019, Baden Qualitätswein, Germany: From the Baden-Kaiserstuhl wine region, Königschaffhauser Vulkanfelsen 2019 Pinot Gris is fragrant, lush and vibrant with ripe pear, melon and ripe apricot flavours mouth-filling and fresh on the palate. The wine is made from 100% Pinot Gris from a single-vineyard in the Kaiserstuhl subregion. Drinking beautifully now. Chill and pour with a grilled pork tenderloin. Drink: 2021-2023. 597500 13% D 750 mL $17.95 Score: 90/100. February 19, 2021
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Bollina Zenas Primitivo 2018, Puglia I.G.T., Italy Drink: 2020-2023. 13629 14% M 750 mL $17.00. March 25, 2020
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Tiefenbrunner Pinot Grigio 2019, Alto Adige-Trentino I.G.T., Italy: A lemon-lime zesty Pinot Grigio from the Vigneti Delle Dolomiti, extra dry with bright green apple, pear, herbal and grassy flavours mouth-watering on the palate. Lots to love here. Pair with brunch dishes, eggs Benedict with an extra rich hollandaise sauce -- this wine can handle it! Drink: 2020-2022. 474742 12.50% XD 750 mL $19.95 Score: 89/100. February 1, 2021
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Ramirez de la Piscina Crianza 2015, Rioja D.O.C.A., Spain: A great value Rioja Crianza produced from hand-harvested Tempranillo wine grapes. Smoky with ripe cherry, tobacco leaf and vanilla aromas on the nose with dark cherry, red berry, vanilla and spicy flavours velvety on the palate. Drink or hold. Pair with a roast Porchetta. Drink: 2021-2025. 383018 14% D 750 mL $20.95 Score: 90/100. January 19, 2021
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