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Vintage	Producer	Product Name	Notes	Source	Score	Sell Sheet	Updated
2020	Giunta	Malbec Nouveau	Big bursts of spicy fruit. It smells like cooking herbs and blackberries. The palate is juicy and fat, with great acidity brightening everything up. This is an excellent wine to chill down and sip with a cheese plate, some good friends, and a sunset.	VinePair	90		2021-04-15
2017	I Custodi	Etna Rosso 'Pistus'	This is a terrific entry-level red from the talented folks at I Custodi. The 2017 Etna Rosso Pistus shows a dark color and a mid-weight style with dark cherry and blackberry. Those primary aromas are followed by the usual succession of oak spice and volcanic ash. Here, however, the delivery of those aromas is particularly bright and balanced. There's nothing too complicated in this wine, but it hits all the necessary pleasure points and would surely make a great companion to porcini mushroom risotto. The blend is 80-20 Nerellos Mascalese and Cappuccio. Some 32,000 bottles were made.	Wine Advocate	90		2021-04-14
2019	Prinz Von Hessen	Riesling Trocken 'Hessenstein'	Brimming with white fruit and flowers, this is an attractive, basic dry riesling for a region that has so often underperformed in this category. Properly dry balance and quite pronounced, lemony acidity at the very crisp finish make you think of salad. Drink now. Screw cap.	James Suckling	90		2021-04-09
2016	Keenan	Cabernet Sauvignon 'Reserve' Spring Mountain District	The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is dense, powerful and incredibly inviting. The 2016 brings together dense, unctuous fruit and terrific freshness. A classically built medium-bodied wine of the style that are seldom found in Napa Valley today. Hints of sage, lavender, espresso and menthol add aromatic intrigue, but it is the wine's balance and sense of proportion that I find most alluring today. This is a fabulous showing from Robert Keenan.	Vinous	96		2021-04-08
2016	Keenan	Cabernet Sauvignon 'Reserve' Spring Mountain District	This is equal parts merlot and cabernet sauvignon and has a very attractive array of ripe dark plums, mulberries and blackberries with earth and chocolate notes. The palate is very long, plush and has a clever fusion of power with elegance. As is the way with all Keenan 2016s, the oak is dialed-up high and needs time to settle. Try this from 2022.	James Suckling	93		2021-04-08
2018	Keuka Spring	Vidal Blanc Ice Wine	Pure aromas of lemonade, pineapple and honey-drizzled peach carry to the luscious, sweet palate. This is full in feel, utterly fruity and concentrated, yet balanced by wel-poised acidity.	Wine Enthusiast	92		2021-04-07
2018	Keuka Spring	Vidal Blanc Ice Wine	The 2018 Vidal Blanc Ice Wine was frozen on the vine, meaning the grapes are really from the 2017 harvest, but picked January 3, 2018, so it carries the 2018 vintage designation. It comes in with 220 grams of residual sugar and 9% alcohol. Kind of sensational, this is utterly delicious, but more than that, it is gorgeously balanced. Long, fresh and clean, this does everything well. Did I mention that it really tastes great too? This should age beautifully, acquiring more complexity as it goes along. It's not cheap, but making ice wine is expensive, and the price is fair for a wine that may last for decades. It might improve along the way too. There were 230 cases of half bottles produced.	Wine Advocate	92		2021-04-07
2020	Cuarto Dominio	Malbec 'Lote 44'	Notes of blackberry, plum and some lavender. Lightly chocolatey. Medium-bodied with creamy tannins. Juicy with a creamy feel on the mouth. Flavorful finish. Nice drinkability already. Easy and fine. Drink now.	James Suckling	90		2021-04-07
2019	Domaine Vauroux	Chablis 'Vieilles Vignes'	Aromas of dried apple, apricot, stone, lemon zest and curd. It’s medium-bodied with tangy acidity and a bright, flavorful finish. Drink or hold.	James Suckling	92		2021-04-06
2019	Jean-Marc Burgaud	Morgon Cote du Py 'Javernieres'	Slightly funky and very earthy, this is quite a radical and austere expression of Beaujolais. Tightly wound and pretty tannic, it needs some time for the violet and sour-cherry character to open up. Drink or hold.	James Suckling	92		2021-04-06