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Vintage	Producer	Product Name	Notes	Source	Score	Sell Sheet	Updated
2014	Rocca di Castagnoli	Poggio a'Frati Chianti Classico Riserva	The 2014 Chianti Classico Riserva Poggio a'Frati is a powerful, virile wine. Readers will have to be patient, as the 2014 is quite imposing today. Iron, smoke, tobacco, wild red cherry and rose petal are enshrouded by a wall of potent, sinewy tannins and bright acids. A deep core of fruit lurks in the background, just waiting to emerge. This is a fabulous wine in the making.	Vinous	92		2019-03-15
2016	Rocca di Castagnoli	Chianti Classico	The 2016 Chianti Classico offers a super-appealing combination of dense, pliant fruit and supporting structure. Succulent red cherry, white pepper, mint and dried flowers all flesh out in the glass. Ideally, readers should plan on cellaring the 2016 for at least a few years. This is a very serious wine.	Vinous	92		2019-03-15
2016	Morgan Winery	Chardonnay Double L Vineyard	Aged 10 months in 15% new French oak, the 2016 Chardonnay Double L is a step up in quality and is a more serious, layered Chardonnay. White peach, white flowers, honeysuckle, and a touch of brioche all emerge from this silky, elegant effort that has racy acidity, terrific balance, and a great finish. Drink it any time over the coming 5-7 years, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see it keep longer.	Jeb Dunnuck	92		2019-03-13
2016	Morgan Winery	Twelve Clones Pinot Noir	The 2016 Pinot Noir Twelve Clones (aged ten months in 38% new French oak) offers ample black cherry, violet, and scorched earth aromatics, hints of background oak, medium body, and a beautiful fruit forward, balanced, layered style on the palate. It’s a winner.	Jeb Dunnuck	93		2019-03-13
2016	Morgan Winery	Pinot Noir Double L Vineyard	Another head-turner is the 2016 Pinot Noir Double L, which was also destemmed and spent ten months in 50% new oak. It’s a tight, vibrant, youthful effort offering medium-bodied notes of blackberry and black cherry fruits intermixed with plenty of spice, scorched earth, and background oak. With beautiful purity, terrific balance, and again, a vibrant texture, it will be better with a year of bottle age and keep for upwards of a decade.	Jeb Dunnuck	94		2019-03-13
2015	Carol Shelton	Wild Thing Zinfandel	A wonderful, deep blackberry-jam aroma and equally expressive fruit flavors on the palate give this wine a lot of enjoyment. This feels full and firm, with tones of blackberry, boysenberry, baking spice and dash of oaky complexity from 35% new barrels.	Wine Enthusiast	92		2019-03-06
2014	Carol Shelton	Karma Reserve Sonoma County	This blends 70% Zinfandel with 14% Petite Sirah, 6% Alicante Bouschet, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Carignane and 2% Viognier. It succeeds in its full embrace of juicy red berry and big tannin concentration, showing good structure and powerful waves of caramel and pie crust.	Wine Enthusiast	90		2019-03-06
2015	Chateau du Moulin Rouge	Haut Medoc Cru Bourgeois	Graphite, dark-plum and blackberry aromas with leafy nuances. The palate has a strong core of firm linear tannins, while the fruits are in the blue-plum and blackberry spectrum. Long regal finish. Try from 2022.	James Suckling	93		2019-03-04
2018	Barker's Marque	The Loop Sauvignon Blanc Awatere Valley	The iconic New Zealand aromatics draw you in with tart gooseberry and grapefruit. Grown in dry, windy cool-climate conditions, the acidity is striking, with notes of crisp lime “ice,” which melts across the palate. Tarragon and brushy notes get a hint of spice darting on the palate, but the overall texture (some weight from 3% of the wine fermented in old oak) is superb. For us, The Loop was the perpetual motion of sip and re-sip.	The Tasting Panel	91		2019-03-04
2015	Bodegas Y Vinedos Ilurce	Rio Mazos	Deep ruby-red. A hugely perfumed bouquet evokes red and blue fruit preserves, incense, potpourri, star anise and smoky minerals. Stains the palate with sweet black raspberry, boysenberry, violet pastille and spicecake flavors that display a compelling blend of richness and energy. Finishes impressively long and lively, with resonating floral and spice character and fine-grained tannins that come on late.	Vinous	93		2019-02-27