wennnny/wine_review · Datasets at Hugging Face

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90,644	us	This is a big, dry Rhône-style wine with a medium color. It offers aromas of wild berry, earth and oak, along with clove and pomegranate-juice flavors and a firm, tannic texture. It's not what you'd call a cocktail wine, but it should be versatile at mealtime with meats and pastas.	Old Vine	89	19
30,848	us	Fragrant, with aromas of pear, pink grapefruit and wet stones. Similar flavors carry onto the palate, which also tosses out some banana and melon. The finish is thinner than might be expected given the fact that this has a soft, big body.	Soliloquy	87	18
34,936	portugal	A firm, structured blend of 50-50 Pinot Noir and Touriga Nacional, this wine is rich and made to age. A dense texture underlies the ripe blackberry fruits and firm tannins. Aged for 18 months in wood, the wine needs time to mature further. Drink from 2018.	Consensus Pinot Noir-Touriga Nacional	91	19
98,559	italy	This is a gorgeous, compelling wine of power and finesse. It has a captivating fragrance of earth, leather, black fruit and incense accented with whiffs of exotic spice. The palate is rich but refined, delivering ripe black cherry, blue berry, tobacco and baking spices along with enveloping, velvety tannins. Drink 2016–2036.	Radici Riserva	95	75
80,894	us	Seems a bit hard and lean for a ‘99, especially a reserve. Pretty tannic now, although there's some blackberry fruit at the core. Oak provides additional nuances of smoke and spice. Hard to tell where it's going.	Reserve	87	70
29,018	germany	Loosen's Grosses Gewächs bottling from old vines is plump, custardy and slightly sweet-tasting, buoyed by ample ripe apple and peach flavors and tinged with hints of lime, fern fronds and crushed stone. It might well have been more impressive served in a different (sweeter) flight; in this context it seemed slightly soft.	Ürziger Würzgarten Alte Reben GG Trocken	87	42
38	italy	Inky in color, this wine has plump aromas of ripe fruit, blackberry jam and rum cake. On the palate, it is soft and smooth.	I Tratturi	86	11
77,094	austria	Fresh and spicy form the first impression: ripe pear and moss, stone fruit and yeast combine to create an inviting, rounded and rich sensation. The palate adds the requisite freshness and surprises with wonderful concentration. Yellow plum and juicy pear shimmer, always edged with savory yeast. Tons of character and great length are present, and yet demonstrate no heaviness at all. What a lovely but honest wine!	Sauberg Reserve	93	29
78,499	portugal	Big and spicy wood flavors dominate this rich, expressive wine. With its black currant and berry flavors, it's both fruity and structured. There is dense dryness as well that gives concentration to back up the fruitiness.	Solo Reserva	89	13
21,823	us	This blend of 43% Zinfandel, 30% Syrah, 20% Merlot, 6% Petite Sirah and 1% “other,” this is overly acidic and watery, with thin fruit flavors.	Winemaker's Reserve	81	12
53,184	us	This is the winery's small-production, high-end Chardonnay, which shows the brilliant essence of Edna Valley. Few Chardonnays in the state are this streamlined, low in alcohol, crisp and minerally. An accomplishment in this day and age of fat, oaky bottlings, this has a steely taste that is relieved by subtle hints of lime, vanilla and buttered toast. Only 600 cases were produced.	Califa Selection	94	40
101,185	germany	Pristine white peach mingles with saffron, candle wax and dusty minerals in this enticingly spry wine, but the shriekingly high acidity cuts the palate with a razor's edge. Welcome touches of honey add some balance towards the finish.	Serrig Schloss Saarsteiner Spätlese Erste Lage	87	42
86,228	italy	Il Tesoro is a pure expression of Merlot. The wine will immediately grab your attention thanks to generous and refined notes of sweet cherry, blueberry, vanilla bean, licorice, Indian spice and chocolate fudge. It imparts deliciously soft, velvety tannins in the mouth.	Il Tesoro	91	43
102,144	us	Inviting aromas of baked blueberries are leveled by crushed asphalt and dried herbs on the refined nose of this bottling. Stewed strawberry and red plum flavors are elegantly cut by more crushed stone, dried spearmint and a touch of sweet tobacco, all held together by grippy tannins.	Mortal Zin	90	38
19,789	us	Temecula vintner Phil Baily is one of this warmer region's strongest proponents for upholding complexity over ripeness. This bottling offers red currant, cedar, leather and minty chocolate on the nose, while the palate conveys lots of herbal influence, from peppercorn, licorice and dill to minty black raspberry and eucalyptus oil. All those elements need more time to integrate. Drink 2019–2023.	Estate Bottled	90	65
9,842	france	This soft wine is fruity, spicy and full of juicy red fruits. It offers plenty of acidity as well as a layer of tannins. An easy, open wine, it is ready to drink.	Bel-Air	86	13
2,440	us	This very approachable and likable wine puts the typical dried-grass aromas atop stone fruit scents. The palate is very herb-tinged, with parsley, thyme and rosemary finding a nice symbiosis with the riper nectarine and melon flesh.	Flume Crossing	90	14
115,319	england	Restrained notes of tart red berry and pink grapefruit play on the nose of this wine. The palate is taut but has an appetizing touch of wet stone along with fresh, fruity notes and a mellow but bright autolytic core that creates a harmonious impression. Tiny bubbles fizz away beatifically, sure in the knowledge that they go straight to your heart. This is quietly convincing, just being its very elegant self.	Rosé Bella	94	85

90,644

us

This is a big, dry Rhône-style wine with a medium color. It offers aromas of wild berry, earth and oak, along with clove and pomegranate-juice flavors and a firm, tannic texture. It's not what you'd call a cocktail wine, but it should be versatile at mealtime with meats and pastas.

Old Vine

89

19

30,848

us

Fragrant, with aromas of pear, pink grapefruit and wet stones. Similar flavors carry onto the palate, which also tosses out some banana and melon. The finish is thinner than might be expected given the fact that this has a soft, big body.

Soliloquy

87

18

34,936

portugal

A firm, structured blend of 50-50 Pinot Noir and Touriga Nacional, this wine is rich and made to age. A dense texture underlies the ripe blackberry fruits and firm tannins. Aged for 18 months in wood, the wine needs time to mature further. Drink from 2018.

Consensus Pinot Noir-Touriga Nacional

91

19

98,559

italy

This is a gorgeous, compelling wine of power and finesse. It has a captivating fragrance of earth, leather, black fruit and incense accented with whiffs of exotic spice. The palate is rich but refined, delivering ripe black cherry, blue berry, tobacco and baking spices along with enveloping, velvety tannins. Drink 2016–2036.

Radici Riserva

95

75

80,894

us

Seems a bit hard and lean for a ‘99, especially a reserve. Pretty tannic now, although there's some blackberry fruit at the core. Oak provides additional nuances of smoke and spice. Hard to tell where it's going.

Reserve

87

70

29,018

germany

Loosen's Grosses Gewächs bottling from old vines is plump, custardy and slightly sweet-tasting, buoyed by ample ripe apple and peach flavors and tinged with hints of lime, fern fronds and crushed stone. It might well have been more impressive served in a different (sweeter) flight; in this context it seemed slightly soft.

Ürziger Würzgarten Alte Reben GG Trocken

87

42

38

italy

Inky in color, this wine has plump aromas of ripe fruit, blackberry jam and rum cake. On the palate, it is soft and smooth.

I Tratturi

86

11

77,094

austria

Fresh and spicy form the first impression: ripe pear and moss, stone fruit and yeast combine to create an inviting, rounded and rich sensation. The palate adds the requisite freshness and surprises with wonderful concentration. Yellow plum and juicy pear shimmer, always edged with savory yeast. Tons of character and great length are present, and yet demonstrate no heaviness at all. What a lovely but honest wine!

Sauberg Reserve

93

29

78,499

portugal

Big and spicy wood flavors dominate this rich, expressive wine. With its black currant and berry flavors, it's both fruity and structured. There is dense dryness as well that gives concentration to back up the fruitiness.

Solo Reserva

89

13

21,823

us

This blend of 43% Zinfandel, 30% Syrah, 20% Merlot, 6% Petite Sirah and 1% “other,” this is overly acidic and watery, with thin fruit flavors.

Winemaker's Reserve

81

12

53,184

us

This is the winery's small-production, high-end Chardonnay, which shows the brilliant essence of Edna Valley. Few Chardonnays in the state are this streamlined, low in alcohol, crisp and minerally. An accomplishment in this day and age of fat, oaky bottlings, this has a steely taste that is relieved by subtle hints of lime, vanilla and buttered toast. Only 600 cases were produced.

Califa Selection

94

40

101,185

germany

Pristine white peach mingles with saffron, candle wax and dusty minerals in this enticingly spry wine, but the shriekingly high acidity cuts the palate with a razor's edge. Welcome touches of honey add some balance towards the finish.

Serrig Schloss Saarsteiner Spätlese Erste Lage

87

42

86,228

italy

Il Tesoro is a pure expression of Merlot. The wine will immediately grab your attention thanks to generous and refined notes of sweet cherry, blueberry, vanilla bean, licorice, Indian spice and chocolate fudge. It imparts deliciously soft, velvety tannins in the mouth.

Il Tesoro

91

43

102,144

us

Inviting aromas of baked blueberries are leveled by crushed asphalt and dried herbs on the refined nose of this bottling. Stewed strawberry and red plum flavors are elegantly cut by more crushed stone, dried spearmint and a touch of sweet tobacco, all held together by grippy tannins.

Mortal Zin

90

38

19,789

us

Temecula vintner Phil Baily is one of this warmer region's strongest proponents for upholding complexity over ripeness. This bottling offers red currant, cedar, leather and minty chocolate on the nose, while the palate conveys lots of herbal influence, from peppercorn, licorice and dill to minty black raspberry and eucalyptus oil. All those elements need more time to integrate. Drink 2019–2023.

Estate Bottled

90

65

9,842

france

This soft wine is fruity, spicy and full of juicy red fruits. It offers plenty of acidity as well as a layer of tannins. An easy, open wine, it is ready to drink.

Bel-Air

86

13

2,440

us

This very approachable and likable wine puts the typical dried-grass aromas atop stone fruit scents. The palate is very herb-tinged, with parsley, thyme and rosemary finding a nice symbiosis with the riper nectarine and melon flesh.

Flume Crossing

90

14

115,319

england

Restrained notes of tart red berry and pink grapefruit play on the nose of this wine. The palate is taut but has an appetizing touch of wet stone along with fresh, fruity notes and a mellow but bright autolytic core that creates a harmonious impression. Tiny bubbles fizz away beatifically, sure in the knowledge that they go straight to your heart. This is quietly convincing, just being its very elegant self.

Rosé Bella

94

85