I've been enjoying Duckhorn Merlot for decades. The 2023 release, a blend of 78% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Malbec, 1% C ...

The 2022 Howell Mountain is the most refined of this producer's Cabernet trio, particularly impressive given the warmth of the v ...

Savoury and textural, with yellow fruit, baked red berry, vanilla, toast and peppery spice. Creamy and full, finishing with a ta ...

Plum, cherry and baked strawberry. Creamy texture and chalky minerality bring tension, freshness and pleasing length.

A very inviting nose with its complex medley of fruit and stylish oak, accompanied by a flick of reductive flintiness. The silky ...

An extremely captivating Poyferré this year. Beautiful vivid and vibrant colour in the glass with soft rose and violets on the n ...

Less aromatic than I was expecting, but still very berry-led. I like the light-hearted style, but it feels a little over simplif ...

The estate makes two single-site bottlings from the neighbouring MGAs of Rabajà and Rabajà-Bas. Trying them side by side is a fa ...

A powerful, menthol-drenched Amarone full of dried cherry and aromatic red berries, concentrated and spicy with some chalky tann ...

This Oakville Cabernet was aged for 20–22 months in 40% new French oak, with just two barrels produced. Ripe mixed berry fruit l ...

Chenin King' Ken Forrester makes 23 passes through the vineyard to pick grapes at perfect ripeness for his FMC. It's a labour of ...

Super-bright and citrus-driven, with lifted peach and lemon zest layered over saline minerality. Dry, zippy and refreshing, yet ...