2020
2020
Château de Carles 2020 Haut-Carles Fronsac
French Red
Fresh blackcurrant, raspberry, cherry, blueberry, violet and cornflower accompany star anise, nutmeg and toast. The wine has freshness, concentration, energy and fine tannins, with a long aftertaste. A fresh-sap character and a slight chewiness are also present in the profile. The vineyard is farmed under a sustainable approach in the Fronsac appellation, within France's Bordeaux region.
I Vigneri 2020 Etna Rosso
Italian Red
Woodland berries, volcanic stone, unripe cherry and undergrowth appear together. Marked tannins and acidity accompany a mineral character and good persistence. The red colour is vivid rather than intense. Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio form the blend, with fruit drawn from mountain vineyards around Randazzo. Day-to-night temperature changes and volcanic soil form part of the growing conditions.
Podere Sottoilnoce 2020 Funambol
Italian Sparkling
Trebbiano di Spagna comes from certified-organic, twenty-five-year-old vines rooted in clay and limestone. Fermentation is spontaneous, and the wine is bottle-fermented, unfined and unfiltered. Yellow citrus, field flowers, aromatic herbs and mineral notes accompany citric acidity, fine bubbles and a dry, savoury finish. Residual sugar is below one gram per litre, while total sulphites remain under ten milligrams per litre.
Domaine de Compostelle 2020 Pomerol
French Red
Merlot makes up eighty-five percent of the blend, with fifteen percent Cabernet Franc. Cassis, roasted cherry, black fruit and pepper sit alongside mineral detail, juiciness, violet and incense. The tannins are racy, while the texture is round and supple with freshness. The finish is persistent, smooth and soft. Production totals twelve thousand thirty-four bottles, with maturation divided between tank and barrel.
Domaine Edmond Cornu & Fils 2020 Ladoix Vieilles Vignes
French Red
Bright red colour accompanies wild blackberry, occasional wild cherry and a slight vanilla note from barrel ageing. The wine is round and full, with tannic structure. Pinot Noir comes from Burgundy's Ladoix appellation. Darker fruit and dark-toned spice appear beside broad fruit. Finesse is also present. The domaine sits at the foot of the Corton hill.
Bénédicte & Stéphane Tissot 2020 DD Arbois Rouge
French Red
Cherry, raspberry and crunchy plum accompany an iron-like mineral note. The texture is tender, with broad tannins. The blend is 40 percent Poulsard, 30 percent Trousseau and 30 percent Pinot Noir. Spontaneous fermentation and a long maceration are followed by three months in very old barrels. The vineyards are farmed biodynamically, and no sulphur is added.
Borja Pérez 2020 Ignios Orígenes Listán Negro
Spanish Red
Textural, deep and complex, this red is made from old-vine, ungrafted Listán Negro grown in the Bellavista Norte parcel. Whole stems ferment in concrete before twelve months in a four-year-old foudre. The wine comes from Tenerife's Ycoden-Daute-Isora appellation. Its northern Tenerife setting includes volcanic soils, Atlantic conditions and Alisios winds. Production totals 2,584 bottles.
Stolpman Vineyards 2020 So Fresh GDG Gamay
American Red
Bright, clear red colour accompanies high-toned fruit, pine and hop notes. Rhubarb, salted plum, oregano and dried rose petals appear with a savoury side and crunchy texture. The Gamay comes from own-rooted vines planted in Ballard Canyon. Carbonic maceration is used, and no sulphur is added. Some fruit is sourced elsewhere in Santa Barbara County.
Voerzio Martini 2020 Ciabot della Luna Langhe Nebbiolo
Italian Red
Ruby colour with purple reflections accompanies high-toned red fruit, floral, earthy and herbal notes. Acidity and superfine tannins sit alongside fruit flavours. The perfume is delicate, fine and intense, while the taste is full and appropriately tannic. Fruit comes from the Langhe in Piedmont, and the wine is made entirely from Nebbiolo under Langhe DOC.
Forge Cellars 2020 Freese Dry Riesling
American White
White pepper, apricot and saline detail appear in a dry Riesling. Fruit comes from Freese Vineyard on the east side of Seneca Lake at Lodi, where gentle slopes sit on loam with shale. Grapes were hand harvested, sorted and whole-cluster pressed. Indigenous-yeast fermentation took place in barrel. Residual sugar is 2.5 grams per litre, with 580 cases produced.
Forge Cellars 2020 Wagner Caywood East Dry Riesling
American White
Apricot, quince and ripe peach accompany lemon peel and flinty mineral notes. The Riesling has concentration, fresh acidity and structure. Fruit comes from a high-elevation vineyard on shale soils east of Seneca Lake. The long, windswept site has a steep slope, reaches the crest and includes bands of gravelly soil. Spontaneous fermentation takes place in neutral barrel.
Domaine Besson 2020 Chablis Premier Cru Vaillons
French White
Pale yellow colour accompanies white blossom and yellow fruit. The Chardonnay is round and generous, with yellow-fruit flavour. Grapes come from 2.46 hectares of clay-limestone soils in Vaillons. Slow, low-pressure pressing precedes fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel, with eight percent fermented in oak. Lees ageing lasts eighteen months in steel, with a small portion kept in oak barrels.
Blank Canvas 2020 Escaroth Vineyard Pinot Noir
New Zealand Red
Hazy cherry colour accompanies tart cherry, olive tapenade, forest moss, cherry blossom and pomegranate. The Pinot Noir comes from a dry-farmed, north-facing slope in Taylor Pass, planted on low-vigour clay. Half the fruit fermented as whole clusters, with the balance destemmed and crushed. Natural fermentation lasted fifteen days before twelve months in low-toast French oak and three months in tank.
Forge Cellars 2020 Peach Orchard Dry Riesling
American White
Honeysuckle and orange blossom accompany white peach and mirabelle plum. Wet stone and lemon pith are also present in this dry Riesling. Fruit comes from the east side of Seneca Lake, on Howard gravelly silt loam. Grapes were hand harvested, sorted and whole-cluster pressed. Indigenous-yeast fermentation took place in barrel, with 3.6 grams per litre of residual sugar.
Domaine Bailly-Reverdy 2020 Sancerre Rouge
French Red
Deep ruby and violet colour accompanies fresh and candied red fruit, including strawberry, raspberry, blackcurrant and blackberry. The Pinot Noir has a structured mouthfeel with coated tannins and welcome acidity. The vintage was harvested over nearly a month, with red grapes among the first picked. Vatting and extraction were adjusted to the condition of the fruit during the harvest.
Résonance 2020 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir
American Red
A bright ruby colour accompanies strawberry, raspberry, wild cherry and blackberry, with subtle floral and spice notes. The Pinot Noir has fine tannins and acidity with lasting freshness. The cuvée blends fruit from Willamette Valley vineyards, including the Résonance and Découverte estate sites. It spends thirteen months in French-oak barrels, twenty percent new, and carries 13.5 percent alcohol.
Domaine Zind-Humbrecht 2020 Roche Calcaire Pinot Gris
French White
Citrus, peach, nectarine and quince sit with toasted and earthy notes. The wine has a delicate profile, moderate weight and crisp acidity, especially at the finish. Hand-harvested Pinot Gris spends twelve months on its lees. The dry style is certified organic and biodynamic, and the fruit comes from limestone-rich vineyards around Gueberschwihr and Wintzenheim in Alsace.
Domaine du Couvent 2020 Les Jumelles Bourgogne Pinot Noir
French Red
The two adjacent Pinot Noir vineyard parcels located in Gevrey-Chambertin are named Grands Champs and Prunier. Together they cover one third of a hectare, with each parcel equal in area and similarly planted. Their clay-rich soils are associated with roundness, structure and power. Average production from the two parcels is seven Burgundy barrels per harvest.
Produttori del Barbaresco 2020 Pajè Riserva Barbaresco
Italian Red
Ruby red in colour, with fresh red fruit and herbal hints. Complex flavours combine bright fruit, lively acidity and a pleasantly tannic finish. Forest berry, mint, clove and new leather are also present, alongside red cherry, raspberry compote and liquorice. The 7.5-acre vineyard lies on a lower ridge near Asili, where cool wind from the Tanaro River reaches calcium-rich soil.
Giuseppe Mascarello 2020 Bricco Mirasole Dolcetto d’Alba
Italian Red
Deep ruby-red tends toward violet. The profile is winey, strong, fruity and varietal, with a very dry, typically bitterish taste and an intense, elegant, well-balanced character. Fruit comes from a vineyard in Castiglione Falletto. Selected, thinned estate fruit undergoes traditional floating-cap fermentation at controlled temperature, followed by stabilization in an inert tank without oak. Bottling occurs one year after harvest.
Mount Edward 2020 Ted Pinot Noir
New Zealand Red
Bright red-ruby in colour, with plum, coffee and herb aromas and flavours. Smooth tannins accompany a lively, medium-long finish. Redcurrant, raspberry, liquorice and dark chocolate are also present. The Pinot Noir is grown organically in Central Otago under New Zealand certification, and the bottle carries thirteen and one-half percent alcohol. The overall texture is soft and supple.
Simonnet-Febvre 2020 Irancy Paradis Pinot Noir
French Red
Intense violet colour accompanies berries and blackberries. Present, melted tannins give the wine power and length, with roundness and firmness in balance. Pinot Noir grows on limestone marl in a south- to southwest-facing amphitheatre protected from northerly winds. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel, followed by eighteen months of ageing divided between eighty-five percent stainless steel and fifteen percent oak.
Tedeschi 2020 Marne 180 Amarone della Valpolicella
Italian Red
Fruit from hillside Valpolicella vineyards is dried for about four months in a controlled environment. Maturation lasts three years in Slavonian oak, followed by at least six months in bottle. Aromatic freshness, substantial structure, balance and good acidity characterize the wine. The designation refers to marl soils and vineyard exposures running from southwest to southeast across a span of 180 degrees.
O’Rourke Family Estate 2020 Chardonnay
Canadian White
Crisp, refreshing apple and citrus appear with a little vanilla. White peach and melon accompany restrained toasted oak. The wine is midweight, textured, savoury and elegant, with fresh pastry, stony minerality and sage on the finish. Made entirely from Chardonnay, it comes from the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. The lightly oaked wine carries thirteen and a half percent alcohol.
Domaine Claude Riffault 2020 Sancerre Rouge La Noue
French Red
Garrigue, wormwood, violet, raspberry and blueberry accompany a silky texture, with chalky and lightly stemmy character. Fruit cake and tea leaf add further detail. Made entirely from Pinot Noir with whole bunches, the red comes from Sancerre in the Loire Valley. The organically farmed wine has a deep ruby colour, red-fruit detail, balance and a persistent finish.
Scopone 2020 Brunello di Montalcino
Italian Red
Ruby red colour with slight brightening at the rim accompanies plum and walnut. Mint, fresh thyme, refreshing acidity and somewhat coarse-grained tannins appear in the wine, together with a medium-long finish. Made entirely from Sangiovese, this Tuscan red comes from Brunello di Montalcino. Black cherry and slate appear alongside medium body, juicy tannins and a savoury finish.
Riecine 2020 Bianco di Riecine Trebbiano
Italian White
Intense orange colour carries flint reflections. Apricot, strawberry, glue and resin appear on the nose, followed by a fresh, medium-weight palate with slight tannin and a medicinal aftertaste. Made entirely from Trebbiano, the wine ferments in cocciopesto amphorae. Most stays on its skins, while a smaller portion ages without skins in new 500-litre tonneaux before blending.
Catena Zapata 2020 Malbec Argentino
Argentinian Red
Made entirely from Malbec, with 20% whole clusters and 80% whole berries, the fruit is hand-loaded into new French-oak barrels. Fermentation lasts seventeen to twenty-eight days with wild yeast, low temperatures and manual cap management. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation take place in barrel, followed by twelve to eighteen months in French oak. Fruit comes from Nicasia and Angélica vineyards.
Trediberri 2020 Berri Barolo
Italian Red
Light ruby colour accompanies currant, raspberry, cherry, violet, rose, asphalt, leather, mushroom and saffron. Long tannins, good concentration, freshness and a long finish are also present. Nebbiolo is harvested by hand and fermented with native yeast in steel for fourteen days. Ageing continues for twenty-one months in Slavonian oak as part of the wine's production.
Foradori 2020 Morei Teroldego
Italian Red
Dark and inward, the wine shows black cherry, balsam herbs, cinnamon and clove. It is round, with zesty acidity and inner spice. Dark red fruit, mineral notes, sweet tannin, concentration and silkiness are also present. Made from Teroldego under Demeter-certified biodynamic farming, the cuvée combines fruit, herbs, spice, minerality, roundness and a concentrated, silky character.