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Emiliana Coyam 2019, Los Robles Estate, Colchagua Valley
Colchagua Valley, Chile$29.95
Cant add much to the reviews already posted here. This is a very fine, flavourful red from Chile, with lovely balance....the fruit, oak, tannin, acidity all spot on. Picked this up at $26.95 ($3 off at the time, which was just a few months ago). However, yet another wine at the LCBO has seen a significant price increase....this is up $5. An excellent wine, Taste Mar 2023.
4.0 Stars
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Clos St Antonin Côtes Du Rhône 2016
Rhône, France$19.95
Spot-on Cotes du Rhone for sure - ripe fruit, herbs, pepper, seductive. Yet another example of how this region can produce excellent reds without having to pay a small fortune. Delicious! Tasted Feb 2021.
4.0 Stars
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Château De Montfaucon 2016, Ap Lirac, Rhône
Rhône, France$29.52
Clearly a wine made respecting the terroir, this is a red that can be from nowhere but the south Rhone. Complex, with intense spicy red fruit, firm tannin and a long dry finish. Oak, if any is used, has no impact on the flavours. Really delicious wine here though another year in bottle would not hurt. Wines like this remind me why I don't ante up bigger bucks for Chateaneuf. Tasted Oct 2021.
4.0 Stars
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Piano Dei Daini 2015, Doc Etna Rosso
Sicily, Italy$20.25
Ripe, smoky, firm and silky. A bit like Pinot Noir and Barolo. Fine wine. Tasted April 2020.
4.0 Stars
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Avignonesi Vino Nobile Di Montepulciano 2019, Vino Nobile Di Montepulciano D.O.C.G.
Tuscany, Italy$39.99
A fine Vino Nobile from the ever reliable Avignonesi. Deceptively firm, the tannin are smooth. Herbs and red fruit lead the way, with a hint of medicinal notes (not in a bad way). Oak goes unnoticed. And made with organic grape, which is always a positive. Fine wine. Drinking very nicely now, but I can see this holding another 3-5 years. Tasted April 2025.
4.0 Stars
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Paitin Ca Veja Nebbiolo D'alba 2017, D.O.C.
Piedmont, Italy$34.95
If Paitin had put "Barbaresco" on the label and offered it for $34.95, this would be considered a huge bargain. Fine Nebbiolo, with plenty of red fruit, brisk acidity and firm tannin....long finish too. Just entering it's drinking window I should say. Now to 2029. Tasted March 2024.
4.0 Stars
Tenuta San Guido Le Difese 2020, Castagneto Carducci, Igt Toscana
Tuscany, Italy$43.95
Quite intense currant and cherry flavours, so clearly the Sangiovese component is taking the lead here. Medium bodied, but to me this still seems a bit tight and not giving everything it might down the road. I am more in agreement with David, this needs more time. Give it until 2027. Tasted Apr 2025.
4.0 Stars
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Lagar De Codegua Mourvedre Cachapoal Valley 2019, D.O. Rancagua Alto Cachapoal Valley
Cachapoal Valley, Chile$27.95
Fine Mourvedre here from Cachapoal Valley. Made in a non-manipulative way - without filtration/fining, aged all old oak, wild fermented. And this comes through in a wine full of energy and complex flavours. Not unlike fine Cotes du Rhone Villages. Super wine. I'd suggest giving this another year or so in bottle or decant if drinking now. Tasted Oct 2022.
4.0 Stars
Vinosia Santandrea Taurasi 2017, D.O.C.G.
Campania, Italy$26.90
Really interesting and delicious wine. Plenty of ripe fruit, firm tannin with hints of herbs and smoke (ash?). Long finishing. Oak is so well-integrated it is but an after-thought, Drinking just fine right now, but can certainly hold if you like even more mature flavours. Tasted Nov 2024.
4.0 Stars
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Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc 2021, Marlborough, South Island
Marlborough, New Zealand$25.95
Crisp, fresh, citrusy yet with an exotic ripe side to it. Complex, long finishing and simply delicious, A superb Sauvignon Blanc. I should think that this is worthy of buying at least 2 -3 bottles. One to try now, the others to see how this ages. I suspect this should hold for at least 4-5 years, Tasted Sep 2022.
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