US

This is an impressive effort, especially considering it is the winery's mass-production cuv e. All in proportion, it's built upon an acid/mineral base, with tangy, just-ripe berry fruit. It feels quite delicate, yet has the persistence and structure of a more substantial wine. Aged for 10 months in one-quarter new French oak, it's worth tucking a few bottles away for a long-term look.

US

Ribbon Springs is the principal source for Adelsheim Pinots, so this vineyard selection is essentially a reserve. As with all these limited offerings, it impresses with rich aromatics and a plush mix of red berries, pomegranate and cherry fruit. There's a whiff of chamomile, a hint of animal, and the structure to age nicely through 2025.

US

This is smooth and harmonious from the dark color, to the baritone aromas of black cherry and cassis, to the rather full body, rich texture and firm tannins. Not too big and not too oaky, but well balanced for its impressive breadth of flavor.

pt

This single-estate wine is rich and opulent. Dark tannins and generous black fruits enhance this juicy wood-aged wine. A touch of mint gives a highlight to the polished feel. It needs aging, so drink from 2017.

es

Caramel, toffee, roasted nut and citrus aromas are prominent. A buttery mouthfeel gets a boost from vital acidity, while semisour, direct flavors of apricot and persimmon are offset by warm nuttiness. Toasted nut and saut ed mushroom flavors control the finish, which is a mile long.

US

OGV is the winery's estate vineyard, planted to several Pinot Noir clones. Made to age, it is light in color and elegant, depths of rhubarb and raspberry playing off each other to offer shades of savory and sweet. Earthy and mildly spicy, the wine's exotic nature and marathon finish should come hither even more forcefully with cellar time; try 2017C2021.

US

One of Foxen's block designates from the historic property, this offers scents of purple flowers, black soil and sharp dill. It's quite smooth once sipped and not very complicated, but with fresh raspberry and brown spice.

US

Fresh in tart strawberry, this Brice Jones' release hails from a vineyard 950 feet above the town of Annapolis, which is very near the coast. Its profile reflects its provenance, an earthy spiciness buoyed by tingling acidity and lengthy, leathery finish.

it

Made entirely from Nebbiolo, this boasts finesse and structure. Aromas of rose and red berry carry over to the palate alongside bright cherry and yeasty notes of baked bread. Crisp acidity generates freshness, while the elegant perlage gives a silky texture. It finishes bone-dry. Oliver McCrum, Volio Vino.

US

Cooked black cherry, black soil and a pinch of pine sap combine for an intriguing nose on this clonal study. The flavors are clove-driven around a pomegranate-cherry backdrop, with a touch of cola and expertly balanced tannins and acidity.

it

With its fragrance of wild flowers and red berries, this wine is as attractive as its unique, square-based bottle that allows for more contact between the yeasts and wine during secondary fermentation. Made with Pinot Noir, the crisp, savory palate boasts crushed raspberries, mineral and baking spices alongside a silky mousse. Extremely elegant.

US

Aromatic, with an elegant blend of mountain berries, just-ripe cherries and a refreshing minerality, this estate-grown fruit is farmed organically and biodynamically. The balance and detail are impressive.

pt

This is a great Alvarinho, full of ripe and creamy fruit that is so pure and crisp while bringing out a tight, mineral character. From the north of Vinho Verde, across the river from es, this shows the texture of the granite soil combined with the exceptional ripeness of the fruit. Age for a year, drink from the end of 2015.

US

A deep rose color, this pretty wine seduces with sweet cherry and red plum fruit, rounded out with a dollop of cinnamon spice and buoyed with moderate acidity. Full, forward, flavorful and built for medium-term aging, this should be enjoyed now through 2020.

US

Made to commemorate the sparkling wine the winery produced for the Reagan-Gorbachev Summit Meetings in the 1980s, this blends 74% Pinot Noir and 26% Chardonnay in a richer style, still dry, and just recently disgorged in July 2014. Complex and creamy, it offers a seductive nose of ripe apple and custard, the flavors following through in a medium-weight, mellowed way.

US

Made in a m thode Champenoise style, this is crafted from estate-grown fruit, the color crimson pink, the flavors high-toned strawberry and fresh citrus. Light on its feet and dry, it features bubbles that form a rich mousse counterpointed by crisp natural acidity. On the finish is the suggestion of fennel.

US

From the vineyard Ken Brown planted after a decade of experiments comes this complex wine, whose nose blends sour cherry, pine bark, black clove and pepper. It's lithe and bouncy on the palate, yet deeply flavorful too, with stewed raspberry flavors and a good tannic structure.

fr

This firm, dark and still young wine has intense acidity that comes from the red currant and raspberry fruit. The tannins though form the real basis of this concentrated wine. Great juicy fruits at the end will develop well. Drink from 2018.

de

Sun-kissed, tropical fruit tones abound on this intensely aromatic medium-sweet Riesling. Round and rich on the palate, it's concentrated with flavors of pineapple, mango and peach touched by hints of honeysuckle and saffron. Finishes with dramatic length and penetration.

fr

Goutorbe is a member of the Sp cial Club grouping of grower producers, which tastes and approves each other's special cuv e. This 2005, with its ripe fruits and the beginnings of bottle age, is a worthy member. It has delicious apple and white peach fruits, lively acidity and a texture that is moving towards toastiness. The wine is ready to drink.