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Brunelli 2015 Valpolicella Classico Superiore
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description: Made with 65% Corvina, 25% Rondinella and 10% Corvinone, this offers aromas of red-skinned berry, cooking spice and chopped herb. The light-bodied, juicy palate delivers red cherry, clove and licorice alongside smooth tannins. Drink soon to capture the fruit and freshness.
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Brassfield 2014 Pinot Noir (High Valley)
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description: This is a good, well-made wine with an appetizing texture, modest but tasty cherry and raspberry flavors and full body. A little cedar and cinnamon help to spice up the aroma, and firm tannins give the mouthfeel good weight.
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Bouchaine 2014 Estate Pinot Noir (Carneros)
designation: Estate
description: This is a light tart wine, cradled in herbaceousness and well-defined flavors of strawberry, cranberry and rhubarb. High in acidity and subtle in oak, it has a grainy texture piquant in cardamom spice.
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Weisinger 2015 Viognier (Rogue Valley)
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description: Viognier has a real chance to shine in southern Oregon, and this is proof positive. Citrus zest and lemon oil notes accent its lush orange fruit, with a hint of baby aspirin. The finish keeps the grape's propensity to turn hot and bitter in check.
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Weisinger 2014 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Rogue Valley)
designation: Reserve
description: This wine's blackberry and black cherry fruit is concentrated enough to match the barrel aging in one third new American oak. Light hints of charcoal accent its medium concentration and modest ripeness.
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Von Schleinitz 2016 Pinot Noir Ros (Mosel)
designation: Pinot Noir
description: Burnt sugar and caramel notes extend from nose to finish here, accenting flavors of dried red cherry and raspberry on the palate. Dry and spry, it's a straightforward yet elegant ros expressing Pinot Noir's characteristic bramble and violet notes nicely. Drink now.
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Von Schleinitz 2016 Dry Riesling (Mosel)
designation: Dry
description: While dry in style, this light-bodied Riesling offers loads of easy, luscious pink grapefruit and white-peach flavors. It's a fruity, forward sip without a lot of complexity, but finishes brisk and pure. Drink now through 2019.
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Vincent Wine Company 2015 Chardonnay (Willamette Valley)
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description: This barrel-fermented wine shows its youth through its edgy texture and just-ripe peach and apricot flavors. Aged on the lees for 18 months, it finishes clean, with light streaks of butterscotch.
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Uphill Vineyards 2013 Jimmy's Dream Estate Grown Cabernet Sauvignon (Amador County)
designation: Jimmy's Dream Estate Grown
description: This wine has good natural-tasting fruit flavors and the appropriate firm tannins, plus medium to full body and a mouth-filling texture. It's a solid well-made choice in a non-oaky style wine.
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Torii Mor 2015 Yamhill Carlton Select Pinot Noir (Yamhill-Carlton)
designation: Yamhill Carlton Select
description: This AVA designate brings a sharp focus to its brambly raspberry and other red fruit flavors. A touch of pepper and lemon zest factor in, too, leading to a tart, astringent, acid-dominated finish.
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Torii Mor 2015 Olson Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir (Dundee Hills)
designation: Olson Estate Vineyard
description: This combines old vine plantings of Pommard, Coury and 667 clones, showing some extra refinement among its mixed fruit flavors. You'll pick out lemon, orange, berry and cherry, but as with the winery's other Pinots, the acids are jagged and chalky and detract from the finish.
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Tamaral 2015 Roble (Ribera del Duero)
designation: Roble
description: Black cherry and cassis aromas are spicy, with a sense of freshness. This Tempranillo feels tight and racy, with tension to the palate. Woody, spicy black-fruit flavors are medium in depth and a touch cooked, while this is full on the finish, with a pronounced oak flavor sticking out.
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Silvan Ridge 2016 Pinot Gris (Willamette Valley)
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description: Not your typical Oregon Pinot Gris, this has enough leaf and grass scents and flavors to appeal to the Sauvignon Blanc drinker. Citrus peel, apple skin and spice touches add up to a textural wine with refreshing acidity. Pair it with fresh fish or prawns.
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Seven Falls 2015 Chardonnay (Wahluke Slope)
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description: This blend of grapes from Shaw and Jones vineyards has vanilla, papaya, banana and baking spice aromas that lead to broad fruit flavors with a lightly creamy feel. With caramel notes on the finish, it's a delightful interpretation of the variety.
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Santa Barbara Winery 2016 Chardonnay (Santa Barbara County)
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description: Properly restrained on the nose, this bottling offers aromas of chalk, honeysuckle and sliced tangerine. There is good zip and freshness to the sip, where lemon rinds and squeezed grapefruit flavors ride an energetic structure.
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Roux Pre et Fils 2016 Les Fremires (Chambolle-Musigny)
designation: Les Fremires
description: This perfumed wine is fruity and crisp, offering red-berry flavors bright with acidity. Tannins are light in this charming wine with a spice and fresh fruit character. Drink from 2020.
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Quentin Jeannot 2016 Clos des Hates (Santenay)
designation: Clos des Hates
description: This is a rich single-vineyard wine, spiced with wood and marked by yellow and ripe white fruit flavors. A floral character adds to the immediate attractiveness of a wine that is packed with fruit and good acidity. Drink from 2019.
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Pierre Naigeon 2015 En Pallud (Gevrey-Chambertin)
designation: En Pallud
description: Ripe cherry fruits give this wine a soft character. The tannins are there but cushioned by the generous fruit. It is a juicy, fruity wine that is developing quickly. Drink from 2020.
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Pe?alba Herraiz 2015 Aptus 6 Meses en Barrica (Ribera del Duero)
designation: Aptus 6 Meses en Barrica
description: Cherry and dark plum aromas are solid on the nose. A raw, energetic palate is paced by bright acidity, while this tastes of blackened spice and blackberry. On a bold finish, peppery fruit flavors blend with lightly charred oak.
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Owen Roe 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon (Yakima Valley)
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description: This wine's brooding aromas are not entirely settled, with fresh herb, dark cherry and anise notes. The cranberry-like fruit flavors are at once broad and tart, with lightly grainy tannins providing support. Herb notes linger on the finish.