designation: Reserva

description: Pure grapefruit and other citrus fruits make for an inviting bouquet. The palate is pure, round, fresh and full of green melon, citrus and passion fruit flavors. Overall this is ripe but properly green, with a hint of pithy lime and mineral on the finish.

designation: Barrel sample

description: 87-89 A wine that is all structure, with very little fruit. It has a hard, metallic edge.

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description: This grape is most commonly associated with Champagne, though David Lett established it as a varietal wine at Eyrie decades ago. From a young vineyard, this is deceptively light in the glass, yet the wine has grip and the flavors have follow-through. Spice, pomegranate, wild berryall in a surprisingly lengthy wine whose flavors linger generously.

designation: Lindenburg

description: Lagrein is a unique indigenous grape from northern it that offers plump, fruit-forward aromas and smooth richness in the mouth. This expression delivers all that within a very elegant and pristine context. Pair this wine with bean and barely soup or veal stew.

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description: Pretty good price for a Napa Cabernet as elegant as this. It's a polished wine for drinking now. Shows smooth, refined tannins, with interesting flavors of blackberries, red plums, red currants, tobacco and dusty spices. Easy to find, with 15,000 cases produced.

designation: Kadette

description: Also known as a Cape Blend, this mix of 46% Pinotage, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc is an easy-drinking, youthful wine with fresh but rich fruit flavors of red plum and cherry backed by rose hip and hibiscus floral accents. Structured tannins remain through the close, with a subtle smokiness unfolding on the end.

designation: Barrel sample

description: 87-89 The wine is out of focus, with fruit lost in a structure that hasn't come together. It has weight and acidity, plum fruits showing slowly.

designation: Barrel sample

description: 87-89 Smooth, poiished new wood along with sweet, soft tannins. A velvet textured, smoky wine.

designation: Barrel sample

description: 87-89 Lovely weight and fruit with freshness and acidity. A very attractive wine with blackberry fruits, dusty tannins. Almost opulent.

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description: Light and luminous with bright aromas of yellow flower, peach and exotic fruit, this is a beautiful and powerful expression of Pecorino. This native grape of central it is coming up in the world of indigenous wines and offers a new experience for those seeking the offbeat.

designation: Barrel sample

description: 87-89 The wine tastes light, with a hard edged mineral character, the richness still a distance away.

designation: Barrel sample

description: 87-89 Soft wine, its acidity light. Pineapple and green apple flavors, with hints of wood.

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description: A ripe, smoky wine, full of sweet black currant fruits and stalky tannins. The wine is juicy, fruity, cut with acidity and with a dry core of tight tannins. It shows the beginnings of maturity.

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description: Pungent and nettle-y, but those elements are nicely counterbalanced by a medium-bodied core of pineapple and fig. Finishes pleasantly soft; easy to drink.

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description: Clear, breezey tangerine and grapefruit aromas roll out the red carpet on this crisp, citrusy SB that pours on the green fruit and scallion flavors. The palate is both round and crisp, and the finish is long and juicy. For fresh, citrusy, varietally correct Sauvignon Blanc, it's hard to do better.

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description: Estate-grown and fruit-driven, this lush, pear-flavored Pinot Gris is dotted with pretty cinnamon and allspice highlights. Forward and nicely balanced, it has the texture and weight to handle rich sauces, much like a big Chardonnay, but without all the new oak.

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description: This is a crisp, tonic and steely expression of Fiano that offers an incredibly focused and sharp bouquet of white rose, crushed mineral and stone fruit. The wine's precise personality is what makes it so appropriate to pair with summer pasta or seafood.

designation: Tavola

description: Luisa Ponzi does such an excellent job with her top of the line Pinots that it is no surprise that this entry-level bottle really shines. Immaculate fruit, polished tannins, a vivacious, fruit-laden mouthfeel, all combine into a wine that has both suppleness and varietal power. It does not have the density of the pricier siblings, but it makes up for it with food-friendly acidity.

designation: Classic Series

description: Lime, mineral and green herbs combine to create a nice aromatic opening. The palate is juicy and healthy, with flavors of jalape?o, lime and green apple. Finishes solid and quite long for a basic SB. Well made and tasty.

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description: The prickly mouth and forward acidity makes this a live-wire choice that would be a great companion to a rich chicken dish or cream of asparagus soup. Fresh- cut grass, soft chive and watermelon rind all occasionally shine through the citrus-dominant nose and mouth. Drink now.