Candies

Good, crisp Pouilly-Fuisse, but in the context of the vintage and appellation and producer, something of a disappointment. I actually strongly preferred the "lesser" Macon-Vergisson from Eric Forest to this wine, which is...

Guffens-Heynen is the "home" estate of Jean-Marie Guffens, owner of the Verget operation that makes so many excellent and fairly-priced wines. The 2005 Macon-Pierreclos is a satisfying, round, harmonious Chardonnay...

A lot of candied fruit covering up a lot of tannin. Good with beef. An in your face wine. A little softer tannins and less overripe fruit would be more to my taste.

Medium red ruby in the glass. The nose shows dark red fruit, leather, and cotton candy. On the palate this really comes alive due to it's balanced acidity and showing of cherry, herbs and spice. A medium long finish. This...

Musty meat on the nose. Leathery but mellow mealy spice with candied orange and and bitter herbs on the finish (good call on the finish, GDP).

Intensely Chocolaty on the nose with a spicy, tropical fruit/ orange peel tone and perfumed, brambly, juniper scented blackberry fruit. A bit chunky and even chewy in the mouth but with refreshingly raw tannins and nicely...

60% Syrah 25% Grenache 15% Mourvedre Syrah driven aromatics of grilled meats, violets and licorice and enhanced with a deep base of moist dirt and jammy, spicy strawberry tones. This is too sweetly fruited to be mistaken...

Red apples on the nose, with a nice caramel scent. There are also notes of cashew and oak upfront. The wine has good bite upfront, before moving to a mellow, wide mid palate of butter, caramel, candied apple and cinammon....

Got this at my excellent neighborhood shop (http://www.thecellars.com/ in Shorewood MN) for $8.97, on sale (orig. $16). Perfectly fine for $9, but I would've been disappointed at $16. Light, crisp, decent acidity, but that...