TANTALIZING - Austin Hope 2021 Cabernet (California)

 

 

As a Canadian, it is unfashionable these days to promote a wine from the US; especially because the majority of our country can't buy them. But I've had this one locked and loaded for a long time, and I am sure there are a few others on my list to come. They cannot remain there indefinitely, so I'm just going to have to break some norms ... Today, it's the Austin Hope 2021 Cabernet

 

STUNNING Peay Vineyards 2021 Pomarium Pinot Noir (California)

If you scour the internet, you'll find lots of quotes about Pinot Noir, 

I was looking for one to fit; 

but this kind of California Pinot Noir breaks a lot of molds. 

Cool climate California Pinot at its best: 

Peay Vineyards 2021 Pomarium Pinot Noir

INCREDIBLE - Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 2019 Artemis Cabernet Sauvignon (C...

Many superlatives can be used to describe the Artemis Cabernet. 

I use a few of my own in this video for the 

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 2019 Artemis Cabernet Sauvignon

 

 

Marcus (winemaker) describes 2019 as a "challenging, but good. Vintage" overall. The wine has a drop (.5%) of Cabernet Franc and the blend spends 15 months in oak, 42%, new French and 6% new American, all the rest is in older French. The fruit is pure and robust: plum, black cherry, blackberry with notes of chocolate, white smoke and silky tannins. Through the evening, the wine opened and became even more silky and ultimately gorgeous for both sipping and sniffing – the grilled beef fillet was not let down by the wine, nor vice versa. Purity of fruit and complexity makes this wine and the cellaring potential sits at about 15 plus years.

 

Seghesio 2018 Sonoma County Zinfandel (The Wine Review - #294)

As a fan of really good Zinfandel (meaning: NOT sweet and NOT pink) 

I am happy to recommend wines from this winery :

 

Seghesio 2018 Sonoma County Zinfandel

 

available at the winery (and other fine wine stores).