| 2015 |
Hentley Farm |
The Stray Mongrel |
|
Wine Advocate |
90 |
 |
2017-02-20 |
| 2010 |
Mas d'en Gil |
Coma Vella |
Gritty, spicy, schisty berry aromas are composed, while this Garnacha-led blend feels saturated and layered. Spicy plum, herbal notes and black pepper make up the flavor profile, while this is strapping, peppery tasting and complex on the finish. Drinkthrough 2022. |
Wine Enthusiast |
91 |
|
2017-02-20 |
| 2010 |
Mas d'en Gil |
Coma Vella |
This is 70 percent garnacha and cariñena, from vines planted in the 1960s, blended with young-vine cabernet sauvignon. It shows plenty of ripe red fruit and notes of chestnuts, tea leaves and cloves. It’s impressive, with youthful tannins and tight acidity, needing a few years to mellow. Then serve with roast pork loin. |
Wine & Spirits |
91 |
|
2017-02-20 |
| 2012 |
Mas d'en Gil |
Coma Alta |
The clean, subtle and mineral 2012 Coma Alta is pure Garnacha Blanca partly fermented in barrel with 30% of the wine also matured in 500-liter French oak barrels for six months. The aromas are pure, with white flowers and some aromatic herbs plus a touch of pollen. The palate is sleek, delineated,and shows very good balance and subdued minerality. The entry-level white here is at the quality level of many of the top whites form other addresses. Intense and elegant. Bravo! 4,628 bottles produced. |
Wine Advocate |
91 |
|
2017-02-20 |
| 2012 |
Mas d'en Gil |
Coma Alta |
Bright straw. Tightly focused peach, pear and orange pith aromas are accented by anise and succulent herbs. Fresh citrus fruit and dried pear flavors are lifted by tangy acidity and show a refreshingly dry edge. Deepens on the incisive finish, picking up a minerally quality and showing very good focus and length. Quite lithe but concentrated as well, which makes the food-matching potential here pretty limitless. |
Vinous |
90 |
|
2017-02-20 |
| 2012 |
Mas d'en Gil |
Coma Alta |
From garnacha blanca in the slate soils of La Coma, this begins on notes of butterscotch and honey, then shifts into fresh, vibrant notes of lime and ginger. It has the weight and balance for roast pork. |
Wine & Spirits |
90 |
|
2017-02-20 |
| 2015 |
Folk Machine |
Charbono Suisun Valley |
This smells like textbook charbono, with a hyper-floral scent that one taster compared to magnolias. Its bright blueberry flavor feels unadorned, bursting with juiciness, its exotic floral aroma meeting darker, earthy spice and peppery grip in the end. It’s a curious but memorable wine that will make plenty of friends at a dinner party. Best Buy |
Wine & Spirits |
90 |
|
2017-02-20 |
| 2012 |
PureCru |
pureCoz |
Silver Medal |
San Francisco Chronicle |
Silver Medal |
|
2017-02-07 |
| 2011 |
Chateau Bouscasse |
Madiran |
Bouscassé is the home of Alain Brumont who also owns Château Montus in Madiran. This powerful wine with its blend of Tannat with the two Cabernets (Franc and Sauvignon) is dense and packed with firm tannins. It is also equally full of generous black-plum fruits and considerable acidity. This is still young—it's a concentrated wine that needs to age further. Drink from 2019. |
Wine Enthusiast |
94 |
|
2017-02-07 |
| 2014 |
PureCru |
Purety |
Bronze Medal |
San Francisco Chronicle |
Bronze Medal |
|
2017-01-27 |
