510, 2011
Three Tedeschi Wines Score 92 – 93 Points
TEDESCHI Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2007 - Score: 93 Country: Italy Region: Veneto Issue: Oct 31, 2011 There's a sanguine edge to this firm red, with a streak of [...]
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Ficklin Vineyards has always been a family owned producer of premium, medal-winning Ports. Finding the winery to taste our wines and tour the adobe building that is home to our Port Library and solera is worth the effort. We are at 30246 Avenue 7-1/2, Madera, CA 93637. Just 1/2 mile north of the corner where Road 30 meets Avenue 7; follow the sign. - Ficklin Vineyards Tawny Port. Ficklin Vineyards Tawny is gentle and sweet and represents a great tradition... Wood aging has given the wine depth and complexity, a soft golden hue and a sugary fruit taste that masks its tannin and alcohol. It shows to good advantage when served with blue cheese or fruitcake.
- Bright dusty raspberry, sandalwood incense, and violet aromas follow through on a supple entry to a fruity sweet medium body with a crisp raspberry juice and violet candy fade.
- Chocolate milkshake and cherry bonbon aromas follow through on a round, bold entry to a sweet medium-full body with tangy currant, cocoa, and raisin notes and a long finish. A delicious after dinner treat.
- Following the success of Noble Blend and Sweet Harvest, Winemaker Robert Fiumara decided it was time to indulge his passion for fortified wine with some of the aged material sitting at his family's Lillypilly Estate at Leeton in the NSW Riverina. This included stock based on a range of varieties including shiraz, cabernet sauvignon and Muscat of Alexandria. Over the years Lillypilly has released several wines that could have been sold as late-bottled vintage-port style, but Fiumara also had a desire to create a soft, rich, complex and aromatic, cask- matured blended fortified.
- Produced in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Extraordinarily dry and light. Pungent and fresh on the palate, with refreshing crispness. 92 points on the Parker scale. The highest score ever awarded to a Manzanilla.
- The quintessential Fino from Jerez: dry, light and pungent, with an aroma of almonds and mildly acidic on the palate.
- The classic Amontillado from Jerez, a vibrant golden color, with tremendous body and character. Smooth and full-bodied on the palate. Very nutty.
- Unites the fragrant refinement of an Amontillado with the full-bodied flavor of an Oloroso. Nutty overtones, with hints of vanilla, coffee and dark chocolate.
- Golden-hued Oloroso with penetrating woody aromas. Hints of dark chocolate, walnuts and roasted chestnuts. Very persistent on the palate, tempered with a slight acidity.
- Both components of this wine -Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez- are aged in their own soleras. The result is a mahogany-hued wine with smoky aromas of dried fruit. Smooth and sweet on the palate, with a delicate crisp finish.
- A deep shade of mahogany, smooth, sweet and velvety, complex and persistent on the palate; its crisp finish contrasts and balances its sweetness.
- This is a selection from botas of Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez raised separately and then blended to age for three years in solera. The result puts the sweetness of the PX in front, with flavors of plum jam and tobacco. The salinity of the Oloroso brings freshness and fine minerality that play softly in the background.
- Produced with 100% muscatel grapes from the Las Cruces vineyard in Chipiona and aged in American oak barrels. Very deep color. Intense floral bouquet. Reminiscent of figs, raisins and walnuts. Full-bodied flavor that lingers on the palate. Very sweet though balanced owing to its natural acidity. This muscatel is one of Lustau’s winningest wines.
- From vintner Juan García-Jarana, this Oloroso originates from an exclusive solera consisting of only 38 barrels. Mahogany color with nut and pipe tobacco aromas. Nutty undertones on the palate, with a long finish and a slightly sweet aftertaste.
- You want sweet? Here’s sugar in the sweetest way you can imagine. Caramelized walnut and pecan, dates and raisins. Wonderful stuff balanced with enough palate-cleansing acid that it doesn’t cloy.
- wet, but not sticky in any way, it feels very natural. Surprisingly spicy as well. Mainly pepper. Hints of ripe tropical fruits and molasses. Honey coated nuts. Toasted bread. Hints of cedar oak, walnut cake, cocoa and an overwhelming peppery / gingery warmth in the finish.
- From vintner Manuel Cuevas Jurado, after a period of biological aging as Manzanilla, there is an oxidative aging phase. The color of old gold, with a smooth nutty flavor, aromas of caramel, and a long, elegant aftertaste.
- This Fino is aged in El Puerto de Santa Maria for an average of 5 years. It is a smooth, light, dry wine, with aromatic hints of the sea and Baker’s yeast and a nutty flavor.
- Very pale yellow. In addition to yeast, its aroma and flavor are reminiscent of almonds. Very dry on the palate.
- The microclimate in Sanlúcar impregnates the yeast growing on the surface of the Manzanilla with a rare sea salt character. Only 2 of 135 casks have been set aside by our Capataz Manuel Lozano to be bottled, chosen for their delicate and rare characteristics. This wine shows an elegant straw color with golden hints. It has bakery and chamomile aromas and a mineral background. On the palate it is deliciously long, crisp and almost saline.