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    ILLUMINATI - Riparosso - 2021

    • - 92 points-

    Vinous

    August 2023

    A sweet blend of violets and lavender gives way to crushed blackberries and chalk dust lifts from...

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    AZELIA - Barolo Margheria - 2019

    • - 95 points-

    Wine Advocate

    August 2023

    Azelia makes three wines with fruit from Serralunga d'Alba, including San Rocco, Cerretta and this...

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    AZELIA - Barolo Bricco Fiasco - 2019

    • - 95 points-

    Wine Advocate

    August 2023

    Bricco Fiasco is a proprietary name for a vineyard in Castiglione Falletto with 85 year old vines....

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    AZELIA - Barolo San Rocco - 2019

    • - 94 points-

    Wine Advocate

    August 2023

    an Rocco is a small MGA located on the northern side of Serralunga d'Alba with steep slopes that...

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    AZELIA - Barolo - 2019

    • - 93 points-

    Wine Advocate

    August 2023

    The 2019 Barolo has a pretty bouquet that is laced with light fruit, licorice and lots of blue...

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    E. PIRA & FIGLI - CHIARA BOSCHIS - Barolo Mosconi - 2019

    • - 98 points-

    Wine Advocate

    August 2023

    With fruit from Monforte d'Alba, the E. Pira e Figli - Chiara Boschis 2019 Barolo Mosconi is the...

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    E. PIRA & FIGLI - CHIARA BOSCHIS - Barolo Cannubi - 2019

    • - 98 points-

    Wine Advocate

    August 2023

    I had the chance to walk the Cannubi vineyard with Chiara Boschis this past fall. You really don't...

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    E. PIRA & FIGLI - CHIARA BOSCHIS - Barolo Via Nuova - 2019

    • - 97 points-

    Wine Advocate

    August 2023

    The 2019 Barolo Via Nuova is a blend of fruit from various sites across multiple villages in the...

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    ZIND-HUMBRECHT - Riesling Roche Roulée - 2020

    • - 93 points-

    James Suckling

    August 2023

    Effusive citrus and floral aromas with too many nuances to list. Leaps and bounds over the very...

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    CATENA - Zapata Malbec Nicasia - 2020

    • - 97 points-

    James Suckling

    August 2023

    A mixture of black and blue fruit, very perfumed and elegant. Cherries, plums and blueberries with...

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    L'ECOLE NO. 41 - Ferguson - 2020

    • - 94 points-

    Decanter

    August 2023

    A wine of structure from the Ferguson Vineyard and Walla Walla's iconic L'Ecole No 41 shows ample...

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    L'ECOLE NO. 41 - Merlot - 2020

    • - 93 points-

    Decanter

    August 2023

    Wildly elegant. The Walla Walla Merlot comes from two of L'Ecole's top sites, including the...

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    L'ECOLE NO. 41 - Cabernet Sauvignon - 2020

    • - 91 points-

    Decanter

    August 2023

    A more fruit-forward Cabernet bottling in comparison to the Walla Walla designate, this Cabernet is...

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    L'ECOLE NO. 41 - Syrah - 2020

    • - 90 points-

    Decanter

    August 2023

    A blend of Syrah from four different Washington vineyards throughout the larger Columbia Valley...

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    ANDREMILY WINES - Grenache - 2020

    • - 100 points-

    Jeb Dunnuck

    August 2023

    The 2020 Grenache is absolutely brilliant, and unquestionably up with the finest examples of this...

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    ANDREMILY WINES - EABA - 2020

    • - 99 points-

    Jeb Dunnuck

    August 2023

    The EABA is more Syrah-dominated and checks in as 65% Syrah, 22% Mourvèdre, 10% Grenache, and the...

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    HAMILTON RUSSELL VINEYARDS - Chardonnay - 2022

    • - 93 points-

    Vinous

    August 2023

    The 2022 Chardonnay is matured nine months in 300-liter French oak barrels, 24% new. It has a...

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    TESSELAARSDAL WINES - Pinot Noir Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge - 2022

    • - 93 points-

    Vinous

    August 2023

    The 2022 Pinot Noir includes 10% whole bunches, some fruit stomped by foot Berenice Sauls herself,...

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    TESSELAARSDAL WINES - Chardonnay Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge - 2023

    • - 91 points-

    Vinous

    August 2023

    The 2023 Chardonnay is aged 44% in amphora and the rest of used barrel. It has a well-defined...

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    SAXUM - G2 Vineyard - 2021

    • 97-99 points

    Jeb Dunnuck

    August 2023

    Not yet bottled but already incredibly impressive, the 2021 G2 will be Grenache-dominated but...

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    SAXUM - Hexe - 2020

    • - 96 points-

    Jeb Dunnuck

    August 2023

    A step up over the Rocket Block and one of the finest 2020s out there, the 2020 Hexe is 51%...

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    SAXUM - Heart Stone Vineyard - 2021

    • 95-97 points

    Jeb Dunnuck

    August 2023

    A lush, sexy, forward beauty, the 2021 Heart Stone Vineyard is based on 31% Grenache, 28% Syrah,...

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    SAXUM - James Berry Vineyard White - 2021

    • - 93 points-

    Decanter

    August 2023

    The white sibling from the celebrated James Berry vineyard. A complex nose of ripe pears, citrus...

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    SAXUM - James Berry Vineyard - 2021

    • - 96 points-

    Decanter

    August 2023

    The flagship Grenache-based estate red from this esteemed Paso producer. The nose opens with...

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