8 Wine Reviews Found

  • Aromatics: Cigar
97 Points

Château des Eyrins Margaux 2020

This new Margaux is an intensely powerful winner that possesses a strong personality for such an affordable Bordeaux. A complex nose of cigar box, baking spices, and rich leather lead into a silky texture featuring plums, black cherry, and hints of olive tappenade balanced with an underlying elegance synonymous with powerful reds of the Left Bank. The... Read Full Review
96 Points

Vineyard 29 Cabernet CRU 2019

This superbly balanced wine could fool any connoisseur into thinking it cost much higher than its price tag. The aromas of blackberry, cigar box, dried herbs, and toasty oak spices waft out of the glass, and the structured palate with dusty, dry tannins lead to a long, chocolate-covered cherry finish. – October 2022 Read Full Review
98 Points

Powell & Son Shiraz Eden Valley Loechel 2018

This is a head-spinning beauty and reminds me why I fell in love with Shiraz decades ago! Boasting mouth-watering notes of creme de cassis, blueberry cobbler, blackberries, hints of chocolate-covered espresso beans and then pipe tobacco on the minute-long finish. We particularly appreciate the hedonistic style that takes you to the edge of extravagance, but... Read Full Review