Bodegas Gormaz Ribera del Duero Crianza
With Rioja, the region of Ribero Del Duero produces some of the world’s best tempranillo-based wines. This is a spectacular value for this quality. Full-bodied with dense tannins and impressive oak elements. Kirsch and mocha notes are in front of the leafy and more complex flavors in the background.
WSoP Rating: 90 Points
Cune Rioja Gran Reserva
CVNE is the bomb and the reserva is always a school favorite. The age is showing as dried cherry and plum, with a fresh strawberry note under a deep cut of mineral. A classically elegant wine that harkens back to a different era.
WSoP Rating: 91 Points
Chateau Miraval “Studio” Rosé, Provence
The region of Provence has been making rosé for centuries. This wine shows just how far ahead they are in the pink wine game. Notes of burnt butter and quince follow aromas of wild strawberry and burnt sage. Spice and orange marmalade flavors round out this pretty wine.
WSoP Rating: 90 Points
Signae Sagrantino di Montefalco
This seething beauty unfolds with mineral, bright cherry and sauvage herbs. The structure here is dense with taught tannins. A beautiful but traditionally-made Italian wine from Umbria.
WSoP Rating: 91 Points
Silver Totem Cabernet Sauvignon Wallula Vineyard
If you are the philosophical sort of wine drinker, or one that appreciates a very good deal, this is a bottle for you. Nothing flashy, but a varietally correct Cabernet from a single vineyard in the Horse Heaven Hills in Washington State. Well made, with plenty of graphite and pyrazine.
WSoP Rating: 89 Points