The wine's perfectly integrated acidity and floral lift give the finish great hang time

peppery and lively

this brilliant effort needs a handful of years in the cellar and will live to see its 30th birthday in fine form

The 2005 Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape blanc

Catena Zapata, Adrianna Vineyard River Stones Malbec Vintage:2013 The wine's perfectly integrated acidityLike the other Malbecs from Adrianna Vineyard, the 2016 Adrianna Vineyard River Stones was bottled a little earlier, and the time in oak was shortened. It was a most unusual year that was cold and rainy and allowed for no irrigation. This has good ripeness and sharp acidity, making it powerful but extremely fresh, with a backbone of acidity that lifts the wine up and makes it extremely long and persistent. In fact, the wine blows me away with an