California

Packed with spicy, ripe red fruit with a hint of dark chocolate. Full bodied and rich, but still very drinkable and great value.

Classic Michael this - although the 2014 is his first vintage making a pure Mourvèdre, this is brimming with his signature 'lightness of touch'. There is some good dusty grip in the middle and th...(read more)

This is what Layne calls his 'Tuesday night wine' - an easy going bright expression of Zinfandel. He is right - this is really attractive, more pep and brightness than so many - it has less stuffing per...(read more)

After the huge success of the 2013 the charming, colourful and very talented Layne Montgomery has jumped us on a vintage to this 2015. Skipping the 2014 which saddened him, not least because his...(read more)

This is a bold and fragrant Pinot Noir from Monterey that displays the Californian sunshine in its intense, dark cherry, raspberry and mocha aromas. Mouthfilling and broad with lots of fleshy red...(read more)

Gorgeously spicy, clove and cinnamon spots draw out the elegant blueberry and sweet mulberry fruit notes, the mid-palate here is plummy and joyously harmonious. Minimal intervention but gorgeous...(read more)

Of the two Zinfandels that Michael makes, this is the brighter, more restrained style that impressed us enormously when we tasted together amongst the vines of Lodi. In a line-up of the region's...(read more)

This delicious Cabernet Franc offers aromas of red fruits – think cherry, red currants and strawberry jam - with hints of mocha and clovey oak. The aromas carry through to the palate, in addition...(read more)

The 2016 Zinfandel Geyserville is a powerful, tightly wound wine. Beams of supporting tannin and acidity give the 2016 its distinctly virile, imposing personality. Black cherry, graphite, lavende...(read more)

The 2016 Lytton Springs is a powerful, dense wine. Black cherry, plum, lavender, new leather, cloves, licorice and menthol flesh out. Deep, plush and richly textured, the 2016 Lytton Springs pack...(read more)

An insanely beautiful wine, the 2015 Monte Bello is shaping up to be epic. Poor weather during flowering reduced the crop by a third, which was actually a modest drop within the context of the vi...(read more)