USA

A supple, accessible Zinfandel with aromas of blueberry, blackberry and mocha. Medium weight and with a bright acid lift to the palate, that makes this very easy drinking.

We first met Michael as he released his 2014 Mourvedre which was a complete humdinger and soon became a huge favourite for lovers of Rhone style wines - but also wines with depth and spice and juicy lift. Three years on...(read more)

This wine is an absolute joy from first sniff to final sip. Very much on the red fruit spectrum with cherry, mulberry and strawberry fruit concentration. It is deliciously open in style with a bright juicy acidity, plent...(read more)

Five sites, harvested and vinified separately. The Arroyo Grande site was fermented de-stemmed; the Santa Maria Valley and Sta. Rita Hills sites fermented with 25% whole cluster. The wines were aged as single-vineyard lo...(read more)

Layne Montgomery is a brilliant winemaker - and funnily enough although we loved his work already - it was not until we tasted this cracking Cabernet did we really realise quite how talented he was! Hi amazing deep, inte...(read more)

Deep and richly fruited. there's cinnamon and sweet tobacco balanced by delicious cherry fruit and plum. Yet again it is the drive and line that he conjures up in these Lodi gems that are so impressive. This is a beautif...(read more)

The Willamette Valley cuvée from Illahe is their 'calling card' wine and one we simply cannot get enough of! They bolster their own estate fruit with some extra parcels that they carefully select in the neighbourh...(read more)

This quietly complex wine goes deep into subtle blackberry, fig and coffee flavors, while rich, fine-grained tannins add just enough structure for good balance. Nicely integrated hints of vanilla, cinnamon and mocha come...(read more)