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Review	Product Name	Vintage	Rating	Date Sort ascending	Favorite
Château de Saint Cosme - Wine & Spirits	Gigondas Hominis Fides - 2018	2018	94	Oct-2020
Review “When Louis Barruol’s ancestors planted Hominis Fides some 90 years ago, they hoped to mitigate unpredictable weather by including alicante, aramon, carignan and a host of other varieties among the grenache plants. They also chose a spot where the movement of two geological faults brought Miocene limestone sand to the surface. That fast-draining soil and the mix of vines were fortuitous choices for a wet vintage like 2018. The wine shines bright and deep, quickly moving past toasty oak notes (20 percent of the lot aged in new barrels). Then it’s all spiced cherries, wild thyme and rosemary, the resinous edge of the herbal notes adding cut to its generous build, and echoing the fine tannic structure. The wine lasts for days after opening, each sip a liquid trip to Gigondas’s garrigue-scented hills.”
Castello di Neive - Wine Enthusiast	Barbaresco DOCG	2017	94	Oct-2020
Review “Ripe wild berry, violet and camphor aromas lead the way on this full-bodied, inviting red. On the savory palate, assertive, close-grained tannins accompany dried cherry, blood orange and licorice before closing on a hint of coffee bean.”
Pewsey Vale Vineyard - Jamessuckling.com	Pewsey Vale Contours Riesling Museum Release	2015	94	Sep-2020
Review “This has made the turn to a complex wine with intense citrus, lemon-butter and toasty notes in a fresh guise. The palate has a bright, succulent and gently creamy feel with a long line of acidity holding the lemon and toasty flavors long.”
Pewsey Vale Vineyard - Jamessuckling.com	Pewsey Vale Contours Riesling Museum Release	2014	94	Sep-2020
Review “Super fragrant, fresh and attractive lemon and lemon-peel aromas here, gently glazed by a six-year rest in bottle. Some crushed stones and white flowers, too. The palate has really attractive, pithy intensity with pickled-lime flavors holding fresh, deep and long. Nicely complex now and more toasty development to come in the next decade.”
Yalumba - Jamessuckling.com	Yalumba The Virgilius Viognier	2017	94	Sep-2020
Review “Wonderfully complex nose with citrus, peach and apricot, as well as white flowers and fresh pie crust. The palate has a very layered, textural feel. Gently flinty and very smoothly built with apricot custard to close. Great, fresh acidity.”
Yalumba - Jamessuckling.com	Yalumba Hand Picked Shiraz Viognier	2017	94	Sep-2020
Review “This has dried flowers, blueberries and raspberries and plenty of toasted spice. Cooler-vintage influence swings this into redder fruit. The palate has a gently smoky edge with blueberry, boysenberry and plum flavors and long, elegant tannins.”
Yalumba - Jamessuckling.com	Yalumba Hand Picked Shiraz Viognier	2016	94	Sep-2020
Review “This has attractive spice and complex, fragrant aromas with a stony edge, as well as violets and blueberries. The palate has a delicious core of fresh dark and red berries with a chocolate edge and a very polished tannin texture. Good freshness at the finish, too, with long, blueberry and blackberry flavors.”
Yalumba - Jamessuckling.com	Yalumba Paradox Shiraz	2018	94	Sep-2020
Review “This has such expressive fruit aromas, in the raspberry, red-plum, boysenberry, mulberry and blackberry zone. Primary-fruit complexity here. The palate has a bold core of fruit, very supple juicy tannins and such expressive flavors of blueberries and boysenberries, in a big, mid-palate ball. So drinkable and flavorful.”
Yalumba - Jamessuckling.com	Yalumba The Tri-Centenary Grenache	2017	94	Sep-2020
Review “This has a savory and floral nose with stone, dried roses and dried cherries, as well as raspberries and dried herbs. The palate has a smooth-honed, layered and savory feel with concentrated red-berry flavors, some red plums and a smooth, sustained finish. 116 days on skins.”
Yalumba - Jamessuckling.com	Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz	2005	94	Sep-2020
Review “Arguably the wine that defines the Yalumba ethos; a cabernet–shiraz blend that recognizes long-standing devotees of the business and its culture. Shared between two long-term employees, Greg Pullen and Jeff Smith, the 2005 vintage is a wine of classic character and proportion. Mixed berries, hints of leather, red fruit, plums and cassis are all here, along with dry green leaves, savory oak and earthy complexity. The palate is savory and assertive with terrific balance; both varieties work together seamlessly and draw long and true through the finish.”

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