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Review	Product Name	Vintage	Rating	Date Sort ascending	Favorite
Vasse Felix - Wine Advocate	Vasse Felix Heytesbury Chardonnay	2014	93	Jan-2020
Review “The 2014 Heytesbury Chardonnay starts off with scents of struck match and scorched bread, then delivers attractive, fleshy notes of Golden Delicious apples and ripe melons wrapped around a core of lively tangerine and lime. It’s medium to full-bodied, with a long, savory finish. Right in the heart of its drinking prime, it should be drunk up over the next couple of years.”
Vasse Felix - Wine Advocate	Vasse Felix Tom Cullity	2014	96	Jan-2020
Review “Still fresh and cedary, the 2014 Tom Cullity Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec is dark and concentrated, with mixed berries forming the base of this medium to full-bodied wine. It’s lush and velvety, drinkable now but intense enough to hold well in the cellar and gain complexity for over a decade.”
Yalumba - Wine Enthusiast	Yalumba The Caley Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz	2014	96	Jan-2020
Review “This is Yalumba’s most premium wine, and it’s easy to see why. It blends Coonawarra Cabernet with Barossa Shiraz for a classy, complex wine that could be drunk over the next few years with lengthy time in decanter, but will really blossom over the next decade or even two. Once exposed to oxygen, it starts to reveal a plethora of enticing aromas, from bushels of red and black fruits to dark chocolate and coffee beans; from iodine to dried mint and tobacco. The palate is big yet focused, seamlessly melding the forest fruit with the earthy, dried herbal notes and oak spice, all supported by powerful, leathery tannins.” (Cellar Selection)
Cousiño-Macul - Wine Enthusiast	Finis Terrae	2014	90	Dec-2019
Review “Ripe, earthy, mature aromas of berry fruits, prune and forest spice are true to what is quality Maipo Valley red wine. This blend of 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot and 11% Syrah is wide in body, while flavors of raisin and plum are touched up by chocolate and herbal notes on a finish that’s not shy with the oak.”
Mastroberardino - Vinous	Naturalis Historia Taurasi DOCG	2014	92	Dec-2019
Review “Very deep ruby with a pale rim. Aromas of smoke, red and dark cherry, plum and violet, complicated by earthy notes. Flinty on entry, then sweet, rich and smoky, offering long, juicy plum and saline flavors. There’s more ripe flesh and fruit here than in the 2015 Taurasi Radici, but this is not at all over the top.”
Leclerc Briant - Wine Spectator	Champagne La Croisette Brut	2014	91	Dec-2019
Review “A delicate Champagne, weaving notes of juicy nectarine, biscuit and candied ginger together. Pleasingly chalky and fresh. Disgorged January 2019.”
Mastroberardino - Vinepair	Radici Taurasi DOCG	2014		Dec-2019
Review “The Mastroberardino family’s contribution to preserving the legacy of quality winemaking in Italy’s Campania region cannot be overstated. With local vineyards ravaged by phylloxera and World War II, many farmers understandably decided to rip out indigenous vines and replace them with higher-yielding varieties. Not the Mastroberardinos, who stayed true to the region and, in turn, saved such native varieties as Greco, Fiano, and Aglianico from almost certain extinction. The latter of the three is showcased in the Radici Taurasi DOCG, Mastroberardino’s flagship wine. Hugely age-worthy, and released following already-considerable periods in oak and bottle, this wine is the standard-bearer for Aglianico. It’s one of the finest examples of balance you will come across and sets the bar for both the variety and region.” (#3)
Barone Pizzini - Santé	Barone Pizzini Satèn Franciacorta	2014		Dec-2019
Review “Very good intensity, tart apple flavor, refreshing finish, long on the palate.”
TerraNoble - Florida Today	CA2 Costa	2014		Dec-2019
Review “Carmenere is another red grape (like Malbec) that began its journey in Bordeaux but has evolved and excelled in the Southern Hemisphere. What Malbec is to Argentina, Carmenere is to Chile in terms of a now indigenous workhorse varietal. Though rarely exciting, in the right hands – and vineyards – carmenere can produce an interesting, pleasing full-bodied red. Terranoble works out of Chile’s Colchagua Valley for this ‘CA Coast’ (coastal) bottling that’s rich with red fruit, currants and herbal spice notes. Perfect for barbeque, grilled meats or mushrooms.” (#7)
Catena Zapata - Jeb Dunnuck	Nicolás Catena Zapata	2014	96	Dec-2019
Review “One of the standouts in this stacked lineup is the 2014 Nicolas Catena Zapata, 75% Cabernet Sauvignon and 25% Malbec sourced from a multitude of vineyards (La Pirámide, Domingo, Adrianna and Nicasia Vineyards) that spent two years in new French oak. Boasting a deep ruby/purple color as well as blockbuster notes of crème de cassis, damp earth, classy oak, white flowers, and tobacco leaf, this beauty is full-bodied, deep, and layered on the palate, with both richness and freshness. Made in a semi-classic style, with textbook Cabernet notes as well as a polished, pure, ripe style, it’s a brilliant wine from this estate that will keep for two decades or more.”

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