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Review	Product Name	Vintage	Rating	Date Sort ascending	Favorite
Vasse Felix - Wine Advocate	Vasse Felix Premier Chardonnay	2016	90	Jan-2020
Review “The medium to full-bodied 2016 Chardonnay hints at struck match and roasted cashews on the nose. Showing some honeyed development alongside the apple, pear and citrus flavors, it should be consumed over the next year or so.”
Vasse Felix - Wine Advocate	Vasse Felix Tom Cullity 2016	2016	95	Jan-2020
Review “Nearly as impressive as the 2014 on this occasion, the 2016 Tom Cullity Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec is inky dark and concentrated, with youthful oaky notes of cedar and vanilla joining blueberries and cassis. It’s full-bodied, rich and velvety in the mouth, ending with a stupendously long and luxuriously plush finish. It should drink well for two decades.”
Morgante - Wine Enthusiast	"Don Antonio" Nero d'Avola Sicilia DOC Riserva - 2016	2016	90	Jan-2020
Review “Aromas of ripe black-skinned berry, espresso and cedar emerge from the glass. The chewy palate offers blackberry jam, clove and cocoa alongside polished tannin.”
Pikes - Wine Enthusiast	Los Companeros	2016	91	Jan-2020
Review “This blend of 80% Shiraz, 20% Tempranillo is reminiscent of a French or Spanish table wine (with more sunshine, perhaps). Little to no oak influence lets the bright plums and red fruits, leather, dried herbs, spices and florals, and stony minerality shine through. Acidity on the palate is a touch biting, but overall the aromas of the nose carry on into flavors, supported by spicy tannins. Silky in texture, with fruit purity and a lovely savoriness, this should be plonked on the dinner table beside a heaping bowl of paella.” (Editors’ Choice)
Yalumba - Wine Enthusiast	Yalumba Hand Picked Shiraz Viognier - 2016	2016	89	Jan-2020
Review “This relatively big-boned Eden Valley Shiraz, this may taut the fact it’s cofermented with Viognier, but it only sees 2% of the variety. Nevertheless, even a smidgeon of Viognier seems to lift an often heavy grape like Shiraz into slightly brighter territory. This version opens with red-cherry aromas along with dried herbs, Christmas spices and a mealy oak character. In the mouth, tannins grip and dry the tongue, but not enough to push out the plush fruit. Savory, herbal flavors linger on the finish.”
Wine & Soul - Wine Advocate	Quinta da Manoella Red	2016	89	Dec-2019
Review “The 2016 Tinto Quinta da Manoella is mostly a 60/25 blend of Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca, with Tinta Roriz and Tinta Francisca filling out the blend. It was aged for 16 months in used French oak and comes in at 14% alcohol. This was a tank sample when last seen. It is now in the USA. This is a lovely regular Tinto and a nice value. Feeling rather full in the mouth despite its elegance, it is round and ripe yet fresh and lively. The tannins are very ripe too, so this is approachable now and drinking pretty decently now. I doubt it will turn into anything special over the next decade, but it should hold reasonably well, and it might be better this time next fall. It's a very nice buy.”
Wine & Soul - Wine Advocate	Pintas Character	2016	92	Dec-2019
Review “The 2016 Pintas Character is a field blend from old vines aged for 18 months in 80% used French oak. It comes in at 14% alcohol. Originally seen as a tank sample, this is now bottled and in the USA. Deeper, more powerful and certainly fruitier than the Manoella Tinto (and in this vintage another $10 in list price, to be fair), this is simply a more serious wine in many respects this year. Ripe, concentrated and succulent, yet beautifully crafted with the fruit well supported by the structure, this focused red (fruity but not a fruit bomb) is exceptional on many grounds. Still a bit too young, it could use another year or so in the cellar. Yet the tannins are not terribly hard, so it's not too difficult to drink now. It will easily hold for more than another decade, and it should improve as well. We'll take the aging curve in stages, though, and see where we are as 2030 rolls around—assuming you can keep your hands off of it. It is worth leaning up on this today.”
Wine & Soul - Wine Advocate	Quinta da Manoella Vinhas Velhas	2016	94	Dec-2019
Review “The 2016 Quinta da Manoella Vinhas Velhas was aged for 20 months in 70% used French oak and comes in at 14% alcohol. This was a tank sample when originally seen. It's now in the USA. This 2016 does not have a lot of flesh or sweetness. It's stern and serious. It's earthy and stony, a wine that many would describe as having minerality as a nuance. It has the potential for impressive complexity, but that may be a decade off. Still undeveloped, this really needs more cellar time. The tannins are notable, but not too hard. You could approach it now with some aeration, but that would frankly be a mistake. This isn't close to showing everything it has. Indeed, it may have closed down a bit since I first saw it. Come back around 2023-2026 for better results. This still has considerable potential for improvement in the cellar.”
Wine & Soul - Wine Advocate	Pintas	2016	94	Dec-2019
Review “The 2016 Pintas is a field blend from old vines aged for 20 months in 30% new French oak. It comes in at 14% alcohol. When last seen, this was just a tank sample. It's now in the USA. Solid, focused and graceful, this 2016 Pintas adds the concentration of fruit—dry but impressive—that the Pintas Character lacks, relatively speaking. The power is greater, although not by a lot, and the mouthfeel might be more velvety, but it is that concentration of fruit that makes this a lot more special. It doesn't have that tightly wound feel I like to see, but as time goes on, expect this to become even more graceful, showing even more finesse. We'll see in time how high the ceiling is here—but this certainly still has the ability to improve notably in the cellar. You can approach this now, but giving it a few more years will certainly help it acquire more complexity and harmony. It is surprisingly gentle at times, though, even now.”
Duorum - Wine Spectator	Colheita	2016	90	Dec-2019
Review “This version has a supple profile, offering black cherry, olive and boysenberry notes, inlaid with anise, mocha and violet accents. Polished tannins show on the graphite-tinged finish.”

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