Tongue Dancer Wines Rosé of Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 2024
See the Full BevX Featured Review & Beverage of the WeekBrilliant, light salmon color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of raspberry, crushed red berries, and slate with supporting notes of red grapefruit, apricot stone, and citrus zest. The palate echoes the nose delivering a red fruit-driven core with flavors of strawberry, red cherry, mulberry, and mineral. The finish is long and lingering. Medium-bodied and perfectly balanced with a vibrant yet supple texture. $25 – 4.5 Stars – 95 points
Tongue Dancer Wines Rosé de Ville, Rosé of Pinot Noir Russian River Valley 2024
See the Full BevX Featured Review & Beverage of the WeekBrilliant, medium salmon color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of raspberry, crushed berries, and ripe tropical fruit with supporting notes of slate, French cantaloupe, and spring flowers. The palate confirms the nose delivering a red fruit-driven core with flavors of strawberry, nectarine, kumquat, and mineral. The finish is long and lingering. Medium-bodied and perfectly balanced with a supple texture. This is an amazing and complex wine that becomes another delicious and fascinating wine when it warms in the glass. $29 – 4.5 Stars – 95 points
Tongue Dancer Wines Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 2023
See the Full BevX Featured Review & Beverage of the WeekBrilliant, medium/deep ruby color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of black cherry, forest floor, and baking spices with supporting notes of bramble, clay, and cinnamon pastry. The palate confirms the nose delivering a red and black fruits-driven core with flavors of red cherry, elderberry, pomegranate, boysenberry jam, and hints of tamarind. The finish is long and lingering with firm yet well-integrated tannins. Medium to full-bodied and perfectly balanced with a supple texture. $55 – 5 Stars – 97 points
Dr. Konstantin Frank Dry Rosé of Pinot Noir Finger Lakes 2024
Brilliant, light coral color. The nose is moderately intense, offering scents of strawberry, rose petals, and tart red cherry with supporting notes of orange peel, peach, and hibiscus flower. The palate confirms the nose, delivering a red fruit-driven core with flavors of raspberry, cranberry, and orange peel. The finish is tart with bright acidity. Medium-bodied and perfectly balanced with a vibrant texture. $19.99 – 4 Stars – 90 points
Herzog Lineage Pinot Noir Clarksburg 2022
Brilliant, deep ruby color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of red cherry, mulberry, and rose petals with supporting notes of chocolate, dried fruits, and red currant jam. The palate confirms the nose delivering a red and black fruits-driven core with flavors of black plum, baking spices, oak, dried herbs, and earth. The finish is long and lingering with ripe tannins. Full-bodied and nicely balanced with a voluptuous texture. $19.99 – 3.5 Stars – 88 points
Exprimere Persey Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills 2023
Brilliant, deep ruby color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of red plum, boysenberry, and red currant with supporting notes of five spice, mulberry, and sweet strawberry. The palate echoes the nose delivering a red and black fruits-driven core with flavors of ripe red cherry, pomegranate concentrate, and black currant jam. The finish is long and lingering. Full-bodied and nicely balanced with an opulent texture. $96 – 4 Stars – 91 points
Exprimere Mia Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills 2023
See the Full BevX Featured Review & Beverage of the WeekBrilliant, medium garnet color. The nose is moderately intense, offering scents of boysenberry, strawberry, and dried herbs with supporting notes of slate, five spice, kumquat, and hibiscus flower. The palate confirms the nose delivering a red fruit-driven core with flavors of red cherry, cranberry, red plum, and oak. The finish is long and lingering with chewy tannins. Medium to full-bodied and perfectly balanced with an opulent texture. $96 – 4.5 Stars – 96 points
Gary Farrell Rochioli-Allen Vineyards Pinot Noir Russian River Valley 2021
Brilliant, medium ruby color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of red cherry, rose petals, and blood orange peel with supporting notes of boysenberry, pomegranate, forest floor, and lavender. The palate echoes the nose, delivering a red and black fruits-driven core with flavors of black cherry, mulberry, dried herbs, raspberry, and slate. The finish is long and lingering with supple tannins. Medium to full-bodied and perfectly balanced with an opulent texture. $95 – 5 Stars – 98 points
Gary Farrell Hallberg Vineyard Pinot Noir Russian River Valley 2021
Brilliant, medium ruby color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of cassis, violet, and five spice with supporting notes of black tea, earth, kumquat, and blackberry. The palate echoes the nose, delivering a red and black fruits-driven core with flavors of black cherry, pomegranate, dried herbs, boysenberry, and slate. The finish is long and lingering with supple tannins. Medium to full-bodied and perfectly balanced with an opulent texture. $60 – 4.5 Stars – 95 points
Gary Farrell Hallberg Vineyard Dijon Clones Pinot Noir Russian River Valley 2021
Brilliant, deep ruby color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of black plum, forest floor, and black tea with supporting notes of dried herbs, elderberry, and leather. The palate confirms the nose, delivering a red and black fruits-driven core with flavors of boysenberry, strawberry, dried herbs, and slate. The finish is long and lingering with ripe tannins. Medium to full-bodied and perfectly balanced with a supple texture. $75 – 4.5 Stars – 95 points
