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)

From five sites, harvested and vinified separately. Mostly destemmed, but fruit from the Santa Maria Valley and Sta Rita Hills sites fermented with 25% whole clusters. Each parcel aged separately for 10 months in neut...(read more)

From a single site in Los Olivos District. Ungrafted vines planted on clay and river stones in 1974. Vinification was 100% destemmed, in stainless-steel tanks. The wine was aged in neutral barriques for 14 months....(read more)

43% Grenache, 30% Syrah and 27% Mourvèdre. Vinified and aged separately in neutral oak barrels. 30% whole-bunch fermentation. Blended one month prior to bottling. Another nose of inviting ripeness and purit...(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)

Interestingly, more dried and pruny than the Cemetery Vineyard 2018. Mocha, lots of sweet spice. Super-full-bodied and plush. Silken, powerful, deep. Soft, succulent tannins. The finish is vanilla- and coffee-filled. And...(read more)