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“Best Buy” Raspberry, meat jus, leather and graphite on the nose of this wine carry undertones of fresh soil and moss. Raspberry compote, plums and grilled pork appear on the palate, with some herb and pickle flavors. Chalky tannins and approachable acid tie everything together neatly.

The nose on this wine suggests lightly cured pork before giving up earth tones of tree bark, soil, berries and brambles. The palate is juicy if still savory, with blackberries and raspberries but also ripe tomatoes and red pepper jam. Tannins are chalky and clingy, and acid is vibrant.

Classic oak-aging notes of vanilla and baking spices mingle with macerated berries on the nose of this wine, with a hint of licorice at the back. The palate has more berries and spices, along with milk chocolate richness and earthiness, underscored by firm tannins and buzzy acid.

A very savory nose on this wine offers cured meat, balsamic vinegar, soil, leather, pickling spices, cherries and sour plums. Sour cherries and plums come through on the otherwise meaty, peppery palate. Flavors suggest both capsicum and peppercorn, and finally chocolate and coffee grinds on the back. Tannins are tightly coiled and acid keeps pace.

A citrus medley of lemons, limes and grapefruit marks the nose of this wine. It also offers apples and nectarines, with distinct grassiness at the back. The palate is mouthpuckering with citrus and acid at first. It then relents, offering nutty, grassy undertones and cooked yellow apples.

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Pink grapefruit, nectarine and green apple get a savory bite of garden hose and petrol on the nose of this wine. Limes and lots of green apple slices take over on the palate. The wine finishes stony with fruit and rocks, from quartz and slate to peaches and nectarines, and finally an astringent, nutty note of almond skins.

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Vanilla and toasted coconut open the nose of this wine, before being joined by bright strawberry-cherry and stony underbrush. Strawberries and wild green watermelon notes perk up the palate, with more vanilla and also milk chocolate. Tannins are beginning to uncoil but acid remains present and accounted for.

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Raspberry, meat jus, leather and graphite on the nose of this wine carry undertones of fresh soil and moss. Raspberry compote, plums and grilled pork appear on the palate, with some herb and pickle flavors. Chalky tannin and approachable acid tie everything together neatly.

The 2019 Merlot lifts from the glass with a darkly alluring blend of musky black currants and savory herbs. There’s a pleasant inner sweetness up front as this enters the palate, silky yet also juicy in feel, with ripe red and blue fruit cascading across its core of vibrant acidity. Black licorice and sage hints linger as this finishes only lightly tannic and with admirable length. Drinking window: 2023 – 2026

Exotic fruit notes of ripe banana and lychee are followed by melon, citrus and some grassy notes on the nose of the Pietradolce rosato. The palate emphasizes all of these notes, with gravel, grass, melon and citrus, but now with more pith coming through for a warming bitter bite at the end.