RED WINES
93 Château de la A dense, dusty wine, full of tannins and luscious fruit, this is impressively rich. It has a fine structure under all the opulent Merlot. The wine will certainly age well. Drink from 2025. Aquitaine Wine Company. . —R.V.
Hybrids: Catawba
“It’s important to acknowledge Catawba’s history,” says Tim Benedict, winemaker of Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards in New York’s Finger Lakes region, which uses the grape in two of its flagship offerings. “If you get a pink Catawba, it’s a trip back in time.”
