It's the season for giving and merriment, and a great bottle of wine would be fantastic as a holiday host offering or as a gift for the enophile in your life. For our latest Tasting Highlights, we've compiled a list of outstanding-rated and well-priced wines ideal for gifting or for pairing with the festivities. They span the globe and are made or imported in sizable numbers, which should help with last-minute shopping.
How does the song go? "There's a happy feeling nothing in the world can buy when they pass around the Tawny and the pumpkin pie." Is that right? Well, while the dried fruit and nutty notes of a typical 20-year-old tawny Port are fantastic for pairing with dessert, a nice 10-year-old bottling would be a great, value-priced option too. Below, the textbook version from Croft offers an alluring hint of hazelnut with red fruit and wood spice notes; at $30, it's a must-have for the winter months, including the holidays.
This holiday lineup also includes Pendroncelli's Zinfandel Dry Creek Valley Mother Clone 2022, which is supple with raspberry, licorice and pepper notes. Read on to get our score and full expert tasting note for this fantastic wine for the festivities, plus eight others.
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