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Wine Scores
Below is a listing of the wine review scores we frequently reference in our notes. While these sources remain an excellent source of information, we always recommend that you trust your own palate. Scores in these publications often represent the personal taste of an individual critic, which may not always coincide with your own. We have a huge team of excellent wine professionals that can match wines you've had in the past with new arrivals that meet your flavor profile.
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Staff Favorites - Susan Thornett
Susan Thornett
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I’ve been with K&L since summer 2007, moving to retail from a restaurant background. I love coming up with fun food and wine pairings! I tend to enjoy and review wines that convey something interesting about their region of origin, and I usually prefer subtle, savoury wines. That said, dessert wines are always a particular weakness of mine! Often my reviewed wines- aperitif, main course or pudding- will be from France, Germany, or Austria. You will also see me recommending heaps of beers- so if you always dreamed of having a personal beer sommelier you can sign up for that. My ideal beer is a crispy English session ale but I enjoy exploring many different styles, from Californian double IPAs to sour Belgian Gueuzes. I’m not a beer expert by any means but we have a great selection here at K&L and I’m having a great time working my way through - hope you can join me!
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Fleury "Cuveé Robert Fleury" Brut Champagne
Review Date: 12-29-2012
Spicy, rich and delicious, with a firm core of acid to keep it lively. A wonderful biodynamic Champagne.
Price: $49.99
2010 Bench Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Review Date: 11-28-2012
Blackcurrants and blackberries jostle for center-stage in the wine, supported by a solid framework of firm juicy acidity and chewy, food-friendly tannins.
Price: $19.99
Fluteau "Cuvee Reserve" Brut Champagne
Review Date: 10-27-2012
Perfectly pitched wine, at an astonishingly decent price. The extended lees aging is what gives this Champagne its complex notes of acacia, brioche and cream. This is well balanced and very tasty, and a great value.
Price: $29.99
2009 Jean-Louis Denois Blanc de Blancs Cremant de Limoux
Review Date: 10-27-2012
Fine and elegant and tasty! This blanc de blancs is so refined and crisp. Perfect for seafood, aperitif or canape pairing.
Price: $14.99
2011 Grand Voile Saumur Blanc
Review Date: 10-7-2012
Very very sippable! This wine is so breezy and playful, with a light, silky texture and just a hint of honied sweetness. Perfectly poised, great for pre-dinner or with light first courses, this is a real gem.
Price: $9.99
2009 Buehler "Estate" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Review Date: 9-24-2012
Beautifully composed Cabernet, with classic balance of fruit, fine tannins and acidity. Quiet and refined but will sing wonderfully with a well prepared meal featuring lamb or beef.
Price: $29.99
2011 Mas des Capitelles "La Catiede" Faugères
Review Date: 8-14-2012
Juicy, medium bodied red with lovely bright fruit, a little peppery spice and plenty of personality. Nothing heavy about this but very present and tasty.
Price: $9.99
2005 Jean-François Merieau "Alliance des Generations" Touraine Rouge
Review Date: 7-29-2012
This is made of Cabernet Sauvignon (80%) and Côt (20%). Intriguing and complex on the nose, with black fruits, iodine, walnut shells and a little animal note. This is a full, dry wine that would love to be served up alongside a steak or fleshy olives. The wine is deeply savory, with a sanguine element to the blackberry fruit, and has a great structure, chalky tannins and a long finish laced with the flavor and texture of fine black chocolate.
Price: $19.99
2011 Sabathi "Classic" Sauvignon Blanc Styria
Review Date: 7-21-2012
Food friendly S-B here with plenty of juicy, peachy fruit, fresh and lively personality and a little line of mineral on the finish. Not as 'serious' as I had expected but a lot more fun!
Price: $16.99
2006 Parparoussis Muscat de Rio Patras 500ml
Review Date: 6-24-2012
This beautifully luscious wine is made from slowly sun-ripened muscat blanc grapes. They are picked late when they have absorbed as much of the sun's benevolent rays as possible, then dried to even further concentrate the golden, honied flavors within. Ravishing stuff, essential drinking for any lover of sweet wines- there's incredible intensity of texture and flavor that will remind us that, when it comes to wine, the Greeks really figured out this stuff a long time ago!
Price: $34.99
2011 Domaine Begude Sauvignon Blanc Vin de Pays d'Oc
Review Date: 5-29-2012
Shh.. it's not from the Loire valley, but I rather like it all the same! A little pungent, lots of slatey river-rock minerality, and heaps of zippy juiciness. Drink now!
Price: $9.99
Jean-Louis Denois Pinot Noir Brut Rosé
Review Date: 5-20-2012
Fantastic dry Rosé with tiny, creamy bubbles! This wine has it all- fruity cherry-blossom and wild strawberry aromas, subtle toasty just-baked-bread richness, refreshing zing and long creamy finish. Cheers J-L!
Price: $14.99
2007 Rocca di Montegrossi "Geremia"
Review Date: 5-20-2012
Earthy, dark-fruited and with plenty of fleshiness draped over firm structure, this is an excellent alternative to your usual Bordeaux blend. From limestone-rich Tuscan hillside plots, this wine has the breed to age well for a further 5-10 years at least, although it is drinking well (in a creamy, rich manner) already.
Price: $49.99
Franck Bonville "Belles Voyes" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Review Date: 4-9-2012
Get it while it lasts! Rich, creamy and delicious, this is a full bodied Champagne with the elegance and balance of a tight-rope walker. Smooth and voluptuous from cask-aging, intense and structured because of the age of the old vines. A K&L staff and customer favorite!
Price: $67.99
Marguet Pere et Fils "Cuvée Reserve" Brut Champagne
Review Date: 2-28-2012
Rich and toasty, this is a full bodied Champagne with heaps of toast and biscuity notes. Deliious and impressive!
Price: $36.99
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