Weekly tasting report (Apr 26-May 2, 2020): Australia, Italy, USA

This is the second post dedicated to the very latest tastings from the JamesSuckling.com team. What you read in these weekly reports are what we taste just days before!

These reports will hit the site every week – so bookmark our homepage and look out for these insights into our tasting regimen, and to get the very first reviews and scores on the latest wines, many of which have not even been released yet for wider tastings.

This week Executive Editor Nick Stock highlights three Australian wines that he tasted as he continues to sample hundreds of wines for our large annual Australia tasting report, and James Suckling has been tasting 2019 Bordeaux barrel samples flown in to Hong Kong, as well as Washington State wines, some from California and a small selection of Barolo too.

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Tasting Notes

Henschke Shiraz Eden Valley Hill of Roses 2015
Country Australia
Region South Australia
Vintage 2015
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Col Solare Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain Tenuta 2017
Country United States
Region Washington
Vintage 2017
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Chateau St. Jean Chardonnay Alexander Valley Belle Terre Vineyard 2018
Country United States
Region California
Vintage 2018
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Chateau St. Jean Sonoma County Cinq Cépages 2016
Country United States
Region California
Vintage 2016
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Nocturne Cabernet Sauvignon Margaret River Single Vineyard 2016
Country Australia
Region Western Australia
Vintage 2016
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Genesi Amarone della Valpolicella Corte Figaretto 2016
Country Italy
Region Veneto
Vintage 2016
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Genesi Barolo Boscareto Principiano 2011
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Vintage 2011
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Genesi Barolo del Comune di Serralunga d'Alba Principiano 2015
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Vintage 2015
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Northstar Merlot Walla Walla Valley Premier 2016
Country United States
Region Washington
Vintage 2016
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Tenet Yakima Valley The Pundit 2017
Country United States
Region Washington
Vintage 2017
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Two Tonne Tasmania Pinot Noir East Coast EST 2019
Country Australia
Region Tasmania
Vintage 2019
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Upsidedown Wine Yakima Valley Konnowac Vineyard White 2018
Country United States
Region Washington
Vintage 2018
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Latta Roussanne Columbia Valley Lawrence Vineyard 2017
Country United States
Region Washington
Vintage 2017
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