Sometimes you taste a wine and just go, “Huh – didn’t see that coming.” Like here. The last word we ever expected to write about Temparnillo from scorching hot/bitter cold/high-altitude Toro Spain was “fresh.”... Read More
Organic/Bio Founded in 1903, Finca Torremilanos is the second oldest wine producer in Ribera del Duero, but hardly stuck in their ways. Since converting to fully certified biodynamics in 2015, they've been looking for more... Read More
What you get when you grow Nero d’Avola in Sicily’s higher-altitude vineyards: a wine that’s loaded with dark black cherry fruit accented by notes of clove. Feels a little creamy in the middle and then closes... Read More
Like so many of you, we just love this expressive and salty/stony white wine from Libero Rillo and the rolling hills of Sannio in Campania. As always, it’s 100% Falanghina made all in tank with a just-right touch of lees... Read More
Lots to talk about here, starting with the pretty absurd notion of a seven year-old Willamette Pinot Noir being a) the winery’s current release and b) selling for <$20. Willy Gianopulos has been growing Pinot on the Laurelwood... Read More
The Vajra family’s “introductory” Barolo is always one of the best values in high-end Nebbiolo. It’s from a set of higher-altitude vineyards that make this more red-fruited and open than most. In 2019,... Read More
Yes, this is very well-made Chianti Classico, showing the red cherry, tobacco, leather and spice you’d expect and with fine and food-friendly tannins at the end. But it’s not “serious” Chianti – it’s... Read More
A unfortunately tiny allocation of a brilliant wine from Gerard Seguin's 0.7 acre plot of 40-50 year old vines growing just uphill from Chambolle's landmark chapel. Pretty is a word we use a lot for first-rate Chambolle,... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV Jerome Seguin's 0.7 acre plot of Chambolle Musigny vines are just above the village chapel, an unfortunately prime location for the damage from 2021's April frosts. But the 40-50 year-old vines then... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV The difference between a really good “village” Gevrey (like Terroir du Domaine) and a true 1er Cru should be ripeness, concentration and power. Which is very much what you’ll find here,... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV Terroir du Domaine refers to the location of the vines that dominate this cuvee - essentially surrounding the winery. Pierre Seguin planted this 1.8 acres of vines around 1950 and his family has farmed it... Read More
Langhe Nebbiolo getting very close to Barolo quality, texture and character indeed. There's more ripeness and richness than expected in baby Barolo, with dark red berry and cherry fruit, a nice dose of spice and bitter chocolate... Read More
Powerful enough to benefit from a decant today, this is Napa steak wine par excellence. Deep red currant and raspberry fruit with hints of violets, mocha and smoke, it unfurls in the glass nicely and has the firm grip to match... Read More
I’m personally disappointed I don’t have anywhere near the breadth of tasting experience of Etna wines I want. I’m working on it! Meanwhile, for what it’s worth, the Girolamo Russo wines are my favorite... Read More
Organic/Bio Russo’s Calderara Sottana is more red-fruited and open/fleshy than the darker, more intense, San Lorenzo. But there’s still plenty of intensity to the perfume and flavors and grip on the long, minerally,... Read More
Organic/Bio At the very top of San Lorenzo, at 750 meters elevation, almost too high to be “Etna Rosso,” Russo farms a 0.7HA plot of vines planted in the early 1940s. Originally they were trained on traditional albarello... Read More
Organic/Bio Former concert pianist Girolamo Russo started this winery on the slopes of Mt. Etna in 2005. He farms his scattered plots of Nerello Mascalese organically, including his 8 hectare holding in one of Etna's most... Read More
Freisa is Nebbiolo’s cousin. Where Nebbiolo is tall, dark and seriously handsome, Freisa has an untucked shirt, grass stains on its knees and has clearly been rolling around in flower petals and raspberries because, my goodness,... Read More
My goodness, it’s so good to find ripe and juicy Barbera that isn’t trying too hard! As the third generation of her family to make wine here in Piemonte, Annalisa Bocchino clearly knows the job is to grow good grapes... Read More
The newest bottling from this up-and-coming Northern Rhone estate that has bootstrapped itself to prominence by finding abandoned vineyards and bringing them back to life. There's plenty of Cornas intensity and inky power... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV Imagine Cabernet Franc and Pinot Noir had a thin slip of a child who was somehow strong enough to haul bins of juicy, red fruited, grapes up and down nearly vertical slops of rocky, wild herb, covered hills,... Read More
Close out of remaining bottles. Always one of the most exciting values in Ribeira Sacra, this year's model has more flesh and richness than usual but just as much purity and finesse as ever. Lovely stuff.... Read More
Organic/Bio This is organically farmed, native yeast fermented, minimally sulfured, old-vine, seriously good stuff. Already complex and perfumed, what's most striking today is the ripe red berry fruit and super fine tannins.... Read More
Organic/Bio Crest the top of the warm and sunny Casot hill and you find yourself at the top of Marcarini. With it's northeast aspect, Marcarini gets loads of morning sun but then less of the late afternoon heat. From old vines... Read More
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