An exquisite wine straight out of the bottle. From 100+-year-old vines, the wine sees a simple whole-bunch fermentation for two weeks before being foot-stomped and poured into old casks for... read more →
This estate is worthy of your attention. The vines are old and ungrafted. They use no herbicide or pesticide in the course of farming their 7.4 acres. The taste was... read more →
Alsatian producer Christian Binner started this project a few years back to mentor up-and-coming voices in the region and to bring brilliant wines at gentle prices to market. He basically... read more →
Initially, it was a refreshing quaffer with very little flesh. There was a little hint of rose petal and vague raspberry but general narrowness of aroma and flavor, yet it... read more →
My note? “This one!!” Almond, wool and electricity. From Philippe’s 40–90 year old vines, his oldest. This 2009 had more sulfur than usual, and a little less acid (it was... read more →
Alwin Jurtschitsch works in the town of Langenlois in the Kamptal where Heiligenstein, which for some reason is so much fun to pronounce, is arguably its most profound terroir. There... read more →
Another electric wine from Milan. Pressed directly, about 10% of the juice gets a few days of skin contact. The wine is raised in bigger old barrels from local oak... read more →
Another winner from Monte dei Roari in Lake Garda. This is my first 100% rossignola. It’s a thin-skinned grape and the resulting wine has a coppery color. Part of the... read more →
From Cour-Cheverny, the ground zero for the romorantin grape. This particular romo is from vines that have up to 60 years of age. The grapes are fermented and aged in... read more →
At 80,000 bottles this domaine isn’t so tiny, but it isn’t so huge either. What it definitely is, however, is new to me. Riesling lovers rejoice. A riesling full of... read more →