The original still wine of Champagne, and this one is a beaut. The color and the depth of flavor. Whoa. Delicate beauty. Tough to find. You might try Uva in... read more →
If you don’t know this domaine, you should. This one is their least expensive cuvée. Soft, easy tannin and strawberry. At this price, well could be the season’s red party... read more →
Think pelaverga with complexity of nebbiolo. Stunning, tea, and flower power, aged in cherry and chestnut barrels, dusty dolcetto-like quality. Soils are clay, basalt and some limestone, and the wine... read more →
This wine is a wench with a brain. Utter deliciousness. Throws a little volatility (that je ne sais quoi of nail polish). Settles down the second day. You’ve got to... read more →
New heartthrob. I had the 2011 in France, very pelaverga-like. The 2010 is more intense, and dense and more dolcetto. Terroir is complex, clay, limestone, sandstone, gravel. Traditional fermentation, short... read more →
This is the only wine from Chile I would go out of my way to buy. Old unirrigated vines, grown in the cool southerly region of Itata, it was fermented... read more →
I stood in Jean Marie’s globular vines and felt the angry wind he must farm. I got it. There’s wildness in this wine even though it’s only 12.5%. From schist... read more →