Vinified and aged in old wood, the wine is long and lovely. Full of a grapefruit, juicy ripe acid—all sorts of citrus threading through the wine. A zingy experience.
Côt (also known as malbec) loves old vines, cool climate and limestone. And it loves the Touraine, and Damien Delenchenau loves it all. Damien’s vines are 100+ years, old, gnarled,... read more →
From a 9-hectare estate, made by the Boisard boys. The vines are over 30 years old from gravely soils. Aged in barrel for eight months, and as I’ve tasted these... read more →
Old school alert. From terraced, steep vineyards, this wine at forty years (thank you Giorgio De Maria) might be one of the most memorable I’ve had. The 2012 is much... read more →
Think that you have to press a wine off of skin quickly? Then think again. Silvio Messana poured the grapes into anfora and then left the wine on the skins... read more →
Tannin at the finish on top of apple-like acid. The fruit takes a backseat to the savory and it is just a completely satisfying Beaujolais. It all knits together and... read more →
Kisi is considered to be a natural hybrid of rkatsiteli and mtsvane. It retains acid which makes it perform beautifully in the eastern dry Khakheti where it comes from. I... read more →
Some of the Guion are my new house wines. There is a very clear progression in them from simple delicious to more serious to wow. This cuvée, between the two... read more →
I’ve been singing the Rateau praises for some time and each year, Jean Claude shows his never-ceasing growth. If he’s not on your collecting list, correct that. Even for a... read more →
The 100+-year-old vines are squarely in Minervois but as the wine is 100% carignan it wears the more broad designation Côtes du Brian. Falling in love with old vine carignan... read more →