This is also sufficiently ripe to partially display fruit from the yellow side of the spectrum along with spice, citrus confit and floral scents. The rich and solidly concentrated medium-bodied flavors are at once succulent yet... Read More
Spiced and chalky aromas of salty, grilled pineapple, baked lemon, ginger and lemongrass mingle with wet rocks, oak spice and dried chamomile. Firm with austere structure, delicately sweet fruit flavors have an ephemeral cotton... Read More
Brilliant aromas are faintly flinty but bursting with lime curd, lemon oil, quinine, spearmint, white peach and ginger. Tensile, juicy and crisp, there is saline, stony minerality stretching out long with fine texture and a lingering... Read More
Lemon, brioche and crushed stones on the nose, followed by a creamy, medium-bodied palate that’s cut through by a laser beam of high acidity. Textured, with a linear and mouthwatering finish.
This is a beautiful Muscadet, with aromas of honeysuckle, ocean air, and lemon oil and flavors of tart peach, citrus, and mineral. Just the right amount of acidity to keep the palate fresh and another sip necessary. As a super... Read More
The La Riserva from Paltrinieri is the wine that turns heads the moment it's poured. It will stop a conversation. The beautiful pink-rose hue of the wine and its white-strawberry and red-currant aromas pour out of the glass,... Read More
The 2020 Crozes Hermitage Mule Blanche (Domaine) comes from a parcel planted equally to Marsanne and Roussanne and was aged in a mix of concrete eggs (two-thirds) and oak barrels (one-third). It boasts a toasty, leesy nose backed... Read More
Fermented in stainless steel, there's more and more purity in the unoaked Chardonnay from Gualtallary. The 2020 Proyecto Hermanas Chardonnay comes from early-harvested grapes after a challenging season (wind, hail and frost).... Read More
Very refined, with silky and fine-grained structure carrying alluring bergamot, rooibos tea, incense, dried cherry and lightly mulled raspberry notes along. A long sanguine thread weaves through the finish. Hard to resist now... Read More
The 2020 Ultreia Valtuille is truly amazing and more so next to the unusual 2019. This is floral, expressive, fresh and balanced, with incredible elegance. There's a lot of precision here, they picked on exactly the right... Read More
The impressive 2020 Blanc de Blancs comes from a catastrophic vintage when they lost a huge amount of grapes due to mildew, which forced them to purchase more grape from growers. This is very expressive, their youngest wine, from... Read More
The exceptional 2020 Blanco is from vines between 605 and 805 meters above sea level that were harvested over multiple passes after one episode of hail. This vintage had a slow fermentation, and it feels like a year of finesse... Read More
Dark cherries, blueberries, crushed stones and lavender. Nicely chewy on the palate with lots of fine-grained tannins. Long and tight finish. Better in two years.