Grapelive: Wine of the Day May 7, 2016
2014 Nicolas-Jay, Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon. The new Meo-Camuzet Oregon project, the Nicolas-Jay Pinot Noir is out, and it is a brilliant and luscious wine with deep fruit and…
2014 Nicolas-Jay, Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon. The new Meo-Camuzet Oregon project, the Nicolas-Jay Pinot Noir is out, and it is a brilliant and luscious wine with deep fruit and…
2015 Weingut Leitz, Rose of Pinot Noir, Rheingau Germany. Johannes Leitz’s Trocken Spatburgunder Rose is lively and full of bright mineral and vibrant summer fruit with a tangy crisp character.…
2006 Carlo Giacosa, Barbaresco, Montefico, Piedmonte, Italy. The Montefico block is a tiny Cru site on a very sleep slope with white dusty soils making the Carlo Giacosa Montefico a…
2014 Louis Barruol-Kermit Lynch, Cote Rotie, Neve, Northern Rhone, France. The latest set of Barroul-Lynch Syrahs from Crozes-Hermitage and Cote Rotie are stunning and wines that are pure and alive…
2015 L’ Argentier-Elisabeth & Francois Jourdan, Rose of Aramon, Vieilles Vignes, Languedoc France. While less intense than the 2014 the Aragon Rose old vines from vignerons Elisabeth & Francois Jourdan…
2013 Murdoch Hill Wines, Pinot Noir, The Single Vineyard Phaeton, Adelaide Hills, South Australia. The small batch hand made Pinot from Oz The Phaeton by Murdoch Hills Wines is a…
2015 La Spinetta, Il Rose di Casanova, Toscana Rosato, Italy. The intensely vivid and vibrant La Spinetta Il Rose di Casanova is much more serious and crisp than prior vintages,…
2012 Chateau de Chassagne Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet, White Burgundy, France. A full bodied and beautifully detailed white Burgundy with loads of charm and classic character the Bader-Mimeur family’s Chateau de Chassagne…
2015 Denis Jamain Domaine de Reuilly, Pinot Gris, Reuilly, Loire Valley, France. While not technically a Rose really, the skin contact Jamain Pinot Gris has a pale orange/salmon pinkish hue…
2013 Woodinville Wine Cellars, G.S.M. Columbia Valley, Washington State. The 2013 Woodinville Wine Cellars Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre Rhone style red blend is gloriously hedonistic and is a purple/black beauty…