Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 26, 2015
2011 Podere Le Cinciole, Chianti Classico DOCG, Tuscany, Italy. Le Cinciole from Panzano in Chianti, near historic Greve, makes a smooth and elegant style Classico with stylish flourish, especially good…
2011 Podere Le Cinciole, Chianti Classico DOCG, Tuscany, Italy. Le Cinciole from Panzano in Chianti, near historic Greve, makes a smooth and elegant style Classico with stylish flourish, especially good…
2014 Chateau Soucherie, Rose de Loire “Cuvee L’ Astree” Loire Valley, France. The Soucherie rose of Cabernet Franc from the Anjou region of the Loire is a very stylish and…
2014 Fiorini, Lambrusco Grasparossa “Becco Rosso” Emilia-Romagna, Red Sparkling Wine, Italy. The Florin Becco Rosso is a clear and most dry red Lambrusco done in the Charmat method and is…
nv Sean Thackrey, Pleiades XXIV Old Vines, Red Table Wine, California. Sean Thackrey’s old vine Pleiades is now on the 24th edition and it still as intriguing and beguiling as…
2013 Chateau Valcombe “Les Hauts de Valcombe” Ventoux Rouge, Rhone, France. The Valcombe vines are about 75 years old and sit low on the slopes of Mount Ventoux, they are…
2014 Weingut Selbach-Oster, Riesling “Ur” alte Reben Feinherb, Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, Mosel Germany. The “uratle” or extremely old vine cuvee from Selbach-Oster is crafted traditionally from 80 to 100 year old…
2012 Alfaro Family Vineyards, Pinot Noir, Estate, Santa Cruz Mountains. The other day I read a blog piece about how hard it was to find a great or good California…
2012 Bernard Faurie, Hermitage Rouge, Gold Capsule, Northern Rhone, France. The 2012 Bernard Faurie Hemitage is one of the most beautiful Syrah wines I’m had in years, this gorgeous wine…
2013 Domaine Bruno Colin, Chassagne-Montrachet, En Remilly, Premier Cru White Burgundy, France. Bruno & Stephanie Colin’s latest set of Chassagne’s are wonderfully intriguing wines and are some of the best…
2013 Montesecondo, Sangiovese IGT Rosso, Toscana, Italy. Montesecondo is a tiny biodynamic farm in the northern part of Chianti Classico not far from Florence and in the Val di Pesa…