Month: January 2017

2009 Cascina Val del Prete, Barbera d’Alba Superiore “Carolina” Piedmonte, Italy. A warm and round Barbera of hedonistic pleasures and texture, poured from magnum, it is drinking gorgeously and with…

2014 Auguste Clape, Cornas “Renaissance” Rhone Red, France. From younger vines the Renaissance cute is a slightly below the flagship Cornas at Clape, but this 2014 I think is almost…

2012 Damijan Podversic, Ribolla Gialla, Friuli, Italy. One of the most seductive whites in Italy is Damijan’s Ribolla Gialla, and this 2012 is showing wonderful beauty, life and detail, it…

2013 Bonaccorsi, Pinot Noir, Melville Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills. It was really fun to taste through the current offerings from Bonaccorsi and seeing Jenne Bonaccorsi, her story and that of…

2015 Weingut Hirsch, Gruner Veltliner “Lamm” Kamptal, Austria. Johannes Hirsch’s Lamm Gruner is truly majestic, it’s a dense, dry and powerful Gruner Veltliner that is comparable to a Grosses Gewachs,…

2012 Vietti, Barolo, Lazzarito, Piedmonte, Italy. Luca Currado’s Barolo Cru Lazzarito 2012 is an absolutely gorgeous showstopper, a classic Nebbiolo with deep complexity, power and unbelievable graceful length. It was…

2015 G.D. Vajra, Riesling Langhe “Petracine” Piedmonte, Italy. The Giuseppe Vajra Riesling is one of my all time favorite wines, as any of you would know if you have followed…

2013 Serafina Cellars, Barbera, Amador County. The Serafina Barbera from the Sierra Foothills is a juicy richly textured and fruit driven wine with layers of black and red fruits along…

2015 Equis by Maxime Graillot, Crozes-Hermitage “Equinoxe” Rhone Red, France. A pure and beautifully purple Syrah that is an almost quilt free everyday red that delivers outstanding varietal character and…

2014 Weingut Karl-Johann Molitor, Pinot Noir Trocken, Assmannshauser Hollenberg, Rheingau Germany. Based in the upper Rheingau in the town of Hattenheim, the family estate of Karl-Johann Molitor is an old…