Month: June 2017

2016 Joyce Vineyards, Pinot Noir, Gabilan, Monterey County. Russell Joyce’s up coming release, this Gabilan 2016 Pinot Noir, is a lovely sumptuous wine that looks set to be a beauty…

2015 Pedro Parra y Familia, Cinsault, Imaginador, Itata, Chile. Pedro Parra is “Doctor Dirt” with his passion and PhD in Terroir he is one of the most interesting winemakers and…

2015 Bodega Chacra, Pinot Noir, Cincuenta y Cinco, Rio Negro, Patagonia, Argentina. I vastly underestimated this beautiful wine, tasting it blind I admit I was a confused at first, it…

2016 Donnhoff, Riesling Trocken, Hermannshohle, Grosses Gewachs, Nahe Germany. The barrel sample of Donnhoff’s majestic Hermannshohle GG gives a great insight into this wonderful dry Riesling and the vintage, which…

2016 Casanova della Spinetta, Il Rose di Casanova, Tuscany, Italy. One of my most favorite summer wines, Giorgio Rivetti’s La Spinetta Rose from Tuscany, the Casanova della Spinetta Il Rose…

2016 Weingut Carl Loewen, Riesling Trocken, Maximin 1896 Herrenberg Alte Reben, Erste Lage, Mosel Germany. The follow up to his amazing 2015’s looks set to almost equal them with these…

2012 Ciacci Piccolomini, Brunello di Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy. A lovely vintage for Brunello, this 2012 Ciacci Piccolomini shows all the joys of the year, not overtly ripe and with fresh,…

2016 Weingut Selbach-Oster, Riesling Spatlese, Zeltinger Schlossberg, Mosel Germany. The latest set of wines from Johannes Selbach are as pure and classic as you can get, lovely and complex offerings…

2007 Schlossgut Diel, Riesling Spatlese, Dorsheim Burgberg, Nahe Germany. Caroline Diel took the helm of Schlossgut Diel’s winemaking in 2006, in what was already a top winery in the Nahe…

2016 Arnot-Roberts, Rose, California. One of the most interesting pink wines in California, the Arnot-Roberts Rose is also one of the most sought after wines in the state year after…