Grapelive: Wine of the Day January 12, 2025
2011 Domaine Ramonet, Chassagne-Montrachet “Les Caillerets” Premier Cru, White Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, France.Starting to show its age and getting a deep gold hue in the glass and very nutty…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day January 11, 2025
2017 Kobza Wines, Crémant of Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Wirz Vineyard, Cienega Valley AVA, San Benito County.The bright gold yeasty and nutty Kobza Crémant of Riesling from old vines is dry…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day January 10, 2025
2019 Bucklin, Otto’s Grenache, Old Hill Ranch Vineyard, Sonoma Valley.This 2019 Otto’s Grenache from Will Bucklin is a dark hued, powerful and brooding vintage, quite different from the 2018, with…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day January 9, 2025
2023 Weingut Dönnhoff, Riesling Trocken, Roxheimer Höllenpfad, Nahe, Germany.The Dönnhoff ’23 vintage, especially the dry Riesling collection, like this gorgeous, crisply dry, spicy, delicately aromatic and crystalline Roxheimer Höllenpfad, is…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day January 8, 2025
2009 Capiaux, Pinot Noir “Pisoni Vineyard” Santa Lucia Highlands.The dark crimson/ruby hued 2009 Pisoni Vineyard by Sean Capiaux is aging beautifully and is still remarkably youthful and shows off a…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day January 7, 2025
2022 Weingut Selbach-Oster Riesling “Rotlay” Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, Mosel, Germany.The exotic, deeply rich and thrilling 2022 Rotlay block collection Riesling from Selbach-Oster comes from the cru Zeltlinger Sonnenuhr vineyard set on…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day January 6, 2025
2020 Cantina Fradiles, Muristellu – Bovale Sardo, Bagadìu, Isola dei Nuraghi IGT Rosso, Sardinia, Italy.Like the impressive 2016, this deep garnet/crimson hued and aromatic 2020 Fradiles Bagadìu shows off a…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day January 5, 2025
1999 Clos du Mont-Olivet, Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge, Cuvée Unique, Rhône Valley, France.I opened my last bottle of 1999 Châteauneuf du Pape, and with a touch of sadness and a slight disappointment…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day January 4, 2025
2021 Domaine Pierre-Yves Coiln-Morey, Chassagne-Montrachet “Abbaye de Morgeot” Cuvée Clement et Emma, Premier Cru White Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, France.The extremely rare Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Abbaye de Morgeot…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day January 3, 2024
2023 Cantina Gallura, Vermentino di Gallura DOCG “Piras” Sardinia, Italy.The bright and expressive 2023 version of Cantina Gallura Piras Vermentino is fabulous and has more charm and personality that the…