2018 Acquiesce Clairette Blanche (Lodi): Let the tropical parade officially commence! $28 B+ 2018 Acquiesce Bourboulenc (Lodi): A weighty delivery of flowers and citrus. $28 B+ 2018 Rob Rubin Pam’s Unoaked Chardonnay (Sonoma County): Pam doesn’t like oak but she still sure as hell likes creaminess. $15 B 2018 Ron Rubin Chardonnay (Russian River Valley):…
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Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 9 (Tenuta Sette Cieli Bolgheri Recent Releases)
On the border of Bolgheri, within sight of the legendary Sassicaia and equally-legendary Ornellaia, nestled in Tuscany’s gorgeous and golden-lit rolling hills, protected by surrounding forests, sits the former horse ranch and now premium wine producer Tenuta Sette Cieli. I know that those rolling Sette Cieli hills are gorgeous because I’ve seen them. Over Zoom…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For August 31, 2020
NV Lini 910 ‘Labrusca’ Lambrusco Rosso Reggiano (Emilia Romagna): Now available with a little less partying, and a little more substance. $19 B+ 2018 Mandrarossa ‘Sentiero delle Gerle’ Bianco (Etna): Salinity, citrus, and basically the good stuff. $NA B+ 2018 P+S Prats & Symington Post Scriptum de Chryseia (Douro): Blueberries, spices, & almost devilishly good…
Alentejo Postcard, Part 4 (or “The Cake Doesn’t Need Icing” – Tasting Cortes de Cima)
When you visit Alentejo’s Cortes de Cima (as I did late in 2019 on a media jaunt), you realize that their geese are more than just “a loud alarm system” (as Winemaking Director Hamilton Reis put it). Those geese also eat vineyard pests, like slugs and snails. That’s not the only traditional thing that Cortes…
