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…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For August 24, 2020
2016 São Lourenço do Barrocal Tinto (Alentejo): Dusty, determined, and downright delicious. $NA B+ 2013 São Lourenço do Barrocal Tinto Reserva (Alentejo): Authentically rustic in all of the good ways. $NA A- 2017 Kellerei St. Pauls ‘Passion’ Pinot Noir Riserva Alto (Trentino-Alto Adige): Earthy, dark, and thoroughly unconcerned about whther or not you’re impressed. $45…
