A Serious Wine Blog For the Not-So-Serious Drinker
2015 Casanova di Neri ‘Rosso-Irrosso di Casanova di Neri’ Sant’Antimo (Tuscany): Whoa. That’s a lot of vivacity… Like battery acid levels of it. $28 B+
2015 Badia a Coltibuono ‘Roberto Stucchi RS’ Cultusboni (Chianti Classico): Still in fighting form! Maybe RS stands for Retains Freshness? $16 B
2020 Marchesi Alfieri ‘Alfiera’, Barbera d’Asti Superiore (Piedmont): This is pretty big. It’s also pretty tasty, and pretty dark (for Asti B, that is). $25 B+
Interestingly, I first met Domaine Bousquet’s Anne Bousquet the same day that I met my partner Shannon… and tasted with Domaine Bousquet again online just days before our daughter Gianna was born. So I seem to have some sort of strange, cosmic, family connection with this Argentine wine mainstay. I suppose that I am hereby…
NV Cockburn’s No. 1 Special Reserve Port (Portugal): Getting the job done with rich, baking spice-laden flair. $20 B
NV Piper-Heidsieck Cuvee Brut (Champagne): Nutty, toasty, fruity, poised, and surprisingly up for a good time. $60 A-
2019 Tinto Pesquera Crianza (Ribera del Duero): This is all smoky, gamey, plummy goodness, with a side of warming spices. $28 B+…
2019 Campo Alla Sughera Arnione Bolgheri Superiore (Tuscany): Mint, orange peel, violets, spices, wild red berries, plum. Textual and delicious. Excellent. $40 A-
2021 Campo alla Sughera ‘Adeo’ Bolgheri Rosso (Tuscany): Plummy, vibrant, ripe blue fruits that all want to be your best friends. $25 B+
2016 Cantine Ermes ‘Epicentro’ Nero d’Avola Riserva (Sicily): Brought to you by the letter ‘B’—for Big, Bold, & Beefy. $18 B