When it comes to wine, the Napa brand seems to be as strong as ever, with both grapes and wine prices invariably shooting upwards in recent years. October 2017’s wildfires in Napa and Sonoma will only increase the trend —in all likelihood—, while the overall...
Wine Review of 2014 Château de Ciffre Grand Vin Saint-Chinian Red, Languedoc, France Score: 92+/100 Score 92/100 This Languedoc red by famous Lorgeril house from the Languedoc wine region, produced on their Chateau de Ciffre estate in the small Cabardès appellation near Carcassonne, is...
Wine Review of Moutard Père et Fils Vignes Chiennes Chardonnay Brut Nature Champagne, France Score: 90/100 Score 90/100 This Champagne sparkling wine by Champagne Moutard is a brand-new single vineyard cuvée part of the new Climats de Champagne range, and made from 100% Chardonnay grapes from a plot called Vignes Chiennes (understand...
Wine Review of 2015 Lorgeril Domaine de la Borie Blanche Minervois La Livinière Rouge, Languedoc, France Score: 91/100 Score 91/100 Nicolas and Miren de Lorgeril, pioneers of the Cabardès AOC in Southern France’s Languedoc wine region, have had a passion for this other “piedmont”...
Wine Review of 2015 La Cave des Vignerons de Pfaffenheim Pfaff Riesling Steinert Grand Cru, Alsace, France Score: 90/100 Score 90/100 The Steinert vineyard is a Grand Cru site in the Alsace wine region of France, lying 13 kilometers (9 miles) south of Colmar...
Wine Review of 2016 Ciry Cattaneo ‘Sang Neuf’ Malbec Pays dOc’ IGP, Languedoc, France Score: 90-92/100 Pts Score 91/100 Malbec, the grape variety that’s now become iconic in Argentina, and very successful in its region of origin around Cahors, France, is surprisingly very rare...
Wine Review of Grupo Pesquera’s 2011 Alejandro Fernández Dehesa la Granja Tinto red, Castilla y León, Spain Score: 91/100 Score 91/100 Dehesa la Granja winery is fully integrated into the environment of a land deep into Spain, in the province of Zamora in Castilla...
2016 Vinovalie Astrolabe Loin de l’Oeil Gaillac Blanc Sec, South West France Score: 90/100 Score 90/100 Astrolabe is a special white wine from the Gaillac appellation in South-West France. It is made by the Vignerons d’Ovalie, a group of 4 cooperative wineries created in...
Wine Review of 2016 Ollier Taillefer Faugères Allegro Blanc, Languedoc, France Score: 90/100 Score 90/100 Allegro is a white wine from the Languedoc wine region, the Faugères AOP appellation more specifically, blend of Rolle (a grape variety also known as Vermentino wine) and Roussanne, vinified...
Wine Review of 2016 Moutard Diligent Bourgogne-Epineuil Pinot Noir, Burgundy, France Score: 90/100 Score 90/100 This red wine by Champagne and Burgundy producer Moutard Family is not only fermented using exclusively wild yeasts (also called indigeneous yeasts or ‘levures indigènes’ in French), but...
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