Score: 90/100 Score 90/100 This Rhône rosé wine from the village appellation of Gigondas comes from vines grown on chalk and clay-soil slopes on the family-owned estate. It is a blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Cinsault. Grapes are hand-picked. The Grenache is directly pressed and blended...
While in Vinitaly, THE professional wine fair for Italian wine, I had the pleasure a meeting a very kind and welcoming winery owner and winemaker of Tenuta di Ghizzano in Tuscany. With obvious passion, on the Tuscan coast in the Province of Pisa, she makes Sangiovese...
Score: 89/100 Score 89/100 This is a 100% Sauvignon Blanc white wine made by ‘Les Vignerons des Coteaux Romanais’ in the Loire Valley, under the appellation Tourraine Chenonceaux. Tasting Notes This white wine from Loire comes in a lemon-yellow color of medium intensity, bright...
Score: 91/100 Score 91/100 This Languedoc white wine by Pic Saint Loup winery Clos des augustins is a blend of Chardonnay, Roussanne and Marsanne from low-yielding vines (30hl/ha). Made by Fréderic Mezy, it comes under the long-named protected appellation of IGP Saint Guilhem le Désert –...
Score : 81/100 Score 81/100 Extra Blanc by prominent and famous Languedoc producer Gerard Bertrand is a blend of mainly Grenache Blanc grapes, typical of that part of the Mediterranean coast. Tasting Notes This Languedoc white comes in a pale lemon-yellow color with slight green hues....
Score: 80/100 Score 80/100 Bottega Gold is a Prosecco Doc Brut sparkling wine, made from the Glera grapes grown in the hills of the Valdobbiadene area, near the Venetian Prealps in North East Italy. It comes as a vintage bubbly (millesimato as the Italians say)...
Score: 83/100 Score 83/100 Tasting Notes This Argentinian Pinot Grigio (Gris) comes in a rather pale lemon-yellow color, with slight green hues, typical of the style: looking light and refreshing in the Italian fashion for the Grigio. The nose is also bright and fruity,...
Score: 90/100 Score 90/100 This Saint-Chinian red wine, a small village appellation in the Languedoc region of Southern France, is made by famous local vignerons, Laurent Miquel. Here is how Laurent’s Irish wife Neasa Corish Miquel explains the name of this cuvée: “Our ‘Connemara’ Saint-Chinian celebrates...
Score: 91/100 Score 91/100 The Domaine Grand Romane is a vineyard located on the highest part of Pierre Amadieu estate (about 400 meters above sea level). Here the pebbly limestone terroir features a poor soil forcing vines to put down deep roots and crop concentrated grapes....
Score: 89/100 Score 89/100 This left-bank (Médoc) Bordeaux wine is the second label of Pauillac winery Château Pédesclaux. It is a blend of 70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon that was aged for 14 months in wine barrels (1/3 new and 2/3 used). For more perspective on...
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