2002 Soldera Case Basse Tasting note #72
2002 Soldera Case Basse, Toscana IGT The 2002 Soldera carries itself with an almost meditative calm, a wine shaped not … Continue reading 2002 Soldera Case Basse Tasting note #72
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2016 Brunello di Montalcino, La Ragnaie Tasting note #52
The 2016 Brunello from La Ragnaie captures the estate’s high-altitude finesse in a vintage that already leans toward purity and … Continue reading 2016 Brunello di Montalcino, La Ragnaie Tasting note #52
2019 Barolo Cascina Nuova Elvio Cogno Tasting note #51
The 2019 Cascina Nuova presents Barolo through a lens of clarity and youthful precision. The nose is immediately expressive, full … Continue reading 2019 Barolo Cascina Nuova Elvio Cogno Tasting note #51
2008 Monfortino Riserva Giacomo Conterno Tasting note #50
2008 Barolo Monfortino Riserva, Giacomo Conterno The 2008 Monfortino opens with the kind of authority that doesn’t need to declare … Continue reading 2008 Monfortino Riserva Giacomo Conterno Tasting note #50
Rediscovering Chianti Rufina: Tuscany’s Hidden Gem of Altitude and Elegance
Tucked quietly into the northeastern hills above Florence, where the Tuscan landscape rises toward the first soft slopes of the … Continue reading Rediscovering Chianti Rufina: Tuscany’s Hidden Gem of Altitude and Elegance
The Philosophy of Purity: Understanding Soldera’s Vision
Few names in Italian wine evoke as much reverence, curiosity, and debate as Soldera. In the hills of southern Tuscany, … Continue reading The Philosophy of Purity: Understanding Soldera’s Vision
Sommelier diary #37
The 2019 Il Pino di Biserno shows just how far this wine has come from being considered merely a younger … Continue reading Sommelier diary #37
The Soul of Castiglione Falletto: Monprivato by Giuseppe Mascarello
There are few names in Barolo as resonant and revered as Giuseppe Mascarello, and among its wines, none more mythic … Continue reading The Soul of Castiglione Falletto: Monprivato by Giuseppe Mascarello
Montefico and Montestefano: A Journey Through Barbaresco’s Beating Heart
To understand the soul of Barbaresco, one must walk its hills from north to south, tracing the slow undulation of … Continue reading Montefico and Montestefano: A Journey Through Barbaresco’s Beating Heart
Sommeliers diary #33
2014 Romanée-Saint-Vivant Mare Monge The 2014 Mare Monge from Romanée-Saint-Vivant is a study in refinement, a wine that speaks more … Continue reading Sommeliers diary #33