Sommeliers Diary #62
2015 Cerbaione Salvioni Brunello di Montalcino The 2015 Cerbaione is intense yet beautifully composed, a Brunello that balances the warmth … Continue reading Sommeliers Diary #62
Sommeliers Diary #61
2019 Serre Nuove dell’Ornellaia Bolgheri DOC The 2019 Serre Nuove displays the precision and polish of a strong Bolgheri vintage, … Continue reading Sommeliers Diary #61
Sommeliers Diary #60
2015 Dom Perignon P2 The 2015 Dom Pérignon P2 reveals the vintage through the prism of extended maturation, trading youthful … Continue reading Sommeliers Diary #60
Sommeliers Diary #59
2023 Vistamare Ca’ Marcanda – Gaja The 2023 Vistamare is a wine of light, air, and coastal precision. The nose … Continue reading Sommeliers Diary #59
Sommeliers Diary #58
2001 Sassicaia, Tenuta San Guido The 2001 Sassicaia carries itself with a calm, almost aristocratic confidence. The nose unfolds in … Continue reading Sommeliers Diary #58
Lavalle’s 1861 Classification: Burgundy’s First Mirror, and Still Its Most Honest
Every generation of Burgundy lovers believes, with a certain earnest conviction, that it is witnessing the region at its most … Continue reading Lavalle’s 1861 Classification: Burgundy’s First Mirror, and Still Its Most Honest
Sommeliers Diary #57
1996 Echezeaux, Domaine de la Romanee-Conti The 1996 Échezeaux from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti carries the vintage’s famed acidity with … Continue reading Sommeliers Diary #57
Sommeliers Diary #56
2015 Chateau Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan The 2015 Haut-Brion unfolds with an effortless sense of authority, its complexity revealed in calm, measured … Continue reading Sommeliers Diary #56
Clos de la Maréchale: The Quiet Pulse of Premeaux — A Vineyard That Refuses to Disappear
There are vineyards in Burgundy that announce themselves with the confidence of centuries-old acclaim, and there are others that whisper—softly, … Continue reading Clos de la Maréchale: The Quiet Pulse of Premeaux — A Vineyard That Refuses to Disappear
Sommeliers Diary #55
2019 Esprit de PavieThe 2019 Esprit de Pavie shows a polished, modern Saint-Émilion character with impressive clarity. Aromas of ripe … Continue reading Sommeliers Diary #55