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Sunday, April 6, 2025

2018 Manni Nössing Müller-Thurgau Saas Rigais

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  12% abv This wine has matured beautifully. I think Sass Rigais is the name of a local mountain. Vineyards are located in Valle Isarco, nor...
Friday, April 4, 2025

2021 Artuke Trascuevas Blanco

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13% abv In the quest for unique white wines, I recently found this producer.  "....a blend of 90% Viura with 5% each Malvasía Riojana a...
Saturday, March 29, 2025

2010 Domaine Michel Mallard Aloxe-Corton La Toppe Au Vert 1er Cru

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Uncorked and left in bottle for several hours for a bit of aeration, this is one of the nicest drinking 2010 red burgs in recent memory. Whi...
Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Cote de Beaune, Sonoma Coast and Chateauneuf-du-Pape

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2011 Domaine Jean-Marc & Hugues Pavelot Savigny-Les-Beaune La Dominode Decanted to aerate for a couple of hours. Give this all the air y...
Friday, March 14, 2025

The Best of Italy...

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  1988 Produttori del Barbaresco  Decanted to aerate. Slight browning color. Decent amount of fine grained sediment. It never ceases to amaz...
Thursday, March 13, 2025

2004 Domaine Tempier Bandol La Tourtine

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Old vine Mourvedre paired with smoked pork ribs... quite lush with a nice backbone of minerality that makes it so food friendly.... this can...
Wednesday, March 5, 2025

2008 Domaine Arlaud Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Les Millandes

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  OK on its own... very cranberry-ish with more acidity than fruit.  But with air and time, nicely complemented Korean BBQ Smoked Chicken an...