Brunello 2012 Continues (Caprili, Sassetti, Talenti)
I can’t quite put my finger on it – something about tonight’s line-up of labels made me want to listen to The Smiths. Shuffle around quietly, look at the floor, reflect on life’s unfairness. Sleep in. Definitely no [...]
Top 2011 Cornas (Clape, Paris, Voge)
Three of the appellation’s top handful of wines, which I thought might be starting to enter a good drinking window. I was a bit optimistic [...]
Colin-Morey St. Aubin ‘Les Champlots’ vertical
A quick mini-vertical from one of the most fashionable white burgundy producers; while he makes stratospheric Grands Crus, he is possibly best known for the [...]
2014 Passopisciaro Etna Rosso Horizontal
I recently tried a flight of these wines from some different producers; tonight a single-producer horizontal. Passopisciaro is a prominent Etna Rosso producer who makes [...]
Let’s Go Aglianico (Tecce, Fucci, Paternoster)
Three leading bottlings of Aglianico, the noble red grape from Campania. 2012 Paternoster Aglianico del Vulture ‘Don Anselmo’. Light brown spice, cherry nose, not super-fragrant [...]
2014 Etna Rosso (Passopisciaro, Terre Nere, Pietradolce)
At risk of offending a learned audience, by way of introduction for the uninitiated: although hailing from scorching Sicily, these are high-altitude, cool-climate wines grown [...]
Mature Côte-de-Nuits
2001 Domaine Faiveley Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru ‘Les Cazetiers’. Attractive red fruit, tomato nose, just a hint of a warm maturing note. More of the same [...]
Côte-de-Beaune 2010 (Drouhin, Bize, Pavelot)
2010 Domaine Joseph Drouhin Beaune 1er Cru ‘Clos des Mouches’. I recommend a visit to the very nice, detailed website full of information and tasting [...]
Bouchard Corton-Charlemagne Vertical
If you are lucky enough to visit Beaune, one address you do not want to miss is the historic domaine Bouchard Père et Fils. In [...]