The 2020 Burn Cottage Vineyard Pinot Noir is spicy, savory and fine. leading with wild thyme and dried herbs, cherry, blood plum skin, white pepper, tobacco and brine. The wine is less supple than the Moonlight Race, which is immediately appealing an... Read More
The forthcoming release of Doyard's NV Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Non Dosé Révolution is based on the 2013 vintage and was disgorged in May 2020. Unfurling in the glass with scents of pear, warm pastry, apricot, toasted almonds and c... Read More
A CHAPEL HILL WINE COMPANY EXCLUSIVE ! The 2019 vintage of Gonnet's Cairanne Le Brave was rated 92 pts in Wine Spectator. Not hyperbole, nor salesman-speak… Since the 1981 vintage, it was the only Southern Rhone red rated 92 pts or higher ... Read More
Luigi Scavino’s small family run Azelia winery is one of the real gems of Barolo. Scavino’s judicious use of oak for ageing (mainly large cask and usually neutral) produces pure vibrant expressions of Nebbiolo that are in a class of their... Read More
“Laurent-Perrier's imminently released NV Brut Grand Siècle #25 is showing beautifully, unwinding in the glass with an incipiently complex bouquet of pear, crisp stone fruit and mandarin mingled with hints of smoke, buttered toast an... Read More