Category: wine mini-reviews

2017 Vidal-Fleury Ventoux (Rhone): Get down with your spicy, over-achieving self! $14 B+ 2017 Tenuta Sant’Antonio ‘Monti Garbi’ Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso (Veneto): Equal parts rich and tangy; bring on the bolognese! $24 B+ 2019 Weingut St. Urbans-Hof Nik Weis Selection ‘Urban Riesling’ (Mosel): A delicious “Welcome!” sign to the Mosel. Will play very nicely during…

2017 Gustave Lorentz Riesling Reserve (Alsace): Limes, flint, and an ability to bench press 220lbs using only acidity. $24 B+ 2018 Domaine Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris (Alsace): Combining the tropical with deadly seriousness, kind of like a James Bond scene. $25 B+ 2018 A. Christmann Riesling Trocken (Pfalz): Spiking your afternoon with quince & lemon zest….

NV Andreola ‘Col Forno – Rive del Refrontolo’ (Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore): A lot of green apples and even higher amounts of elegant fun. $24 B+ 2014 Tenuta Carretta Cannubi Riserva (Barolo): A savory, red0fruited mouthful that will stay that way many, many moons from now. $190 A- 2012 Monte Zovo Amarone della Valpolicella (Veneto):…

2017 Pasqua ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Passione e Sentimento Rosso (Veneto): Where for art thou, dark cherries? Oh, ok, here you are. $18 B NV W & J Graham’s Six Grapes Special Edition River Quintas Port (Porto): Say, that’s a very good vintage Port impersonation that you’ve got going on there. $42 A- 2015 Bodega Colome…