A Serious Wine Blog For the Not-So-Serious Drinker
2019 Foley Family Brut (Sta. Rita Hills): Flowers, biscuits, and a veritable orchard of green, red, and yellow apples. $65 A-
2012 Tom Gore Vineyards Field Blend (Alexander Valley): Still has a ton of vanilla, blackberry, and smooth moves. $35 B+
2010 Ehrenberg Cellars Lodi Zinfandel (California): Flexing its muscular profile of dried figs, blackberry, pepper, and smoked meat. $28 B+…
2020 Monteabellon ’14 Mesas’ Tempranillo (Ribera del Duero): Dark! Lots of cherry, tobacco, wood spices, dried herbs, cinnamon, vanilla bean, big structure… but good acids! $39 A-
2011 Principe de Viana Tinto Reserva (Navarra): This one is ALLLL about the smoked meat course now. $NA B+
2020 Fattoria La Massa ‘La Massa’ (Toscana): Serious and seriously good; herbs both dried and fresh, red plummy fruits, and plenty of palate scaffolding. $30 A-…
I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes in a “mini-review” format. They are meant to be quirky, fun, and (mostly) easily-digestible reviews of (mostly) currently available wines (click here for the skinny on how to read…
NV Albert Bichot Cremant de Bourgogne Brut Reserve (Burgundy): Earth-y, biscuit-y, and pleasingly apple fruit-y. $27 B+
2017 Chateau Simone Palette Blanc (Provence): Bruised yellow apples, honey, and golden richness to challenge the intellect. $70 A-
2021 Domaine Labet ‘Fleur de Savagnin’ en Chalasse (Cotes du Jura): A masterclass in racy, linear, focused acidic backbone. $190 A…