NV Cave de Die Jaillance Cuvee Imperiale Tradition (Clairette de Die): A spirited game of tropical fruits, blossoms, and sweet citrus kisses. $17 B NV Marsuret San Boldo Brut (Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore): Refreshing, delicious, and cutting to the chase with irresistible fruitiness. $18 B 2018 Sensi ‘VegantE’ Biologico (Chianti Superiore): Bright enough to liven up…
Wine In the Time of Coronavirus, Part 42: Fighting the “Viticulture of Death” (Avignonesi Recent Releases)
Virginie Saverys is fighting against what she calls the “viticulture of death.” Born in Ghent, Belgium, Saverys graduated in law from the University of Paris, and moved to Tuscany in 2007. After taking the helm at Avignonesi two years later, she was, as she told me during a recent Zoom tasting of her wines, “a…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up for June 7, 2021
2013 Keush Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut (Vayots Dzor): Buttery biscuit rich; crispy apple fresh. $31 A- 2019 Franz Gojer Glogglhof ‘Kerner Karneid’ (Alto Adige): So flinty and delightful that you’ll drink enough to *really* not be able to pronounce it. $30 A- 2016 Perinet ‘1194’ (Priorat): Exactly the kind of red that we want…
Wine In the Time of Coronavirus, Part 41: A Little S&M (Sella & Mosca Sardinia Recent Releases)
Recently, I was invited to taste some S&M samples via Zoom. Ok, your randy peoples, we’re talking about a very particular, vinous S&M here – specifically, Sardinia’s Sella & Mosca. The one Founded in 1899 by two Piedmont businessmen, Erminio Sella and Edgardo Mosca, who after the Phylloxera epidemic ambitiously wanted to reclaim vineyards in…