Count Francesco Marone Cinzano didn’t want to live in Tuscany. When his father moved the family to ‘the hill overlooking the Orcia River’ (Col d’Orcia), it was ‘quite remote, the middle of nowhere.” Not exactly the place to appeal to a young guy, even if the aesthetic beauty of the place was beyond question. Today,…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up for March 22, 2021
2018 Filippo Gallino Roero Arneis (Roero): Minerals, peach skin, ripe yellow apples, all with depth & vivacity, and all begging for some Asian salad. $17 B+ 2019 Monchiero Carbone Cecu d’La Biunda (Roero Arneis): This one has serious substance; bolder, rounder, fleshy, peachy, and assertive. $18 B+ 2017 Cascina Val del Prete ‘Bricco Medica’ (Roero):…
Wine In the Time of Coronavirus, Part 30: Soul Power (Alma de Cattleya Recent Releases)
Winemaker Bibiana González was part of one of the earliest COVID SiP virtual sample sipping sessions that I attended nearly one year ago, so it seems fitting that her Alma de Cattleya lineup is the focus of this 30th (!) edition of the Wine in the Time of Coronavirus series that was born out of…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up for March 15, 2021
2019 Ca’ di Rajo Cuvee del Fondatore (Valdobbiadene Prosecco): Elegant perkiness, and perky elegance. $18 B+ 2015 Vite Colte ‘Essenze’ del Comune di Serralunga d’Alba (Barolo): A study in contrasts between floral delicacy, and leathery, baked red fruit muscularity. $80 A- 2016 Matteo Correggia La Val dei Preti (Roero): Poise and plumminess, girth and levity….