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….
Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 14 (What We Drank to Toast Democracy)
Well… in what is amounting to, put charitably, quite a year now contains one of the most well-THAT-was-quite-a-week moments arguably in U.S (world?) history. In case you haven’t heard (presumably because you’ve been fortunate enough to have been stranded on a beautiful, remote island somewhere with an almost unlimited amount of Madeira stashed in caves…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For November 9, 2020
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):…
Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 13 (The Evolution of Modern Carménère with Terra Noble)
The evolutionary winemaking journey of what we might call modern Carménère red wines in Chile looks something like this: Treating it like Merlot because they actually thought it was Merlot -> Living with the fact that its tannins were just going to be green and harsh, tough nuggies -> Over-ripening the bejeezus out of the…