Peter Sultan

9.2

80/20 of Pinot Nero & Chardonnay, Methode ancestrale w disgorgement 3/24. Alot of wine-strong yellow fruit, hazelnut notes, for about 25$. Paired w a cheese platter w true Serrano ham, & which included Garda, an alpine cheese from Lombardy & a heavenly match was born. — 8 hours ago

Peter Sultan

9.1

Perfect Passover wine- pop n pour, extracted enough for those in the crowd who require power in their wine. More on the black cherry & blackberry spectrum. Clean, svelte, uncomplicated but not simple either. Enough cut too, perhaps moreso than previous vintages. Plus the bottle is like a Cadillac (well, like a luxury car, you choose. Im not crazy about Cadillacs). — 10 days ago

Peter Sultan

9.1

Another Greek red impressing me. Not as fulsome as the Naoussa I’ve reviewed here, but also Nebbiolo adjacent in a good way. Dark red cherry notes, lavender flowers, bay leaf which could be off putting to some (but not out of balance). For about 20$ I likey, but wasn’t crazy for. — 2 months ago

Peter Sultan

9.2

Cool varietal alert: 27% Lledoner Pelut/27% Grenache/23 Syrah/14 Carignan/7 Macabeu. Alpine Catalanes from granite soil so yeah, Beaujolais analogies inevitable but this pretty little wine has its own mojo going on. Barely ripe red cherry notes, & that amazing granite undertow. Drank as a pop n pour, chilled. 16$ & delicious. — 2 months ago

Peter Sultan

9.3

Previous notes apply, with a doubling down on the joyous fruit factor. — 8 days ago

Peter Sultan

9.2

My last bottle, sadly, of a case. I drank like spring water which is not to say it was. Enough cut, salt water taffy, & RS to keep this camper alive & happy for days in the wilderness. — 14 days ago

Peter Sultan

9.3

I started drinking Beaujolais several decades ago because it was cheap & farmers wine—true terroir, etc.. “Poor man’s Burgundy etc.. Lapierre Morgon was about 15-20$ then. Obviously times have changed as have prices. This all a wind up to when I find that aliveness again in Beaujolais, I perk up: here it is, in an aged, dark fruited Fleurie; the fruit is gorgeous, full, & dense; balanced acidity. From plots 60-90 yro, full on cassis & ribena. Aged Fleurie released late, & it’s wonderful. So for 32$- on sale around 26$-it’s a pretty, soulful creature. The reason why I got into Gamay. Plenty of sediment so decant. Savio Soares importer, who else? — a month ago

Peter Sultan

9.2

Wine pairing alert— or really an alert about the alert: a five yro Mocato D’Asti ( by an esteemed Barolo maker) paired with… a softly stinky, washed rind, soft, French style ( but from Connecticut) cheese. The Moscato was frothy, perky, & not too fruity to meet the cheese everywhere it went. Enough acid cut. And why wasn’t I doing this more previously? Yum. — 8 days ago

Peter Sultan

8.8

Never had as a stand alone varietal, as my encounters were always with typical Rioja blends, so combined w its 10$ price tag my expectations were very low— & voila, a star is born. Fruit forward but balanced- makes sense given the arid Navarra region-& they even managed to squeeze in 4 months of barrel age. — a month ago

Peter Sultan

9.0

A softer, sweeter style I don’t usually associate with Lauer. Still, this is my bath water I want to luxuriate in… — 2 months ago

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