Tom Casagrande

9.0

Truncated dinner party notes. Very much like “young Burgundy” in style. Nose and flavors a little muted but spot-on. Nice balance but need a few years to unfurl. Needs a few years. — 2 days ago

Tom Casagrande

8.6

Got this for cooking, and it’s pretty drinkable. Fragrant, floral, meadowy nose has some nice orchard fruit. Straightforward and fruity and fresh. Short, clean finish with a little minerality. — 5 days ago

Tom Casagrande

9.1

Damn this is fresh and fun. Nose is a melange of crushed strawberry and crisp berries and maybe even a little watermelon and stones. Some bitter green herbs too. More serious on the palate, with deep dry flavors and a little gastronomically-friendly bitterness in the finish. — 7 days ago

Tom Casagrande

8.9

Truncated dinner notes. Lots of nice plummy fruit on the nose. Balanced and deep, still a little young, tannins a little angular. But fun now. — 2 days ago

Tom Casagrande

8.9

Fragrant with crisp dark cherry and intense iodiney minerality. Intense attack, with crisp zingy cherry and loads of acids. Puckery almost. Needs food. — 4 days ago

Tom Casagrande

9.2

65% Grenache, 25% Cinsault, 10% Carignane. Popped and poured. No sediment. Not surprised given how young it is. Love the bright nose, with nostril-tingling crunchy, ripe berries and strawberry ooze. So much fragrance. A little chaparral note. Fresh, fruity, and full of flavor, but not heavy in the least. Dry, with the slightest bit of powdery tannin. This will do nicely with a light chill on a hot evening, which this is, so into the fridge it goes — 6 days ago

Tom Casagrande

9.2

This has a lot of character. Intense nose has tons of moist, limestony soil notes, baguette crust, deep pear-skin fruit with a little apple, and a vaguely smoky-honeyed thing. Dense and minerally in the mouth. There’s some pear fruit as well. Not a hella complexity, palate-wise. The finish has a noticeable bitter note that grows towards the end. Acids are a bit low, but this doesn’t skimp on flavor. — 9 days ago

Tom Casagrande

9.3

Once Again, I can’t wait and open a Once & Future Zin too early! But this is remarkable even though it’s a baby. Deeply earthy nose has loads of rocky, warm gravelly notes, along with tight but profound pure blackberry fruit. Intense but contained in the mouth. Surprising acidity accompanies tight, deep fruit and mineral notes. Tannins there but very fine grained and buried in the rich flavors. Lengthy finish. Only quibble is a little peppery heat ((15.2% alcohol) pooks through in the finish. — 3 days ago

Tom Casagrande

9.1

A true summer gulper. This nattie Gamay (AOC Touraine) is super bright and fruity (thank you limestone). A little kid-friendly petting zoo note. Low alcohol and crisp acids nicely balance the bright fruit. Great red to have with a little chill on this wiltingly hot night. — 7 days ago

Tom Casagrande

8.5

This is the 2021 Domaine Cep d’Or Stadtbredimus Dieffert Riesling from Luxembourg. Color is showing some oxidative tones. Nose confirms this. But there is nice, honeyed apple fruit underneath. Deep and relatively full in the mouth. Oxidative tones there too, however. Some won’t mind this. Some might actually like that. I’m not a fan, but, even so, this is drinkable and mildly enjoyable for me. I usually really like the wines from this estate, though, so I was disappointed ultimately — 7 days ago