Legado De Farro
Weingut Clemens Busch
Marienburg Rothenpfad Erste Lage Großes Gewächs Riesling 2011
Superb. Incredible amounts of dry extract, concentrated, almost distillate-like fruit, hauntingly aromatic. Rich, creamy texture coupled with electric acidity. Long. Crazy long. Grilled pineapple and peach, candied lime, white tea, spring honey, white flowers, slate, smoke, mushroom, ginger. Perfect with pumpkin stuffed with farro, apple, and Bockwurst. — 4 years ago
Tablas Creek Vineyard
Patelin de Tablas Paso Robles Syrah Blend 2019
Sweet, light, strong berry flavors, nice summer red. Paired well with beets, farro, and sausage. — 5 years ago
De Martino
Reserva Legado Maipo Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Notes of black cherry and cider. Taste of strawberries. Little tannins that were forward that were excellent with steak and chicken and sweet aftertaste. — 9 months ago
Silvio Grasso
Barbera d'Alba 2020
For me this Barbera d’Alba from La Morra is superior. Had it with Marco and paired it with farro with Barbera and mushrooms and Gorgonzola (masterpiece) — 4 years ago
Domaine A. et P. de Villaine
Bouzeron Aligoté 2019
Burgundy 🇫🇷 is renowned for its Chardonnay, but did you know that Aligoté is the second most planted white grape in the region? 👀
Some of the finest Aligoté comes from ‘Bouzeron,’ an appellation in the Côte Chalonnaise region (north of Mâconnais, south of Côte d’Or).
In a land of Pinot Noir & Chardonnay, Bouzeron AOC is 100% dedicated to producing Aligoté 🙌🏻. In fact, it first became a legally-recognized AOC in 1998 thanks in part to the efforts of Aubert de Villaine, the winemaker behind this beautiful bottle. 👏🏻
Interestingly, Aubert is also a co-owner & co-Director of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) (and, as an aside, was on the tasting panel for the 1976 Judgement of Paris 😆)…
Yet, instead of devoting himself exclusively to DRC — one of the world’s most famous and prestigious estates — he and his wife, Pamela (a California native), were enchanted by the possibilities of Aligoté, and terroir of Bouzeron, where they put down roots through “Domaine de Villaine”.
This wine is Domaine de Villaine Bouzeron AOC (2019). It has a shimmering lemon robe and bouquet of white blossom, just-ripe white peach, yellow apple, pear, citrus, fennel, and wet slate notes. It’s remarkably fresh on the palate with mouth-watering acidity balancing the warm (14% ABV) and fruit-driven profile. It’s positively delicious!
We’re pairing it w/ pan-seared sea scallops, roasted asparagus, & lemon-herbed farro…
Cheers to nurturing the diversity of Burgundy in all of its splendor! 🥂
💙🤍♥️ — 3 years ago
De Martino
Reserva Legado Choapa Valley Syrah 2016
Flavour ia full of black currant, wildberries, cherry with delūcate notes of oak. Taste a little bit sweety. Medium body. — 5 years ago
ESF
bump for age, price & novelty: found this dusty bottle at bottom of shelf, recognized estate as old school Chilean, so for $20 could not pass it up: still really inky no bricking, initially shy & reductive, after 2 hrs started to strut w/gobs of dark fruit, licorice, herbs and spice. Varietally correct & showing youthful a decade on... med+ weight, balanced acidity, superb ripe fruit quality mingled with pepper & spice leading to impressive finish. — 4 months ago