Quinta da Muradella

Muradella Blanco 2010

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.3

#monterrei #naturalwine #naturalwinestudy #raulperez #joseluis #mineralityliveshere slash #reduction lemons #citrusbomb #treixadura #spanishwines #spanishwhitewine — 10 years ago

with Sara and Lauren

Dick, Chris and 4 others liked this

Cantina Bartolo Mascarello

Barolo Nebbiolo 2000

Owner/Winemaker Scholium Project

9.6

@andrewSPates #naturalwinestudy #2amBaroloStudy: excellent; now light and graceful; two years ago, hard, blocky, closed. — 13 years ago

Kit, Julia and 9 others liked this

Hard, blocky and closed describes a few ex-girlfriends.

André Jacquart

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Owner/Winemaker Scholium Project

9.5

@andrewSPates #naturalwinestudy: stunning champagne opened for the first guests — 13 years ago

Lily, Beau and 2 others liked this

Domaine Julien Labet

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Owner/Winemaker Scholium Project

9.6

@andrewSPates #naturalwinestudy: superb Jurassic Chardonnay — 13 years ago

Andy liked this

Domaine Etienne et Sébastien Riffault

Skeveldra Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc 2009

Owner/Winemaker Scholium Project

8.8

@andrewSPates #naturalwinestudy #RiffaultSubstudy — 13 years ago

Andy liked this

Frank Cornelissen

Munjebel (Classico) Rosso Nerello Mascalese

Owner/Winemaker Scholium Project

8.7

@andrewspates #naturalwinestudy: Very good Munjabel — 13 years ago

For me, one of the wines of the night. Frank is in the zone.

Quinta da Muradella

Muradella Blanco 2009

Owner/Winemaker Scholium Project

8.6

@andrewspates #naturalwinestudy — 13 years ago

Andy liked this

Frank Cornelissen

Susucaru Rosato Malvasia Blend

Michael Centanni

9.4

Very nice #rose #organicwine #nerellomascalese #naturalwinestudy #natural — 11 years ago

with Clare

Clare, Jeff and 1 other liked this

F.X. Pichler

Dürnsteiner Kellerberg Smaragd Riesling

Owner/Winemaker Scholium Project

9.7

@andrewSPates #naturalwinestudy #2amBaroloStudy #whiteWineReset: superb, direct, refreshing, powerful — 13 years ago

Beau, John and 1 other liked this

Oddero

Barolo Nebbiolo 1967

Owner/Winemaker Scholium Project

8.8

@andrewSPates #naturalwinestudy #2amBaroloStudy: not a perfect bottle; a little like cooked soy sauce-- but still remarkable. — 13 years ago

Jonathan, Aaron and 6 others liked this

Domaine de L'Octavin

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Owner/Winemaker Scholium Project

8.3

@andrewSPates #naturalwinestudy — 13 years ago

Andy liked this

The Savagnin and the Trousseau will soon be available in NorCal!

Domaine Etienne et Sébastien Riffault

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Owner/Winemaker Scholium Project

8.7

@andrewSPates #naturalwinestudy #RiffaultSubstudy — 13 years ago

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Quinta da Muradella

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Owner/Winemaker Scholium Project

8.7

@andrewspates #naturalwinestudy — 13 years ago

Andy liked this

Those wines are quite interesting; don't understand why they're so expensive though.

Sono Montenidoli

Carato Vernaccia di San Gimignano 2007

Owner/Winemaker Scholium Project

9.6

@andrewspates #naturalwinestudy: superb vernaccia-- without peer within Italy — 13 years ago

Julia and Gabriele liked this

So glad many enjoyed this beautiful grower. Elizabetta and her wines are fantasticly (un)authenticly San G

Voirin-Jumel

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Owner/Winemaker Scholium Project

9.5

@andrewSPates #naturalwinestudy #2dancepartyWine: so good. Cut through the dance party fog; acidity the equal of the thumping beat. — 13 years ago

Rovena, Andy and 2 others liked this

Weingut Clemens Busch

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Owner/Winemaker Scholium Project

9.7

@andrewSPates #naturalwinestudy #dancePartyWine: so good. Seemed oddly phenolic and dark (but not oxidized!). Skin contact? — 13 years ago

Julia, Bryan and 2 others liked this

Poderi Aldo Conterno

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Owner/Winemaker Scholium Project

9.8

@andrewSPates #naturalwinestudy #2amBaroloStudy: superb, youthful, explosively powerful. Still: ballet grace and lightness — 13 years ago

Marty, Gabriele and 3 others liked this

Jean-Paul Dubost

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Owner/Winemaker Scholium Project

8.5

@andrewSPates #naturalwinestudy — 13 years ago

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Domaine Etienne et Sébastien Riffault

Les Quarterons Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc 2009

Owner/Winemaker Scholium Project

9.0

@andrewSPates #naturalwinestudy #RiffaultSubstudy — 13 years ago

Andy, Kookooforcorks and 1 other liked this

That stuff is wild...

Don't really know how it made it past the AOC tasting panel...

He is the only producer in Sancerre making truly natural wine. He farms horse and plow, totally organic. His wines are all aged in barrel, some quite large and very old, with the exception of quaterons which is tank. The wines usually see no so2, and there is never skin contact. His wines, being farmed the way the are, usually are picked at higher brix, with a little botrytis, and with barrel aging tend to build quite an opulent quality. I have tasted a couple of his wines that are nearly 16 percent alc and totally dry with crazy botrytis and somehow remain very fresh and long. The wines are very intriguing. There is evidence that would suggest his style is actually just old school. Prior to the 1980's more sancerre was farmed horse and plow and picked later.

Frank Cornelissen

Contadino Terre Siciliane Rosso Red Blend

Owner/Winemaker Scholium Project

8.7

@andrewspates #naturalwinestudy: best Contadino I've ever had. Really good! — 13 years ago

Andy and Jonathan liked this