Tag: fine wine
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Left Bank vs. Right Bank: A Beginner's Guide to Bordeaux
The Bordeaux region is one of the most important and influential wine regions in the world! It is located on the west coast of central France. The Bay of Biscay leads into the Gironde estuary, which divides into the Dordogne and Garonne rivers, cutting through the centre of Bordeaux creating two important winemaking regions: the Left Bank and the ...
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Brunello di Montalcino 2018 En Primeur: Critic Thoughts
The 2018 vintage is a break in style from the recent run of solar vintages over the last few years. So, what are the leading critics thoughts on the latest vintage and its wines? The Drinks Business’ Filippo Bartolotta stated in his article Brunello di Montalcino 2018: the power of lightness and agility “this vintage asks for a more mindful ...
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Brunello di Montalcino 2018 En Primeur Vintage Review
Winter 2017-2018 saw average levels rainfall throughout the appellation in addition to a few episodes of snow, which replenished the water table following an extremely hot and dry summer (2017). However, temperatures were above the seasonal norm throughout January until the end of February, when a sudden cold snap struck and they plummeted to lows ...
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Burgundy 2021 En Primeur: The Final Day
A breakfast tasting to begin the morning with Caroline Parent-Gros in the cellars of Domaine AF Gros in Beaune. Incredible finesse and elegance in all wines here; what a magical touch her brother, Mathias, has. Although 2021 is not the most complex vintage in terms of power and structure, it does, however, give the opportunity for each wine to ...
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Burgundy 2021 En Primeur: Another Day of Tastings
Tuesday Day 3 started with a well needed lie in leaving at 08:45 for our first barrel tasting in Nuits-Saint-Georges with Domaine Joseph Faiveley, and see their decimated cellar (a loss of half the production for reds, and two-thirds less for white.) We were therefore restricted to tasting wines with a production level of 5 barrels or more! Our ...