Articles
David Schildknecht, July 2, 2020
The precocious 2018 vintage with its hot, dry summer, held the potential for wines short on acidity and high in alcohol. Fortunately, adept growers worked successfully to avoid that outcome, and estate owners nearly everywhere saw a combination of generous ripeness with unexpectedly abundant yields. This report focuses on the Saar, whose hills and side valleys are known for being cooler and breezier, and for birthing Rieslings correspondingly more acid-retentive and buoyant.
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Via Forno, Scarsdale, New York
Antonio Galloni, March 2020
Via Forno is one of my local pizza joints. Despite the somber outlook, the staff at Via Forno has been upbeat the few times I have been there recently. I am looking forward to going back when things eventually come back to something resembling normalcy.
Vinous Favorites
2018 Ca'Liptra Amistà, 91 points
This Marche Rosso shows a translucent ruby color, as perfumed, peppery herbs give way to ripe strawberry, crushed stone and undergrowth. A buzz of vibrant acids lasts through the fresh and energetic finish, lending energy to the floral-laced fruit and spice flavors. (EG)
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Cellar Favorites
2010 Haut-Bailly
Neal Martin, June 2020
In my write-up of the 2010 Bordeaux vintage earlier this year, it was unfortunate that one bottle in the blind tasting was so hideously corked that it rendered every participant’s glass unusable. (Hopefully, the injured stemware has recovered by now.) The culprit turned out to be Haut-Bailly, and unfortunately we did not have a backup at hand.
2011 Le Pin
1997 Col d’Orcia Brunello di Montalcino
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