Cellar Favorite: 2008 Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso Feudo di Mezzo Il Quadro delle Rose
Italy: Center & South, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Aug 2021
Readers have many questions when it comes to the wines of Etna. How do they evolve in bottle? How long does it take for wines to peak? What should I expect?
Cellar Favorite: 2008 Galardi Terra di Lavoro Roccamonfina Rosso
Italy: Center & South, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Aug 2021
I purchased the 2008 Terra di Lavoro upon release for a price that seems amazing for what’s in the bottle today, and then buried it deep in my cellar. In 2018, I opened the first of my six-pack, and I decided that the wine still needed a little more time. Well, that time is now, as the 2008 is just entering its prime drinking window.
Cellar Favorite: 1971 Domaine Bonneau du Martray Corton Grand Cru
France: Burgundy, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Aug 2021
Continuing my quest to taste every wine from my birth-year, I took a bottle of 1971 Corton Grand Cru from Domaine Bonneau du Martray to a La Paulée back in the days when people could crowd into an enclosed space without masks, share bottles and sing meaningless songs at the top of their voices.
Cellar Favorite: 1992 Domaine Laroche Chablis Les Blanchots La Réserve de l’Obédiencerie Grand Cru
France: Burgundy, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Jul 2021
One of the less discovered joys of Burgundy is mature Chablis. Apart from Raveneau and Vincent Dauvissat, a lot of Chablis, even up to its highest echelons, is consumed in its youth.
Cellar Favorite: 2003 Larrivaux
France: Bordeaux, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Jul 2021
Readers do not have to shell out for the top names to enjoy the wines, as proven by a 2003 Larrivaux recently served blind by proprietor Bérangère Tesseron, the ‘better half’ of Basile Tesseron at neighbouring Lafon-Rochet.
Cellar Favorite: 2006 Domaine de Pallus Chinon
cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Jul 2021
Bertrand Sourdais was born and raised in Chinon but spent many years studying and working in Bordeaux and Spain before returning to the family domaine in 2005, making this vintage just his second in charge.
Cellar Favorite: 1992 Domaine Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon Côte du Py
France: Rhône & Beaujolais, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Jul 2021
Beaujolais Nouveau fomented an assumption that the region’s wine cannot age. Humbug! It’s more a case that too few wine connoisseurs have the nous to tuck away a few Beaujolais bottles from its finest appellations such as Morgon or Moulin-à-Vent from its finest growers.
Cellar Favorite: 1996 Lynch-Moussas
France: Bordeaux, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Jun 2021
Much of aristocratic Pauillac has become too expensive for many wine-lovers in recent years. That classification back in 1855 went straight to its head. Yet, there are gems to be discovered…if you know where to look.
Cellar Favorite: 2018 Hospices de Beaune Beaune 1er Cru Cuvée Dames Hospitalières
France: Burgundy, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Jun 2021
The 2018 Beaune 1er Cru Cuvée Dames Hospitalières is a Hospices de Beaune bottling raised by Mounir Saouma of Lucien Le Moine for American importer Vintus.
Cellar Favorite: 1998 Domaine Georges Roumier Morey-Saint-Denis Clos de la Bussière 1er Cru
France: Burgundy, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Jun 2021
There is no point in restating the fact that I, along with countless other Burgundy-lovers, adore the wines of Christophe Roumier. Oops, I did it again!