The Domenico Clerico 2015 Barolo Pajana opens to a beautifully saturated color with dark garnet and ruby highlights. Compared to the 2016 vintage that I tasted at the same time, this wine is more robust, structured and deeper. In some cases, I prefer 2016...
Guyot method with medium-short pruning. Fermentation in stainless steel temperature controlled vats. 8-10 days of maceration. After malolattic fermentation the wine stays for 10 months in French barrels, 10% new oak and 90% different years; after this p...
The Domenico Clerico 2016 Barolo Ciabot Mentin opens to fleshy floral aromas with lilac and dried lavender that cede to wild berry, cherry and candied orange skin. You don't get much of the tar or asphalt-like tones that you often see with Nebbiolo. Inste...
Vojtilla is a small, four-acre vineyard in the Chehalem Mountains that sits at around 5,000 to 6,000 feet in elevation and, says Jim Maresh, is influenced by the nearby Willamette River. Harvested in October this vintage, the 2019 Chardonnay Vojtilla Vine...