Description LAN's most famous wine, the one that best reflects their innovations in ageing, as they started to use hybrid oak barrels (with French oak bases and American oak staves) for LAN Crianza as long as two decades ago, contributing to its ...
The entry-level white 2019 Cuveé de O Godello has an expressive nose of white pepper and herbs that makes me think of a Gruner Veltliner, very spicy and peppery. It's ripe and juicy at 14.31% alcohol and has good freshness, combining volume and balance. I...
This quality-focused biodynamic producer's Petit Clos range is always great value. This vintage, an excellent one in Marlborough, gives particular bang for buck. The wine is the color of freshly squeezed cherry juice, and the vibrant nose offers oodles of...
The top of the range is the 2015 Vinsacro Dioro, a wine that is only produced in excellent vintages. It's a blend of 40% Vidau (the old field blend) plus 45% Tempranillo and 15% Mazuelo, from a slope in the south of the Monte Yerga called Cuesta la Reina,...
This ripe and fruit-forward with red berries, cocoa, walnuts and orange peel. Some spices, too. Medium- to full-bodied, textured and velvety with crunchy tannins and a juicy finish. Fresh, crisp and tingly at the end. From organically grown grapes. Drink ...
The 2017 Chianti Classico Riserva is laced with sweet dark cherry, rose petal, licorice, orange peel and cinnamon. Deceptive in its mid-weight structure, the 2017 offers quite a bit of intensity in a translucent style that is quite appealing. The substant...
The 2019 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Il Margone captures the best qualities of the house style. Plump and juicy, with terrific depth, the 2019 offers up red cherry/plum fruit, mocha, cinnamon and rose petal. There's a bit of oak influence, but it m...