The Boschis Francesco 2019 Langhe Freisa Bosco delle Cicale pours to a medium black color with lots of raw and tangy berry fruit. Freisa is a terrific grape, and here you get some crushed black pepper, bright cherry fruit and plum. There is lots of pretty...
The 2019 Martinet Bru was also bottled and ready for tasting, so I tasted it next to the 2018. The only difference is that this year they used a small amount of very young Garnacha. 2019 was a warmer and drier year than 2018. The fruit ripened earlier and...
The 2022 Il Frappato is an understated beauty. Blackberries and currants swirl up from the glass, accentuated by hints of incense and rubbed sage. This splashes across the palate, soft-textured and pliant, with crisp red and black fruits that flow acro...