2021 Domaine de Vaccelli, Ajaccio Rouge Region_DouroThree generations of the Courrges family have farmed these slopes since 1962. Grard Courrges, who took over winemaking in 2000, has been instrumental in putting Sciaccarellu on the international map. He calls the grape "a wild Pinot Noir"and the comparison holds. Like great Burgundy, these wines offer cherry fruit and subtle forest floor, but with an unmistakable island accent: notes of red orange, almond, black pepper, and maquis herbs. The estate
world-class in every way
Yarra Yering is a boutique winery in Australia’s Yarra Valley known for their restrained
Brancellao
The extended maceration is how Parra coaxes structure and tension from a grape that most winemakers treat as light and easy
Fermented naturally in cement tank and aged for one year in a single 25-hectoliter Slavonian-oak cask
This bottling is a traditional soul-blend of Nebbiolo
utilizing organic dry-farming and own-rooted vine cultivation alongside a minimalist cellar protocol of native yeast fermentation and neutral French oak aging
Inspired by their neighbor Richard Leroy and having worked with Mark Angeli - it’s no surprise Bertin-Delatte are making impressive and delicious organically-farmed Chenin Blancs
Very precise and with an appealing texture as it is aged on its lees in old foudre (aka not too ‘sharp’)
yielded concentrated
we believe this is one of the greatest dry white wines made in the Loire Valley
benefiting from the moderating influence of the Van Duzer Corridor