Two from Agostina De Lucca in Uruguay
This time last year I visited De Lucca winery in Uruguay’s Canelones region. You can red the report here. The
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Highlights: François Villard L’appel des Sereines Syrah 2017, Northern Rhône, France
François Villard is well known in the Northern Rhone for his masterful and poetic Côte-Rôtie and Saint-Joseph. Starting off his
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Highlights: Champagne Krug Rosé NV France
Champagne Krug Rosé NV France12.5% alcohol. This is 29% 2012, with 71% from reserve wines. In all, 22 wines from
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Highlights: Mac Forbes EB56 Italian Stallion Dolcetto 2019 Yarra, Australia
Though Mac Forbes has been working with Italian varieties in the Yarra for a while, this is his first Dolcetto,
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Highlights: Disznókő Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos 2007 Hungary
Tokaji is one of the world’s great wines. It’s a sweet wine made primarily from botrytised grapes. These are grapes
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Highlights: Champagne Pascal Doquet Arpège Blanc de Blancs
Champagne Pascal Doquet Arpège Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut NV France12.5% alcohol. This is from three different terroirs
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Highlights: The Ojai Vineyard Syrah 2017 Santa Barbara County, California
Syrah from a cool-ish climate in California. It’s a variety you’d think would be thriving in California, but it hasn’t
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Highlights: Black Estate Netherwood Pinot Noir 2014 Waipara Valley, New Zealand
This is a deeply impressive New Zealand Pinot Noir, from Black Estate. Winemaking is pretty natural here, and the house
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Highlights: La Rioja Alta Viña Ardanza Reserva Especial 2001 Rioja, Spain
This is a deeply impressive Rioja Reserva from La Rioja Alta, which is ageing beautifully. 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha.
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Highlights: Domaine Bonnigal-Bodet Chenin ‘Le Clocher’ 2018 Touraine Amboise, Loire
Domaine Bonnigal-Bodet is Jean Baptiste Bonnigal and Stéphane Bodet, who jointly took over Bonnigal’s fourth-generation family domaine in Amboise together
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