This vertical tasting of Tremblay’s emblematic Chapelle-Chambertin charts her progress and evolution from 2005 to the spectacular 2019 vintage....
Read MoreThis is a brilliant collection overall, which most importantly shows the distinct vineyard DNA of each site alongside the Giant Steps house style....
Read MoreFor the first time ever, Martin Donatsch opened a complete 20-vintage comprehensive vertical of his iconic Pinot Noir Unique from Malans....
Read MoreThe 2020 wines are dry, but I'm thrilled with the Prädikats too, whereas 2021 was a ripe vintage despite the very high acidity and low alcohol levels....
Read MoreIn my list of “favorites,” I’ve only recommended what I have personally bought this year or wish I would have bought early enough—not necessarily the highest-rated wines of the year....
Read More2021 was a classic German vintage in every respect, and I am convinced that the 2021 wines, namely the Rieslings, will last for half an eternity....
Read MoreEarlier this month, I tasted the bottled 2020s and samples of the soon-to-be-bottled 2021s with winemaker Robert Fiore at the winery in Knights Valley....
Read MoreCharacterized by striking purity of fruit and filigree tannins, this is the domaine’s most elegant, most consistent and greatest wine....
Read MoreMarkus Molitor, Joh. Jos. Prüm, Gunther Steinmetz and Josef Milz produced some superb 2021s, and the 2022 wines I tasted were stunningly classical....
Read MoreSince the 1980s, Jean-Marie Guffens has produced wines so compelling that they upend many of our preconceived notions about Burgundy itself....
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