Tastings

Christian Drouin Sélection: When Pear Makes Calvados Lighter, Fresher and More Useful

Christian Drouin Sélection blends cider apples and poiré pears into a light, fresh Calvados built around fruit

Cabreo Il Borgo 2016: A Mature Tuscan Blend That Has Finally Absorbed Its Oak

Cabreo Il Borgo 2016 now shows dark cherry, tobacco, forest floor and silky tannins with impressive Tuscan freshness.

Rhum Rhum Libération 2020: When Marie-Galante Meets Grand Cru Wine Casks

Rhum Rhum Libération 2020 layers cane juice, tropical fruit, flowers and spice over precise pot-still structure

Forget Tropical Sauvignon: Voglar 2017 Has Gone Smoky, Saline and Serious

Peter Dipoli Voglar 2017 shows mature Sauvignon through citrus, herbs, smoke, saline tension and remarkable freshness

Ronco dei Tassi Malvasia 2024 Review: Old Vines, Ponca and a Precise Collio White

Meta Description: Ronco dei Tassi Malvasia 2024 delivers peach, citrus, herbs and saline depth from old vines on Monte Quarin....

Latinia 2019: Why Nasco Makes One of Sardinia’s Most Interesting Sweet Wines

Latinia 2019 turns late-harvest Nasco into an amber Sardinian wine of honey, apricot, citrus peel and spice

Montefalco Sagrantino Passito 2015: When a Brutal Red Grape Becomes a Great Sweet Wine

Còlpetrone’s Montefalco Sagrantino Passito 2015 is a reminder that Sagrantino’s original identity was not built around dry red wine alone. Long before modern Montefalco Sagrantino became famous for its formidable...

Voltumna 12.15 Review: The Tuscan Pinot Nero Made from Two Lost Vintages

Voltumna 12.15 blends two warm Pinot Nero vintages into a mature, savoury Tuscan red with real personality

Vigna Lenuzza Schioppettino di Prepotto 2019 Review: Pepper, Red Fruit and Friulian Elegance

Vigna Lenuzza Schioppettino 2019 combines cherry, dark berries, pepper and herbs in a fresh, elegant Prepotto red

Buss N°509 Rebel Cut: Lavender, White Pepper and a Gin That Refuses to Stay Classical

Buss N°509 Rebel Cut layers lavender, jasmine, citrus and white pepper over juniper in a dry, distinctive Belgian gin