I love Port when it’s ready to drink, not so much when young, grapey and overwhelmed by notes of raw spirit. 1970 has always been sandwiched in between 63 and 77 as a somewhat lesser vintage but like so many vintage generalizations, time tends to reveal much. I have to say that the 70′s I’ve tasted recently have [...]
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Tasting: Graham’s 1970
Posted in the greats, wine on August 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tasting: Bartolo Mascarello Barolo 1996
Posted in italia, piemonte, the greats, wine on May 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The late Bartolo Mascarello, l’ultimo dei mohicani (last of the Mohicans) as he referred to himself, was the staunchest of Barolo traditionalists and stubbornly refused to swim with the modernist tide (the transformation that for better or for worse has changed Italian winemaking in the last 30 years or so has created an international style [...]
Tasting: Quintarelli Amarone 1998 03/10/10
Posted in italia, the greats, wine on March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s not often I get to taste wine made by one of the greatest winemakers in the world. As much as you can attribute the relative brilliance of Burgundy, Barolo or German riesling to particular vineyard sites or even individual rows of vines, great Amarone is as much a product of a winemaker’s aesthetic, conviction and [...]
