2020 Bava - Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato

2021 Domaine de Mourchon - Cotes du Rhone

2020 Vajra, G. D. - Dolcetto d'Alba Coste Fossati

The 2020 Dolcetto d'Alba Coste & Fossati offers a bit more depth than the straight Dolcetto but with the energy that runs through all the 2020s here. Dark cherry fruit, leather, spice, tobacco and dried herbs lend notable complexity. This is beautifully d...

2018 Rocca, Bruno - Barbaresco

I always look forward to tasting the wines of Bruno Rocca and his family because they are always so expressive of vintage and territory. The 2018 Barbaresco gives us quite a few blanket descriptors that can be applied to the 2018 growing season. The wine ...

NV Bodegas Nodus - Bobal Utiel-Requena Chaval el Vino Joven

It's not often that the prestigious Penin Guide, Spain's most highly regarded wine review compendium, gives 88 points to such an inexpensive wine, but Chaval is an extraordinary Bobal, Valencia's perfect summer red. Initial fermentation is long and slow ...