At the very end of a long tasting, winemaker Leto Paraskevopoulos offered me a small glass of the Gai'a NV Nemea Ritinitis Nobilis, and the effect was brilliant. The wine refreshed and immediately reset my palate. This is a "redefined" Retsina, or a wine ...
Pale orange. Finely etched red berry, citrus zest and floral aromas, along with building herb and mineral flourishes. Taut and nervy in the mouth, offering sappy strawberry, cherry and tangerine flavors that show fine delineation and spicy lift. Closes...
Darkly floral and rich in the glass, the 2020 Friulano Rive Alte Toc Bas wafts up to show crushed peach and chamomile complemented by almond paste. Soothingly soft and round on the palate, this impresses with vividly ripe orchard fruits and a lifting h...
The 2021 Bianco Latimis is exotic and tropical in the glass, with spiced peach and nectarine offset by minty herbs. There's a lovely energy within, sapid and perfumed yet full of life, as saline minerals mingle with ripe pit fruits. A salty flourish if...