Jose Garcia "unculin" Bierzo Mencia

Light on its feet yet expressive

then in 1948 they bought the farm in La Morra

minerals and rose petals that follow through to a medium body with ultra-fine tannins

and a ferrous

was having trouble sleeping on board his boat

maybe an easy way to summarize this wine—-

as if they were just picked while strolling in the French countryside

Suckling called it “a wine with soul

Some of us may have cellars that are provisioned with gloriously harmonious ’81 Brunello but most of us need something to drink tonight

in Italy known as DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita)

The 2021 Reserva feels distinctly Rioja Alta

and a faint smoky note that speaks to Tuniberg’s warmer