Grapes for a Gran Selezione bottling, which sits above Riserva at the pinnacle of the Chianti Classico quality pyramid,...
Tenuta Perano, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione (Tuscany, Italy) 2018
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Michael Apstein
Three Takes on Second Wines
No one wants to be second. Nobody strives to come in second. Second place is just not built-in to our DNA. For...
Tenuta dell’Ornellaia, Toscana IGT (Tuscany, Italy) 2021
Sometimes described as the “third” wine of Ornellaia, Le Volte is and it isn’t because it addition to...
Château Boutisse, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru (Bordeaux, France) 2019
Usually when you see “Grand Cru” on a label it represents a higher level in a classification or stratification...
Maison Guillot-Broux, Mâcon Rouge (Burgundy, France) 2019
Domaine Guillot-Broux makes exceptional red wines from what most people consider an unexceptional place for them, the...
Domaine Guillot-Broux, Bourgogne Rouge (Burgundy, France) 2020
This stunning Bourgogne Rouge will change your mind about the quality of red wines coming from the Mâconnais. ...
E. Guigal, Côtes du Rhône (Rhône Valley, France) 2020
Guigal’s single vineyard wines from the Côte Rôtie, La Mouline, La Landonne, and La Turque, which sell...
E. Guigal, Saint-Joseph (Rhône Valley, France) 2019
Guigal now owns prized vineyards in Saint Joseph and makes highly acclaimed wines from them, much as they do in Côte...
E. Guigal, Côte Rôtie (Rhône Valley, France) 2019
Côte Rôtie, or “roasted slope” transliterated into English, is composed of two major subdivisions,...
Château Recougne, Bordeaux Supérieur (France) 2019
Château Recougne consistently displays the quintessential Bordeaux profile of fruit and what I like to call,...
Château Tour Bayard, Montagne-Saint-Émillion (Bordeaux, France) 2019
Consumers often overlook Bordeaux because of an image that the wines are rarified, expensive, and need considerable...
Object Lesson in Excellence: E. Guigal’s Côte-Rôtie “Château d’Ampuis” 2019
The Guigal family, the elder Marcel and his wife Bernadette, and their son Philippe and his wife Eve, have always focused on...