Monthly Archives: November 2022

Ranked Number 4 on Wine Spectator's Top 10 List of 2022, Château Talbot landed its well-deserved recognition.  It comes as a no surprise for Bordeaux connoisseurs and collectors.

The 2019 harvest was Jean-Michel Laporte’s second vintage as general manager of Château Talbot. One of the primary changes he has made in the vineyard is removing leaves earlier than before (mid-June instead of July), allowing more maturity and aeration, which protects the grape bunches from disease. Vinification adjustments include more pump-overs at the very beginning and fewer at the end, as well as earlier extraction, which he feels avoids dryness and astringency. Lastly, he increased the proportion of new oak slightly, from 50 percent to 60 percent, giving the wine a richer, more sumptuous feel without an overly oaky flavor.

"Well-built and rather refined for the vintage, with a deep well of red and black currant paste and plum reduction flavors supported by

What is the best wine for pairing with food served at Thanksgiving dinner?  Every year, we get asked this question.  Our go-to wine selection is always pinot noir, preferably one from Burgundy.  As wine professionals and enthusiasist know, pinot noir is a food-friendly wine that often shows classic fall flavors: cranberry, red apple skin, dried leaves, and allspice.  Our favoriate pinor noir from Burgundy is Chambolle-Musigny, a tiny village sandwiched between Echezeaux/Vougeot and Morey-Saint-Denis.  Here is a detailed map of the small area called Chambolle-Musigny.  The wine we present in this month's selection comes from Les Groseilles, a lieu-dit bearing its own name.  Once named, lieu-dit usually refers to the characteristics of the plot of land, a step deeper into the concept of terroir.

Mazzei Concerto di Fonterutoli is one of the most influential Italian wines that shaped the Super Tuscan movement and created a global phenomenon in the 1980s.