Mmm, who doesn’t love the gentle scent of a warm, fuzzy wool sweater on a chilly day? But this is not an aroma that one expects to find in wine. So it was a little surprising when a distinct aroma of damp wool rose up from my glass. Was it a bug, or was it a feature?
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Designated “L & T” for “Leicht und Trocken” (“Light and Dry”), Bründlmayer 2022 “L & T” Grüner Veltliner is made with certified organic grapes. Clear light brass color in the glass, it lofts up a distinct earthy, pleasant scent of damp wool that dances with apple and peach aromas and a grind of white pepper.
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Happy New Year! As 2024 begins and the Wine Advisor marks its 25th birthday, I look forward to sharing more wine columns and tasting notes on wines of quality and value. This week’s column is free to the entire community, but my tasting report requires a paid-tier subscription. Subscribe here!
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Are natural and organic wines necessarily better than other wines just because they are, well, natural and organic? I’m going to say no. But …
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Ripe cherries and fresh red berries mingle in the aroma of Jean-Paul Brun 2022 “Le Ronsay” Beaujolais. Made with organically grown Gamay grapes from young vines, it’s a fruit cocktail but not a fruit bomb: A balanced, delicious young Beaujolais from J. P. Brun.
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As I write this holiday-season column about Port, a troubling thought comes to mind: Doesn’t most everyone think Port is, well, stodgy? Even the august New York Times is on the record saying so.
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Noval Black Reserve Porto isn’t quite black in the glass, but it’s definitely a dark blackish-purple. Appealing blueberry scents lead to a rich, sweet flavor that shows fascinating complex nuances of sweet dates, dried cherries and dried figs, plus a touch of dark chocolate in the background.
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Neil Duarte recently had the opportunity to taste some Torre Rosazza white wines from Friuli, in northeastern Italy. The winery’s terraced Colli Orientali vineyards, protected on the north by the Julian Alps and on the south by the Grado Lagoon, sport various native and Central European grapes. Read more about Neil’s assessment of these wines. Read article.
Red, white, rosé? They all suit me! But I can’t help nodding approvingly at the British enophile Harry Waugh’s famous joke: “It’s a wine’s duty to be red.”
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Dark reddish-purple with a clear ruby edge, Frescobaldi 2020 Nipozzano Chianti Rufina Reserva breathes appetizing scents of ripe black cherries and blackberries, with subtler earthy back notes of coffee and cedar. An excellent Riserva, it benefits from the nuances that wood aging imparts but does not succumb to them.
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