Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for January 22, 2024
I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes in a “mini-review” format.
They are meant to be quirky, fun, and (mostly) easily-digestible reviews of (mostly) currently available wines (click here for the skinny on how to read them), so you can get right to the point and decide if they’re for you (or not). Cheers!
- 2022 Branchini ‘Dutia’ (Albana di Romagna): Understated, mineral, lightly tropical, and more than lightly floral. $NA B+
- 2022 Tenuta del Gelso Braschi ‘Campo Mamante’ (Albana di Romagna Secco): Hard not to love this bold, structured, and looooooong take on Italy’s first DOCG white. $NA A-
- 2022 Cantina Forli Predappio Tratti d’Autore (Albana di Romagna Secco): Bodaciously tasty, mixing alluring tropical fruit with elegant white flower action. $NA A-
- 2022 Fatoria del Monticino Rasso ‘A’ (Albana di Romagna Secco): Mix of perfumed fantasy and down-home grilled citrus. $NA B+
- 2022 Fattoria Zerbina Bianco di Ceparano (Albana di Romagna Secco): Figgy, fresh, forward, and a f*cking bargain. $20 A-
- 2022 Fiorentini ‘Cleonice’ (Albana di Romagna Secco): Linear, structured, and old-school with just-ripe white fruits and vibrancy to spare. $NA A-
- 2021 Duckhorn Merlot (Napa Valley): Plummy, juicy, expressive, energetic, and maybe a bit too herbally funky. $60 A-
- NV Domaine Bousquet Brut (Mendoza): Fruity, fun, and ready to give mot Cava a run for its money. $14 B
- 2020 Domaine Bousquet AMERI Single Vineyard Red Blend (Gualtallary): A very juicy, very good, though short trip through a land of red and black currant, plums, leather, oak spice, vanilla, violets, and cola. $37 B+
- 2020 Domaine Bousquet AMERI Single Vineyard Malbec (Gualtallary): Big, dark, mineral, and silky, with green pepper, black pepper, and lots of attitude! $37 A-
