Domaine de l'Olivette
Bandol Mourvedre Blend 2018
I visited them last Friday 🤩
Ca' Rozzeria
Boca Nebbiolo
@Tom Casagrande , what vintage?
Casa Emma
Chianti Classico Sangiovese Blend 2021
Brilliant. Can’t wait to try the ‘21 myself!
Cascina Luisin
Rabajà Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2018
Rabaja is a highly respected cru. I feel like many Barolos and Barbarescos these days just don’t age like the wine from the 70s and 80s. While modernization of winemaking there has resulted in fewer faulty wines and greater consistency, I feel like ageability in general has diminished. A huge generalization, I know, but that’s my feeling. Also, there’s the subjective element. Since I tend to prefer younger wines, maybe a taster without that preference would perceive this as not yet fully mature.
@Doug Powers @Tom Casagrande gonna chime in here since I’m not only familiar with this producer (Rosenthal’s portfolio these days) and vintage (generally an earlier drinking vintage). These wine are traditionally made and built to last. As Tom mentioned, Rabaja is one of the most heralded MGA’s in Barbaresco but we’re talking about a vintage that’s really lovely to drink now through 2033 in most cases.
@Tom Casagrande, thanks, interesting thoughts about whether these Barbaresco/Barolo wines age as well as they used to (or are even made to age as well)?? I really don’t purchase these wines any longer due to my predilection to age them, so I appreciate both your comments and @Jay Kline comments about the producer and vintage. And, I do want to emphasize (clarify?) that I am NOT in any way suggesting that I don’t like/appreciate younger wines as well — I DO — but after 45 years of buying more wine than we consume, which started because when I was starting out in NYC, I was friends with older friends who had older wines, and I loved how they tasted, but I also knew I couldn’t afford to purchase 20-25 year old wines in any quantity, so I built my cellar the slow, patient way (and of course the few times I purchased older wines at auction/retail, I inevitably learned the importance of provenance)!!
Rebecca Anne Casagrande
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