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2018 SAINT NICOLAS DE BOURGUEIL La Source Domaine Yannick Amirault
Loire France 13% Red
Cabernet Franc.
We actually visited the Amirault on a busy day during the 2018 harvest. Basket after basket of perfect grapes came in and tasting this you can sense that bountiful, beautiful harvest. Benoit Amirault who oversees the winemaking now, with his father Yannick, has an allergy to Sulphur so the...(read more)
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2018 SAINT NICOLAS DE BOURGUEIL La Mine Domaine Yannick Amirault
Loire France 13.5% Red
Cabernet Franc.
This is the small plot of vines that partly covers the foot of the hill of 'les Malgagnes'. The soil is gravelly, and always makes a bright wine with a certain graphite character. In 2018 this is filled out with gloriously expressive red and soft, black fruit and a touch of sweet liquorice...(read more)
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2018 MATÉ Brachetto Sottimano
Piedmont Italy 12.5% Red
Brachetto.
There are some very old vines of Brachetto at work here in the 2018 Maté. Upon conception of this product, Andrea's father thought he was buying a vineyard of Dolcetto, but it in fact was Brachetto. It seems to have been a mistake that was not altogether regrettable. This is an old...(read more)
Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate (www.robertparker.com)
2019 BARDA PINOT NOIR Bodega Chacra
Rio Negro Patagonia Argentina 12% Red
Pinot Noir.
Piero's 'village' wine is an absolute beauty. Elegant red fruits and a sublime, more mineral - almost saline note make this glide across your palate in graceful and pretty way. There is a real sense of finesse, perfectly balanced earthy notes vie with the softly pert fruit.
The win...(read more)
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