The hills above Carcassonne enjoy full-on Languedoc sunshine and heat but also the kind of cool sea breezes that help shapes Bordeaux. The grapes are “Mediterranean” Grenache and Syrah and “Atlantic” Cabernet... Read More
Lower ABV After phylloxera, the vineyards here were abandoned and were gradually covered in trees until a storm blew through and uprooted them in 1973. Bordeaux legend Andre Lurton happened to walk through the destruction and... Read More
An American classic, Jayson Pahlmeyer's Bordeaux blend red delivers loads of ripe fruit, plush texture, and enough structure to give everything shape and keep it compelling to drink. Very limited.
Although the rest of Tuscany leans on Sangiovese as its primary red grape, Tuscany’s western coast along the Tyrrhenian Sea are too loamy and cool and humid for the grape of Chianti and Brunello. In fact, on gravel-dotted... Read More
Since it’s founding in 2004, Rutger de Vink’s RDV has certainly been Virginia’s most ambitious winery and, arguably at least, it’s best at Cabernet-dominant Bordeaux blends. Rendezvous is the main production... Read More
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