Contrada

Italian for single vineyard. Each Contrada will have its own name.

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Italian for single vineyard. Each Contrada will have its own name. Plural = Contrade. Etna’s Contrade have certainly raised knowledge of the term. Each year a tasting, the Contrade dell’Etna, is held to taste the current releases from Etna. The term is used throughout Italy.

Contrade names you might have heard of from Etna: Rampante, Guardiola, Feudo di Mezzo, Acuria, Sciaronuova, Calderara, and Rivaggi. Moving north to Veneto, Gini’s top Soave is from the Contrada “Salverenza”.

 

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Forjas del Salnés 'Goliardo A Telleira' Albariño 2021

Albariño from Val do Salnés, Rìas Baixas

Forjas del Salnés ‘Goliardo A Telleira’ Albariño 2021

Simply delicious. Ridiculous for the coin. Citrus oils & ripe lemon juice from the kind of lemon you’d eat like an orange.Gutiérrez comment on development is interesting. I’d add that this is development pre-bottling as a winemaking choice. An approach that for mine offers more complete wine that has seen valuable exposure to oxygen that only help fruit of this quality harmonise and build complexity.Yes, there is a hint of straw & lanolin. It wraps a vibrant, energetic cor

Vintage 2021
$94
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Terroir al Límit Les Tosses 2021

Priorat, Catalunya

Terroir al Límit Les Tosses 2021

Cariñena or Carignan makes stunning wine, one thing is certain, Huber's top verision, is a spectacular! Domink's background as a Chef, perhaps his German ancestory and definitely his drive to make great wine appears to have lead to the perfect balance between art and science.There are two Vi d'altura or pinnacle wines that Huber produces: Les Tosses and Les Manyes. These are Terroir al Límit's grand cru Priorats as tasted through the prism of Cariñena (for Les Tosses) and Garnatxa (for L

Vintage 2021
$674
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Domaine de la Pousse d'Or Grand Cru Echezeaux 2022

Pinot Noir from Vosne-Romanée, Côte-de-Nuits

Domaine de la Pousse d’Or Grand Cru Echezeaux 2022

This is the first wine to display any meaningful level of reduction and here it’s enough to push the fruit to the background. By contrast there is a lovely sense of verve and freshness on the palate of the sleek but intense and generously proportioned medium weight plus flavors that coat the mouth on the sneaky long finish. While this could use better depth, the underlying material is such that more is all but guaranteed to develop. (from a .11 ha parcel in Poullailères). 2034+Allen Mead

Vintage 2022
$1,228
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R.H.Coutier Ambonnay Cuvée Tradition Grand Cru NV
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Blend from Ambonnay, Montagne de Reims

R.H.Coutier Ambonnay Cuvée Tradition Grand Cru NV

Coutier is to Ambonnay what Clouet is to Bouzy! Coutier is to Ambonnay what Clouet is to Bouzy! Two villages just around the corner from each other. Two makers dishing out some seriously tasty vino. Ambonnay is the home to so many great vineyards. Judging by the vino Coutier is playing with the best of them. Their NV along with Clouet’s would have to rate as two of the best value Champagnes at the mo.The Brut tradition is 25-40% Chardonnay 60-75% Pinot in any given release and around 40% r

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$86
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