Barrell's methodology is crystal clear: they source the country's best spirits, often with significant age, and meticulously blend them to create special limited edition releases. No two releases are the same.
Germany offers some of the best values in truly great wines of terroir. And if a Grand Cru bottling for less than $25 doesn’t prove it to you, we don’t know what will.
"The 2018s are gracious wines of immense pleasure... the 2018s are incredibly delicious. The purity of the flavors in so many 2018s is just striking." - Galloni, discussing the 2018 Chianti Classico's in Vinous
We often think of rosé as a simple pleasure, and this one is pleasurable, as fresh and lively as any from Provence. But it’s also as layered, complex and exotic as a great Northern Rhône, combining fruit, sun and spice with an inexhaustible core of mineral energy.
We are delighted in the supple, immediate joys of the straight ‘Château Falfas’ cuvée, which comes from the virtually perfect 2016 vintage. Its linear, velvety red-fruit profile reminds us of wines from another like-minded right-bank estate, Château Le Puy. It is a remarkable value.
If you're new to Red Burgundy it's hard to think of a better village to start with than Chorey-lès-Beaune. The wines are lovely examples of what makes Burgundy Burgundy: airy Pinot Noir with lovely fruit flavors that are nevertheless defined more by their savory side than their fruit.
Six years on from the vintage, the 2015 ‘Nicolas’ is a beautiful, full-fledged expression of Pinot Noir, with notes ranging from asphalt-kissed black cherry to radiant raspberry and dried herbs.
In the same way that the air feels cleaner and fresher when you’re hiking or skiing, a high elevation mountain wine like Pavese’s Blanc de Morgex feels racier and more brisk than other white wines we know.
