9/5/2010 - mattemmo Likes this wine:

Great stuff. There's the resin of a Greek red but done in Italy with restraint.

9/5/2010 - mattemmo wrote:

There's a great note on the label something like, "This wine could be produced only in Italy", and that sums it up. One one hand, it's just a zin. But what a zin!

9/5/2010 - mattemmo Likes this wine:

This is a favorite, a fantastic introduction to the Jura.

9/5/2010 - mattemmo wrote:

Perhaps our favorite of the summer. Ethereally light, delicate, so delicious chilled and the aroma - absolutely transporting nose. Not your regular rose, this is definitely rose from Provence.

9/5/2010 - mattemmo Likes this wine:

Awesome summertime backyard picnic table wine. Everybody loves this and all for different reasons.

9/5/2010 - mattemmo wrote:

Dry, bone dry.

9/5/2010 - mattemmo Likes this wine:

Delicious! The perfect little red to have a small juice glass of on Tuesday night with good "school night" fare.

9/5/2010 - mattemmo Likes this wine:

Terroir, dirt, rock, the barnyard, stinky, mushroom, fungi.... Nothing in there is meant to be negative. Pair this with garlicky, gingery, whatever -ery food. Makes you want to spit and, again, not in a bad way. You're half farmer while you're drinking this.

9/5/2010 - mattemmo Likes this wine:

WA, WA, WA!

9/5/2010 - mattemmo Likes this wine:

Fine, good even. The problem is that pinot noir lacks much to say.

9/4/2010 - mattemmo Likes this wine:

Loved this, love the Gamay.

8/22/2010 - mattemmo Likes this wine:

Rock, soil, mineral, terroir.

8/22/2010 - mattemmo Likes this wine:

This balances, and rebalances and does it again, between fruit and alcohol right on your tongue. An amazing wine.

7/19/2010 - mattemmo Likes this wine:

Between the batonnage and the oak, this is like drinking scotch. I like it; Chardonnay is otherwise so predictable.

7/17/2010 - mattemmo Likes this wine:

Lots of bubbles visually, fewer on the tongue. Starts with oranges and finishes with seawater, both faintly. Even more subtle the second day. A unique vinho verde.

2/5/2010 - mattemmo wrote:

Buttery with a rich, dry finish. Lovely with Christmas ham.