7/10/2023 - Ruminator Likes this wine:

Here is a completely different Rose.

Starts with a punchy sulfur funk note as if one is standing next to an active volcano caldera. Then, notes of bee's wax, smoke, and exotic spices. Subtle fruit of preserved lemon, red cherry and red berries is quickly overwhelmed by salty and savory midpalate and finishes with some peppery note.

Medium minus body, medium acidity.

Volcanic soil of Canary Island left a powerful signature on this wine. It's a tangy and salty rose like no other. Maybe, the closest I can think of is Etna Rosato.

If you bring this to a Rose tasting, half the people will hate it and the other half won't be able to stop talking about it. That kind of wine.

6/17/2022 - EvoPeteMTL Likes this wine:

Just bottled about a month ago. Young vineyards outside of the Morgon appellation. Mostly on fruit notes, digest. Summer terrasse wine!

5/15/2022 - BadOyster wrote:

Nose of fresh-cut flowers (lilacs?). Steely, flinty, wet rock up front, transition to plush stone fruits and poached pear before going to a citrusy tangerine lemon-lime finish with a hint of wildflower honey. Pretty nice showing for French chenin.

4/6/2022 - Pez Lobo wrote:

82% Negrette, 6% Cabernet Pfeffer, 6% Zinfandel and 6% Albariño. Interesting blend. Bought on a whim at a local wine purveyor in The Town based upon the fact that Stirm is behind the label. The Negrette definitely comes through as I recall previous tastings of the grape from Fronton (specifically one imported by the great Charles Neal). In this case it is not as feral as it’s French counterpart. It feels tamer and more floral but Negrette it is. Dark fruited, mouth coating and a tannic bite at the end that I’m enjoying quiet a bit even though it’s “13.5-13.8% abv” per the producer web site and label. Tasted great alongside spicy chicken, potatoes and rice. Curious to see how it’ll taste in 24 hours…

3/5/2022 - JohnMcIlwain Likes this wine:

No bruiser of a Langhe Nebbiolo, the 2020 Burlotto showcases the lifted, bright shade to the grape. It has structure and depth and intensity, but it’s nuanced and quiet about it. The robe is bright garnet to the rim. The nose offers a sparkling array of forest berry (high bush cranberry and salmon berry come to mind), blackberry blossom, and subtle, cooling wintergreen aromas, with just a whisper or tar and (wild) roses. The palate is similarly filigreed, with red fruit and fine-grained structure seemingly acting as a top-note, rather than serving as a foundation with the fruit taking up the rear. But there’s excellent drive and fine length here and far from seeming insubstantial, this has the high kicking athleticism of a ballerina, as opposed to a more brooding strength. There is likely more here that will be revealed on day two, but it’s pairing admirably with a pan-roasted veal chop with black trumpet mushrooms and braised broccoli. Delicious, though based on this bottle after a short decant, I’d peg it as Alto Piemonte rather than good ole Langhe. Not that it suffers for its liveliness—it’s absolutely delicious. Re-buy.

4/18/2022 - sleepyhaus wrote:

I much agree with the prior notes. This is no baby barolo, but rather a wine made to showcase a fresh and almost delicate side of nebbiolo. Very enjoyable, but I could almost want for a bit more structure.

10/4/2021 - Wine Canuck wrote:

This wine pours light ruby in the glass with flecks of purple toward the rim. The nose is of tart rasapberries, cranberries, and very faint notes of bay leaf, dry dusty soil and animal fur. The palate is light and very tartly acidic. It feels like tough malic acid (which I recognize is extremely rare in red wines so it is unlikely here), and a bitter green apple peel finish. While I applaud the light and elegant style, there really is no complexity here and the tart acidity and bitterness really take over the palate, holding this back.