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2009 Domaine Vincent Ricard "Le Bouc"
Region: France > Loire
Grape type: Sauvignon Blanc
The wine world lost Didier Dagueneau to a single engine plane accident in 2008. Dagueneau left behind a Sauvignon Blanc legacy, a pair of smiling, daredevil eyes, and more than one Harley-Davidson. But Dagueneau?s greatest legacy was the indelible winegrowing mark he made on a few ingenious producers, none more talented than young Vincent Ricard. read more »
2009 Gilles Gelin Beaujolais Villages
Region: France > Burgundy > Beaujolais
Grape type: Gamay
In the last days of harvest, 35-year old Gilles Gelin walked his vines above Lancie, plucking the sweetest Gamay he'd ever tasted. The aromas that wafted over his immaculate winery seemed to hover over each of the idyllic villages of the Beaujolais. In less than 10 years at the helm of this amazing estate, Gelin made an absolutely luscious crushed red fruit Beaujolais Villages that has Lancie buzzing. read more »
2004 Bodegas Balcona Partal DO Bullas
Region: Spain > Other Spain
Grape type: other red varietal
We had heard all about "Balcona", the high elevation plantings, the wind that rips down from the mountains, keeping the late-ripening Monastrell (or Mourvedre) healthy. The 2004 Partal, drawn from Pepa Fernandez's old-vine Monastrell was delicious -- a wildly aromatic Spanish wine with beautiful red fruit flavors and a finish that wouldn't stop. But even so, it was 8 hours from Catalunya to Bullas. A winter storm had blanketed the mountain roads. It would be half-crazy to make the trek on those narrow two-lane mountain roads just to understand what those ethereal aromas, and the finish that never ends, were all about. But, we were on a Spanish mission. read more »
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