The 2018 offers the tension and minerality that great Loire Chenin delivers—bright acidity balanced by the richness that comes from older vines and careful élevage
it's really hard to beat Cantemerle
Salers Aperitif is the oldest and most traditional aperitif of France's Massif Central region
Perfect as an apéritif or paired with oysters
olive and brambleberry on the nose
Flavio Roddolo, Dolcetto d'Alba, 2011 SO0422_Reductions The 2018 offers the tensionFlavio Roddolo is one of Piedmont's great under the radar traditionalists, a grower whose idiosyncratic, slow aged wines we've championed for years. His Dolcetto d'Alba is not the cheerful early drinker the grape usually delivers; Roddolo holds his wines back and they age far longer than almost anyone else's Dolcetto. This 2011, from a warm vintage, has had over a decade to settle, and it's drinking in a savory, mature register most people never get