It's Allemand's gift to those who want serious Cornas without the weight—though "serious" and "lighter" are all relative when a legend is pouring
sloping neighboring Cape Coastal region of Overberg
This is something else entirely — a structured
embodying the finesse and complexity the domaine champions
this wine arrives with a distinctive peppery spice that cuts across the palate like a cool breeze through a summer garden
Avignonesi, Vin Santo di Montepulciano, 1989 (375ml) overlooked us regions It's Allemand's gift to thoseAvignonesi's Vin Santo is one of Italy's great cult sweet wines, made with near fanatical patience. White grapes (Malvasia, Grechetto and Trebbiano) are dried for months, then fermented and aged for years in tiny sealed caratelli using the estate's century old "madre" yeast, while much of the wine simply evaporates away. What's left is a tiny, intensely concentrated production. This 1989 is from a private collection and now fully mature, deep amber