On the Road with the Grape Guy: September 2024

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Years of painstaking DNA testing and replanting brings us a bottle of unique and delicious wine from

Fattoria Fibbiano 2017 Sanforte, Costa Toscana

I'm giving away a big secret this week -

Saumur Puy Notre Dame is a region to watch if you are a Cabernet Franc fan

Domaine des Ruaults 2021 Les Deux Croix

It has been a long time since I've had a stunning bottle of wine from Romagna;

but this one qualifies, BIG TIME:

CADISOPRA 2019 Vigna Ca' Del Rosso - Marzeno Romagna Riserva

Nobile gets "red-headed-step-child"-like respect -

but there are lots of things to like about these wines,

especially when a great producer has their say:

Avignonesi 2018 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano

This is the tale of two vintages, check out my 2020 review of this wine (linked below) -

and now here's the next vintage :

2027 Cellars 2021 Cabernet Franc, King Street Vineyard

here is a link to the video of the 2020 vintage wine:

California Cabernet is more than just Napa Valley,

as this delicious Rodney Strong proves:

Rodney Strong 2020 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon