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Jérôme Arnoux, Brut Nature
Crémant du Jura (a crémant from Jura)! The perfect aperitif to sip when cooking, on the balcony or wherever. It’s a summer favorite. With soft bubbles, notes of bread, citrus and green fruit this is a really pleasant sip.
Single Moms Pét-Nat 2021
Hiding behind a spot-on label designed by Gothenburg based tattoo artist Maja-Lisa Bekken is this sparkling pét-nat dream from the urban winery Wine Mechanics (Gothenburg). Punch in the face freshness mixed with minimal natural funkyness, a wild ride compounded by berries, watermelon, peach, and blood grapefruit.
Sybille Kuntz Orange Riesling, 2020
The mysterious and highly sought-after orange wine has started to pop up both here and there as of late. But this is not a new way of making wine, it actually dates back thousands of years with its roots in Georgia.
Kung Fu Malbec 2021
Don’t let the label scare you, like it seems to have scared so many others. Kung Fu Malbec 2021 is actually a real killer wine. Heh. What’s funny about this one is that some fellow winos got in touch asking how this wine turned out, since they didn’t dare to buy it due to the label.
Costadilà 330 SLM
Juice, not so much wine, partly due to low alcohol content of 10%. An absolutely lovely apertif on a hot summers day, cold as hell, but it didn’t quite stand up to the harsh autumn day it was consumed.
La Lupa 2020
This slightly unusual rosé from Piemonte, Italy, has what so many rosés are missing: texture and character. And as you’ve probably already guessed it’s a natural wine, hence the label. La Lupa is wonderfully nuanced, fruity and spicy. The wine is refreshing and yet textured. It has body and a bit of oomph is what I’m hinting at. In many ways this wine is more of a very light red than a dark rosé, if that makes any sense?
Tenuta di Castellaro Bianco Porticello, 2020
Imagine someone suddenly throwing a bouquet of flowers in your face, like SUPRISE, here you are. But not in a perfumed way, that would have been awful.
Nerocapitano 2020
Firstly, how good-looking is the bottle? The Mafia boss personified in bottle format. Made from 100% Frappato (Nerocapitano is the old name for frappato).
Comte Hugues de La Bourdonnaye
Some say Champagne is overrated, others swear by it as the ultimate expression of sparkling wine. All I know is that Comte Hugues de La Bourdonnaye is hella good and is still within a reasonable price range. With its deeper, golden color, high minerality, and full and developed aromas of brioche, yellow apple, orange peel, honey, and hazelnut it stands out in the crowd.
Benanti Etna Rosso, 2018
So what are Etna wines? These are wines grown in Sicily, more specifically on the slopes of the volcano Etna, hence: volcanic wine. Like Benanti here, they are a little smoother in flavour, low in tannin, pale color, and Benanti specifically has a lot of lovely notes of berries to it. Elements of cherries and red berries, it has an earthy tone with the typical smoky style of wine from the area.
2019 Vouvray Cuvée Clos de Vaux Demi-Sec, Domaine Vigneau-Chevreau
The fear of sweetness is a thing. As soon as we step out of the dry-dry-dry zone the compulsory thought of “I don’t like this” spreads like wildfire, or maybe it is the thought of I SHOULDN’T like this? Or perhaps it is a reminder that once you got a hold of a cheap Riesling with way too much unbalanced sweetness and swore never again. It is time to put that past you and embrace the residual sugar, cus it can really be a bomb thing. And a great complement to food.
Trebbiolo Rosso La Stoppa, 2020
Looking for a fruity berry blast with a hint of horse stables? Then this is your bottle. There are few times in life where you connect the aroma of horse stables with something delicious, well, this is one of those times.
Arndorfer Zweigelt
This must be the first tip-exed wine bottle that’s crossed my path, only adding to the authenticity vibe that my generation so appreciates.
Barolo Azelia, 2017
No wonder many of the reviews of this wine just said FREAKIN’ DELICIOUS. Because it is, if you’re into tannin and acid that is. Barolo DOCG is a style of wine made from the grape Nebbiolo, originating from Piemonte in the northwest of Italy.
Dreaming of spring
Christmas is over, the time of powerful reds has passed us by. The rain is hitting the window and the sun is hiding behind 4 layers of thick clouds. January folks. So, instead, let’s focus on spring, it will come, hopefully, sooner than later.
Rotari Brut Riserva, 2015
Yellow prosecco, blue prosecco, that prosecco with a brown label, prosse is perhaps exactly what we think of when we think of Italian bubbles. Instead, I throw out Rotari, a sparkling wine from northeastern Italy.