who had recently acquired Château Giscours from the Cruse family
thereby offering Forts de Latour more varied characteristics and flavour profiles depending on the vintage
lightly nuanced
Ben runs the family winemaking operation
Good aromatic intensity reveals notes of red fruit and licorice in perfect balance with vanilla and toasted notes from the American Oak barrels
Piemaggio, Sangiovese "Le Fioraie" Chianti Classico, Tuscany, Italy 2022 kosher who had recently acquired Château90% Sangiovese with 10% Canaiolo, Ciliegiolo, and Colorino. Utterly textbook in character, combining earth, bright fruit, and tangy acidity, with notable yet unforced concentration; it is a wine of balance and egoless drinkability. The wine ferments spontaneously in stainless steel during a 3 week maceration, and spends two years aging in a combination of concrete tanks and previously used wooden casks mainly 25 hectoliter Slavonian oak, with some 500