2022
Interesting year for food, wine and travel.
Wine- Random thoughts
Smoke and fires impacted wines in California and Oregon from the 2020 vintage. some top wines in Napa Valley and the Willamette Valley produced limited wines in 2020. Domaine Drouhin and Cliff Lede among them. Buyer beware of long term cellaring of 2020 wines from those regions. Smoke taint is a very complicated subject.
Wine writers of the year Eric Asimov of the NYT, Neil Martin of Vinous and Lettie Teague of the WSJ.
Wine publication change of note. Lisa Perotti Brown left the Wine Advocate. I never received any notice of the change. She was in charge of the publication. The Wine Advocate is still running on Robert Parker's name. Nor sure what they are all about today. One reviewer, Erin Brooks has been giving very inflated ratings to some California and Oregon wines.
Wine trends to watch. Disgorgement dates on non-vintage sparkling wines. Without disgorgement dates how do you know how old the wine is? How do you know what wine is being reviewed. The Wine Spectator does not give disgorgement dates yet they have a senior person in charge of reviewing sparkling wines.- Go figure.
Alcohol content of wines. Due to global warming and some taste trends, the alcohol content of many wines(ABV) is quite high. I have seen wines at 16% abv. which is 33% more alcohol than most Champagnes.
I currently subscribe to Vinous, Wine Spectator and Jeb Dunnock. Just discontinued the Wine Advocate. Cellartracker is still my favorite software to track my wine. Vinous now has a cellar tracking service which I have not checked out yet.
Prices of wine can really fluctuate and shipping from online purchases can be onerous. A number of stores have unlimited shipping for a set price which can be a good deal. Check out Gary's. the Wine Library and Wines.com although the price of wine on Wine.com can be exorbitant.
I find that buying wine online allows you buy carefully and compare pricing for a wine.
I am getting a bit tired my enrollments in winery wine clubs. My inventory from these wineries keep growing and I find it slightly inhibiting to my buying new and different wines.
Comic Relief- Found this review of a Champagne today-Laurel, bay leaf, lime bonbon and bergamot aromas. Fragrant freshness and a long spine of tingling minerality. Glittering four-cornered structure. Green and gold and steel. Incredibly mouth-watering, and then into an arrow of piercing triangularity on the finish.
I really love wines from Bordeaux.
Wine area of the year -St Emilion
Wineries of the year:
Chateau Valandraud, ClosBadon and Virginie de Valandraud. All from St Emilion and made by the same owner - Thunevin.
Municipal Wines for their experimentation and willingness to try new types of wines.
Wines of the year. With links to Cellartracker
2019 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
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2010 Bodegas Muga Rioja Selección Especial |
| 2019 Potek Riesling Kick-on Ranch |
2010 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau |
2015 Domaine Drouhin Oregon Pinot Noir Louise |
2015 La Massa Carla VI Parcel 62019 Drouhin Oregon Roserock Pinot Noir |
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