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Taurasi is a fascinating wine, but sometimes you really need to wait for it to mature or at least decant it before drinking. So it is nice to find a 2013 Vinosia Taurasi Sant'Andrea with a bit more intensity and openness than the average, not only the typical black fruit, spice and earth, but also a sweeter vanilla scent plus lots of herbs (mint, lavender) and flowers (acacia especially). Structured as typical for this wine, full and long in the mouth. Excellent. #vinosia #taurasi #aglianico #wine #italy

Another corked wine. This time the cork didn't break, but the bottom had the two gray lines that you can see in the photo. These are small gaps and they are always very suspicious because molds and fungi may be collecting inside. Sometimes the wine will still be good, but you should be on your guard. Sadly this Sancerre was faulty and the bottle was properly returned to the distributor. #cork #corked #wine #TCA

The cork broke, and so my heart. Sometimes the opener is at fault, but other times a break may mean that the cork had dried too much, which is never good. The wine in fact, a Vouvray Demi-Sec, was badly corked. Luckily I had a replacement and I used the corked wine at lesson to explain cork taint to my students. #cork #corked #wine #vouvray #cheninblanc

This is great, so complex, so balanced: lemon, green fruit, bread, toast, nuts, flint, hay. A touch of age, but it still has a long life ahead High acidity, but very fine bubbles and solid body, not too sharp or too heavy. And long: the pastry and nuts just persist in your mouth for minutes. A glass of this really makes you happy. #champagne #bollinger #lagrandeannee #2007 #happiness

Back to the roots! Marche wine seminar! #verdicchio #rossopiceno #lacrimadimorrodalba #rossoconero #wine #marche

Do you know Riesling Lion? This grape variety is a crossing between Koshu Sanjaku and Riesling, developed in Japan and used especially in the north of the Country. This Night Harvest from Edel Wein is almost Chablis-esque, very mineral, fresh, with crispy acidity, but also provided with an underlying structure, a thickness on the palate. It is not sweet, not at all, just a bit viscous (not in a bad sense). At 3,000 yen is not cheap, but the quality is adequate for the price. A good bottle confirming northern Japan (in this case Iwate prefecture) as a wine area worth looking into. #wine #japan #iwate #edelwein #rieslinglion

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