The wine region of Falerno del Massico is located in the region of Campanie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Gennaro Papa or the Domaine Nugnes produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Falerno del Massico are Aglianico et Primitivo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Falerno del Massico often reveals types of flavors of cherry, vegetal or cinnamon and sometimes also flavors of cheese, dark fruit or non oak.
In the mouth of Falerno del Massico is a powerful. We currently count 21 estates and châteaux in the of Falerno del Massico, producing 57 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Falerno del Massico go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb.
Acker announced in September that it had sold a six-litre bottle of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti’s (DRC) ‘Romanée-Conti’ 2002 at a Hong Kong auction for nearly HK$3.1m (US$398,400). However, it’s understood that the sale of the bottle was subsequently cancelled. Doubts about the wine’s authenticity have been raised by lawyer and wine fraud expert Don Cornwell on the Wine Beserkers website. He also expressed concerns about another wine, a six-litre bottle of DRC Romanée-Conti 2000, which was origi ...
The Napa Valley 2022 harvest got underway in early August for some sparkling and white wine styles. ‘We had our earliest harvest ever, and started picking Sauvignon Blanc on Monday 1 August,’ said Stephanie Honig, of Honig Vineyard and Winery. ‘The fruit came from our grower partner Gordon Family Ranch, which is located in the southeast area of the Napa Valley appellation,’ said Honig, who is export director at the family-owned winery. Harvest typically begins with older ...
Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...
