The wine region of Bosco Eliceo is located in the region of Émilie-Romagne of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Mattarelli or the Domaine Corte Madonnina produce mainly wines sparkling, red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bosco Eliceo are Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. In the mouth of Bosco Eliceo is a powerful with a nice freshness.
We currently count 3 estates and châteaux in the of Bosco Eliceo, producing 14 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Bosco Eliceo go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.
I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...
New stocks of Château Latour 2010 were released from the Pauillac-based First Growth’s cellars on 13 September. Latour 2010 is regarded as one of the best Bordeaux wines of the 21st century so far, and has received two 100-point Decanter scores in the past three years. It’s also more expensive than many other Latour vintages, but analyst group Wine Lister said it expected buyers to show interest. ‘There is no doubt that this release will see demand, especially for merchants rel ...
Our feet crunched through layers of dry oak leaves as we climbed a pebbly path towards the vineyards behind the farmhouse. Roots go deep here. Not just the tall oaks and squat vines, but families too. I walked the vineyards at Mas de Libian with Hélène Thibon, but it was her father Jean-Pierre that greeted me when I arrived. Hélène’s sister Catherine was out front with Bambi the horse, ploughing the sandier plots. Later, we tasted in the winery with Hélène’s son Aurélien. Three generations of a ...
