The wine region of Monteregio di Massa Marittima is located in the region of Toscane of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Conti di San Bonifacio or the Domaine Le Mortelle produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Monteregio di Massa Marittima are Sangiovese, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Monteregio di Massa Marittima often reveals types of flavors of cherry, non oak or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, red fruit or spices.
In the mouth of Monteregio di Massa Marittima is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 31 estates and châteaux in the of Monteregio di Massa Marittima, producing 63 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Monteregio di Massa Marittima go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal.
Whenever I visit Domaine Richaud, just outside the village of Cairanne, the winemaking team remind me of friends I made at free parties in the 1990s in fields and disused warehouses. I’m not talking dreadlocks and dogs on strings, but there’s always an anarchic frisson in the air. You get the impression they know how to enjoy themselves. Perhaps it’s to be expected, given the radical furrow Marcel Richaud has ploughed. He’s approaching 70 now, but still thrums with pent-up energy, his ice-blue e ...
A methuselah of Romanée-Conti 1976 from Burgundy’s vaunted Domaine de la Romanée-Conti was among the highlights in a two-day series of Sotheby’s wine and spirits auctions in Hong Kong last weekend. The six-litre bottle sold for HK$1.25m (US$159,350), against a pre-sale estimate range of HK$1m to HK$1.4m. In a separate spirits auction, a single bottle of Yamazaki 35 Year Old Japanese whisky fetched HK$1m (US$127,440). Rare white Burgundy was also in-demand during the weekend event. Top lot in a f ...
Bordeaux’s Château Angélus has withdrawn its candidacy from the next St-Emilion classification, the producer announced today via a press release sent to Decanter. The withdrawal follows that of Château Cheval Blanc and Château Ausone who announced the news in July 2021. Currently only Château Pavie remains a Premier Grand Cru Classé ‘A’ estate out of the original four having been promoted, alongside Château Angélus, in the 2012 ranking. Angélus said that, while the classification had long been ...
