Top 100 wines of d Minis
Discover the top 100 best wines of d Minis as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of d Minis and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of d Minis
The wine region of d Minis of Romania. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Balla Geza or the Domaine Maximarc produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of d Minis are Pinot noir, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Feteasca neagra, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of d Minis often reveals types of flavors of plum, pepper or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, exotic spice or dried fruit.
We currently count 9 estates and châteaux in the of d Minis, producing 33 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of d Minis go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison).
News from the vineyard of d Minis
Walls: Tasting Hermitage 2001 20 years on
In 2001, George W. Bush was sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States. Meanwhile in the UK, Tony Blair led the Labour Party to its second landslide victory. A lot can change over the course of 20 years. According to many Rhône winemakers and wine collectors, this is how long a bottle of Hermitage should lay undisturbed until you open it. Is it really worth the wait? I recently tasted 11 Hermitage 2001s – seven red, two white, two sweet – to test the 20 year hypothesis and see how these ...
Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’
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 ...
DO Penedès: new rules and aiming for Spanish wine’s top-tier
On 16 November 2021, the Denomination of Origin Penedès in Catalunya (DO Penedès) announced an extensive roadmap up to 2030, taking into account sustainability and establishing the region as a high-quality wine producer in Spain. Most immediately, all grapes for DO Penedès wines must be from fully-certified organic vineyards by 2025. While it’s an aggressive timeline, DO Penedès president Joan Huguet told Decanter, ‘Currently around 60% of the vineyards are already certified and our ...