Chateau La Vielle Cure is my first experience with Fronsac. One of the Bordeaux wines, Fronsac is a hilly region of France along the Dordogne and l’Isle rivers, west of Saint Émilion.
Interestingly enough, if the appellation indicates “Appellation Canon-Fronsac Controlée”, as opposed to “Appellation Fronsac Controlée”, this means that the grapes are from Fronsac [...]
One of my coworkers decided to reward me with a 2001 bottle of Gainey Merlot from the Santa Ynez Valley. I have yet to open the bottle as it is still sitting on my desk, but from what he has told me it is quite good. Jammy and fruity, but not too much as it [...]
While I was at work today one of my co-workers pointed out Gainey Vineyards. Apparently Gainey has some really high scoring wines at quite reasonable prices. I checked out some of the scores while perusing Wine Enthusiast magazine and boy howdy was he right. Apparently the 1996 Limited Selection Merlot from the [...]