From their work on the farm and in the cellar all the way through to the choice of label on each bottle, the Michlits family fully embodies the biodynamic ideal of integrative agriculture that nourishes the land as it nurtures production.
For lovers of the sparkling wines made the old school way, Les Capriades need no instruction. They produce what are considered by many to be the best method ancestral wines (pet-nats) produced anywhere in the world.
โThis is the next Conternoโ or โit tastes just like Raveneauโ are the kinds of hyperbole I hear all the time. But sometimes, every once in a while, they are right on. This was the case when I was introduced to the beautiful wines of Amorotti.
The weather the last few days has us thinking that spring is arriving, and this might possibly be a spring where hope and new beginnings are not just figurative, but quite literal.
โThe Chenin Blancs did well and withstood the freak weather conditions; their concentration and balance are superb." - Domaine Baudry on the 2019 Vintage
A few months back Esther started a new column called โWine of the Week''. It was very exciting that almost all of the wine she featured were bottles that currently or had at some point graced our shelves.
These wines show the spectrum of styles from light and fresh wine that are barely orange since they only spend a few hours or days on their skins and thus never take on a truly orange hue.
