Humble Grape’s Post

Dear Subscribers, We’re excited to share the Top 100 Wines of 2024, a selection of the most notable wines we’ve reviewed at JebDunnuck,com over the past year. This list reflects a balance of quality, value, availability, and a touch of Wow Factor. Our team carefully reviewed thousands of wines to compile this lineup. While the 2021 vintage from Napa Valley takes a leading role – showcasing a strong year for the West Coast – the list includes standout wines from Washington, Oregon, California, Bordeaux, the Rhône Valley, Piedmont, Tuscany, South America, Spain, and more. This is not just a ranking of the highest-scoring wines. Instead, it highlights wines and producers that deserve attention. If a specific wine isn’t available, we recommend trying other wines from the same producer. Every producer featured is worth exploring, now or in the future. Prices are based on estate release figures or average U.S. retail prices. While we’ve prioritized wines currently in the market, some may be harder to find. As always, creating a Top 100 list is subjective, and many other wines could easily have made the cut. That said, these are the wines that stood out most to us in 2024, and we hope they inspire your next bottle. Cheers, The JebDunnuck,com Team https://lnkd.in/g8VHwXAH

Colore by BIBI GRAETZ is one of the new Italian wines that is trying to jump into fine wine category. For sure it’s a very challenging aim to go for it using little known Ansonica grape. How many good wines do we know from Ansonica aka Insolia? 🤔The small, 80-year-old vineyard on the small island of Giglio. The vines stand on a bed of rocks and granite sand less than 50 metres from the sea. The wine is very delicate and even boring in the nose, with complexity on the palate. Oranges, lemon zest. sea salinity, dried herbs. Interesting to observe how this wine will perform on the market.

Discover the Grape Varieties of Piedmont, Italy 🍇 Piedmont, Italy, is famous for its exceptional wines, thanks to its diverse terroir and unique grape varieties. Some of the region’s iconic grapes include: Nebbiolo: The star behind Barolo and Barbaresco, offering complex, age-worthy wines with cherry, rose, and earthy notes. Barbera: Versatile and fruity, with bright acidity and soft tannins, found in Barbera d'Asti and Barbera d'Alba. Dolcetto: A fruit-forward, easy-drinking wine with dark fruit flavors and low acidity. Moscato: Aromatic, lightly sparkling, and sweet, perfect for aperitifs or dessert. Arneis: A fresh, aromatic white with citrus, floral, and almond flavors. Piedmont’s winemaking blends tradition with innovation to create wines that captivate wine lovers worldwide. #PiedmontWine #Nebbiolo #Barbera #Moscato #ItalianWines #WineLovers

Some grape varieties are typically made as single varietal wines and are not blended with other grapes. Other grape varieties are commonly found in wine blends. So, what happens when a typically solo-grape variety is blended with another grape variety? Well, you get the Inman Family Wines 2022 Whole Buncha Love Pinot Noir & Grenache Blend, Russian River Valley & Alexander Valley, the Please The Palate wine of the week. 

Interesting article about terroir and the relation that humans/winemakers have in the equation for producing wine. It’s fascinating to think about the perspective the winemaker from the article has about the impact of terroir on wine compared to the impact from a winemaker. From studying wine I feel that terroir is the foundation of the production of wine. Humans play a large role in the vineyard in ways of management that help balance the forces of nature that humans can’t control. When the grapes are harvested for wine production the natural factors of terroir have a different level of impact. I think from there, the terroir is then experienced in the aroma and taste of a wine. The aroma and taste of a wine is shaped in different ways by winemakers and their winemaking styles. Would definitely love to hear more on this and different perspectives from colleagues and people in the wine industry.

We all know and love the fact that wines made from the same grape can be vastly different, depending on where the grapes are grown – even if it is only a few hectares away. Jamie Avenell, Wine Trading Director here at Bibendum, shows us the how these two wines from different plots, made with similar winemaking techniques, present completely differently when in the glass. Conte Vistarino are revered winemakers from Oltrepo Pavese, Italy, made famous by becoming the first winegrower in the region to plant French cuttings of Pinot Noir, locally referred to as Pinot Nero. In Vintage & Variations, we uncover how two of these wines compare across different terroirs. Despite the similar winemaking techniques, they present as completely different profiles, as the Tavernetto boasts expressive aromatics which jump out of the glass, while the Pernice has a deeper brooding complexity which makes it destined to be a fantastic food wine. Shop these wines now in our Vintage & Variations collection on Bibendum Wine Online, via the link below: https://bit.ly/4dnGKqf

Is every bottle of wine a "personal statement" from its winemaker? Should it be...? I got curious about this question in advance of tasting Naidu Wines from Raghni Naidu in Sonoma, whose personal narrative provides compelling food for thought. Today's new post over on Forbes offers some perspective on tasting wines as "self-standers," and tasting them in the context of their origin. Please have a look. https://lnkd.in/e_eERZMy