CARM Douro Organic Tinto 2022Varietals: 40% Touriga Nacional, 30% Tinta Roriz and 30% Touriga Franca Fresh and elegant, the nose has notes of berries and black cherries balanced with alluring hints of licorice. The palate is intense, showing firm tannins with a smooth and very persistent final texture.

The wine is then blended and bottled unfined

50yr old vines

5 miles (6 kilometers) to the southwest of the town of Montalcino

take nothing away

it should be given 3-4 years of cellaring and enjoyed over the following 10-15 years

cheeses shipped in mid-November will have “serve-by” dates in late December or early January

but it probably makes some darn good wine too

“Readers should not confuse Burge Family Winemakers (one of Australia’s finest wineries) with the much larger firm of Grant Burge

Clairette and Roussanne

planted to classic Rhône varieties

more discrete pleasure of Burgundian Pinot Noir

200 feet it is among the highest and coolest vineyard sites in California