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[Keith_B2]

We’ve been exploring more Italian reds lately and I’ve found myself going back for Pio Cesare Barbera d’Alba multiple times over the past few weeks, around $18.

[Albert_R]

Had a 2017 Bedrock Old Vine Zin tonight. This is a top 2 daily drinking QPR for me. The other would be the Bedrock Syrah…YMMV…

[Michael_Martin]

Grenache based Spanish wines.
Lesser known appellation Southern Rhône’s like Ventoux, Venise or Vacqueyras.
Antinori Toscana
QPR varietal blends from producers like Jaffurs, Bedrock, Carlisle.

[Arv_R]

The last few days I’ve been sipping a 2018 Domaine de Saint Cosme ‘les Deux Albions’ blanc [Principaute l’Orange] and really enjoying this. This is a new bottling, and a young vineyard (planted 2013), but its a well crafted white. Heavy on the Viognier, and with good amounts of Picpoul and Marsanne in the cepage, so it shows peachy notes along with lime zest. It is raised in a mix of stainless and oak, but the balance is just right, no ponderous vanilla here. 13.2% abv but it is so gluggable, one drinks more/faster than they’d expect. The tech sheets show a little residual sugar of 2.9 g/L. I don’t have a sense for what’s typical/expected here, but I suppose that might be why I like it, as I tend to favor wines that are not bone dry, even if I may not know what their chemistry is. Of course, after a decade or two of aging, that can be different. But for this floral young blanc, everything seems well balanced now. If you like full bodied Rhones, give this a try. It doesn’t have the acidity of a fine Condrieu, but it has other likable elements. I would repurchase in this, and future vintages. For my tastes, at least a B+, higher if this plump style is in your wheelhouse

Layering on previous reply: This bottle over-delivers. Well done and the notes above are pretty spot on though i’d add more citrus/orange in the mix for my glass.

Following on, been drinking the little brother to the above, over a couple of nights: 2019 St Cosme ‘Little James Basket Press’ blanc [IGP d’Oc] 12.5% abv, and unlike the cepage above, this is a 50/50 blend of Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc, which to my tastes does not really have the taste of either grape. The label promises ‘fruit and fullness’ but has turned into a screwcap blanc blend, which does pair well with steelhead (with unpictured mint leaf chiffonade) and homemade hash browns. It’s good, but a little anonymous, and to show well, has to be really cool.

Lemony, medium bodied, and gluggable. I do like their Rhone vineyard blanc AOC better than this one, for a few bucks more. Pale, no sediment, should be consumed now IMO. On my scale, I’d give it a B. Good value, absent a crazy deal, would pass on repurchase.

[Max_S1]

We’ve been exploring more Italian reds lately and I’ve found myself going back for Pio Cesare Barbera d’Alba multiple times over the past few weeks, around $18.

Have you gotten into the Vietti Tre Vigne? One of my favorites at just under $15. Michele Chiarlos Le Orme (sp?) Is my go to under $10 red

[Keith_B2]

We’ve been exploring more Italian reds lately and I’ve found myself going back for Pio Cesare Barbera d’Alba multiple times over the past few weeks, around $18.

Have you gotten into the Vietti Tre Vigne? One of my favorites at just under $15. Michele Chiarlos Le Orme (sp?) Is my go to under $10 red

Yes, we have enjoyed the Vietti Tre Vigne many times! Great suggestion!