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Cellar Favorite: 1997 Philip Togni Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites

Neal Martin, Jan 2025

Savory scents of game, touches of cigar humidor and Tuscan delicatessen infuse the red fruit, evoking thoughts of old-school California from the mid-1970s.

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The Lord Giveth…Burgundy 2023

France: Burgundy, featured

Neal Martin, Jan 2025

The 2023 vintage in the Côte d’Or offers many pleasures. After six weeks tasting nearly 2,500 wines across 160 domaines, it is clear that while the year has its shortcomings, the best wines will have you singing their praises.

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2021 Barolo: Changing Times, Changing Wines

Piedmont Report, Italy: Piedmont, featured

Antonio Galloni, Jan 2025

My November trip to Piedmont was one of the most intriguing in recent memory. Producers were living in a sort of suspended state, their thoughts bouncing back and forth from the challenges of the just-concluded 2024 harvest to excitement over the soon-to-be-released 2021s and the outcome of the recent presidential election in the United States. Against that very colorful background, I tasted a stunning array of new releases. The 2021 Barolos are finessed, elegant wines that will delight Piedmont fans.

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Cellar Favorite: 2016 Domaine François Raveneau Chablis Valmur Grand Cru

France: Burgundy, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites

Antonio Galloni, Jan 2025

What a pleasure it is to taste Raveneau’s 2016 Chablis Valmur Grand Cru. The 2016 has come together beautifully over the last few years.

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Vinous Table: Maison François

Vinous Table, France: Bordeaux

Neal Martin, Jan 2025

Maison François comes highly recommended, especially for larger groups looking for a livelier lunch or dinner with quality French cooking accompanied by decent wines. There is a relaxed vibe and the standard is a cut above the rest. It nods to the past and yet it feels contemporary with plenty of Gallic style. Most of all, it belongs to a cadre of London restaurants that treats wine lovers with respect.

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A Vintage of Transcendence: 2004 Brunello di Montalcino Retrospective

Verticals & Retrospectives, Italy: Tuscany, featured

Eric Guido, Jan 2025

The 2004 vintage in Montalcino will always be remembered for its balance, embodying the pursuit of purity that emerged before the full force of climate change set in. Now, two decades later, how have the wines aged?

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Cellar Favorite: 2010 Giuseppe Rinaldi Barolo Brunate

Italy: Piedmont, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites

Antonio Galloni, Dec 2024

A wine of mind-blowing complexity, Rinaldi’s 2010 Barolo Brunate is everything Barolo can be—powerful, refined, seductive, intensely aromatic, structured and so incredibly beautiful that words seem inadequate.

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2024: The Year in Review…And What a Year It Was

General Interest, featured

Antonio Galloni, Dec 2024

As 2024 wraps up, it is only natural to reflect on some of the highlights of the year. I don’t think I have ever worked harder, ever worked longer hours, ever traveled as much. And yet, 2024 has been extremely rewarding. I am grateful to a growing Vinous team that has consistently delivered. And of course, I am incredibly grateful to our readers around the world who make it possible for us to do what we love to do. These are some of the most memorable highlights of the year.

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Cellar Favorite: 1988 Domaine Pierre Morey Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru

France: Burgundy, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites

Neal Martin, Dec 2024

I have always loved the wines from Pierre Morey before he joined as winemaker at Domaine Leflaive in the very year the 1988 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru was made.

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2024: The Year In Review

General Interest, featured

Neal Martin, Dec 2024

A cocktail of vocation, Vinous Icon events, curiosity, wanderlust, an unquenchable joy in meeting friends old and new, an unshakable carpe diem attitude, fitness, energy and an inability to say no meant that a year slipped past in a week, like Christopher Nolan’s "Inception" but in reverse, and with more wine.