Mercurey has historically been undervalued
The tannins are barely there—soft but present—and the whole thing finishes with lift and a little edge
low-key reds with a story
one of the most important young growers to emerge in the Mosel this century — a Piesport native who worked with Klaus Peter Keller and at Egon Muller before setting out on his own with a handful of hectares of very old vines on very steep slate
A beautifully mature Brunello that wears its pedigree—and its age—with quiet confidence
Benanti, Etna Bianco, 2025 so020224 new italy arrivals offer Mercurey has historically been undervaluedOne of the wines that made the case for Etna's whites before most of the world knew Etna made wine at all. When Giuseppe Benanti set out in the 1980s to prove Sicily's native grapes could produce something serious, he studied the mountain's soils, its varieties and even its indigenous yeasts, and hired a young Salvo Foti to help him do it; his sons run the estate today, and it remains one of Etna's reference points. This is 100% Carricante, the