green apple and salty ocean breezes

The 1997 Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta di Castelgiocondo is a focused and determined wine that is laced with black cherry

Tasted in New York in November 2018

this gives way to firm tannins that line the lingering aftertaste

with yellow-brown sands mingled with a little more clay

Thomas Studach, Malanser Chardonnay Vintage:2021 green apple and salty oceanThomas Studach's intensely yellow colored 2021 Malanser Chardonnay opens with an intense and noble bouquet that is reminiscent of the finest cognac and makes you long for a cigar. There are vanilla and very fine oak or toast aromas on the very elegant and balanced nose that is maybe a bit overly perfumed but in a really noble way. On the palate, this is a pure, intense and saline Chardonnay full of lush fruit, tension, texture and very fine tannin