{"id":1546,"date":"2013-03-14T20:49:33","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T20:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2013-04-25T17:15:58","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T17:15:58","slug":"dons-march-premier-series-top-picks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/dons-march-premier-series-top-picks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019s March Premier Series Top Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/edgebaston-the-berry-box-stellenbosch-2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1687\" alt=\"edgebaston-the-berry-box-stellenbosch-2010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/edgebaston-the-berry-box-stellenbosch-2010-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/edgebaston-the-berry-box-stellenbosch-2010-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/edgebaston-the-berry-box-stellenbosch-2010.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>This month\u2019s first Top Pick goes to Pietra Santa\u2019s 2009 Sassolino.\u00a0 Winemaker Allesio Carli has fashioned an exemplary Super Tuscan style red in California from Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes that should absolutely not be missed.\u00a0 And although this year\u2019s Sassolino could be labeled as Sangiovese (as it contains 80% of that varietal), Pietra Santa has wisely stuck with Sassolino, the wine\u2019s proprietary name.\u00a0 Sassolino is its own wine.\u00a0 The 2009 Sassolino comes across as rich, powerful, and beautifully polished.\u00a0 It\u2019s a pleasure to drink now, and if previous vintages of Sassolino are any indication, Pietra Santa\u2019s 2009 Sassolino will evolve over the next five or more years and provide even greater joy with each passing year.\u00a0 My other Top Pick causes me a bit of anxiety because Nidia\u2019s 2011 Verdejo and Edgebaston\u2019s Honey Pot drink beautifully in their respective categories and have garnered a lot of friends.\u00a0 Nonetheless, I have to go with Edgebaston\u2019s 2010 The Berry Box as my second Top Pick: it\u2019s an artful blend of grapes that expresses everything good about blending multiple grape varieties and the work that David Finlayson is doing on the Cape of South Africa.\u00a0 Juicy, tasty, and downright delicious is how I describe it.\u00a0 <i>A votre sant\u00e9<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Don<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month\u2019s first Top Pick goes to Pietra Santa\u2019s 2009 Sassolino.\u00a0 Winemaker Allesio Carli has fashioned an exemplary Super Tuscan style red in California from Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes that should absolutely not be missed.\u00a0 And although this year\u2019s Sassolino could be labeled as Sangiovese (as it contains 80% of that varietal), Pietra Santa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Don\u2019s March Premier Series Top Picks | Wine Blog from The International Wine of the Month Club<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Berry Box is an artful blend of grapes that expresses everything good about blending multiple grape varieties; 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