by Richard Leahy | Jan 21, 2022 | Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine
This is probably the most elegant, Meritage-style varietal Tannat from anywhere that I’ve had. It won a gold medal in the 2018 Governor’s Cup and a silver in the 2017 event. Post-fermentation, the wine underwent extended maceration (on the skins) for 17...
by Richard Leahy | Jan 21, 2022 | News/Announcements, Virginia Wine
Richard Leahy (this author) is now contributing to Wine & Country Life, a glossy quarterly magazine produced by Ivy Publishing. You can read his article on “Pairing Wine with Virginia Oysters” online...
by Richard Leahy | Jan 21, 2022 | News/Announcements, Virginia Wine
On Friday January 21st, at 6:30 p.m., join Virgina Public Media’s Tassie Pippert, host of the Virginia wine and cooking show “Un-Wine’d”, as she interviews Veritas Vineyards’ winemaker Emily Pelton on Facebook. The two wines featured will...
by Richard Leahy | Dec 19, 2021 | Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine
Last year, reflecting on widespread frost damage which left some vineyards with no crop, as well as a very hot summer sapping the acidity from the grapes followed by autumn rains, I thought that the best that could be said of the 2020 vintage was that at least it...
by Richard Leahy | Nov 21, 2021 | Tastings/Evaluations, Uncategorized, Virginia Wine
This estate blend won the Governor’s Cup in 2012. It is a Left Bank-style blend dominated by 63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and six percent each Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Proprietor and vigneron Jeff White apprenticed under Jim Law of Linden...
by Richard Leahy | Oct 25, 2021 | Regions & Terroir, Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine
While I stand by what I said in the previous posts about 2019 being the best vintage since 2001, it doesn’t mean we should overlook or dismiss other very good vintages that may still be around. While 2015 was good in Northern Virginia, 2016 was even better, and was...
