Casa Jipi Sauvignon Blanc 2023Mexicos hottest winemaker!Bet you havent read that before. As the winery says, Casa Jipi (pronounced Hippie) is a pochismo that shows how diversity and mixticity enrichens our countries. We all have un poquito de Jipi in ourselves, both sides of the border. Now we at Waterford have to admit while we love all things Mexico, we are just at the nascent dawn of our understanding of ascending Mexican wine culture. But it is apparently ascending, and our

The tannins are powdery and fine

red cherry and a faint

and the mineral hush of river stones drying in the sun

The results are utterly delicious Willamette Valley Pinot Noir:

both because its slopes mitigate against climate change

Meyer lemon peel

Mencía (Men-thee-ah) has always struck me as one of those grapes that rewards patience and curiosity

the 2023 leans fully into what makes Santa Lucia Highlands so compelling: cool Pacific air

As Claudie told my tasting group

when the grapes begin to ripen

it so strongly revealed the identity of the vineyard that the hand of winemaker couldn’t be seen

The 2024 feels like a continuation of that spark