Le Piane 'Boca' DOC, 2015 Napa Merlot giving its fruit a freshness

giving its fruit a freshness that almost begs to be drunk immediately

my Cerasuolo di Vittoria

Marco Tinessa makes his wines in amphora

a pasta dish with clams

Le Piane 'Boca' DOC, 2015 Napa Merlot giving its fruit a freshnessThis wine is made of 85% Nebbiolo and 15% Vespolina. Cooler temperatures, rustic tannin, and beguiling fruit send this bottling straight to the cellar for potentially decades of development or, with a decant, RIGHT to the dinner table tonight with braised beef short ribs. Boca is one of the oldest DOC's in Northern Italy, and is tucked into the northeastern most corner of Piedmont. In the early 1900's, the region's financial efforts left Boca for the