Altos las Hormigas, Malbec 'Meteora', 2024 Corison wines SO122025 a Japanese architect turned winemaker

a Japanese architect turned winemaker

and focused—a fine introduction to Caprili and proof that Montalcino makes excellent Rosso when the producer knows their terroir

Younger and more tightly wound than the 2006

Auxey-Duresses sits in the hills behind Meursault

ending one of the most singular careers in Barolo — a true La Morra hermit who farmed his Rocche dell'Annunziata parcels with his sister Elena for decades and released bottles essentially on his own schedule

Altos las Hormigas, Malbec 'Meteora', 2024 Corison wines SO122025 a Japanese architect turned winemakerAltos Las Hormigas helped write the modern Malbec playbook in Mendoza, and 'Meteora' is their love letter to a single place: the rocky, high altitude Jardin de Hormigas vineyard in Paraje Altamira, way up in the Uco Valley at around 1,200 meters. The vines are farmed organically, with native plants threaded between the rows to keep the place alive and buzzing. This bottling sees native yeast fermentation in concrete and a long rest in concrete too, so