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NAPA WINEMAKER ANDY ERICKSON DISCUSSES LEVIATHAN CALIFORNIA 2019 AND FAVIA WINES

NAPA WINEMAKER ANDY ERICKSON DISCUSSES LEVIATHAN CALIFORNIA 2019 AND FAVIA WINES

FromThe James Suckling Wine Podcast


NAPA WINEMAKER ANDY ERICKSON DISCUSSES LEVIATHAN CALIFORNIA 2019 AND FAVIA WINES

FromThe James Suckling Wine Podcast

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Aug 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

James sits down with Napa Valley winemaker Andy Erickson to talk about how the current Napa harvest is going and how it compares with previous years. They also taste the 2018 Favia wines and 2019 Leviathan California.James says of the Leviathan, "It's sort of fruit-forward ... but at the same time remains really agile and fresh," and asks Andy the secret behind it."I just wanted a wine that you could go out to a steakhouse and if I saw it on the menu, I would want it," Andy says. "This is the wine I like to drink. It's rich, it's flavorful, it's very fresh, and it's got the structure of a Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon and sort of that character, but it's made from different varieties – it's cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, merlot, syrah and now even a little petite syrah."
Released:
Aug 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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This is the podcast of James Suckling, international wine critic with 40 years of experience tasting, critiquing and loving wine! We focus on the great wines of the world including Italy, Bordeaux, Champagne, Australia, New Zealand, California, Chile, and Argentina, but are always open to and looking for surprises. We taste and review thousands of wines each year - 25,000 in 2019 alone! - and meet hundreds of the world's best winemakers along that journey. That's where this podcast comes in - a place to access my conversations with these titans of the wine world, and also my own tasting team as we travel the world to taste amazing wines. I hope you enjoy these podcasts - head to jamessuckling.com for even more reports, videos and articles about how to enjoy wine.