This Week's Tasting
Joseph Jibril
June 17, 2026
Fine Winemaking, Very Reasonable Prices
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This Week Wednesday, June 17, 2026 Joseph Jibril - Fine Winemaking, Very Reasonable Prices In-store, 5 - 6:30pm
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Joseph-Jibril, the artisanal project of two young winemakers, is one of the new guard of California winemaking. They work with organically farmed vineyards and have a minimal-intervention approach to winemaking.
We are happy to welcome Somerville native Jaam Moyniham, though his middle name the Jibril of the pair. to conduct our tasting with a generous sampling of his wines. He has done stints in Spain, Bordeaux, South Australia, and the Sonoma coast to deepen his perspective of the trade.
As you will hear , he has a holistic outlook, feeling that his involvement integrates artistry, science, and the social, science and physicality. They make clean, lively, delicious, wines, with minimal intervention and a focus on organic farming. They work with fine Sonoma County fruit, focusing on single vineyard Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Cabernet Franc, as well as a Beaujolais-inspired carbonic Pinot Noir, rosé and more!
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I found their wines to very, very good, nicely balanced, which integrate pleasure and expression. Open and refreshing, they‘ll be perfect for the season.
White
2024 Sauvignon Blanc
Crisp acidity balanced with generous fruit, concrete and stainless fermented
Aroma: heady and savory, bright intense, savory, bright; Mouth: clean, a nice blend of fruit and acidity, finely clean, lightly fine, very nice length, texture & precision; Very Good Plus $23.99; Case, $19.95
2024 Chardonnay Bazzano Vineyard, Russian River
A full and generous expression of the grape – from 50-year-old vines
Aroma: heady, reserved, light and fruity. Fine acid, later herbal and very pure, restrained; Mouth: Rounded and full, very light well-integrated oak Very Good Plus $28.95; Case, $24.95
Rose and Orange
2025 Rose of Pinot Noir
A pure and pretty expression of Pinot Noir, foot trod
Color: light tan orange; Aroma: heady, sweet, intense, rather firm, sourish, lightly herbal. Mouth: clean light good acidity, bright clean, fine acid; Very Good Plus $23.99; Case, $19.95
2025 Skin Contact Pinot Gris
Winemakers are more and more fully expressing Pinot Gris by letting it spend time on its. J & J gets the balance just right.
Color: light orange tan; Aroma: rather subdued, yeasty, reserved; Mouth: clean light bright acid, fresh, light and clean, good acid length; Very Good Plus $23.99; Case, $19.95
Red
2025 Carbonic Red
Fresh, fruity and forward, a Beaujolais-inspired blend of Pinot and Valdigue
Color: light red: Aroma: heady and forward, savory, heady; Mouth: clean light bright and d forward, bright and good intensity site, very forward, long acid; Very Good Plus $23.99; Case, $19.95
2023 Cabernet Franc Black Ridge Vyd, Santa Cruz
An elegant expression of the grape – Pure and light on its feet. From a foggy high elevation vineyard
Color: medium dark Aroma: lightly heady, very clean, pretty lighter in affect light and firm; Mouth: elegant, very, very pure; Very Good - Excellent $28.95; Case, $24.95
Joseph Jibril Case, two each of the wines - $249 $215 (17.92)
Order by phone at 617.367.8605, or reserve here: order@federalwine.com
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