Highly drinkable Nebbiolo from this outstanding Barbaresco producer. In the cool 2024 vintage, this is crafted in a light, elegant, style with classic Nebbiolo aromas/flavors and a drink-anytime structure. Vinous describes it... Read More
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Founded in 1908, forty families contribute the fruit from their tiny plots of Nebbiolo to this very traditional co-op winery in northern Piedmont. The bright, fresh, fruit ferments and macerates 30 days with native yeast... Read More
If you’re looking for a great Barolo to enjoy now and over the next 15 years, you’ve found it. Dark cherry fruit, a hint of truffle and supple, caressing, tannins that drive a huge, long, finish. As Dunnuck.com says... Read More
Organic/Bio Long before anyone made dry wine of any significance in Barolo, Gattinara produced the most famous Nebbiolo in the world. And since its founding in 1906, Cantina Nervi has owned the crown of finest estate in Gattinara,... Read More
As Vinous said, The 2021 Barolo Valentino is another terrific wine from Mario Cordero and his children. Wine Enthusiast adds, The old Valentino vineyard in Castiglione Falletto is hitting all the right notes here. And JamesSuckling.com... Read More
Lower ABV In a lighter vintage, this is very pretty Nebbiolo indeed and built to enjoy tonight. We agree with the Wine Enthisiast write up (the vinyl reference is to an LP on a turntable!): Fresh roses and mountain herbs floating... Read More
Alpi Retiche makes up one edge of Valtellina near Lombardy's border with Switzerland. Valtellina specialist Mamete Prevostini crafts this 100% Nebbiolo there, showcasing how the blend of warm sunshine and cold mountain air... Read More
The narrow, steep-sided, pass between Valle d'Aosta and the rest of Italy is a silly place to grow grapes. But Roman troops stationed here needed something to drink, so they terraced the nearly vertical valley walls, built... Read More
Even before Barolo legend Enrico Scavino passed away in 2024, his daughters Elisa and Enrica stewarded this historic estate and kept it perched at the top of outstanding Barolo producer lists. In this hot vintage, they deliver... Read More
As we tasted through Scavino's 2022 Barolos, the group was unanimous: this was the class of the set and one very classy Barolo indeed! It's from an east-facing site, helping retain a sense of purity and elegance to the... Read More
Nicola Argamante was born in Tuscany, grew up in Piemonte, and was a well respected consulting winemaker there for years before he and his wife, Loredana, founded their own winery. Over 30 acres of vines, they make around 7,000... Read More
Explosively aromatic and flavorful, this is Nebbiolo with excellent concentration and structure that stays open and supple enough to drink right now. As Suckling writes in the 93 point rave, “Mineral and savory nose with... Read More
Montestefano is one of the Produttori’s steepest sites and one of the warmest. The high calcium content of the soil is more like Barolo’s Serralunga than the rest of Barbaresco, and the wine is more Barolo-like as... Read More
In contrast to Galloni's review below, a bottle of Pora opened in April 2024 was remarkably open, full of flavor, and delightful to drink. It certainly has plenty of cellar potential and could shut down at some point, but... Read More
Another wine where Galloni seems to have caught things at an awkward moment - at our April 2024 tasting, it was among the most compelling wines open for both medium and long-term drinking! Do air it out a bit now and enjoy with... Read More
Montestefano is one of the Produttori’s steepest sites and one of the warmest. The high calcium content of the soil is more like Barolo’s Serralunga than the rest of Barbaresco, and the wine is more Barolo-like as... Read More
Located in the center of Barbaresco, not far from Asili, the site is the essence of Barbaresco in terms of soil, exposure, and elevation. At a class a few years ago, co-cellar master Luca Cravanzola caught everyone’s attention... Read More
Located in the center of Barbaresco, not far from Asili, the site is the essence of Barbaresco in terms of soil, exposure, and elevation. At a class a few years ago, co-cellar master Luca Cravanzola caught everyone’s attention... Read More
Pora's mineral-rich clay/limestone soils and sunny exposure tends to give wines of muscular power and deep minerality. In sunny 2017, this is one of the most open and satisfyingly fleshy of the Produttori's Riservas.... Read More
Sure, let’s sell a $60 wine from a place most don’t know and a winery NO ONE has ever heard of! But it’s just so very, very, good. The place is Valtellina in the Alpine mountains of northern Lombardy, the grape... Read More
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