Owned by Elisabetta Gnudi Angelini since 2003, Altesino has been one of Montalcino’s leaders since the zone exploded into international prominence in the 1970s. The wine style is traditional, with all large, Slavonian oak,... Read More
In the estate's 40 year history, the family has only made a Riserva nine times. The 2015 edition is one of the greats, powerful and intense and built to unwind with grace for decades.
Organic/Bio At the very top of San Lorenzo, at 750 meters elevation, almost too high to be “Etna Rosso,” Russo farms a 0.7HA plot of vines planted in the early 1940s. Originally they were trained on traditional albarello... Read More
100% organic Sangiovese from the ancient red soils (dating from the Triassic period) on the plateau overlooking the winery and San Gimignano below. Elisabetta Fagiuoli makes around 700 magnums per year of this stunning wine and... Read More
I never met Andrea Franchetti, who died in December 2021 at the age of 72. But this wine sums up everything I’ve read and heard from his partners at Passopisciaro. “Poetic” and “wildly visionary”... 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
If subtlty and finesse is what you're looking for - look elsewhere. This is full-throttle, sensuous, Cabernet Franc ripened to velvety, rich, perfection under the golden Tuscan sun. Still young but already a terrific match... Read More
Organic/Bio Marc de Grazia says Bocca d'Orzo, like San Lorenzo next door, has always been esteemed as one of the most important Contradas of Etna. But only by old-timers, as the entire vineyard was covered by a lava flow in... Read More
Organic/Bio Just as in the rest of Europe, when phylloxera came to Sicily in the early 20th Century it devastated most of the region's vineyards. But two small plots of Nerello Mascalese on Mount Etna's steep slopes survived,... Read More
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