As always, this is a classic Dolcetto with nice purity and the guts to handle rustic foods like salami and burgers. As Vinous said of the 2020, The Dolcetto d'Alba Bricco dell'Oriolo is a very pretty, gracious wine built... Read More
Freisa is Nebbiolo’s slightly wilder younger sibling. In youth it’s a bit brash and wild, redolent of wild strawberry and black cherry fruit, dark florals, and tannins just as firm as Nebbiolo if chunkier and more... Read More
Freisa is Nebbiolo’s cousin. Where Nebbiolo is tall, dark and seriously handsome, Freisa has an untucked shirt, grass stains on its knees and has clearly been rolling around in flower petals and raspberries because, my goodness,... Read More
My goodness, it’s so good to find ripe and juicy Barbera that isn’t trying too hard! As the third generation of her family to make wine here in Piemonte, Annalisa Bocchino clearly knows the job is to grow good grapes... Read More
Organic/Bio This is organically farmed, native yeast fermented, minimally sulfured, old-vine, seriously good stuff. Already complex and perfumed, what's most striking today is the ripe red berry fruit and super fine tannins.... Read More
Organic/Bio Crest the top of the warm and sunny Casot hill and you find yourself at the top of Marcarini. With it's northeast aspect, Marcarini gets loads of morning sun but then less of the late afternoon heat. From old vines... Read More
Organic/Bio They say if you want to know how good a Barol/Barbaresco winemaker really is, taste their Dolcetto. A tricky grape to grow and make well and sure to sell for less than Barbera or Nebbiolo, only a meticulous and dedicated... Read More
Lower ABV Eugenio Gatti at La Miraja is an underground hero for his work with Piemonte's Ruche grape, but he clearly makes a terrific Grignolino as well! This many-seeded grape needs a light hand with extraction, which is... Read More
From the oldest known planting of Ruche, a wild, almost exotic, wine starting with aromas of violets, rose petal, iris, cardamon, white pepper and dark red fruit. The flavors deliver just-right ripe cherry/dark berry fruit with... Read More
Lower ABV You may well remember that the original “recipe” for Tuscany’s Chianti Classico included the famed Sangiovese blended with softer red grapes and a splash of white grapes to balance Sangiovese’s... Read More
Organic/Bio Although the Serraboella vineyard – along with Montestefano – produces very “Barolo-like” wines, this release of the Paitin family’s flagship Nebbiolo matches that power with lovely Barbaresco... Read More
As Decanter said last year, “It's not easy at present to find a viticulturist who has started to bottle his own wines. Piercarlo Culasso bottled his first vintage in 2017, but he and his family have managed their vineyards... Read More
Arguably the best Nebbiolo Langhe in the shop right now and certainly the prettiest. Wonderfully light and pure in color and feel, this serves up intense red fruit and rose petal aromas that keep getting stronger with air. Glides... Read More
Organic/Bio Who knew Primitivo could be this…well, good? Wines from the Italian cousin of California’s Zinfandel are usually pruny, loaded with nail polish remover volatile acidity, and/or bursting with leather/horse... 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
Organic/Bio Basarin in dialect means sun-kissed, and this famed vineyard on the border between the zone of Neive and Treiso seldom struggles to achieve full ripeness. But there's a bit of altitude here as well, adding a layer... Read More
Organic/Bio Rino Sottimano's first vineyard, purchased in the late 1960s, It's planted to vines 50-70 years old and has been farmed without chemicals since Rino bought it. It's between the Neive and Barbaresco areas,... Read More
Organic/Bio Curra is also in Neive, but this uniques site produces a remarkably different wine. As Vinous says, A firm, wiry expression of structure and floral aromatics define the mid-weight Barbarescos of Currà. There... Read More
Organic/Bio From 45 year-old vines just outside the town of Neive on clay/sand soils, Fausoni is always the most darkly fruited wine from Sottimano. But dark doesn't equal heavy or overpowered here. Something like darkly elegant... Read More
Organic/Bio In Treiso, well to the south of most other famed Barbaresco Crus, Pajore balances the zone's cooler, fresher, climate with a steep southerly exposure and the intensity of 50-70 year-old vines. Very, very, Barbaresco... Read More
Organic/Bio One of the finest Barbera's made in Barbaresco, this comes from two different vineyards in Neive: Basarin and San Cristoforo. The south and west expositions allow for excellent ripeness and intensity of flavor,... Read More
Organic/Bio As Vinous says in their 91 point review, The 2022 Langhe Nebbiolo is Barbaresco in all but name because of its slightly earlier release. Crushed flowers, spice, tobacco, cedar and bright Nebbiolo acids are nicely delineated.... Read More
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