Piemonte
2018 Sandrone, L. - Barolo Le Vigne
One of my personal favorites, the 2018 Barolo Le Vigne is savory in character and packed with dark fruit. Ripe cherry and redcurrant cedes to spice, licorice and fragrant rose. The oak is integrated, but there are added accents of spice and dark tar. Le V...
2020 Sandrone, L. - Nebbiolo d'Alba DOC Valmaggiore
The 2020 Nebbiolo d'Alba Valmaggiore is gorgeous. Crushed red berry, spice, leather, mint and rose petal all grace this exquisite, silky Valmaggiore. The aromatics alone are so beguiling, but all the elements are so nicely balanced. The 2020 is compell...
2017 Sandrone, L. - Barolo Aleste
The 2017 Barolo Aleste is a dark, ample wine. Dark cherry, plum, new leather, spice and licorice bring out darker tones of Nebbiolo. All the natural power of these parcels come through effortlessly. Best of all, the 2017 will drink well with minimal cella...
2019 Sandrone, L. - Nebbiolo d'Alba DOC Valmaggiore
The 2019 Nebbiolo d'Alba Valmaggiore is a bright, sculpted wine that is going to need a few years to come into its own. Bright acids and firm tannins are a bit present today, so a few years of cellaring are a must. The Sandrone Valmaggiore has a track rec...
2020 Sandrone, L. - Barbera d'Alba
The 2020 Barbera d'Alba is another wine that shows the greater refinement at Sandrone these days. Even so, there's plenty of richness in the ripe red cherry, plum, mocha and spice flavors. Soft, silky contours wrap it all together, with a gentle kiss o...
2016 Seghesio, Aldo&Riccardo - Barolo La Villa
On my impromptu visit I had the good fortune to visit and taste and tour with Sandro learning the Seghesio philosophy is " to craft wines that fully reflect the terroir and the grapes they are made from, producing the right mix between winemaking innovations and tradition, convinced as they are of the potential that in its simplicity – this land is capable of offering"
"These wines show old world complexity giving a sense of terroir without being too rustic and leaving you to ponder how this complexity will evolve in the glass and in the cellar!"
-Tim Adams, Italian Wine Buyer
2020 Sottimano - Barbaresco Basarin
The 2020 Barbaresco Basarin is a wine of pure and total sensuality. For a just bottled, young Barbaresco, the Basarin possesses magnificent balance. A burst of dark red fruit, spice, rose petal, mint and blood orange hits the palate, followed by a good...
2021 Sottimano - Barbera d'Alba Pairolero
- 100% Barbera from two different vineyards in Neive: Basarin and San Cristoforo
- Fermentation and maceration lasts 25 days
- No selected yeasts are used
- Malolactic fermentation in 15% new French oak barrels coopered expressly for Sottimano by Francois Frères in Burgundy
- Ages 15-16 months
- No filtering and no fining prior to bottling
- 1,000 cases produced annually
2022 Sottimano - Dolcetto d'Alba DOC Bric del Salto
- 100% Dolcetto sourced from 3 different vineyards (totaling 3.5 ha) in Neive: Cottá, Basarin, and San Cristoforo
- Fermentation and maceration on the skins for 20 days with indigenous yeasts
- Aged in stainless steel for six months
- No fining or filtration
- 1833 cases produced
2022 Sottimano - Vino Rosso Brachetto Mate
- 100% Brachetto
- The Mate’ vineyard is a little (1.1 hectare) plot of 40+ year old Brachetto vines planted to limestone and clay in the zone of Treiso
- Fermentation and maceration on the skins for 20 days with indigenous yeasts
- Malolactic fermentation in stainless steel for 8 months
- Never fined or filtered
- 416 cases produced annually
2020 Sottimano - Barbaresco Cotta Briche
The 2020 Barbaresco Cottá is dense, powerful and closed in on itself. Black cherry, plum, spice, menthol, mocha and earthiness add to an impression of gravitas. Huge tannins give this potent, brooding wine a great deal of structure. This impressive, yo...
