Piemonte
2019 Cortese, Giuseppe - Barbaresco Rabaja
Enticing scents of blue flower, crushed mint, berry and vineyard dust form the nose along with a whiff of new leather. The firmly structured, focused palate shows cherry marinated in spirits, black raspberry and licorice alongside a backbone of fine-grain...
2018 Cortese, Giuseppe - Barbaresco Rabaja
Giuseppe Cortese's 2018 Barbaresco Rabajà is fresh and vibrant with a tonic, almost electric personality. The wine shows the kind of freshness you get from mineral-rich soils that translate to both the bouquet and the palate. There are points of sour cher...
2019 Dacapo - Langhe Dolcetto DOC Giare
Dolcetto is a red grape vine, one of the area's most typical indigenous vine, whose first news dates back to the beginning of the 1500. It's not a particularly vigorous plant, nor particular resistant to vine diseases, despite that Dolcetto's popularity ...
2016 Damilano - Barolo Cannubi
The Damilano 2016 Barolo Cannubi shows depth and a profound nature. This is the DNA of the Cannubi cru, maybe the most celebrated in the appellation with mildly compact, well-draining sandy soils (actually, a mix of 45% sand, 35% silt and 20% clay, to be ...
2015 Damilano - Barolo Cannubi
Lots of dried flowers, mushrooms and earth to the ripe and exotic fruit. Full body, chewy and intense tannins and a flavorful finish. The quality of the tannins is impressive with finesse and elegance to the richness. Needs lots of time to come together
2012 Damilano - Barolo Cannubi
A tannic and structured red with dried-strawberry, stone and cedar character. Medium-to full-bodied, chewy and muscular — yet polished and well-formed. Drink or hold. Better in 2020 but so classy now.
2016 Diego Conterno - Barolo
A firm, lightly chewy Barolo with cherry, walnut and chocolate aromas and flavors. Medium-bodied, savory and long. Shows intensity and focus. Better after 2022.
2017 Einaudi - Barolo Bussia MAGNUM
Original sale price $165
2016 Einaudi - Barolo Costa Grimaldi
A ripe, layered Barolo with lots of dried strawberry, blueberry and floral aromas and flavors. It is rather more flamboyant red for this producer. Drinkable now, but better after 2023.
2016 Einaudi - Barolo Bussia
The 2016 Barolo Bussia is laced with a whole range of sweet floral and balsamic overtones, along with striking underpinnings of structure and tannin that give the wine its shape. A wine of energy, tension and nuance, the Bussia is just superb in 2016. Tim...