Piemonte
2021 Grasso, Elio - Barbera d'Alba Vigna Martina
Powerful and concentrated, featuring blackberry, plum, fruitcake and iron flavors. Exuberant and resonant on the long, iron- and spice-tinged finish. Think salumi and cheeses.
NV Grasso, Fratelli - Langhe DOC Rosso Trej
TREJ is Barbera, Nebbiolo and Dolcetto in equal parts.
The brothers Luigi and Alfredo Grasso started in the vineyard in 1970 and continue to actively cultivate 14 hectares. The Grasso Fratelli farm is located in Valgrande in the municipality of Treiso, in the heart of the Langhe, a typical area known for the cultivation of the vines from which the best and prestigious Piedmontese wines are born. In this area, nowadays very popular also for its splendid nature, the Nebbiolo grape variety from which Barbaresco wine originates is cultivated with particular care.
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2023 Guido Porro - Langhe Nebbiolo Camilu (750ml)
For the times when an Italian red wine beckons, Porro’s Camilu will eagerly heed the call. Vibrancy and vigor are on full display in this bottling, which is made from Nebbiolo grown within the Barolo appellation but declassified to offer an early-drinking option for any weeknight. Fabio and his father, Guido, take their younger, high-yielding vines from the Lazzarito and esteemed Vigna Rionda crus to bottle promptly, capturing the bold and bright beauty of a youthful piemontese red from top sites.
—Jane Augustine (Kermit Lynch)
2020 Guido Porro - Barolo DOCG Vigna Lazzairasco (750ml)
This is one of the most charming young Baroli I’ve enjoyed from Guido Porro in recent years. Incredibly succulent, with generous acidity and beautifully integrated tannins, the 2020 Vigna Lazzairasco is already an approachably grand rosso. Don’t hesitate to pop the cork today and pour it alongside a nice sage and butternut squash risotto or roast quail.
—Tom Wolf (Kermit Lynch)
2021 i Carpini-Colli Tortonesi DOC Timorasso Rugiada del Mattino (750ml)
2015 Il Falchetto - Barbera d'Asti Nizza Riserva Bricco Roche
2016 La Spinona - Barolo Sori Gepin
The 2016 Barolo Sori' Gepin is a powerhouse. A blast of dark cherry, plum, mocha, spice, lavender, cloves and leather hits the palate as this strapping, full-bodied Barolo shows off its assertive personality. This is not a shy wine by any means. It wil...
2015 La Spinona - Barolo Sori Gepin
The 2015 Barolo Sori' Gepin needs quite a bit of air to open, but it is so expressive as that starts to happen. Dried flowers, cedar, tobacco and autumn leaves are laced together in a mid-weight, savory Barolo loaded with character. The 2015 remains ne...
2020 La Spinona - Barbaresco Bricco Faset (750ml)
The 2020 Barbaresco Bricco Fasèt is laced with dark cherry, plum, spice, leather, dried herbs, menthol, lavender and graphite, giving the 2020 a feeling of somber intensity. Deceptive in its mid-weight structure, the 2020 is a young, tannic wine that w...