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2018 Cappellano - Barolo Pie Rupestris
The 2018 Barolo Rupestris is usually a bigger wine than the Franco. It is again in 2018, with more fruit but also more tannin. Accordingly, it may need a bit more time to come into its own. Iron, cedar, white pepper, tobacco and blood orange give the R...
2019 Castello di Neive - Barbaresco Albesani Santo Stefano
The 2019 Barbaresco Albesani Santo Stefano is deep and beautifully resonant in the glass. Bright red fruit, crushed flowers, tobacco, incense and orange peel open first, lending quite a bit of aromatic presence. Another year or two will help the tannin...
2022 Castello di Neive - Barbera d'Alba DOC Santo Stefano (750ml)
2021 Castello di Neive - Barbaresco Albesani Santo Stefano (750ml)
Deceptively medium in body, the 2021 Barbaresco Albesani Santo Stefano packs a pretty serious punch. Readers should plan on cellaring this for at least a few years, as it needs time to come into its own. Bright acids and beams of supporting tannin shap...
2019 Chiarlo - Barbaresco DOCG Reyna (750ml)
The 2019 Barbaresco Reyna is bright, fruity and forward, all of which make it a ne choice for drinking now and over the next handful of years. Sweet oral accents, spice and a kick of orange peel lend freshness. There's lovely depth and density here.
2019 Chiarlo - Barolo DOCG Cerequio (750ml)
The Michele Chiarlo 2019 Barolo Cerequio is a bold and elegantly concentrated expression with good heft and staying power. That extra richness is the secret of this vintage, and this wine carries that weight with ease and grace. Flavors of dark fruit, plu...
2019 Chiarlo - Barolo DOCG Tortoniano (750ml)
Layers of pine, balsamic, kirsch, and menthol emerge from the 2019 Barolo Tortoniano, balanced nicely with the floral perfume of pressed roses. A medium-bodied and well-structured red, it has ripe tannins, a fresh spine of acidity, and lingering notes of ...
2021 Cigliuti - Barbera d'Alba Vigna Serraboella (750ml)
The 2021 Barbera d'Alba Vigna Serraboella is a rich, sumptuous wine. Succulent dark red/purplish fruit, lavender, rose petal, spice and mocha are all beautifully amplied. The aromatics are a bit high-toned, but there is enough fruit to balance things o...
2022 Cigliuti - Barbera d'Alba Campass (750ml)
The 2022 Barbera D'Alba Campass comes from 35-year-old vines within Serraboella that generally ripen a bit earlier. The wine spent 18 months in French oak barrique (20% new and the rest old) and is the only wine for which they use barrique. It has a deep ...
2019 Cogno, Elvio - Barolo Bricco Pernice (750ml)
Cherry, plum, tar, tobacco and wild herb flavors permeate this muscular red, which is on the austere side today, not yielding much fruit, with a dense base of beefy tannins. The superlong, iron-infused finish shows this wine's future potential, so keep yo...