Piemonte
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
2021 Cogno, Elvio - Barbaresco Bordini (750ml)
A dense style, this red is saturated with pure cherry, accented with raspberry, rose, graphite and wild herb flavors. Harmonious, despite its youthful tautness, this lingers with an aftertaste of fruit, savory and mineral notes. Best from 2029 through 204...
2017 Conterno Fantino Barolo Sori Ginestra
An important and cellar-worthy wine, the Conterno Fantino 2017 Barolo Ginestra Vigna Sori Ginestra shows ripe fruit and wild berry, with background tones of grill herb, licorice and pressed blue flowers. There are hints of eucalyptus and white pepper that...
2017 Conterno, Aldo - Barolo Cicala
Intense, sparkling ruby garnet. Very intense and appealing nose, full of dried rose petals, blackberries and fine leather. Appears magnificently on the palate, lots of distinctive fruit like raspberries and blackberries at the start, dense tannins with ...
2018 Conterno, Aldo - Barolo Cicala
Mulled plum, leather, sweet tobacco, camphor, tar and oak spice aromas and flavors show fine depth and intensity in this red, which boasts a broad, dense structure, with tannins that dominate the finish for now. Shows fine balance, length and complexity, ...
2018 Conterno, Aldo - Barolo Romirasco
Sweet, aromatic spices signal this supple, complex red, which is very elegant overall. Underneath the oak, cherry, plum, iron and menthol flavors are allied to a broad profile. This is solidly built and lingers with savory, spice and mineral elements. Bes...
2021 Aldo Conterno Barbera d'Alba Conca Tre Pile (750ml)
This historic estate's Barbera vines are in the Barolo region's Bussia Soprana district. With brief fermentation in stainless steel, followed by oak aging for a few months, it's a Barbera that combines power, both in structure and fruit, with an elegant, ...
2020 Conterno, Giacomo - Barolo Arione
The 2020 Barolo Arione is a wine of extreme delicacy and nesse. Lavender, sage, mint, cedar and rose petal are some of the many notes that lift from the palate. Deceptive in its mid-weight structure, the 2020 impresses with its inner sweetness and subl...