Piemonte
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...
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 Fantino - Barolo Mosconi Vigna Ped
The 2017 Barolo Mosconi Vigna Ped is deep, resonant and expansive, as wines from this site tend to be. In this tasting, the Mosconi is wonderfully deep. Its stature alone is compelling. And yet there is so much to the Mosconi. Readers will find a Barolo t...
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 ...