Piemonte
2020 Adriano Marco & Vittorio - Barbaresco Sanadaive
A supple red, with generous cherry, plum, licorice and tar flavors. Reveals firm, refined tannins that gather steam as this builds to the lingering finish. Balanced, if a bit compact now. Best from 2026 through 2039. 1,000 cases made, 250 cases imported.
2017 Alessandria, F. - Barolo Gramolere
With some 7,000 bottles released, the Fratelli Alessandria 2017 Barolo Gramolere gives us a taste of fruit from Monforte d'Alba, as opposed to Verduno, where this winery is based. The Nebbiolo from this further-flung village shows deep power and equal gra...
2021 Alessandria, F. - Dolcetto d'Alba DOC
The 2021 Dolcetto d'Alba represents the essence of old-school Dolcetto. Dark blue/purplish fruit, lavender, licorice and a touch of game all run through this pleasantly rustic, classic Dolcetto from Alessandria.
2021 Alessandria, F. - Barbera d'Alba
The 2021 Barbera d'Alba is a very pleasant, succulent wine to drink now and over the next handful of years, while the red/purplish berry fruit remains vibrant. Vinification and aging in steel preserves quite a bit of freshness.
2018 Alessandria, F. Barolo San Lorenzo
The Fratelli Alessandria 2018 Barolo San Lorenzo di Verduno opens to a delicate and ethereal personality with fluttering aromas of blue flower, cassis, candied grapefruit and white pepper. The bouquet is fragrant and lifted, giving way to a subtle but ver...
2018 Alessandria, F. - Barolo Monvigliero
The 2018 Barolo Monvigliero shows a beautiful signature of pressed violets, rose garden, white stone, crushed peppercorn and grilled rosemary. The wine is smooth and soft in texture, yet it feels stitched up and firm at the back thanks to the support it g...
2018 Alessandria, F. - Barolo Gramolere
The 2018 Barolo Gramolere is another gorgeous wine from Alessandria. It has the same translucent character I saw from barrel. The tannins remain a bit edgy, perhaps because of what appears to be a bit less fruit depth. Savory, floral and mineral notes ...
2019 Alessandria, F. - Barolo Comune di Verduno
These village-specific wines are growing in popularity, and among the various expressions on the market today, this wine from Verduno is really quite special thanks to its highly distinctive floral aromas and its delicate sense of inner balance. A new pro...
2019 Alessandria, F. Barolo San Lorenzo
This vineyard delivers slightly more concentrated fruit and a medium-dark appearance from loamy calcareous soils. The 2019 Barolo San Lorenzo di Verduno delivers more oomph and power with ripe cherry, blackcurrant, dark spice and earthy aromas. Fratelli A...
2019 Alessandria, F. - Barolo Monvigliero
The 2019 Barolo Monvigliero shows a medium dark garnet appearance with an especially focused quality of fruit. There is wild cherry and Japanese plum, but the Monvigliero cru also delivers crushed rose, earthy iris root, candied orange peel with clove and...
2019 Alessandria, F. - Barolo Gramolere
The 2019 Barolo Gramolere (with 7000 bottles made) shows a slightly sweeter and riper fruit profile. This wine comes from the village of Monforte d'Alba which is known for more structured and powerful wines compared to Verduno (where this winery is based)...
2018 Altare, E. - Langhe DOC Rosso GiaArborina
A pure expression of Nebbiolo (that is made like a Barolo but released one year earlier), the Elio Altare 2018 Langhe Giarborina gives us a sneak peek of this cool vintage (and its performance in Arborina, La Morra, where this fruit is cultivated). Giarb...
2022 Altare, E. - Dolcetto d'Alba DOC
Packed with succulent cherry, boysenberry and hints of licorice and black pepper, this red is harmonious and expressive. Echoes the fruit and spice elements on the finish. Drink now. 800 cases made, 240 cases imported.
2016 Antoniolo - Gattinara DOCG Riserva San Franceso
2017 Antoniolo - Gattinara DOCG Riserva
Antoniolo's 2017 Gattinara Riserva is a powerful, burly wine that is going to need a number of years to come together, and then likely more time after that to truly be in the zone. Today, the tannins are a bit overpowering, and yet there is plenty of d...
2017 Antoniolo - Gattinara DOCG Riserva Osso San Grato
The 2017 Gattinara Riserva Osso San Grato is an especially potent, savory wine in 2017. In most vintages, Osso San Grato is the most refined wine at Antoniolo, but that is not at all the case in 2017. Strong savory and earthy notes infuse the bouquet w...
2017 Antoniolo - Gattinara DOCG Riserva San Franceso
The 2017 Gattinara Riserva San Francesco is seriously beautiful. Deep, dark and packed, the 2017 offers up a beguiling mix of cherries in liqueur, spice, rose petal, orange peel and licorice. Time in the glass brings out captivating inner perfume to pl...
2019 Asotom - Grignolino Rosso Ops!
Ops! It is so good that we have already finished the bottle!" Ops is obtained from Freisa grapes, vinified and aged in steel tanks. It's a fresh, crispy wine... to drink and enjoy, that's it! It is good for bottle aging too.
2019 Azelia - Barolo San Rocco
San Rocco is a small MGA located on the northern side of Serralunga d'Alba with steep slopes that open toward Cerretta with clay and limestone. The 2019 Barolo San Rocco (with 7,300 bottles made) benefits from tighter space and a protected microclimate to...
2019 Azelia Barolo Bricco Fiasco
Bricco Fiasco is a proprietary name for a vineyard in Castiglione Falletto with 85 year old vines. Luigi Scavino says, "These vines represent a unique heritage for our family." The 2019 Barolo Bricco Fiasco (with 5,800 bottles released) is a little shy in...
2019 Azelia - Barolo Margheria
Azelia makes three wines with fruit from Serralunga d'Alba, including San Rocco, Cerretta and this wine. There is also a Riserva from Bricco Voghera. The 2019 Barolo Margheria comes from a southwest facing slope opposite the Perno Vineyard. The site has v...
2019 Azelia - Barolo Cerretta
Cerretta is one of my favorite sites in Serralunga d'Alba because it consists of vines wrapped around a hilltop with various exposures. For that reason, Cerretta wines can vary widely from producer to producer. The Azelia 2019 Barolo Cerretta has dark fru...
2015 Azelia - Barolo San Rocco
There is a lot of fruit ripeness in the 2015 Barolo San Rocco, with blackberry, wild berry, plush softness, spice and licorice. The fruit is nicely balanced and shows bright intensity. Located in Serralunga d'Alba, San Rocco was purchased by Luigi Scavino...
2018 Azelia Barolo
Focused and accessible, featuring earth, tar, tobacco, iron and underbrush aromas that introduce flavors of cherry and plum. Ripe and balanced, with a long, fresh and firm finish. Best from 2025 through 2042. 1,000 cases made, 200 cases imported.
2019 Azelia - Barbera d'Alba Punta
The "Punta" vineyard is located on the top of a hill at Castiglione Falletto, unusual for Barbera. In the past, Barbera was more renowned and prestigious than Nebbiolo da Barolo, so the best positions were reserved to it.
2017 Azelia - Barolo Cerretta
The 2017 Barolo Cerretta is another powerful wine. Unlike the San Rocco, which is dense in the middle, the Cerretta is distinguished by a more austere, linear feel. Crushed flowers, mint, licorice, blood orange and pine build with time in the glass. Th...
2016 Azelia - Barolo San Rocco
This is probably the bottle you put at the back of your cellar while the others...
2018 Barale, Diego Damiano - Barolo
Here's a new submission from Barale Fratelli. Made with a blend of organic fruit from three sites, Coste di Rose, Preda and Castellero, the 2018 Barolo del Comune di Barolo is compact and streamlined and a hair more downplayed compared to the other new re...
2021 Barale, Fratelli - Barbera d'Alba Castle
The 2021 Barbera d'Alba Vigna Castlè is packed with super-ripe red cherry, plum and French oak. I would prefer to drink this juicy, supple Barbera in its youth, while the fruit remains primary. This is an especially ripe, racy style.
2021 Barale, Fratelli - Dolcetto d'Alba DOC Le Rose
The 2021 Dolcetto d'Alba Le Rose is fresh, delicate and fragrant, all of which make it a fine choice for drinking now and over the next handful of years. Bright red/purplish fruit, spice and sweet floral notes are nicely pushed forward in this mid-weig...
2015 Barale, Fratelli - Barolo Bussia
Opening to rich dark fruit and thick concentration, the 2015 Barolo Bussia Sergio Barale is a wine of medium to full weight with good textural richness. There are some notes of soft, red fruit scattered among thick waves of dark fruit intensity. This wine...
2015 Barale, Fratelli - Barolo Cannubi
The Barale Fratelli 2015 Barolo Cannubi offers a powerful nose with a hint more alcoholic power (measured at 14.5%) that reminds us of the warm and sunny growing conditions experienced in this vintage. There is a sweet note to the fruit that comes forward...
2016 Barale, Fratelli - Barolo
Delicate scents evoking forest floor, crushed mint, leather and rose form the nose. On the linear palate, fresh acidity and taut polished tannins accompany red cherry, cranberry and tobacco. An orange-zest note lingers on the close
2015 Berta, Guido - Barbera d'Asti Superiore Nizza Canto Di Luna
2019 Boasso Barolo Gabutti
The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers a good definition, gourmandize and juiciness. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy blackberry, fleshy strawberry, small notes of small fleshy/juicy red berries associated with fine touches of ros...
2015 Boasso - Barolo Margheria
Some fresh leather and bright, ripe red fruit on offer here. This is a quiet, stoic style that has firm and assertive tannins that hold long. Demanding for now, so give this some time. Try from 2023
2022 Braida-Bologna - Brachetto d'Acqui DOCG
"Braida Brachetto d’Acqui is perhaps the only wine in the world which is the perfect match for chocolate."
-Winemaker notes-
2019 Braida-Bologna - Barbera d'Asti Bricco dell'Uccellone
The 2019 Barbera d’Asti Bricco dell'Uccellone is one of the best versions of this wine I can remember tasting. Rich and full-bodied to the core, with stunning depth, the 2019 offers up a beguiling range of black fruit, mocha, chocolate, grilled herbs, lav...
2015 Brezza - Barolo Sarmassa
Brezza's 2015 Barolo Sarmassa is dense, powerful and quite alluring. The tannins need time to soften, but a core of dense fruit lies behind all of the structural intensity that is present today, and is only waiting for the right time to emerge fully. Ment...
2016 Broccardo - Barolo Paiagallo
From a vineyard site in the comune of Barolo at the heart of the appellation, the Broccardo 2016 Barolo Paiagallo shows a dense and loosely knit textural fiber with solid heft and power that gives the wine a heavy center of gravity. This is more of a brai...
2016 Broccardo - Barolo Ravera
Extremely perfumed with dried flowers, such as roses, as well as plums. It's full-bodied and rich with creamy, integrated tannins and an intense finish. Chewy, but polished. Drink after 2022.
