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2015 Moccagatta - Barbaresco Basarin
The 2015 Barbaresco Basarin is a bold, flamboyant wine that expresses the natural richness and raciness of the year off to great effect. Super-ripe red cherry jam, spice, new leather and flavors literally jump out of the glass. As it did last year, the Ba...
2016 Molino, Mauro - Barolo Bricco Luciani
Marked by a heavy dose of oak and spice, the Mauro Molino 2016 Barolo Bricco Luciani is a wine in its early infancy. You absolutely need to set this bottle aside for more time to allow it to integrate and soften. At this tasting, it offers a tightly knit ...
2018 Molino, Mauro Barolo
Pretty oak aromas hit the nose first and it takes some time for the crushed red cherry and mild spice notes to emerge, in the end creating a nice aromatic profile. Medium-to full-bodied with a good core of spicy fruit. The tannins create a slightly loose ...
2017 Molino, Mauro - Barolo Conca
The 2017 Barolo Conca opens with a blast of sweet red cherry, plum, mocha and spice. A sensual, pliant Barolo, the Conca offers tons of immediacy and pure appeal. It should provide plenty of pleasure over the next decade or so. The Conca is so appealing.
2017 Molino, Mauro - Barolo Bricco Luciani
The 2017 Barolo Bricco Luciani opens with effusive, floral aromatics that are incredibly appealing. Ripe red/purplish fruit, spice, blood orange and mint open in the glass as the 2017 shows off its racy, alluring personality. All the elements are so well-...
2019 Molino, Mauro - Barolo Bricco Luciani
The Mauro Molino 2019 Barolo Bricco Luciani shows a medley of red berry fruits and lightly toasted spice. Those aromas are layered with pressed violet, rose, blood orange and shaved pencil. The palate follows at a delicate pace and with softly polished ta...
2021 Molino, Mauro - Barbera d'Asti Le Radici
Aromas of crushed wild berries, citrus peel, blue flowers and hints of sandalwood. Medium-bodied, supple and velvety with a ripe, succulent mid-palate and flavorful finish. Drink now.
2019 Molino, Mauro Barolo
The Molino family shows a deft hand with Nebbiolo, as is illustrated by the 2019 Barolo. This wine shows great harmony, a lightweight style and a polished mouthfeel, with strong power too. The aromas follow a classic Nebbiolo playlist with small currants,...
2019 Molino, Mauro - Barolo Gallinotto
With fruit from the Berri Vineyard in La Morra, the Mauro Molino 2019 Barolo Gallinotto gives us a taste of a single-vineyard wine made outside the official MGA classification. The wine has a dustier personality with a bigger mineral presence that recalls...
2019 Molino, Mauro - Barolo Conca
The 2019 Barolo Conca shows a very light garnet color that shines in the glass. The bouquet starts off nicely, but this wine definitely needs more time in the bottle. The oak influences need time to integrate in favor of the pretty fruit that characterize...
2019 Mura Mura - Barbaresco Faset
Welcome to Mura Mura, where the beauty and tradition of Piedmont yield wines of exceptional elegance and harmony.
Guido Martinetti and Federico Grom, childhood friends and founders of Gelaterie GROM, bought the land in Costigliole d’Asti in 2008, giving life to Mura Mura farm. Initially the 8-hectare property was almost entirely dedicated to the production of fruit.
In 2011, 2015 and 2018, Martinetti and Grom expanded the estates boundaries. They purchased additional hectares of land, which today includes 30 hectares in Costigliole, of which 10 are mainly planted to Barbera and Grignolino vines. They have also established 4 hectares in the Barbaresco DOCG and a 1 hectare in Serralunga d'Alba, in the Barolo DOCG. Mura Mura is a SQNPI Sustainably certified company, respecting the climatic environmental and cultural character that distinguish the different agricultural areas of the Italian territory.
2021 Mura Mura - Piemonte Bianco DOC
This wine is a true expression of the terroir, characterized by elegance and depth. It reveals aromas of acacia flowers, yellow plums, melon and a touch of vanilla. A great expression of the varietal and very versatile. 100% Favorita
2019 Nada, Fiorenzo - Barbaresco Rombone
The 2018 Barbaresco Rombone is magnificent. Bright and translucent, the Rombone captures the intense spiciness and minerality that are so typical of Treiso and this sector in particular. The power, intensity and nuance here are simply remarkable. Aging...
2016 Nada, Fiorenzo - Barbaresco Montaribaldi
The 2016 Barbaresco Montaribaldi is generous and ample in the glass. Spice, leather, smoke, licorice and dried flowers are some of the many notes that develop in this gorgeous, enveloping Barbaresco. At this stage, the Montaribaldi is the most reticent of...
2016 Nervi - Gattinara DOCG Vigneto Molsino
Tasted next to the Valferana, the 2016 Gattinara Vigna Molsino is much more nervous in feel. Iron, dried herbs, sweet dried cherry, mint, crushed rocks, white pepper and earthy notes give the Molsino a good deal of aromatic complexity to match its intense...
2016 Oddero,Figli Luigi - Barolo Tradizionale
The Figli Luigi Oddero 2016 Barolo is a wine of enormous depth and character. It delivers the best of the Nebbiolo playlist with sultry dark fruit at its core followed by lifted or high-toned aromas of dark spice, licorice, candied orange peel and spent e...
2022 Otella - Lugana DOC Le Creete
Aromas of lychee, ripe pineapple and red peach, turning to lime peel and minerals on the medium-bodied palate with a hint of the sweeter fruit creeping back in at the end. Tasty. Drink now.
2016 Palladino - Barolo Riserva San Bernardo
This is a real treat because we only see this wine in the vintages that are deemed superior. The Palladino 2016 Barolo Riserva San Bernardo is a bit shy upon initial inspection, and this comes as a surprise given the immediate heft and power that is assoc...
2015 Palladino - Barolo Ornato
The 2015 Barolo Ornato takes the intensity level (within the Palladino portfolio) up a full notch. The wine is very expressive and open from the start with dark fruit, ripe blackberry, spice, tar and leather. This wine plays its strongest cards in terms o...
2016 Palladino - Barolo Ornato
The Palladino 2016 Barolo Ornato shows a lovely bouquet that gives equal footing to dark fruity notes on the one hand and savory touches of earth and leather on the other. There is a nice balance between the two sides, although the overall profile of the ...
2019 Pasquero-Elia - Barbaresco Serraboella
With 15,493 bottles produced with fruit selected across this celebrated MGA, the Paitin 2019 Barbaresco Serraboella reaches a perfect pitch between fruit ripeness and acidity. This exacting balance is a hallmark of the vintage. The house style, on the oth...
2019 Pasquero-Elia - Barbaresco Sori Paitin
Opening to a luminous garnet color, the Paitin 2019 Barbaresco Serraboella Sorì Paitin is delicate and fresh, but the wine is not without its inner power and consistency. It plays its cards carefully, thanks to a slow-moving bouquet characterized by redcu...
2015 Pasquero-Elia - Barbaresco V.V. Sori Paitin
The Paitin 2015 Barbaresco Riserva Sorì Paitin Vecchie Vigne is the outlier in this group of new releases. The warm vintage has produced soft and more concentrated fruit with greater textural weight on the finish. That vintage difference, and perhaps the ...
2016 Pelissero - Barbaresco Vanotu
A supple, elegant style, this offers cherry, floral, iron, tar, toasty and spice aromas and flavors. Fleshy midpalate, this stands up to the tannins that emerge on the finish. Best from 2023 through 2042. 1,380 cases made, 400 cases imported
2015 Pelissero - Barbaresco Vanotu
The 2015 Barbaresco Vanotu is the most potent of these 2015 Barbarescos from Pelissero. Here the flavors are dark and boldly sketched. Black cherry, plum, licorice, new leather and copious French oak are enshrouded by massive tannins. Today, the Vanotu co...
2020 Pio Cesare - Barbera d'Alba Fides
The 2020 Barbera d'Alba Fides Vigna Mosconi is gorgeous. Dark, fleshy and super-expressive, the 2020 is packed with plum, blackberry, mocha, lavender, spice and chocolate. Although quite racy and extroverted, the 2020 retains terrific freshness and fin...
2018 Pio Cesare - Barolo Ornato
The 2018 Barolo Ornato reveals some very distant hot-vintage aromas that are vaguely reminiscent of dried raspberry or stewed plum. Nebbiolo is extremely sensitive to the warmer temperatures and even a hint of extra ripeness is easily detected. However, t...
2019 Pira, E. - Langhe Nebbiolo DOC
The 2019 Langhe Nebbiolo is a wild, exotic wine. Rose petal, blood orange, pomegranate, cinnamon and kirsch race out of the glass. This heady, boisterous Langhe Nebbiolo is brimming with personality.
2020 Pira, Enrico (Chiara Boschis) - Barolo Cannubi Boschis
The E. Pira e Figli - Chiara Boschis 2020 Barolo Cannubi is a fine and delicate wine, although there is a little more grit and richness in this warm vintage. The quality of the fruit is exceptional, especially its crisp ripeness. Dark cherry, blackcurrant...
2018 Pira, Luigi - Barolo Marenca
The 2018 Barolo Marenca is a powerful, deep Serralunga Barolo. Wild dark cherry, spice, menthol, licorice, plum, dried herbs and mocha infuse the 2018 with tons of character. There is plenty of richness and intensity, but thankfully the bruising tannin...
2015 Produttori del Barbaresco - Barbaresco Riserva Paje
Violet, new leather, perfumed berry and a whiff of face powder mingle together with camphor on this fragrant red. On the structured, polished palate, taut, refined tannins support succulent Morello cherry, mulberry and licorice. It's already tempting, but...
2015 Produttori del Barbaresco - Barbaresco Riserva Pora
2014 Produttori del Barbaresco - Barbaresco Riserva Rio Sordo
2017 Produttori del Barbaresco - Barbaresco Riserva Rio Sordo
The 2017 Barbaresco Riserva Rio Sordo shows the natural intensity of the year, and yet retains a good bit of the aromatic lift that is so typical of Nebbiolo at its best. Silky, perfumed and poised, the Rio Sordo is impressive in this tasting. Spice and f...
2019 Produttori del Barbaresco - Barbaresco DOCG
This red combines cherry, plum, tar, iron, licorice and eucalyptus aromas and flavors, backed by a firm, refreshing profile. Dense and tight for now; however, the long, resonant finish and lingering fruit and white pepper accents show its potential.
2019 Produttori del Barbaresco - Barbaresco DOCG Riserva Muncagota
The 2019 Barbaresco Riserva Muncagota is shaping up to be gorgeous. The 2019 is marked by a very evident brightness that is not always present. Medium in body and gracious, with terrific balance, the Muncagota is very impressive in this early tasting of t...
2019 Produttori del Barbaresco - Barbaresco Riserva Rio Sordo
The 2019 Barbaresco Riserva Rio Sordo is quite deep in this vintage, with notable depth in its dark-toned fruit. This is an especially powerful Rio Sordo that is still coming together. Its intensity is palpable, even if I see less of the finesse that I as...
2013 Prunotto - Barolo Bussia
Lots of dried mushroom, berry and citrus character. Hints of cedar and rose petal. Medium to full body, tangy acidity and fruit. Flavorful finish. Needs a little time to open. Excellent potential. Better in 2019.
2017 Ratti, Renato - Barolo Conca
Very floral with lavender, violets and dark fruit. Medium-to full-bodied with tannins that build on the palate, particularly the middle palate. Very long and intense. Transparent fruit and evident terroir here
2017 Ratti, Renato - Barolo Rocche Annunziata
Such subtlety and refinement to this young Barolo with dried strawberries, fine tannins and a citrus undertone. Medium body. Extremely dusty and polished. Clean finish
2016 Ratti, Renato - Barolo Conca
The Renato Ratti 2016 Barolo Conca is another stunning beauty from this leading estate in La Morra. Conca is a prized vineyard, and you will immediately notice light mineral signatures of crushed limestone and chalk suspended delicately over the bouquet, ...
2019 Ratti, Renato - Barolo Rocche Annunziata
Pietro Ratti's 2019 Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata opens to a delineated bouquet with a mineral note or iodine that dovetails into purple berry fruit and lots of dried red rose and crushed flower. That evident floral imprint is something I often find in th...
2015 Revello - Barolo Cerretta
Aromas of leather and dark fruit with spices and berries follow through to a full body, rich and juicy fruit and a flavorful finish. Shows intensity and focus. Excellence.
2015 Revello - Barolo Giachini
A very ripe and alluring nose with plenty of sweet-smelling red-cherry and lightly spiced plum aromas on offer. The palate delivers a rich, plush and powerful feel with a bright and alluring middle palate that has fleshy fruit and fine, powdery tannins. A...