Nebbiolo

Showing bright fruit freshness and energy, the Elio Altare 2020 Barolo is packed with cherry, wild currant, dried apricot and orange peel. The wine offers volume and texture, more so than your standard Barolo, with soft layers... Read More

Classic garnet red color, very intense. Its aroma is precise, it reminds of the fragrance of red fruit, spices and citrus. The taste is well balanced, elegant without excessive tannins, with soft, spicy and mentholated aftertaste.... Read More

The Langhe Nebbiolo Il Giò Pì is among the most important wines of the Broccardo brothers’ range and goes very well with red meats and spicy dishes. It is a fresh and crunchy Nebbiolo, with aromas of cranberries,... Read More

Alex Sanchez makes memorable wines. His Brovia 2018 Barolo Rocche di Castiglione hits close to home, as this vineyard in Castiglione Falletto is especially elegant and well managed. The wine shows pinpoint precision with small... Read More

The cantina sociale has been a critical lifeline to small grape growers since the inception of modern winemaking throughout Italy. In particular, Cantina Sociale di Gattinara, founded in 1908, has offered families from the zone... Read More

Aged for 18 months in large oak casks, then a few months in bottle. The color is ruby red; the bouquet is pleasantly intense with scents of violets, red fruits and noble spices.

Chiara Boschis 2020 Barolo Cannubi is a fine and delicate wine. The quality of the fruit is exceptional, especially its crisp ripeness. Dark cherry, blackcurrant, rose blossom, pink pepper and white limestone add considerable... Read More

All of the wines from Chiara Boschis are more vinous this year, more natural. They feel authentic, genuine and traditional. They show an extra degree of richness or texture, and the 2015 Barolo Mosconi is no exception. Its dark... Read More

The E. Pira e Figli - Chiara Boschis 2020 Barolo Mosconi has some of the extra ripeness of the vintage with cherry cream syrup, grenadine, watermelon candy and a drop of Pastis. The wine ends on a powerful note with a balanced... Read More

The E. Pira e Figli - Chiara Boschis 2020 Barolo Via Nuova opens to a little more dark fruit and ripe berry in this vintage. The wine is buttoned up from all sides into a tight little package of aromas. You get orange peel, bright... Read More

From the esteemed G.D. Vajra, a family deeply rooted in Barolo since the 1880s and pioneers of organic farming in the region, comes the 2021 Barolo Albe. Crafted from high-altitude estate vineyards with diverse exposures, the... Read More

Aromas of red fruits, plums, underbrush as well as floral and spicy fragrances intrigue your senses from the very first moment. A nice correspondence on the palate where hints of almond, black pepper and Asian spices come together... Read More

A tightly-wound style, this red offers cherry and strawberry fruit, along with floral, mineral and tar accents. It's still a little awkward at this stage, but shows excellent length. Best from 2024 through 2045.... Read More

Ruby and garnet red in color, this structured and elegant wine offers notes of mature fruits, mint, eucalyptus, and fine spices with fine tannins.

“The 2020 vintage began as a mild winter with little rainfall, especially snowy ones. The first part of spring was dry and sunny (March and April) suggesting an early vintage. But this forecast was proven wrong: May and... Read More

The drop-dead gorgeous Barbaresco 2019 Asili Riserva from the Produttori del Barbaresco stuns with its extreme finesse and heady scents of wild rose, red berry, camphor, leather and brown spice. Full-bodied and vibrant, the elegant,... Read More

The 2019 Barbaresco Riserva Ovello is powerful, savory and intensely linear, in classico Ovello style, and yet it appears to have enough fruit behind its imposing tannins to develop well over the coming years. In this tasting,... Read More

The 2017 Barbaresco Riserva Pajè is impressive on all fronts, but especially in terms of aromas. There's so much brightness here with red and purple fruits, rust and a dark note of clove or exotic spice. No element... Read More

The 2017 Barbaresco Riserva Rio Sordo (with 10,000 bottles released) has a mineral character and a sleek, firm approach that gives this wine its special identity. The wine is polished, almost glossy in texture with blackcurrant,... Read More