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2018 Fonterutoli - Chianti Classico Riserva Ser Lapo (750ml)
750ml | SKU 101191 |
18 Available
$31.99
2013 Fonterutoli - Toscana Rosso IGT Mix 36- SHELF
750ml | SKU 84363 |
1 Available
92+
VM
The 2013 Mix 36, a blend of 36 Sangiovese biotypes on the property, is terrific. Bright, translucent and light on its feet, the 2013 speaks to finesse above all else. Expressive floral notes add lift, and the wine continues to open up in the glass. This b...
$74.99
2018 Fontodi - Toscana Rosso IGT Flaccianello Super Tuscan (3L)
3L | SKU 88706 |
1 Available
100
VM
The 2018 Flaccianello della Pieve is another stellar wine from Fontodi. It is the richest Flaccianello ever made (in terms of dry extract), with elevated acidity that trails the 2016 by just a touch, but it does not taste like that at all. Dark cherry, vi...
$999.00
2016 ForteMasso - Barolo Riserva Castelletto (750ml)
750ml | SKU 100860 |
24 Available
94+
WA
Closed with a black wax capsule, the Forte Masso 2016 Barolo Riserva Castelletto shows power, focus and austerity that comes from those extra years of cellar and bottle age. With fruit from Monforte d'Alba, this is a full-bodied Barolo with firm structure...
$128.00
2023 Frecciarossa - Oltrepo Pavese DOC Sillery Pinot Nero Bianco (750ml)
750ml | SKU 100957 |
12 Available
$24.99
2018 Gaggiano - Gattinara Timoteo
750ml | SKU 99503 |
6 Available
Gattinara lies a good 60 miles north of Barbaresco and Barolo, but its soil structure is much closer to Mt. Etna—altogether volcanic, the difference being that the Alps are much older than Etna. The Langhe appellations have limestone and clay, and there’s none of that in Gattinara’s iron-rich red soils. The DOCG is the best known of the historic upper Piedmont appellations. Legend has it that Mercurino Arborio, Marchese de Gattinara, a local nobleman and wine lover who became the last imperial chancellor to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in the first half of the 16th century, did much to promote the wines of his region. Entering our century, Gattinara had the best-preserved viticulture of the upper appellations, thanks in large part to a couple of prominent wine producing families.
There’s a lot of pride among Gattinara producers. They have the distinct sense that their remote mountain foothill terroir can make an age-worthy wine of noble elegance, one that is very much of a Nebbiolo lover’s Nebbiolo.
Timoteo is named after Marco and Isabella’s son. The wine comes from their 1.7-acre parcel high in the Galizia vineyard (number 8 in the map linked below), farmed without pesticides and harvested by hand. Aged 24 months in neutral 500L barrels followed by 11 more in steel before bottling. The 2015 vintage made 1,200 bottle
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$35.99
2018 Gaggiano - Bramaterra DOC Gerivasio
750ml | SKU 99504 |
3 Available
Bramaterra is sandwiched between the hills of Lessona and Gattinara, and it has a mix of Lessona’s sandy soils with a lot of Gattinara’s volcanic soils. Spanning seven communes, it received DOC status in 1979. The appellation rules permit up to 30% Croatina and up to 20% either of Uva Rara or Vespolina to be blended with Nebbiolo to soften the latter’s tannic structure, particularly in under-ripe years. Gaggiano normally harvests its Bramaterra 7-10 days after the Gattinara harvest.
Gervasio was the grandfather who first came to Bramaterra and cultivated grapes. The wine is the product of four small hillside parcels, lower in elevation than Gaggiano’s vines in Gattinara, totaling 5.6 acres. The parcels are farmed without pesticides, harvested by hand, and normally (depends on the vintage) the three varieties are picked at once and co-fermented. The wine is raised in large Austrian casks for around 18 months and then racked into steel where it rests for several weeks before being put into bottle. The 2016 vintage made 1,000 bottles.
-Importer notes (V59)
$33.99
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