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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 Francesco Cirelli - Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC (750ml)
750ml | SKU 101385 |
12 Available
$18.99
2023 Francesco Cirelli - Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC Amphora (750ml)
750ml | SKU 101877 |
18 Available
93
VM
Crushed rocks and woodland berries are offset by a burst of sweet spice as the 2023 Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo Amphora comes to life in the glass. It opens with a pretty inner sweetness offset by a crunch of tart cranberry and sour cherry. This finishes juicy...
$33.99
2023 Frecciarossa - Oltrepo Pavese DOC Sillery Pinot Nero Bianco (750ml)
750ml | SKU 100957 |
9 Available
$24.99
2018 Gaggiano - Gattinara Timoteo
750ml | SKU 99503 |
2 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
2019 Garesio - Barolo DOCG Serralunga (750ml)
750ml | SKU 100752 |
4 Available
93
WS
Fresh and focused, offering cherry, raspberry, wild herbs, iron and licorice. Muscular and balanced, echoing the fruit and savory elements on the finish. Best from 2026 through 2043. 916 cases made.
$39.99
2021 Garofoli - Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC Podium (750ml)
750ml | SKU 102223 |
12 Available
93
VM
The 2021 Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Podium is delicate and coy, requiring coaxing to release its pretty bouquet of young peach, raw almonds and sweet smoke. This is elegant, with textures of pure silky and admirable weight, yet maintains marvelous...
$29.99
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