Piemonte
2017 Rinaldi, G. - Barolo Brunate Le Coste
The 2017 Barolo Brunate is a dark, powerful wine. A huge swath of tannins gives the Brunate its feeling of gravitas. Readers will have to be patient with the 2017, as it is going to need a number of years to come together. Dark cherry fruit, lavender, sag...
2022 Rivetti, G.(La Spinetta) - Barbera d'Asti DOCG Ca' di Pian (750ml)
2017 Roagna - Barbaresco Paje
The 2017 Barbaresco Pajè offers up a compelling mélange of sweet redtoned fruit, cinnamon, blood orange, leather, cedar and tobacco. Deceptive in its mid-weight structure, the 2017 fleshes out nicely with a bit of time in the glass, showing its natural ...
2017 Roagna - Barbaresco Gallina
The 2017 Barbaresco Gallina is bright, translucent and bristling with energy. Crushed red berry fruit, blood orange, spice, anise, mint and chalk all run through this nervy, mid-weight Barbaresco. In 2017, the Gallina leans towards the more taut end of...
2017 Rocca, Albino - Barbaresco Montersino
The 2017 Barbaresco Montersino offers a striking mix of energy, power and depth. Crushed red berry fruit, mint, white flowers, chalk and pine are all laced together in a lithe Barbaresco that pulses with vibrancy. The Montersino impresses with its persist...
2015 Rocca, Albino - Barbaresco Cotta
Here in its first release, 2015 Barbaresco Cottà, shows the natural breadth of this vineyard in Neive. There has a real sense of weight and gravitas that distinguishes the Cottà in this range. I would give the 2015 at least a few years in bottle to fu...
2019 Rocca, Bruno - Barbaresco Maria Adelaide
The 2019 Barbaresco Maria Adelaide is dense and quite powerful, but with all the drive that characterizes the Bruno Rocca Barbarescos today. Red cherry fruit, plum, blood orange, mint and spice are all woven together in this super-classy Barbaresco. Ov...
2019 Rocca, Giovanni - Barolo Bricco Ravera di Monforte (750ml)
Showing expressive cherry and strawberry flavors, this red features a lacy texture, firm tannins and licorice and spice notes. Reveals density and tension on the lingering, mineral-tinged finish. Best from 2026 through 2045. 600 cases made, 200 cases impo...
2023 Ruggeri Corsini - Barbera d'Alba (750ml)
A Piedmontese classic, Barbera is the mainstay of the farm, representing 40- 45% of production. Made and aged in steel tanks. Quite dark, full, earthy and meaty, and carried by delicious acidity, the grape’s signature. 1,200-1,600 cases annually.
2020 Sandrone, L. - Barbera d'Alba
The 2020 Barbera d'Alba is another wine that shows the greater refinement at Sandrone these days. Even so, there's plenty of richness in the ripe red cherry, plum, mocha and spice flavors. Soft, silky contours wrap it all together, with a gentle kiss o...
2019 Sandrone, L. - Nebbiolo d'Alba DOC Valmaggiore
The 2019 Nebbiolo d'Alba Valmaggiore is a bright, sculpted wine that is going to need a few years to come into its own. Bright acids and firm tannins are a bit present today, so a few years of cellaring are a must. The Sandrone Valmaggiore has a track rec...