Producer: Dehours et Fils
The Dehours Champagne Brut Grand Rèserve is the result of an assemblage of Meunier Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with a great percentage of vin de rèserve, fermented according to Solera methods, embraced by Jerome in 1998.
Producer: Gerard Perseval
Gérard Perseval combines his extensive knowledge of biodynamic viticulture and his profound respect for nature to create structured and complex wines, treasures in bottles capable of exciting the senses.
Producer: Jacquesson
2017, the harvest from Ay, Dizy, Hautvillers (66%) Avize and Oiry (34%). Winter and Spring were exceptionally dry; the beginning of Spring was mild but, in April, destructive frosts ravaged the vineyards, especially in the Côte des Blancs. Temperatures then rose and the weather was good until July. The end of the growing season was hot but very wet. The...
Producer: Bouquin Dupont Fils
A wonderful champagne, 100% Chardonnay of Avize from vineyards more than 60 years old. A base of citrus fruit melted with the scent, and taste, of a custard where there are also two drops of lemon juice. Delicious and enjoyable.
Producer: Jurij Fiore & Figlia
The 2021 Chianti Classico Sonocosì is fresh and light in body, all of which make it a good choice for drinking now and over the next decade or so. This north-facing site at 550 meters in altitude yields a lithe, aromatically expressive Classico loaded with character. Vinification and aging in oak keeps the flavors vibrant.
Producer: Dehours et Fils
The Champagne Rosè Oeil de Pedrix is the result of an assemblage of Meunier and Chardonnay from old vineyards. Flowery Champagne Rosè Extra Brut, particularly fine and fresh with a very limited production.
Producer: Podere Poggio Scalette
The 2019 Il Carbonaione is silky and racy in the glass. Scents of new oak are a clear sign the 2019 doesn't quite have the density of the very best years, but Il Carbonaione has a brilliant track record of aging.
Producer: Podere Poggio Scalette
The 2018 Il Carbonaione is one of the most elegant editions of this flagship wine I can remember tasting. Il Carbonaione is usually a rich, bombastic wine, but the 2018 is sleek, gracious and remarkably refined.
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The 2018 Barolo Monvigliero has the effusive bouquet that makes it so alluring. Rose petal, spice, orange peel, kirsch and raspberry unfurl gradually in the glass. The 2018 is understated and mysterious today.
Producer: Ferdinando Principiano
Principiano Langhe Nebbiolo comes predominately from a small 40 year-old hectare of Nebbiolo vines in the Le Coste di Monforte vineyard and a small portion from the Boscareto plot of Serralunga. The depth, richness and detail Principiano is able to coax from these vines is impressive.
Producer: Produttori del Barbaresco
The 2015 Barbaresco Riserva Pora is just as radiant and seductive. Plush and sumptuous in the glass, the 2015 Pora captures all of the natural intensity of the year. Best of all, it should drink well with minimal cellaring.
Producer: Produttori del Barbaresco
The 2014 Barbaresco Riserva Rabajà is powerful, dense and explosive, with tremendous intensity of fruit and structure. The Rabajà is a powerful, towering wine endowed with massive structure and intensity to burn.
Producer: Ferdinando Principiano
This Barolo it is a high level wine that shares the production philosophy of all the other products of the company: low yield per plant, no use of fertilizers, long macerations and large barrels. A winning recipe that undoubtedly makes the difference.
Producer: Bruno Giacosa
The 1995 Barbaresco Santo Stefano is fabulous. A classic bouquet of sweet rose petal, mint, hard candy and red cherry is super-alluring. Time in the glass allows the wine to gain in breadth and textural expansiveness, but the wine’s knock-out aromatics steal the show.
Producer: Giacomo Conterno
Monfortino 1974 have an intense dark ruby color that belies this wine's age. A massively concentrated and powerful Monfortino. Roberto Conterno says his 1974s are still very young.
Producer: Giacomo Conterno
Conterno's 2016 Barbera d'Alba Francia is a wine of extreme finesse and nuance. It is also dark, inward and mysterious in that it is nowhere near ready to show all of its cards. The Francia nuances will develop with a few more years in bottle.
Producer: Produttori del Barbaresco
Dark cherry/plum fruit, spice, menthol, licorice and a whole range of balsamic inflections grow as the Montestefano shows off its class. This profound Barbaresco will thrill for years to come.
Producer: Giacomo Conterno
Conterno's 2016 Barbera d'Alba Francia is a wine of extreme finesse and nuance. It is also dark, inward and mysterious in that it is nowhere near ready to show all of its cards. The Francia nuances will develop with a few more years in bottle.
Producer: Produttori del Barbaresco
Barbaresco Riserva Muncagotta 2015 ideally is best enjoyed sooner rather than later. Note the new spelling for this wine, which reflects the updated vineyard designations, the Muncagotta is the new name for the wine previously known as Moccagatta.
Producer: Giuseppe Rinaldi
The 2014 Barolo Tre Tine is nervous and tightly wound, with good precision and a bit more austerity than is the norm. This wine needs a little bit o patient, there is good delineation to the bright red stone fruit, tobacco and floral notes.
Producer: Angelo Gaja
A wine of pure joy, the 1979 Barbaresco Sorì San Lorenzo wraps around the palate with gorgeous fleshiness.
Producer: Ferdinando Principiano
Barolo del Comune di Serralunga d'Alba DOCG 2018 is a wine capable of showing its soul. Fermented with only indigenous yeasts, it rests for two years in wooden barrels and contains no added sulphites. Natural and sincere, it really is a great drink.
Producer: Produttori del Barbaresco
The 2015 Barbaresco Riserva Montestefano is ample and resonant, the Montestefano shows all the natural breadth that is so typical of this site. It is also one of the wines where the personality and style of the vineyard are very much in evidence.
Producer: Giuseppe Rinaldi
The 2014 Barolo Tre Tine is nervous and tightly wound, with good precision and a bit more austerity than is the norm. This wine needs a little bit o patient, there is good delineation to the bright red stone fruit, tobacco and floral notes.
Producer: Produttori del Barbaresco
The 2015 Barbaresco Riserva Pajè is marked by bright acids and expressive veins of spiciness that lend a much needed kick of energy to a core of translucent Nebbiolo fruit. There is so much to admire here.
The 2018 Barolo Monvigliero has the effusive bouquet that makes it so alluring. Rose petal, spice, orange peel, kirsch and raspberry unfurl gradually in the glass. The 2018 is understated and mysterious today.
