Piemonte
2019 ForteMasso - Barolo Castelletto (750ml)
The wine's aroma bursts out of the glass with dark red fruits, complemented by an array of spices, revealing the layered complexity of the vintage. On the palate, it is plush and generous, featuring a ripe cherry heart that transitions into a backdrop of ...
2018 Gaggiano - Bramaterra DOC Gerivasio
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.
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2019 Giacosa - Barolo Falletto
Purchased in 1980, the Falletto estate is comprised of 13 hectares (32acres) in the commune of Serralunga d’Alba. Considered by Bruno Giacosa as the best area for producing elegant and long-lived Barolos, the Falletto vineyard is southwest facing on steep slopes of calcareaous clay soils in an amphitheater shape. The Falletto wines are austere, elegant and complex on the nose, with excellent structure and suave tannins
2019 Giacosa Fratelli - Barolo (750ml)
Combining the family's various Barolo sites, with Bricco San Pietro (Monforte) the largest component. This Barolo DOCG reflects the family's signature style with fragrant aromas of rose petals, leather and tar. Matured in large wooden casks for two years and one year in the bottle, it's a wine well suited to aging.
NV Giuseppe Nada - Langhe Brut Rosado Dosaggio Zero
Nebbiolo with zero dosage and up to 65 months on the lees.
2021 Grasso, Elio - Barolo Gavarini Chiniera (750ml)
The 2021 Barolo Gavarini Chiniera is a deep, powerful wine. In most vintages, the Gavarini Chiniera is a bit more linear, but the 2021 has an extra kick of textural depth that is such a hallmark of the year. Iron, chalk, dried flowers, mint and red che...