Piemonte
2020 Ratti, Renato - Barolo Marcenasco (750ml)
This is the bread-and-butter Barolo from Ratti, with 70,000 bottles produced. Fruit is sourced from over 15 hectares of vine planted on characteristic blue marl soils. The 2020 Barolo Marcenasco is an international classic, and I have had the fortune of f...
2023 Ratti, Renato - Barbera d'Asti DOCG Battaglione (750ml)
2019 Ratti, Renato - Barolo Rocche Annunziata
Pietro Ratti's 2019 Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata opens to a delineated bouquet with a mineral note or iodine that dovetails into purple berry fruit and lots of dried red rose and crushed flower. That evident floral imprint is something I often find in th...
2017 Rinaldi, G. - Barolo Brunate Tre Tine
This is racy and elegant, despite the tightly wound, firm tannins boasting floral and red berry aromas and flavors, with accents of mineral and leafy underbrush. Shows fine harmony overall, with the essence of fruit returning on the finish. Best from 2025...
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...
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, Albino - Barbaresco Ronchi (750ml)
The 2019 Barbaresco Ronchi is a deep, potent wine. In this tasting, the Ronchi impresses with its stature, aromatic presence and textural intensity. Dark red cherry, red plum, cinnamon, rose petal and dried flowers emerge with a bit of coaxing, but the...
2022 Rocca, Bruno - Langhe Nebbiolo DOC Fralu (750ml)
The 2022 Langhe Nebbiolo Fralù is an absolute delight. Lifted oral overtones and bright, red-toned fruit grace this translucent Langhe Nebbiolo. The 2022 spent 22 days on the skins, unheard of for a wine at this level, followed by nine months in neutra...
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...
2019 Rosso, Giovanni - Barolo (750ml)
A ruby hue, the 2019 Barolo it is highly aromatic, with floral perfume, wild raspberry liqueur, roses and incense. Medium-bodied, with lovely concentration and structure (but approachable), it is long through the palate, with red cherry, berries and its f...
