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2018 Gaggiano - Gattinara Timoteo
750ml | SKU 99503 |
6 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
-Importer notes (V59)
$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 |
6 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
2019 Giacosa - Barbaresco Asili
750ml | SKU 90758 |
1 Available
98
JS
Sweet and succulent aromas of tangerines, freshly cut ripe strawberries, cherries and flowers follow through to a full-bodied palate with sleek and dense tannins that run the length of the wine and then fan out into a dense, vivid finish of fruit. It’s ch...
$230.00
2016 Giacosa - Barbaresco Riserva Asili DOUBLE MAGNUM (3L)
3L | SKU 90086 |
1 Available
97+
WA
Packaged in its distinctive red label, the 2016 Barbaresco Riserva Asili is a rich and profound wine with incredible depth and dimension. Bruna Giacosa skipped over the 2015 vintage because she felt that the fruit was not poised for long aging. From the 2...
$2,400.00
2019 Giacosa - Barolo Falletto
750ml | SKU 94434 |
2 Available
94
WS
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
$240.00
2019 Giacosa Fratelli - Barolo (750ml)
750ml | SKU 101418 |
30 Available
92
JS
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.
$38.99
2023 Giovanni Almondo - Langhe Nebbiolo DOC (750ml)
750ml | SKU 100745 |
5 Available
Its denomination is Langhe Nebbiolo, its spirit is that of Roero Nebbiolo.
It was born of our youngest Nebbiolo vines, 20 years of age. It takes inspiration from the traditional Roero Nebbiolino, the most authentic and honest expression of the Nebbiolo grown from the sands of Roero, the one that old people recognized as the true Roero Nebbiolo. This is a light-hearted and graceful wine. On the nose, you immediately understand the difference compared to structured and intense Nebbiolo wines, with its gentle fruity and floral fragrance, a slightly spicy finish as well as overtones of raspberries, blackberries, currants, violets and wild roses.
On the palate, it is dry, harmonious, velvety, with touches of freshness and the right amount of tannin. Within the traditional culture of Roero, this was an all-round wine and this great versatility does show.
-Winery notes
$19.99
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