Nebbiolo
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.
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...
2019 Grasso, Elio - Barolo Gavarini Chiniera
With vines adjacent to forests on white chalky soils, the Elio Grasso 2019 Barolo Gavarini Chiniera is a luminous and very beautiful wine. Vintner Gianluca Grasso called this "the helicopter vintage" because he actually rented a helicopter to fly over the...
2019 Grasso, Elio - Barolo Casa Mate Ginestra
Very different from the Gavarini Chiniera, the 2019 Barolo Ginestra Casa Maté shows more bite, structure and a bigger tannic impact. Fruit was harvested a bit earlier, but healthy grape skins allowed for 52 days of maceration. This wine shows beautiful in...
NV Grasso, Fratelli - Langhe DOC Rosso Trej
TREJ is Barbera, Nebbiolo and Dolcetto in equal parts.
The brothers Luigi and Alfredo Grasso started in the vineyard in 1970 and continue to actively cultivate 14 hectares. The Grasso Fratelli farm is located in Valgrande in the municipality of Treiso, in the heart of the Langhe, a typical area known for the cultivation of the vines from which the best and prestigious Piedmontese wines are born. In this area, nowadays very popular also for its splendid nature, the Nebbiolo grape variety from which Barbaresco wine originates is cultivated with particular care.
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2020 Grimaldi, Bruna - Barolo Badarina (750ml)
The Bruna Grimaldi 2020 Barolo Badarina offers a rich quality of dark fruit that is especially indicative of its roots in Serralunga d'Alba. The wine opens to earthy sensations, dried autumnal leaf and plum. It shows great intensity over medium-plus richn...
