Nebbiolo
2018 Grasso, Elio - Barolo Gavarini Chiniera
The Gavarini Chiniera vineyard is shaped like an amphitheater with thick forests at the back (which protects from cold air currents) and sandy chalk soil at 380 meters in elevation. This is a special site, and the Elio Grasso 2018 Barolo Gavarini Chiniera...
2018 Grasso, Elio - Barolo Casa Mate Ginestra
From a vineyard located across from Gavarini Chiniera, this is a slightly more robust and concentrated wine. The 2018 Barolo Ginestra Casa Maté sources its fruit from a position at a slightly lower elevation with a bigger component of clay in the soils. ...
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...
2023 Guido Porro - Langhe Nebbiolo Camilu (750ml)
For the times when an Italian red wine beckons, Porro’s Camilu will eagerly heed the call. Vibrancy and vigor are on full display in this bottling, which is made from Nebbiolo grown within the Barolo appellation but declassified to offer an early-drinking option for any weeknight. Fabio and his father, Guido, take their younger, high-yielding vines from the Lazzarito and esteemed Vigna Rionda crus to bottle promptly, capturing the bold and bright beauty of a youthful piemontese red from top sites.
—Jane Augustine (Kermit Lynch)
2020 Guido Porro - Barolo DOCG Vigna Lazzairasco (750ml)
This is one of the most charming young Baroli I’ve enjoyed from Guido Porro in recent years. Incredibly succulent, with generous acidity and beautifully integrated tannins, the 2020 Vigna Lazzairasco is already an approachably grand rosso. Don’t hesitate to pop the cork today and pour it alongside a nice sage and butternut squash risotto or roast quail.
—Tom Wolf (Kermit Lynch)
2020 La Spinona - Barbaresco Bricco Faset (750ml)
The 2020 Barbaresco Bricco Fasèt is laced with dark cherry, plum, spice, leather, dried herbs, menthol, lavender and graphite, giving the 2020 a feeling of somber intensity. Deceptive in its mid-weight structure, the 2020 is a young, tannic wine that w...
2019 La Spinona - Barbaresco Secondine (750ml)
The 2019 Barbaresco Secondine is one of the most refined wines I have tasted here. Silky and aromatic, yet also quite deep, the 2019 has much to recommend it. Crushed flowers, sweet red berry fruit, blood orange, mint and cinnamon lend notable aromatic...
2016 La Spinona - Barolo Sori Gepin
The 2016 Barolo Sori' Gepin is a powerhouse. A blast of dark cherry, plum, mocha, spice, lavender, cloves and leather hits the palate as this strapping, full-bodied Barolo shows off its assertive personality. This is not a shy wine by any means. It wil...
2015 La Spinona - Barolo Sori Gepin
The 2015 Barolo Sori' Gepin needs quite a bit of air to open, but it is so expressive as that starts to happen. Dried flowers, cedar, tobacco and autumn leaves are laced together in a mid-weight, savory Barolo loaded with character. The 2015 remains ne...
