Piedmont

The 2022 Dolcetto d'Alba Bric del Salto is fabulous. It's one of the most refined editions of this wine I can remember tasting. It’s as if Sottimano has taken all the old-school intensity of Dolcetto, polished the edges...(read more)

Made from the oldest vines on the estate, this Nebbiolo/Croatina blend is lighter in colour than the estate's other wines. Pepper and spice on the nose with a hint of oak. Bright fruits with fresh acidity and again a tou...(read more)

Nice aromatic blackberry, dark cherry, touch of mocha, maybe even floral nose. Slick and bright, lovely supple dark fruit, cherries and blackberry, delicious acidity, beautiful shape ripe tannins, sleek and long.

Le Piane’s 2022 Nebbiolo is a rich, heady wine, but it has found a way to maintain freshness and verve. It’s a big wine for sure, yet all the elements are so well balanced. Sweet red/purplish fruit, orange peel, mint and...(read more)

A wonderful array of wild roses, red fruits, cherries and strawberries, then underlying notes of truffle and mocha. This is classic Nebbiolo with gorgeous rich tannins framing a delicious palate of red fruit, tar, flower...(read more)

These grapes are grown on a beautiful parcel of vines that have come down from Granny Rinaldi, another great Piedmont family, so closely linked the the Abbonas. Loaded with fragrant sour cherry, blackberry, piquant and f...(read more)

Bright and aromatic, with roses, cherries and strawberries. Good grip and juice in the mouth ripe acid, red fruit filled palate, tangy bright and fresh. Perfume comes through and there are gorgeously fine tannins framing...(read more)

This really is the calling card for this impressive estate. Grandpa Celso planted these beautiful vines 75 years ago and every year it is a real highlight. No wonder they were awarded Tre Bicchiere once again for this st...(read more)

The 2021 Barbera d'Alba Superiore Pairolero is a heady, explosive wine. Black cherry, new leather, licorice, cloves and gravel infuse the Barbera with so much flavor intensity. Bright acids lend quite a bit of energy thr...(read more)

80 year old vines from the hallowed Bricco Boschis vineyard in Castiglione Falleto. Heavy soil with clay and lots of stones. This adds real power to to all the wines from here. Claudio ages this delicious Barbera for 6 m...(read more)