Fine Italian Wine Selection

Of these various single-vintage releases by Sottimano (including Basarin, Cottá and Fausoni), the 2015 Barbaresco Pajorè is very well integrated and smooth. The tannin management shows an excellent approach...(read more)

60-70 year old vines, limestone & clay soils here - the vineyard is just next door to Asili & Rabaja. Rich saturated cherries, earth, strawberries and hawthorn, pure, palate has lovely grip, rich full tannins, ri...(read more)

The 2016 Boca opens with an explosion of heady floral and savory aromatics. Medium in body, tightly wound and classically austere, the 2016 will thrill readers of the estate and its wines. Hints of rose petal, mint, pine...(read more)

Alzero is local dialect for a slope, this is Cabernet Sauvignon and Franc with a touch of Merlot, like the Amarone, the fruit is dried for 2 and half months prior to pressing and fermenting, again 8 years ageing in oak p...(read more)

From the undoubted king of Valpolicella, Quintarelli's wines are some of the most fascinating of the whole Veneto. The Amarone is never heavy or overdone, it has concentrated plum and cherry fruit, but the feel is lithe...(read more)

A dense, muscular version, this red boasts cherry, currant, tobacco, iron and wild herb aromas and flavors. Bright and juicy, with fine balance and a refreshing finish.

Smoky, balsamic, liquorice, spice and coffee, perfumed and profound. Richly textured, sleek and layered with rich fine tannic depth. Smoky, cherry and plum fruit, liqourice, leather and balsamic once more, with great aci...(read more)

Brunello indeed to look at, with tawny edge and deep dark middle. Complex nose of spice and polished wood, with silky intensity and a power almost hidden by the polish. Powerful and intensely long, leaving a lasting impr...(read more)

Relatively new offering from Roberto, in this vintage richly layered and textured with incredible balance and intensity, sleek and glossy, but maintaining a lovely line and finesse.

Clearly very ripe vintage, with some jamminess and dried character to the black-cherry and plum fruit. Coffee, vanilla and cedar oak expression. Plush palate, with some black-tea maturity showing through, then mouth-coat...(read more)

This is a new wine from Luigi and is the result of the painstaking work that he has undertaken, to find the best expression of Aglianico, from his vineyards situated in the area of Guingano. Harvested by hand from a 1.3...(read more)