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)

Paler in colour, nose is very pure, cherries, spice, liquorice and flowers, very elegant. Palate is incredible, such depth and drive, rich saturated cherry, plums, spice, herbs and mineral drive, radiates energy and vigo...(read more)

Medium pronounced mint and liquorice, cherries and strawberry. Palate is rich concentrated, supple with good fruit drive in the core then liquorice, some oak notes then a mineral drive.

The Rocche is higher toned, really pretty strawberry, cherry fruit, floral and lifted. Fuller fruit ripeness is apparent on the palate, quite rich actually, greater structure, still refined, a core of rich tannins, sleek...(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)

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)

A wine of gravitas and power, the 2010 Castello del Terriccio doesn't quite have the sexiness of the Lupicaia today. Instead, the flavors are deep, darker and meatier, with considerable depth and formidable tannins that...(read more)