Piedmont
If Tuscany were Italy’s Bordeaux, Piedmont would surely be its Burgundy. The wines, especially those made from Nebbiolo, have a more sensual ethereal character and appeal to passionate devotees whilst, occasionally, puzzling the uninitiated. That said, they taste nothing like Burgundy.
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2022 DOLCETTO D'ALBA Andrea Oberto
Piedmont Italy 14% Red
Dolcetto.
Andrea Oberto has been turning out an incredible array of wines for many years now and this, his 2022 Dolcetto, is just another example of his brilliance. Dolcetto can be seen as a bit of a workhorse for many estates, bu...(read more)
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2022 BARBERA D'ALBA Andrea Oberto
Piedmont Italy 14.5% Red
Barbera.
Gloriously fragrant and bold with black cherry and blackberry fruit, notes of roses and violets and a hint of mocha and delicate spice. The palate is mouthfilling and embued with sleek black fruit richness, a bright acid...(read more)
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2022 LA MAGGIORINA Le Piane
Piedmont Italy 14% Red
Croatina, Nebbiolo.
2 years in barrel, field blend 13 varieties, picked and fermented together. Aromatic, damson, dark chocolate, herbs, blackberries. Grip and intensity, rich tannins, good acid bite, dark fruit core, blackberries and choco...(read more)
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2022 NEBBIOLO COLLINE NOVARESI DOC Le Piane
Piedmont Italy 14% Red
Croatina, Nebbiolo.
More transparent colour than that of La Maggiorina. Those same herbal and red-fruit notes but also more savoury and just a little stemmy. Dry, paper-fine tannins. Long and harmonious, with this sense of coolness even wit...(read more)
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2021 BARBERA D'ALBA Rinaldi Marziano Abbona
Piedmont Italy 15% Red
Barbera.
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)
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2022 LANGHE NEBBIOLO Barale Fratelli
Piedmont Italy 14% Red
Nebbiolo.
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)
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2022 DOLCETTO DOGLIANI Papà Celso Marziano Abbona
Piedmont Italy 14% Red
Dolcetto. Certified Organic
Bright cranberry, damson and mulberry, cocoa powder, woodland floor, violets. In the mouth the wine is sleek and creamy, mulberry, damson and wild cherry, undercut with dark chocolate and gentle spice, aromatic, nicely d...(read more)
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2021 BARBERA D'ALBA Pairolero Sottimano
Piedmont Italy 14.5% Red
Barbera.
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)
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2020 MIMMO Le Piane
Piedmont Italy 13.5% Red
Vespolina, Croatina, Nebbiolo.
Great energy and verve, red fruit, raspberry, strawberry and just a hint of something darker, lovely textural feel, well judged rich tannins, lovely acid lift and push.
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2019 MIMMO Le Piane
Piedmont Italy 13% Red
Vespolina, Croatina, Nebbiolo.
The most approachable and most immediately inviting of Christoph's magical wines from these high vineyards in the Alta Piedmont. Fruit delivers better, darker, richer and yet still somehow more floral too, cherries, blac...(read more)
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2021 BARBERA D'ALBA Vigna Lunga Superiore Roccheviberti
Piedmont Italy 14.5% Red
Barbera.
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)
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2021 BARBERA D'ALBA Serraboella Cigliuti
Alba Piedmont Italy 15.5% Red
Barbera.
The 2021 Barbera d'Alba Vigna Serraboella is a rich, sumptuous wine. Succulent dark red/purplish fruit, lavender, rose petal, spice and mocha are all beautifully amplified. The aromatics are a bit high-toned, but there i...(read more)
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