Piedmont

Lovely bright red fruit, floral nose, ripe and attractive. Palate has lovely fruit weight, good grip on the mid palate, with damson and blackberry fruit, touch of hawthorn and violets. Ripe prett...(read more)

The 2016 Dolcetto d'Alba Bric del Salto is gracious and light on its feet, with tons of varietal character, but a bit less richness than is typically the case for this wine. Lavender, licorice, r...(read more)

Fragrant, violets, blueberry and boysenberry nose, deliciously ripe and concentrated with ripe acidity giving crunch to the berry fruitiness, crisp and enticing.

As Julia Harding said of the 2015 vintage on www.JancisRobiinson.com 'Usually sweet, we prefer our Brachetto dry like this.' So fragrant, a mind-blowingly floral, rose-petal nose is followed by t...(read more)

Touch more aromatic, floral, violets, blackberry, dark cherry, touch of mocha. Slick and bright, lovely supple dark fruit, cherries and blackberry, delicious acidity, beautiful shape ripe tannins...(read more)

Cherry, raspberry, roses and touch of coffee, tar, very pretty, again lovely supple texture, ripe acid gives backbone, cherries and raspberries, nice tannic ripeness helps shape the palate with l...(read more)

Bright spicy, mulberry, cherry fruit nose, pretty and fragrant. Palate is crisp and vibrant, juicy blackberry, damson, cherry fruit, lovely flesh, fruit extract, with spice on the lovely finish.

Less pronounced nose of plum, cherry and some wood notes, touch of spice poking through. Palate has nice weight, rich tannins, dark bramble and plum fruit, some wood notes, spice and freshness, o...(read more)

The 2015 Barbera d'Alba Pairolero is gorgeous. Pliant, supple and beautifully resonant on the palate, the 2015 exudes class. Longer macerations and a kiss of new French oak gives the wine volume...(read more)

The most approachable and most immediately inviting of Christoph's magical wines from these high vineyards in the Alta Piedmont. This is 70% Nebbiolo and 30% Croatina with just a touch of Vespaio...(read more)

Cigliuti's 2015 Barbera d'Alba Vigna Serraboella is very pretty. Inviting, pliant, with soft contours and lovely overall depth, the 2015 will drink well upon release. This is a relatively mid-wei...(read more)