Piedmont

Purplish crimson. Correct and nervy. Bright, tight fruit. Lots of acidity actually! Exciting. Good value.

Gorgeous. A really pleasing style of Dolcetto. Great classic character but with a soft and beautifully 'easy' side too. Dark and yet with a bright crack of cherry skin too that adds lift and a fr...(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)

Tasted from barrel. This delicious juice spends 3-4 months in old barriques. After tasting the 2016 I like this more, It is loaded with lovely supple fruit - good drive too. Red and purple berry...(read more)

Darker more sinew with blackberry and damson fruit, overlaid with notes of violets. Sleek on the palate with juice and purity, dark cherry and blackberry, ripe balancing tannins adding frame to t...(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...(read more)

Crisp, classic Dolcetto. Alive with deep red fruits and cooked cherry, kept lively by nice brisk acidity.

This 'baby Barolo' has such a fun and bright attack, with impressive intensity. There is some satisfying 'chew' as it opens on the palate and then easy, cherry flesh joy. Pepper-spiced red flesh...(read more)

As ever, stunning value. A forward drinking Nebbiolo from the Barbaresco region. Wild yeast fermentation in French oak, and aged in wood for 16 months; bottled without fining or filtration. Big b...(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)

Light to mid cherry red. Complex aroma that is mostly scented red fruit but also a touch of peppery herbs and a savoury umami/tomato note. Paper-fine tannins, mouth-watering and refined. Juicy bu...(read more)

Dark cherry, plum, smoke, licorice, tobacco and menthol infuse the 2015 Barbera d'Alba Campass. A bold, racy wine, the 2015 has much to say, in a more flamboyant, racy style than the Serraboella....(read more)