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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2020 BARBERA D'ALBA Andrea Oberto
Piedmont Italy 14.5% Red
Barbera.
Darker fruit on the nose, crushed stone, black cherry, blackberry, hint of cocoa powder. Red berry notes add a fresh feel to the core. Super weight, great concentration of polyphenols. Delicious. Sappy and broad - but sl...(read more)
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2017 MIMMO Le Piane
Piedmont Italy 13.5% Red
Croatina, Vespolina, Nebbiolo. Practising Organic, Bio-dynamic
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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2019 BARBERA D'ALBA Pairolero Sottimano
Piedmont Italy 13% Red
Barbera. Practising Organic
This is absolutely sensational, imbued with great fruit, black cherry, black berry and plum, some dark chocolate notes, a bit of polish, sleek supple rich tannins give body and shape and then a beautiful balancing acid z...(read more)
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2020 LANGHE NEBBIOLO Sottimano
Piedmont Italy 14.5% Red
Nebbiolo. Practising Organic
Another stonker of a wine from Andrea that punches way above its pay grade. Gorgeous concentration, dark fruit, cherry and damson, some aromatic herbs and spice with dried rose petals adding a gentle florality. In the mo...(read more)
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2019 BARBERA D'ALBA Vigna Lunga Superiore Roccheviberti
Piedmont Italy 13.5% 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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2017 VIGNA VIGIA Barbera d'Alba Superiore Bricco Maiolica
Alba Piedmont Italy Red
Barbera.
The fruit for this wine comes from a vineyard first planted in 1974, it spends 18 months in oak which imbues the wine with a sleek velvety texture. The nose is fulsome with dark cherry and blackberry fruits and silky van...(read more)
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2017 IL CUMOT Nebbiolo d'Alba Superiore Bricco Maiolica
Alba Piedmont Italy Red
Nebbiolo.
Pure Nebbiolo that comes from a vineyard situated between Barolo and Barbaresco planted in 1983. Aged in small oak barrels, it is a wine of great longevity, that maintains its fruit profile wonderfully as it ages. Here y...(read more)
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2019 LANGHE NEBBIOLO DOC Roccheviberti
Piedmont Italy 14% Red
Nebbiolo. Practising Organic, Vegan, Vegetarian
A true Baby Barolo - this Nebbiolo undergoes the same harvest as Barolo, the same vinification as the Barolos. Then once made and in barrel Claudio tastes every botte and decides which will be labelled Barolo and age for...(read more)
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2017 BAROLO del Comune di La Morra Andrea Oberto
Piedmont Italy 15% Red
Nebbiolo.
Lovely intensity jumps out of the glass at you. Gorgeously fragrant with balsamic notes, cherry, raspberry and that classic 'tarry' edge. Lovely soft tannins. Supple and insistent but so well assimilated. On the palate t...(read more)
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2017 BAROLO Barale Fratelli
Piedmont Italy 14% Red
Nebbiolo. Certified Organic
Beautifully constructed Barolo from the Barale team, classic tar, roses and delicately spicy hedgerow fruits. In the mouth the wine has a rich pliant tannic frame that underpins a palate of cherry, strawberry and damson,...(read more)
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