Piedmont

The 2021 Dolcetto d'Alba Bric del Salto is bursting with character. Dark red/blue fruit, lavender, rose petal and spice all race out of the glass. The 2021 is marked by intense, deep fruit, yet it also has a good deal of...(read more)

Andrea Oberto has been turning out an incredible array of wines for many years now and this, his 2021 Dolcetto, is just another example of his brilliance. Dolcetto can be seen as a bit of a workhorse for many estates, bu...(read more)

Made from the oldest vines on the estate, this Nebbiolo/Croatina blend is lighter in colour than the estate's other wines. Pepper and spice on the nose with a hint of oak. Bright fruits with fresh acidity and again a tou...(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, sleek and long.

In Nebbiolo terms a shade lighter, but that still means there's a good healthy dose of tannin and some bitter blackcherry fruit. For robust suppers.

The nose here is subtle - but there is an indication of ripeness here and a suggestion of dark joy. On the palate this is far more open and charming. Juicy, lip-smacking kick of fruit but loaded with zippy dark berries f...(read more)

Rose petals, red cherry skins, strawberries, violets. Great freshness, juicy red fruit, cherry stones, floral, rose petals, fragrant and long. With time in the glass you get lavender coming out almost a touch of sage.

Mid crimson. More red-fruited than the Dolcetto, with hints of oak spice. Firm, dry, chewy, honest and flavourful. On the oaky side of Barbera but not exaggerated. High-acid finish is only just in balance. Needs time, I...(read more)

Always a fabulous introduction to the style of Andrea's Barolos this his Langhe Nebbiolo sings with fragrant raspberry, cherry and damson fruit, there is a bright floral aspect to the nose. In the mouth the wine is balan...(read more)

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)

(75 year old vines, DOCG obtained in 2005) Soil is calcareous over blue marl. Brightly fruited, fragrant blueberry, cherry, lavender, violets. Succulent and primary, joyous red fruited palate, floral, herbal with a touch...(read more)

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)