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)
L&S2017 MIMMO Le Piane
Piedmont Italy
13.5%
Red
Croatina, Nebbiolo, Vespolina.
Bio-dynamic, Practising Organic
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)
L&S2020 MIMMO Le Piane
Piedmont Italy
13.5%
Red
Croatina, Nebbiolo, Vespolina.
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.
L&S2018 BOCA DOC Le Piane
Piedmont Italy
14.5%
Red
Nebbiolo, Vespolina.
Light bricky red. Sweetly complex with both red fruits and crushed leaves. Chalky tannins, finely textured, almost powdery. Light-bodied and long. Pure, fresh, elegant.
Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com2020 LE PIANE Boca
Piedmont Italy
14.5%
Red
Croatina.
Magnums
100-year-old Croatina vines. The darkest of the Le Piane wines so far. Darker-fruited, too, and more savoury. Elegant, restrained, fine-boned. Beautifully structured and long.
Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com2018 BOCA DOC Le Piane
Piedmont Italy
14.5%
Red
Nebbiolo, Vespolina.
Magnums
Light bricky red. Sweetly complex with both red fruits and crushed leaves. Chalky tannins, finely textured, almost powdery. Light-bodied and long. Pure, fresh, elegant.
Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com