
2021 LA MAGGIORINA Le Piane
Piedmont Italy
12.5%
Red
Nebbiolo, Croatina.
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)
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2019 MIMMO Le Piane
Piedmont Italy
13%
Red
Nebbiolo, Croatina, Vespolina.
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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2020 LE PIANE Boca
Piedmont Italy
14.5%
Red
Croatina.
100-year-old Croatina. Two years in both big and small oak. Deep crimson with smudgy rim. Dark fruit that reminds me of the hedgerow – elderberry and blackberry but also a dark spicy savour. Deeply chewy, firm tannin tex...(read more)
Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com
2017 BOCA DOC Le Piane
Piedmont Italy
14%
Red
Nebbiolo, Vespolina.
85% Nebbiolo, plus Vespolina. Four years in big old barrels. Light bricky red. Pure, refined Nebbiolo nose of non-sweet red fruit, a hint of spice and leather. Wild and scented on the palate. Tightly furled still, with s...(read more)
Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com