2022 DOLCETTO D'ALBA Bric del Salto Sottimano
Piedmont Italy
13%
Red
Dolcetto.
The 2022 Dolcetto d'Alba Bric del Salto is fabulous. It's one of the most refined editions of this wine I can remember tasting. It’s as if Sottimano has taken all the old-school intensity of Dolcetto, polished the edges...(read more)
Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com2018 BARBARESCO Pajoré Sottimano
Piedmont Italy
14.5%
Red
Nebbiolo.
Certified Organic
Fragrant tobacco and spice, cumin and then dark cherries, dark chocolate, plums and liquorice. Elegant and beautifully structured, mocha, cherries, plum, floral, roses and tobacco, herbs. Sleek acid, richly textured, wit...(read more)
L&S2018 BARBARESCO Basarin Sottimano
Piedmont Italy
14.5%
Red
Nebbiolo.
Certified Organic
50-70 year old vines, submerged cap for 2 months then 18 months on lees in large oak cask. Stunning aromatics, bitter orange, spice, flowers, dried herbs, dark cherries. In the mouth it is deeply succulent, ripe and with...(read more)
L&S2017 BARBARESCO Pajoré Sottimano
Piedmont Italy
14.5%
Red
Nebbiolo.
Practising Organic
The 2017 Barbaresco Pajorè is a pretty big departure from what readers have come to expect here. Slender in feel, the 2017 does not have the size or aromatic breadth that are the signatures of Pajorè , one...(read more)
Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com2019 BARBARESCO Fausoni Sottimano
Piedmont Italy
14%
Red
Nebbiolo.
The 2019 Barbaresco Fausoni is a terrific example of the work that has been done here, especially over the last few years, to give the wines greater finesse. Deeply pitched aromatics meld into a huge core of fruit as thi...(read more)
Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com2015 BARBARESCO Cottá Sottimano
Piedmont Italy
14%
Red
Nebbiolo.
Practising Organic, Bio-dynamic
Light cherry red. So pretty and scented with sour cherry and spice but it's fruit not oak spice. Firm, chalky texture and a definite chalky/mineral character overall.
Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com2013 BARBARESCO Riserva Sottimano
Piedmont Italy
14.5%
Red
Nebbiolo.
A lean, taut red, this evokes cherry, earth and woodsy underbrush elements. Shows the classic austerity of the vintage and seems to be unfurling at a glacial pace, yet this has ripe red fruit at its heart. Beefy tannins...(read more)
Bruce Sanderson, The Wine Spectator