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2021 BARBERA D'ALBA Pairolero Sottimano
Piedmont Italy
14.5%
Red
Barbera.
The 2021 Barbera d'Alba Superiore Pairolero is a heady, explosive wine. Black cherry, new leather, licorice, cloves and gravel infuse the Barbera with so much flavor intensity. Bright acids lend quite a bit of energy thr...(read more)
Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com![2018 BARBARESCO Cottá Sottimano, Lea & Sandeman](/photos/2018-BARBARESCO-Cotta-Sottimano.90x235.28011.png)
2018 BARBARESCO Cottá Sottimano
Piedmont Italy
14.5%
Red
Nebbiolo.
Certified Organic
The 2018 Barbaresco Cottá is one of the showier wines in the range, as it often is. It has that extra bit of mid-palate richness that is missing in some of the wines in this vintage. The fruit profiles leans towar...(read more)
Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com![2018 BARBARESCO Basarin Sottimano, Lea & Sandeman](/photos/2018-BARBARESCO-Basarin-Sottimano.90x235.29357.png)
2018 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)
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2017 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.com![2017 BARBARESCO Cottá Sottimano, Lea & Sandeman](/photos/2017-BARBARESCO-Cotta-Sottimano.90x235.26133.png)
2017 BARBARESCO Cottá Sottimano
Piedmont Italy
14%
Red
Nebbiolo.
Practising Organic
The 2017 Barbaresco Cottà is punchy, with terrific freshness and verve. Red toned fruit, flowers, mint and bright acids yield a decidedly delicate expression of Cottà, a Neive vineyard where the wines tend...(read more)
Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com![2019 BARBARESCO Fausoni Sottimano, Lea & Sandeman](/photos/2019-BARBARESCO-Fausoni-Sottimano.90x235.29658.png)
2019 BARBARESCO Fausoni Sottimano
Piedmont Italy
14%
Red
Nebbiolo.
Clay and sandy soils. Light bricky red. Complex aromas of maturing red fruits, sweet cherry – intense and vibrant. More depth and power here than on the Basarin, more firmly structured by the tannins, so it is a little t...(read more)
Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com![2013 BARBARESCO Riserva Sottimano, Lea & Sandeman](/photos/2013-BARBARESCO-Riserva-Sottimano.90x235.25304.png)
2013 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![2017 BARBARESCO Cottá Sottimano, Lea & Sandeman](/photos/2017-BARBARESCO-Cotta-Sottimano.90x235.33011.png)
2017 BARBARESCO Cottá Sottimano
Piedmont Italy
14%
Red
Nebbiolo.
Practising Organic
Magnums
The 2017 Barbaresco Cottà is punchy, with terrific freshness and verve. Red toned fruit, flowers, mint and bright acids yield a decidedly delicate expression of Cottà, a Neive vineyard where the wines tend...(read more)
Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com![2018 BARBARESCO Basarin Sottimano, Lea & Sandeman](/photos/2018-BARBARESCO-Basarin-Sottimano.90x235.33112.png)
2018 BARBARESCO Basarin Sottimano
Piedmont Italy
14.5%
Red
Nebbiolo.
Certified Organic
Magnums
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)
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