From Antoniotti’s porphyry soils, this is made from the oldest vines. The fruit gets three weeks ferment and three years aging in large botti of at least 1250 liters. The... read more →
The Sera family works 7 steep hectares of vineyards in San Giacomo di Teglio. This is in the magical glacial rock and sediment area of Valtellina, Lombardy, on the border... read more →
There’s such a sense of place in this wine. It could only come from somewhere high and steep—Valtellina. For this I genuflect. Made from 95% nebbiolo, regionally known as chiavennasca,... read more →
Principiano’s attention to detail, the elegance, everything gets me every time in every bottle. This Barolo is from his part of the Boscareto vineyard, a secret, foresty place full of... read more →
Ivano Barbaglia and his wife Paola have 2.5 hectares of vines. They work at 400 meters in the tiny DOP of Boca in a combination of the traditional maggiorina and... read more →
The Conti sisters started to take over Castello Conti during their father’s 2001 illness and then ultimately after his death. This is a traditional house, in the best sense. This... read more →
The Sera family works in Valtellina on seven steep hectares of vineyards of magical glacial rock in San Giacomo di Teglio. This is their entry level wine that ain’t so... read more →
This lovely nebbiolo comes from Ferdinando’s vines in Monforte d’Alba. Right upon opening the wine is reduced and brash, a young child with an innocent rosy flush. By the third... read more →
This gorgeous 2013 is raised all in chestnut that Rolando Nicco made himself. The wine is a complete seductress, delicate and delicious, filled with mountain air and earthy tannins and... read more →
Perhaps it’s because I loved 2014 so much, but I’m often fearful of being disappointed by the 2015 vintage. Ferdinando’s entry-level Barolo slays my prejudice. It’s a complete delight. 85%... read more →