Tasting Notes: The Castello di Verduno Barbaresco shows aromas and flavors of red currants, raspberries, sandalwood and rose petal. Elegant, delicious when young but will age for several years. The grapes come from the Faset and... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Col d’Orcia Brunello di Montalcino has a ruby red color with violet hues. The bouquet is complex and elegant with notes of red berries, and a touch of spice from the oak. The shows an excellent and easy-going... Read More
Tasting Notes: “il Forestiero” or “the Stranger” (a reference to the grape emerging from a more famous nearby wine appellation) is 100% Sagrantino from a single row of old vines. Spontaneous fermentation... Read More
Tasting Notes: Aromas recall tart black cherries, leather, fresh-cut vanilla bean and oak on the Fontodi Chianti Classico. The palate is so well-crafted with a silky ball of tannins surrounded by layers of blue and red fruit and... Read More
Tasting Notes: The light skin contact on the Frank Cornelissen Munjebel Bianco results in a combination of density as well as elegance and makes this wine very suited to accompany a wide variety of dishes and cuisine, from fish... Read More
Tasting Notes: Previously, the estate was divided into two bodies, La Stoppa and Macchiona. Macchiona is the name of a farmhouse found among the most traditional red grape vineyards of the Colli Piacentini, the qualities of which... Read More
Tasting Notes: Previously, the estate was divided into two bodies, La Stoppa and Macchiona. Macchiona is the name of a farmhouse found among the most traditional red grape vineyards of the Colli Piacentini, the qualities of which... Read More
Tasting Notes: Chiesamonti is a 1.3-hectare parcel adjacent to the town of San Felice in Castelnuovo Berardenga, with a stonier soil profile and a lower clay content than Giovanna’s home turf. The vines, now over a decade... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Luigi Tecce Maman Bianco is a blend of two native grape varieties, Fiano and Greco. On the nose it offers aromas of tropical fruit, such as pineapple and mango, along with citrus notes of lemon and grapefruit,... Read More
Tasting Notes: The second of Bea’s two early and highly influential skin-macerated white wines, “Santa Chiara” hails from the fabled Pagliaro cru, and combines roughly equal proportions of five varieties: Garganega,... Read More
“Cotidie” (“quotidian” in Latin) was conceived as an “everyday” wine for its relatively easygoing and drinkable spirit. The methodology behind it feels outré today but would have been... Read More