Tasting Notes: The Ampeleia Costa Toscana Alicante bottling is part of the Monovarietali project, highlighting single varieties and single vineyards whose special characteristics precluded them from blending in other wines. The... Read More
Tasting Notes: Different Mediterranean grape varieties are fermented together and blended to produce Kepos (garden in Greek). The grapes are sourced from older vineyards in Ampeleia di Mezzo, where the Mediterranean scrub dominates... Read More
Tasting Notes: Without question Arpepe make the most complex Nebbiolo outside of Piemonte. Their Rosso is very approachable with the softness of Langhe Nebbiolo but the structure and depth of La Morra Barolo. Bright cherry, eucalyptus,... Read More
Tasting Notes: Rosso di Valtellina is Barbacan’s work horse of a wine. It is a grippy mountain Nebbiolo with expressive berry fruit, a touch of forest floor and bits of leather. It is a complex wine showing layers of flavor... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Valtellina Superiore Valgella “Söl” is a subtle and elegant red wine, born from the homonym vineyard of Barbacàn winery and aged for 12 months in oak barrels. It has perfumes of small... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Benanti Pietramarina is a singular wine from an exceptional place, Mt. Etna. Grown from century-old vines on the eastern slopes of Etna, the wine shows lemon peel, petrol and salinity all in the perfect framework... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Bricco Ernesto Vino Rosso is 100% organically farmed Nebbiolo from the Roero in Piemonte. Vines were planted in 1950, 1999 and 2018 and face east, south and west. Soils are mostly sandy (70%), with limestone... Read More