Opaque magenta. A highly perfumed bouquet evokes kirsch, cassis, spicecake, vanilla and candied violet; pipe tobacco and an exotic incense nuance builds in the glass. Offers concentrated, palate-staining black and blue fruit,... Read More
There's a detailed, delicious complexity in this blend of 50% Mourvèdre, 34% Syrah and 16% Grenache from a famous vineyard. Aromas of boysenberry, crushed rock, turned loam and wild sage lead into an expertly structured... Read More
The Virna 2019 Barolo del Comune del Barolo (with 5,000 bottles released) shows nice concentration with dark fruit flavors, tarry spice and camphor ash. This growing season tends to show more richness, but it also delivers silky... Read More
Sarmassa is a lower elevation basin-shaped vineyard with more compact soils. It lies west of Cannubi and before Fossati. The wines tend to be a bit more structured and dense as a result. This estate has 50-year-old vines at 240... Read More
Such a bright, fragrant wine for this grape. Cool and elegant with white-peach and delicate wild-herb aromas. Yet, it’s ripe and polished. This is one of the inspiring gruners of this great vintage with a level of vitality... Read More