Piedmont
Piedmont
Cascina Tavijn 2020 Vino Rosso
Italian Red
Ruby red, this Barbera and Freisa blend offers red fruit, herbs and undergrowth. The palate is warm and soft, with structure, lively tannins, freshness and a persistent finish. Fermentation and refinement take place over several months in fibreglass tanks. The vineyards are in Scurzolengo, Piedmont, and are farmed organically. The wine is bottled unfiltered at thirteen and a half percent alcohol.
G.D. Vajra 2020 Dolcetto d’Alba
Italian Red
Wild berries, mulberry, blueberries and fresh plums appear with white pepper, sweet spices, fresh thyme, earth and blue flowers. Refreshing acidity and mature tannins are present. Balsamic character is also present. Fruit came from the Coste di Vergne, Fossati, Pascolo and Ravera sites. Native-yeast fermentation lasted ten days, natural malolactic conversion followed, and tank ageing continued until April.
Matteo Correggia 2022 Barbera d’Alba
Italian Red
Crushed raspberry and blueberry appear with pepper and rose petals. The palate is juicy, with an unctuous, silky texture and freshness that continues through the finish. The wine is made entirely from Barbera grown in fine sandy soils. Grapes are harvested by hand toward the end of September, and maceration in stainless steel lasts six to eight days. Wood ageing lasts at least three months.
Ercole 2023 Bianco del Monferrato 1 L
Italian White
Asian and Bartlett pear meet lime citrus, white flowers, green apple, white nectarine, herbs and flinty minerality. The palate is refreshing, and the finish is mineral. Cortese, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc form the blend. The wine is fresh, crisp and dry, with twelve percent alcohol. Fruit comes from Monferrato in Piedmont, where the farming is described as sustainable.
Ercole 2022 Barbera del Monferrato 1 L
Italian Red
Ripe red fruit, floral notes and a mineral core sit alongside Barbera's bright acidity and freshness. The fruit comes from calcareous-clay soils in Monferrato and is harvested from late September into early October. Fermentation takes place in concrete before stabilization in stainless steel. This dry red is made entirely from Barbera and carries 12.5 percent alcohol.
Montalbera 2021 La Tradizione Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG
Italian Red
Ruchè gives a bright red colour with violet reflections. Rose, red fruit and pepper shape the aromatic profile. The palate is rich in fruit, soft and structured, with a long, characterful finish. The wine is made entirely from Ruchè and matured in stainless steel before controlled-temperature bottle ageing. Fruit comes from Castagnole Monferrato and Montemagno in Piedmont.
Figli Luigi Oddero 2024 Convento Langhe Rosso
Italian Red
Dolcetto leads the blend, joined by Barbera and a touch of Nebbiolo. The grapes are naturally fermented in stainless steel, then assembled and matured for about six months in cement, while the Nebbiolo component rests in cask. Violet-toned berry fruit meets a light, crunchy profile with clear grip and structure. The components are assembled for bottling in late spring.
Albino Rocca 2023 Rosso di Rocca Langhe Nebbiolo
Italian Red
This red blends Nebbiolo with a small amount of Cabernet Franc. Its profile is fragrant and soft, with flavour concentration and fresh character. Fruit comes from a vineyard at Magliano Alfieri, on the left bank of the Tanaro, and from parcels in eastern Barbaresco. The wine sees no wood and is finished at 13.5 percent alcohol.
Adriano Marco e Vittorio 2021 Lice Freisa Langhe
Italian Red
Cherry, strawberry, raspberry and rose meet a fresh, vinous character. The palate has moderate body, present tannins and an easy flow. Freisa comes from the family's first planting of the variety, a parcel once belonging to an uncle named Felice. Fermentation is spontaneous in stainless steel, with no wood used. The wine is classified as organic and matures in steel and bottle.
Tenute RaDe 2018 Derthona Timorasso Colli Tortonesi
Italian White
Pale yellow with golden highlights, showing dried fruit, honey and walnut. The palate is full-bodied, savoury and persistent. Timorasso grows on sandy soils in the Colli Tortonesi. Hand-harvested grapes are cold macerated and gently pressed, followed by static clarification and slow low-temperature fermentation. The wine remains on fine lees for six months with regular bâtonnage, then ages a further six months in bottle.
La Miraja 2021 Grignolino d’Asti DOC
Italian Red
Light in colour, the wine combines raspberry, dried cranberry and cherry with baking spice, forest-floor and mushroom notes. Its fruit concentration sits within a savoury profile. Grignolino's numerous seeds give the variety pronounced tannin. This bottling also has an acidic backbone, a tannic finish and 12.5 percent alcohol. The winemaker recommends serving it chilled, in the manner of a white wine.
Produttori del Barbaresco 2024 Langhe Nebbiolo
Italian Red
Bright red in colour, the wine combines red raspberry and strawberry with rose petal, fresh herb, earthy iron and spice. Juicy red cherry sits alongside crunchy acidity and stern tannins, while crushed rock and lightly scorched earth add savoury detail. The finish is long. The fruit comes from younger vines whose quality could otherwise meet Barbaresco classification, and the wine carries 14.5 percent alcohol.
Nervi 2018 Gattinara
Italian Red
Garnet colour accompanies a bouquet of marasca cherry and blueberry, with powder, fireplace and tertiary aromas emerging as the wine opens. The palate is austere rather than immediate and develops gradually in the glass. Bunches are gently destemmed and pressed, with maceration lasting at least twenty days in oak and steel vats. Maturation takes place for a minimum of three years in large oak casks.
Colombera & Garella 2020 Cascina Cottignano Bramaterra
Italian Red
Nebbiolo forms eighty percent of the blend, with Croatina and Vespolina at ten percent each. The Cottignano parcel lies at 350 metres in Masserano, on acidic volcanic porphyritic sand. The organically farmed vines are twenty to fifty years old. Native-yeast fermentation follows destemming and soft crushing, with up to forty days on skins. The blend rests six months in concrete, then two years in an older large oak cask.
Terre del Barolo 2019 Vinum Vita Est Barolo
Italian Red
Scorched soil, overripe plum, leather and an earthy farmyard note define the aromas. Game, clove and sage join raw red cherry, held by bracing tannins. Nebbiolo supplies this Piedmont red, which contains 14.5% alcohol. The producer matures its Barolo principally in Slavonian oak casks, with time in wood adjusted to the characteristics of each vintage.
Hic et Nunc 2018 Altromondo Grignolino
Italian Red
Light cherry-red colour accompanies fruit, floral and spice notes, with peppery and balsamic tones. Freshness, tannin and acidity are present alongside a savoury, juicy palate. Grignolino from a marl-soiled hill with southern exposure at nearly 300 metres spent eight months in stainless steel. Six thousand bottles were produced in Piedmont, and the winery is located in Vignale Monferrato.
Luigi Giordano 2022 Langhe Rosso
Italian Red
Ruby with garnet reflections, this wine shows dried flowers, dried plum, red-fruit jam and light spice. The profile is full-bodied, balanced and drinkable. Nebbiolo and Arneis are co-fermented after soft pressing and crushing. Maceration lasts eight to ten days, and the wine spends three to four months in oak. Truffle, cherry, leather and vanilla are also present, with a long finish.
Cascina Tavijn 2018 Rosetta Frizzante Rosé
Italian Rosé
Lightly frizzante and garnet in colour, this rosé shows cherry, white peach, raspberry, blueberry, strawberry, rose and spice. A slight sweetness accompanies apricot and fresh-fruit notes. Freisa receives about twenty hours of skin contact, then ferments at low temperature in stainless steel. The wine spends eighteen months in tank, is bottled unfined and unfiltered, and closes with a crown cap. The vines grow on limestone and are farmed without pesticides or chemical fertilizers.
Michele Chiarlo 2023 Il Principe Langhe Nebbiolo
Italian Red
Brilliant garnet colour accompanies violet, red fruit and fine spice. The profile is harmonious and structured, with fine tannins and a round finish. Nebbiolo is vinified in steel tanks with ten days of skin maceration, followed by malolactic fermentation in steel. Maturation lasts at least twelve months across steel, wood and bottle. The wine carries Equalitas sustainability certification.
Castello di Tassarolo 2023 Rosa Spinola Monferrato Chiaretto
Italian Rosé
The rosé is made entirely from organically grown Nebbiolo. Vines stand near Fubine at about three hundred metres, with eastern and southeastern exposure. The soils contain magnesium, silt, clay and fine gravel. Grapes are harvested by hand and undergo a short maceration before gentle pressing. Fermentation takes place at controlled temperature, followed by maturation in stainless steel.
Cascina Tavijn 2023 Bandita
Italian Red
Deep ruby colour with violet shadows accompanies red fruit, forest floor, wet earth and herbal tones. The wine is intense, with strong acidity and a long earthy persistence. Old vines grow on calcareous ground at 260 metres. Grapes are harvested by hand, ferment spontaneously with indigenous yeasts and macerate for about two months before maturation in steel.
Attilio Ghisolfi 2022 Langhe Nebbiolo Sbardajà
Italian Red
Nebbiolo comes from vineyards in Monforte, Monteu, Priocca and Treiso, set between three hundred fifty and four hundred metres. The sites face south and southwest, with marly, calcareous and clay soils. Skin maceration lasts five days at controlled temperature, and fermentation uses native yeast. Maturation takes nine to twelve months in small oak casks, followed by six months in bottle.
Cieck 2018 Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG
Italian White
Made from Erbaluce selected across estate vineyards, this white wine comes from pergola-trained vines on loose, stony moraine soils at about 320 metres, with south and south-westerly exposures. The grapes are destemmed and pressed, then fermented at low temperature for twenty-one days. Four months in stainless steel follow. Hawthorn and fruit accompany a straw-yellow colour with green highlights and a lively acidic structure.
Colombera & Garella 2022 Melascone
Italian Red
The blend contains sixty-five percent Nebbiolo, twenty percent Croatina and fifteen percent Vespolina. Strawberry, saline character and a mineral edge are present. The fruit comes from young vines in Bramaterra and Lessona vineyards outside the Costa della Sesia appellation. Melascone is a local dialect term for Nebbiolo, and the wine was previously called Costa della Sesia.
Colombera & Garella 2022 Vispavola
Italian Red
Made entirely from Vespolina, this deeply coloured red has an aromatic, spicy profile. The grapes are hand-harvested and fermented with ambient yeasts. Maturation lasts about one year in stainless steel, and the bottles are cellared for several months before release. The fruit comes from two parcels in Masserano at roughly 350 metres with southwest and southeast exposures.
Pelissero 2017 Rigadin Langhe Riesling
Italian White
Golden colour with green highlights accompanies honey, butter, apricot, green pear, lemon and grapefruit. Flint, tobacco, tea, thyme, sage, nettles and hawthorn add further detail. The palate is concentrated and savoury, with acidity and mineral character. The Riesling vineyard sits at four hundred metres with a northern exposure, and low-temperature skin contact is used during production.
Rocco di Carpeneto 2022 Lilàn Rosato
Italian Rosé
This still rosé is light and fruity, made entirely from Dolcetto. The vineyard is cropped below fifty quintals per hectare. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel with the skins of unfermented white grapes. Maturation lasts at least twelve months in stainless steel or large used barrels. The cuvée name is a nineteenth-century Carpeneto dialect term for a childhood nickname of the grape. The wine is produced organically, and alcohol is thirteen and a half percent.
Rocco di Carpeneto 2019 Admura Albarossa
Italian Red
Medium-bodied and perfumed, the wine has a soft, harmonious palate with fresh acidity and a clean finish. It is made entirely from Albarossa and matured for twenty-six months in ceramic amphora. The wine comes from Piedmont's Alto Monferrato, and the cuvée name means 'toy' in the local dialect. Alcohol is thirteen and a half percent, and production totals nine hundred bottles.
Marchisio Family Organic Estate 2022 Mungalat Langhe Nebbiolo
Italian Red
Intense ruby in colour, this Nebbiolo shows wild cherry, juicy plum, mature fruit, flowers, resinous herbs and mineral notes. The palate has bright acidity, balanced tannins and persistent fruit. Vines are fifteen to twenty-five years old and grow in sandy, calcareous marl. Production includes a short maceration, native fermentation and up to one year of maturation in large oak barrels. Alcohol is fourteen percent.
Cascina Tavijn 2021 68 Rosso
Italian Red
Barbera and Ruchè are used in equal proportions. The wine spends thirty days macerating in plastic vats, then matures in stainless steel before unfiltered bottling, with twenty milligrams per litre of sulphur added. Blueberry fruit appears with sweetness, liquorice and spicy tannins. This Natural red wine comes from Piedmont and contains fourteen and a half percent alcohol.