Tasting Notes: The La Fiorita Brunello di Montalcino is packed with bright aromas of red cherry, dried flowers and blood orange. Hints of grandma’s candy on the palate give way to a pleasant acidity that keeps the fruit... Read More
Tasting Notes: The La Ghibellina Gavi di Gavi Mainin is characterized by an almost Chablis-like mineral quality, with restrained aromas of flowers, wet stones and citrus. 'Mainìn' is a dialect form of the name Marina;... Read More
Tasting Notes: Light, ruby red color of moderate intensity. On the nose La Kiuva's Arnad Montjovet brings forth notes of and over ripe plums, sour cherry pits, with a distant cedar wood finish. Fine, intense and vinous bouquet... Read More
Tasting Note: The La Staffa Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Riserva Rincrocca is a pale straw color with greenish hues. The bouquet is intense, refined and persistent with notes of yellow flowers, minerality, and underlying scents... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Nebbiolo fruit originates from MGA blocks in La Morra, cultivated organically on soils rich in Sant’Agata Fossili Marls, comprising 25% sand and 39% clay. With vines aged 20-60 years and situated at 513... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Nebbiolo fruit originates from MGA blocks in La Morra, cultivated organically on soils rich in Sant’Agata Fossili Marls, comprising 25% sand and 39% clay. With vines aged 20-60 years and situated at 513... Read More
Tasting Notes: Lapo Berti’s Dogliani is medium-bodied with a smooth texture and lively acidity. Flavors of dark fruits are complemented by subtle earthy undertones. Soft tannins provide structure, leading to a pleasantly... 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: Brol Grande is a purple-tinged ruby red in the glass. This blend of Corvina and Rondinella is rich, with a complex bouquet with notes of sour cherry and blueberry, and spicy nuances of cinnamon and black pepper,... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Le Fraghe Traccia di Bianco has a straw yellow color with green reflections; the slight veiling that shows when waving the bottle is represented by the fermentation yeast that rests inside the bottle. Mature... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Le Fraghe Traccia di Rose has a pale cherry pink color, with light coppery reflections. The slight veiling that shows when waving the bottle is represented by the fermentation yeast that rests inside the bottle.... Read More
Tasting Notes: Le Piane’s Nebbiolo is from the Novara hills, expressing the pure elegance of the grape from this area. Notes of raspberry and black cherry are followed by hints of wild herbs and a crisp-like finish. Estate... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Le Verzure Sileo is Sangiovese from Central Tuscany that is aged in clay amphora. Dense with bright fruit on the palate, the mineral backbone and earthy, almond-like back palate comes from the amphora and marks... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Zamo Orange Zero is a skin-contact 'orange' wine made from Malvasia. Slight tannins, ripe apricot, and hints of hazelnut come through.
Estate History:Le Vigne di Zamò dates back to 1924 and has... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Ciliegiolo di Narni Brecciaro is from a vineyard that was formerly a quarry. The rocky soils allow good drainage allowing the perfume and inner brightness of the juicy, red cherry and herb inflected grape to... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Leonardo Bussoletti Grechetto Colle Ozio uses the Grechetto di Todi and Grechetto di Orvieto biotypes in a 50/50 blend. Lush and elegant, this crisp, medium-bodied white wine is fresh and savory, with pear,... Read More
Tasting Notes: The nose of the Lino Maga Barbacarlo is very expressive and intense with nuances of porcini mushroom, tar, fennel seed, cured meat and dried floral and dehydrated undertones. The wine is explosive on the palate... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Luigi Tecce Irpinia Rosato La Cyclope is sourced from 85-year-old vines that look more like tree-vines, with a trunk in the middle, and numerous radiating outward shoots on what looks like bush vines on a pergola.... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Poliphemo Viti Vecchie R18 (formally a Taurasi Riserva that Luigi decided to declassify to Campania Aglianico) has a savory quality with dark-fruited and exotic nuances of roasted plum, savory herbs and a tactile... Read More
Tasting Notes: Deep plummy purple in the glass the Luigi Tecce (formally a Taurasi Riserva that he declassified to Campania Aglianco) Puro Sangue blooms with a nose of ripe beach plums, violets and earthy thyme. On the palate... Read More
Estate History: A visit to Luigi Tecce can get you emotional. Luigi himself is a ball of them, and his Aglianico from Taurasi elicits them. His grandfather’s 'masseria' (farmhouse) and vineyards are located in the... Read More