Nebbiolo

Made for us by Davide Rosso, our Barolo offers classic Nebbiolo character and structure. Scented raspberries and cherries are lifted by peach skin, high-toned florals and savoury spice. Accessible and seductive, the opulent texture is balanced by a racy freshness and a core of chalky minerality. Approachable now, this will also age well. Best decanted — and served alongside a rare steak.
Davy zyw, Wine Buyer

This Langhe Nebbiolo comes from Roberto’s south-facing slopes above the river, from vines over 60 years old. This is a great expression of Nebbiolo, filled with dried flowers, dark and red fruits, sweet spices, high-toned fragrance and lucid purity. After spending 12 months in large Slovenian oak, the palate is firm, but generous, typical of the warm vintage. Drink now to 2025.
Davy yw, Wine Buyer

Gloriously scented with a lightness of touchy that belies its ageworthy staying power. Rose petal, red fruit and assam overlay taut tannins and fresh acidity. Incredibly mineral on the finish. More subtle than the Brunate, but no less delicious. Drink from 2023+.
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer 

The higher evolution of the La Serra vineyard always produces feminine and Burgundian styles of Barolo. Fermented in stainless steel and concrete tanks with long maceration on the skins for up to four weeks, the wine is then aged for two years in Slavonian oak followed by one year in bottle. The results from the La Serra Cru are exceptional – high-toned, intense and ethereal. With floral notes, dried leaves, violets and orange skin, the palate is firm yet velvety, with great balance and intensity. Drink now to 2040.
Davy Zyw, Wine Buyer

This is one of the iconic Crus of the Langhe, and Marcarini’s flagship wine. Only half the average production was made from the Brunate vineyard in 2014 due to extreme weather, which led to severe selection in the vines. The results, though, are exceptional. The Brunate style showcases incredible depth and complexity with spice, a menthol character and an intense yet sweet tannic profile. Although more broad-shouldered than La Serra, the 2014 vintage has more finesse than other vintages, with mountain herbs, bright cherry, tobacco and hints of sweet wood. The palate is filled by an amazing purity of fruit with crunchy, mouth-watering energy. Drink now to 2040.
Davy Zyw, Wine Buyer

The south exposure of the Paolin vineyards alongside the sandier soils give more immediacy and openness to the wines from this Cru. Agile fruit – plum, cherry and orange peel – is interwoven with ivy leaf, tobacco and black truffle. The tannins are ceramic and well-polished, thanks to the time spent maturing in Slavonian oak botti. This wine needs time to develop and broaden across the complex and intense palate. Drink 2020-2035.
Davy Zyw, Wine Buyer

Mario decided not to make a Barolo del Comune di Castiglione Falletto in the 2014 vintage, so this is very much a “super-Barolo”, with a higher percentage of Castiglione Falletto (75 percent) than in 2013 when it made up 60 percent. The remaining 25 percent comes from their La Morra Giachino vineyard. Cassis, rose petals and rosemary dance on the nose. The palate leads with these flavours but also shows more La Morra characters, earthiness and orange peel. The quality of Castiglione Falletto is perhaps more evident on the tight, more chiselled palate, with a gleam of coiled cassis. It’s taut, exciting, sapid and long. Drink 2022-2035.
Davy Zyw, Wine Buyer

Cherry tea, savoury herbs and a wave of chalky minerality on the nose leads onto an upfront palate, showcasing the depth and quality of this amazing site. Limestone soils give Asili more minerality and direction on the palate, supported by purity of fruit and light-footed intensity. Complex, poised and deep. Drink 2022-2040.
Davy Zyw, Wine Buyer

Barbaresco was 40 percent drier than Barolo during the 2014 vintage and the wines do show a different profile because of it. Roberto’s Rabajà vineyard is one of the great sites of Barbaresco; west-facing with deep, grey, marlclay soils. The nose is fine and compact; dried roses, truffle and bright fruit jump from the glass. Broad and mineral, it has a plump mid-palate fruit core and loads of juicy, fruity flavours, seasoned by flashes of minerality and floral top-notes. Charming and serious. Drink 2022-2040.
Davy Zyw, Wine Buyer

Complex, soft and seductive nose, with concentrated aromas of wild strawberry, crushed rose petal and eucalyptus. Very juicy and expansive on the palate, with a beautiful purity of fruit, great energy and precision, elegant tannins and a lingering saline finish. Outstanding. Drink from 2022+
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer

This vineyard is one of the most prized in La Morra. Nicola has aged the 2014 in 98 percent botti grandi and two percent barriques for a touch of sweet seasoning. Still very young to taste, this is already fine, with incense perfume. It’s complex to taste with taut cassis and wild strawberry, a focused minerality. It’s crunchy, cool and zippy. This wine already shows great complexity typical of this special vineyard. Delicate, refined and long. Drink 2020-2040.
Davy Zyw, Wine Buyer

Pretty nose, with aromas of strawberry, cassis and raspberry. Cool and crunchy fruit on the palate, focused and energetic, with lively acidity, silky tannins, and a captivating nervosity. Poised and pretty, with a saline finish. Drink 2018+
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer 

Pure notes of red and black fruit on the nose, reminiscent of cherries, raspberries and damsons, with hints of medicinal herbs in the background. Lovely depth on the palate, with juicy red and black fruit flowing in waves and filling the mouth, tempered by bright acidity and microscopically fine tannins. The finish is very long, velvety and elegant. A fabulous wine with amazing concentration, energy and balance. Quite forward for Vigna Rionda, this will give very pleasurable drinking while we wait for the 2011, 2012 and 2013 vintages to come round. 
Chris Pollington, Private Account Manager

Vigna Rionda is sited on a slope at elevations ranging from 820 to 1180 feet above sea level; the beneficial siting of this hill insures a great deal of sun throughout the day. The soils are a combination of marl, calcaire and a touch of sand; the vineyard is sheltered from excessive winds by the nearby Castelleto hill.

These vintages have been offered to our customers to allow them to take part in the regeneration of this outstanding vineyard and the latest 2014 offering proves once again that this perfectly situated and incredibly special vineyard will always capture the very best of vintage conditions.

This is the exciting new wine being presented by the Bruno Giacosa estate this year. The 2013 Barbaresco Rabajà comes from a half-hectare parcel purchased by Bruna Giacosa (Bruno's daughter) in 2013. Past incarnations of this wine were made with fruit that has now become part of the Asili cru under the revised map of vineyard crus. In other words, the name of the wine is technically the same, but the grapes used to make it are sourced from a different place starting with this vintage. This is a darkly enriched expression with ample power and muscle. The bouquet pours forth a beautiful array of dark fruit aromas with spice, smoke, laurel leaf and balsam herb. There's even a touch of aged cheddar or pecorino cheese that adds a spicy or piquant touch to the finish.
Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate (summer 2017)