2015 Italy

This savoury rosé is crafted from hand-selected grapes from some of the cooler areas of the Monte Bernardi vineyards. This gives a well-structured wine offering a plethora of aromatics, great elegance and firm minerality.  Mostly Sangiovese with a pinch of complementary Chianti grapes (Canaiolo, Malvasia and Trebbiano), this rosé will delight at any table. Drink now to 2020
Stefania Masin, Buying Assistant (April 2019)

Pretty nose with aromas of raspberry and red cherry, a hint of sweet spice and rose petal. On the palate the tannins are fine grained, the fruit has lovely concentration, held up by lively acidity and subtle notes of clove and sandalwood from time in slavonian oak botti grandi (1yr), and a lingering finish. Drink from 2018+
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer

This is a new wine for Marcarini, using selections from the crus La Serra and Brunate. The effect is to intensify the two senior wines, of which the production is now smaller. Think of this a little like a “second wine”. It sees a lighter maceration, but is aged exactly like the crus, with 24 months in large old botte. The 2015 has a fine, creamy texture and a deep, satisfying finish. Drink 2022-2035.

Freen fig and briar fruit on the nose is underpinned by graphite minerality and cherry stone on the palate. Juicy acidity and ripe phenolics provide a fine backbone.

Nicola sources 80% of the fruit for this from his Berri vineyard, which lies in the extreme west of the Barolo region next to the Tanaro river. Younger soils, comprising limestone and pebbles, give a fruitier and more expressive style of La Morra, but with more assertive tannins. The remaining portion of wine is from another La Morra cru, Capalot, where older vines and soils, together with Eastern exposure, act as the perfect foil for Berri – adding flesh, density and roundness. Drink 2022-2035.

This is a triumphant blend of six crus, beautifully capturing the essence of Serralunga. Like all Davide’s Baroli, this is fermented in concrete before being matured in custom-made French oak botti grandi. Typically firm in structure, it has a dark core of fruit and dried herbs. Being Serralunga, its ability to age is never in question, but the 2015 is perhaps fleshier than other recent vintages, allowing slightly earlier enjoyment. Drink 2022-2035.

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Named after Davide’s mother, this is no ordinary Langhe Nebbiolo. Giovanni Rosso owns just over a hectare in the legendary Vigna Rionda cru. In 2011 Davide replanted two thirds of this vineyard which had become exhausted, preserving the remaining healthy 70-year-old vines for his iconic Barolo Vigna Rionda. The fruit for this wine comes from those replanted, young vines. The result is a serious wine befitting its vineyard heritage, with a dark core of blueberries, dark cherries and spice, and grippy tannins. Drink 2020-2035.
Matt Smith, Buyer (March 2019)

Davide Rosso makes this Langhe Nebbiolo from the younger vines in Vigna Rionda – one of Barolo, and indeed Piedmont’s, very best vineyards. Vigna Rionda is to Serralunga d’Alba what La Romanée-Conti is to Vosne-Romanée.
This “entry-level” expression offers a “mini” Vigna Rionda Barolo – with pretty aromas of strawberry, cassis and raspberry. Cool and crunchy fruit fills the palate, which is focused and energetic, with lively acidity, silky tannins and a captivating nervosity. Poised, with a saline finish – this is a remarkable expression of a truly special vineyard. Drink now to 2025.

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Tzingana means “gypsy” in Tuscan dialect; it is a classic Bordeaux blend with its soul rooted in Tuscany. Unusually, Monte Bernardi harvests and vinifies the grapes – Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot -together, believing it to give the wine greater depth and harmony. The result is rich and full-bodied with layers of cassis and dark cherry fruit, but with a freshness and elegance which is typical of Monte Barnardi’s wines. Perfect with game ragù, a Florentine steak or rich mushroom dishes. Drink now to 2030.
Matt Smith, Wine Buyer (summer 2019)

A fabulous nose of red cherry and plum fruit is tempered by spice and hints of new oak. The wien is palate-filling and full-bodied in the mouth, with notes of ripe red, autumnal fruit, leather and spice, all kept in check by great acidity and the ripest of fine-grained tannins. As lovely as this is now, some time in the cellar will only render it more complex and mellow. A delightful wine. Drink 2021-2035+.
Chris Pollington, Private Account Manager

Like the Vigna del Sorbo, the 2014 Flaccianello della Pieve spends a few additional months in botte grande than usual. The wine still breathes in large oak cask, but the environment is slightly more reductive (oxygen-free) compared to smaller barrique, thus allowing for a more complete and slower integration that is necessary in a cool vintage like this. The result is a beautifully complete wine that takes a few minutes to spread its wings. The bouquet starts off with a timid personality, but soon reaches a full regime of red fruit and spice that is so specific to this celebrated selection of Sangiovese from Panzano in Chianti. The September heat (following a gray, soggy summer) helped to eventually achieve fully ripened tannins. There is no greenness or astringency to disturb the soft and velvety mouthfeel. Thanks to severe fruit selection, production of the 2014 Flaccianello della Pieve is one-third less than average. Giovanni Manetti calls 2014 a vintage of opportunity. Although Panzano saw less average rainfall in 2014 compared to neighboring villages, Fontodi vineyards required double the work that year. This is an impressive achievement.
Monica Larner - 28/04/2017

Serra, lying a stone’s throw from the Rosso winery, is one of the coldest vineyards in Serralunga, east-facing and terrifyingly steep. The combination of poor, calcareous soil and its easterly exposition gives wines of incredible finesse which are often austere and structural in youth. The 2015 is typical of the vineyard, with a very bright, almost crunchy profile. Sour cherry and balsamic notes give way to savoury, meaty flavours and fine, porcelain tannins. Drink 2024- 2040.