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Medium brick in color the nose of the 1982 Mouton Rothschild is a little closed and sluggish to begin offering earthy cigar box iron ore star anise and dusty soil notes with a fruit core of kirsch dried mulberries blackcurrant... Read More

Perhaps the most beautiful packaging ever on a Bordeaux bottle Baroness Philippine de Rothschild literally produced a work of art in the gold-engraved bottle of 2000 Mouton Rothschild. Of course one can’t drink the glass but... Read More

Whilst I enjoyed several bona fide perfect examples of the 1982 Château Pichon Lalande in the late nineties my most recent encounters imply that these years were its peak. Nevertheless it remains a brilliant benchmark wine that... Read More

Vietti has the enormous advantage of 10 MGA sites at its disposition for blending purposes (and for making single-vineyard wines). This allows them to select the fruit they want to best express any one vintage. The 2018 Barolo... Read More

Vietti is one of a handful of estates to bring the Ravera MGA of Novello to the current popularity it enjoys now. Their 2018 Barolo Ravera has a smoky personality with crushed stone and pencil shavings. There is plenty of dark... Read More

Vietti's mighty 2017 Barolo Rocche di Castiglione is extremely polished and sharp showing the smallest details with microscope-like precision in this release of 3512 bottles. Tart cherry fruit segues to spice tarry smoke licorice... Read More

This is one of my sweetheart wines from Castiglione Falletto. The Vietti 2018 Barolo Rocche di Castiglione is beautifully etched and sharp with an especially delineated quality that is uncommon in this vintage. Fruit comes from... Read More