Italian Wine Over $100

A fine and pretty Barolo with plenty of strawberry and mushroom character. White truffle too. It’s medium-to full-bodied and creamy with medium round tannins. Delicious now and will improve nicely.

Dark red. The captivating complex nose offers urgent aromas of red cherry dried redcurrant brown spices roasted coffee violet botanical herbs and licorice. Sweet ripe and velvety with wonderful inner-mouth perfume to the flavors... Read More

The Altesino 2020 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna Montosoli has a rich and syrupy side that underlines the brightness of the fruit in this vintage. That core of dark fruit is framed by mineral notes of black slate and crushed river... Read More

Like many other producers in the appellation Altesino jumped forward from the 2017 Riserva directly to this vintage. The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva shows more density and overall fruit weight. The wine also reveals thick... Read More

The Argiano 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna del Suolo has an elegant ever-changing bouquet with black fruits and a pronounced mineral signature of dusty slate and crushed stone. With 63-year-old vines this site is located along... Read More

Marco Caprai strikes again with yet another beautiful vintage of his top-shelf red. The 2013 Montefalco Sagrantino 25 Anni is a darkly saturated and thickly extracted wine with a full and generous style. The wine is redolent of... Read More

The 2014 Montefalco Sagrantino 25 Anni is a steady and rich wine that shows dark primary fruit that is followed by a long succession of spice smoke and tar-like aromas. You get the full Sagrantino package here with ample muscle... Read More

This bottle is a true ambassador for Umbria. You get ample varietal tones in the 2016 Montefalco Sagrantino 25 Anni with bitter chocolate and baking spice but Caprai does a terrific job of softening up and fleshing out the Sagrantino... Read More

Of the four single-vineyard wines presented by Azelia this is the only one that draws its fruit from Castiglione Falletto. The other three see fruit from Serralunga d'Alba. It makes sense then that the 2016 Barolo Bricco Fiasco... Read More

The Azelia 2016 Barolo San Rocco presents broad and sweeping aromatic brush strokes and the tannins are pronounced in this wine from Serralunga d'Alba. This is probably the bottle you put at the back of your cellar while the... Read More

This wine is on the market now. The Bartolo Mascarello 2020 Barolo represents a blend of fruit from five sites for the first time Maria Teresa Mascarello tells me excitedly. The classic blend of the recent past saw fruit from... Read More

This is the wine that started it all. Benanti's Pietra Marina wine started a quarter century ago and its success is what put Etna—especially its white wines—on the map of the world's best wine territories. The 2019... Read More

This is an epic vintage that has been expertly interpreted by the Biondi-Santi winemaking team. The 2021 Rosso di Montalcino has impressive complexity and finesse the result of many complicated blending decisions. The wine remains... Read More

It’s almost impossible to imagine that the 1985 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva La Storica has just celebrated its thirty-sixth birthday. It displays a brilliant ruby red color and amazing clarity in the glass with only the slightest... Read More

The Borgo del Tiglio 2022 Collio Ronco della Chiesa (in the dark green label) is another inspiring expression from one of Italy's most exciting white-wine artisans. The grape is Friulano (aged in barrique for 10 months) and... Read More

The 2009 Barolo Otin Fiorin Piè Franco-Michet is pliant supple and inviting with no hard edges and plenty of immediate appeal. The sweet dark cherry tobacco plum and spice flavors are nicely pushed forward. I imagine the 2009... Read More

The 2009 Barolo Otin Fiorin Piè Rupestris - Nebioli is a fabulous start to this evening as it is in such a beautiful spot right now. Open-knit and sensual the 2009 envelops the palate with rich pliant fruit all wrapped into a... Read More

The 1994 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is a fitting wine to round out the first day of this very special retrospective featuring wines back to the inaugural 1977. Powerful and explosive to the core the 1994 is seriously beautiful.... Read More

This is a classic beauty. The 2019 d'Alceo made with 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Petit Verdot is dark and enriched but magically it is never heavy or bulky. It carries its weight with feather-like grace backed by dry tannins... Read More

Organic fruit for this wine comes from a small parcel within the hilltop Bricco Boschis cru with 60-year-old vines. The Cavallotto 2017 Barolo Riserva Bricco Boschis Vigna San Giuseppe shows ample texture and softness with layers... Read More

With vines planted in 1992 in a cozy and protected position within the folds of hills above Gattinara at 400 meters in elevation the Molsino vineyard is known to produce extra fruit weight concentration and power. This is definitely... Read More