Italian Wine

The 2011 Bolgheri Sassicaia speaks to a broad yet very distinct audience. I am absolutely charmed by this vintage. Soft cherry and blackberry confit emerge from the bouquet in thick luscious waves. Leather spice and tar play supporting... Read More

It's been a while alas. The last vintage of this legendary wine was 2015. Skipping forward to a year of natural richness and concentration the Giacomo Conterno 2019 Barolo Riserva Monfortino is a magnificently executed wine.... Read More

The 2010 Barolo Riserva Monfortino is a perfect wine and there are few things I am more sure of in this life. This is an extraordinary creation that bursts from the glass with a level of distinct intensity and elegance that is... 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 bottle opens a new chapter for one of Italy's most celebrated and collected wines. The first vintage made entirely in its dedicated state-of-the-art winery (and the first vintage with a 10% dabble of Cabernet Franc added... Read More

Inky dark in appearance the 2020 Solaia is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with smaller percentages of Cabernet Franc and Sangiovese. This vintage unfolds to exuberant richness and thick layers of blackberry and plum. The tannins are... Read More

In the 1920s the Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta dreamt of creating a fundamental wine to appease the then aristocratic taste of Bordeaux wines. A wine produced from Cabernet Sauvignon however was a great change to the Tuscan... 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 2011 Bolgheri Sassicaia speaks to a broad yet very distinct audience. I am absolutely charmed by this vintage. Soft cherry and blackberry confit emerge from the bouquet in thick luscious waves. Leather spice and tar play supporting... Read More

At first I am shocked by the wine’s sheer richness and concentration. The intensity of the flavors is unreal. Iron smoke tobacco leather game and incense all lend gravitas to this decidedly potent virile Barolo. I find it pretty... Read More

Very much still a baby at the time of my tasting the Poggio di Sotto 2020 Brunello di Montalcino shares many similarities with the epic 2016 vintage in terms of its pretty perfumes and polished length. However this elegant wine... Read More

This excellent wine is slated to be released in January 2025. The Poggio di Sotto 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva shows a point of brilliant fruit over a medium-plus texture. The wine exhibits dusty tannins from the galestro-rich... Read More

Top notes of rose strawberry and cherry are underscored by earth menthol iron and tobacco flavors in this elegant yet intense red. Fluid with a texture that borders on viscous and excellent definition on the long complex finish.... Read More

Burlotto’s 2013 Barolo Cannubi is a showstopper. Literally. Conversation stops as attendees taste the 2013. This is what top-flight Barolo is all about. In 2013 the Monvigliero has gotten most of the attention and for good reason.... Read More

Roberto Conterno bought this parcel in Arione in 2015 and was well aware of the character and power of its fruit. The Giacomo Conterno 2021 Nebbiolo d'Alba Vigna Arione pretty much follows the same winemaking procedures as... Read More

With the white label the 2019 Barbaresco Asili is a wine of exceptional clarity and focus. That brightness is applied to the bouquet and the mouthfeel alike where the wine feels streamlined elegant and tight. Asili is redolent... Read More