The red robin, who graces this wine with its name and image, is a symbol of Lombardy. The wine gets two years in barrel and is a blend of wines from all three of Arpepe's vineyards.
The Grumello wines from Arpepe come from limestone soils at high altitudes, making graceful Nebbiolo that brings high toned floral aromas with weightlessness on the palate.
From a vineyard planted at an altitude of 450m, this wine has a bouquet of cool, fresh-turned forest loam, with a warm minerality and herbaceousness on the palate.
Named for the red granite of the vineyard its fruit is grown in, this particular riserva has all the complexity you could ask for in an Alpine Nebbiolo, with a distinct sanguine quality that sets it apart from Arpepe's other efforts.
The 2007 vintage was awarded BEST ITALIAN WINE OF THE YEAR in 2018 by Gambero Rosso's Vini d'Italia. As it happens, 2016 is the best Valtellina vintage in well over thirty years.
The family that created Barolo Chinato still keeps their recipe secret. This is the best way you can finish a meal: single-vineyard Barolo macerated with spices and herbs to create a spectacular bitter wine amaro. A candidate for the best after-dinner drink in the world.
"Intense red with hints of garnet. Deeply sophisticated and showcasing its full pedigree in terms of both the bouquet and palate of the wine. The fruit quality is exceptional and each individual aroma can be distinguished with total clarity, from the cherry to the spices, whose focus and integration are exceptional.
"Pairs well with cold cuts and meat rich in flavour, cheeses with a strong and aromatic taste, in particular, Pecorino Toscano and Parmigiano."
