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. In 2018, Gambero Rosso’s Vini d’Italia awarded BEST ITALIAN RED WINE OF THE YEAR to the 2007 vintage of this wine. And 2016 is the best Valtellina vintage in well over thirty years.
Named after Eugenio and Cinzia’s daughter, Lucia, the “Lu” Barolo is made of the best clusters from two of their best crus, seeing two years in foudre, six to twelve months in glass-lined cement vats, and another year resting in bottle before release. As herbaceous and complex as you could ask Barolo to be.
Made of fruit from the first vineyard Eugenio and Cinzia planted, this is Nebbiolo as you'd expect from Alba. Complex, structured, and delicious. This one deserves to be savoured.
This wine is more raspberry patch than raspberry, with all the brambly, stemmy, earthy herbaceousness you could ask of a properly treated Barolo. From a vineyard where the cover-crops are scythed to avoid noise pollution, this wine exemplifies the hands-on diligence of Ferdinando's practices.
Full-bodied, with red fruit, gentle oak, and velvety tannins, Ferdinando's entry-level Barolo will inspire your appetite for a rich risotto or meaty pasta. This wine plays well with others. 2019 was one of the three great Piedmont vintages of the 2010s.
Albesani is one of the top vineyard sites in Barbaresco and this is Roagna's second vintage with the fruit. The wine is dark, with berries and intensely earthy aromas after aging in barrel for 5 years before release.
