47% Syrah, 27% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc. Floral, with red fruit notes on the nose and dark fruit accompanied on the palate by white pepper and a hint of cinnamon. A structure that shifts and evolves, with fine tannins and a pleasantly lingering finish.
Perfumed and complex on the nose, with outstanding aromas of ripe red and black fruits over subtle notes of crème de cassis, tobacco, and leather. Pepper, cinnamon, and dark chocolate notes. In palate is smooth but structured, with silky tannins. A blend consisting mostly of Cab Sauv, with a little Cab Franc, Petit Verdot, and Merlot to round things out.
Made of fruit grown in the Apalta and Marchigue regions of what is perhaps Chile's most well-known terroir, the Colchagua Valley, Purple Angel Carmenere is this varietal at its best. 70% of the wine sees 18 months in new French oak, giving it distinct dark chocolate and tobacco notes, and the fruit is well-expressed, with a hint of dried herbs.
The ultimate Old World/New World wine collaboration between Rothschild and Mondavi. It took the two of them four years to approve a label that suited them both.
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.
One of the best traditional producers, Luca Roagna makes masterful wines in Barbaresco and Barolo. Paje's wines, in a ripe vintage, show off the plum, licorice, and menthol in Nebbiolo.
