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"Fabulous purity of crushed fruit - strawberries and raspberries, with hints of fresh roses. Full-bodied, with an amazing concentration and a palat...

"Savory, sanguine and packed with sweet cherry, strawberry, spice and tobacco flavors, this is mature, elegant, seamless, complex and long. A joy t...

"Medium ruby-garnet. A bit advanced. Cooked plum, berry and Indian spices follow through to a full body, with soft tannins and a fruity finish. Lon...

"Tasted as a barrel sample, the 2015 Le Pergole Torte is a 100% expression of Sangiovese sourced from the estate's oldest vines (between 30 and 50 ...

"Blockbuster. Ruby-garnet color with a brick-red hue. Aromas of ripe berry, almost prune, with coffee and mahogany, turning to berry and plum. Full...

"Floral aromatics give way to bright spiced red fruits, menthol and licorice as the 2005 Barbaresco opens in the glass. This is a firm, classically...

"Boy, this is beautiful to smell! Fresh-picked strawberries and cherries, with just the right amount of cloves. Hints of prunes. Full-bodied, with ...

Winemaker's notes: "The wine is bright golden in colour, sweet spicy on the nose, nuances of iodine minerality, with dried apricot and chamomile hi...

"A Mediterranean-style wine. Stunning elegance on the nose, with vibrant dried eucalyptus leaves, flowers, restrained brambleberries and hints of b...

"Plenty of red currant, cedar, iron and terra cotta aromas follow through to a medium to full body with graphite, sandalwood, red currants and fres...

"The multidimensional 1998 Barolo Le Vigne possesses huge layers of black cherry fruit infused with rose petals, tar, balsam wood, mineral, and sub...

"The 1999 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Madonna del Piano is a stunning and superb wine that will simply blow you away... Aged aromas of old spice...

"2000 Barolo Monprivato is a pretty wine laced with red berries, rose petals and licorice. Sweet spice notes appear as the wine shows off its gorge...

"The 2001 Barolo Monprivato is striking. It boasts gorgeous textural depth and richness to match its highly expressive, compelling aromatics. The w...

"Colour: garnet red with orange-coloured highlights; Nose: complex, very fruity, elegant, intense, spicy, with flowery touches; Taste: excellent bo...

"The 1999 Barolo Monprivato is once again stellar. In this tasting, it is the wine's flamboyant fruit and super-expressive aromatics that jump from...

"Smells of ripe bilberry, blackberry and black currant, with an undertone of violet. Rich and round, this is balanced by lively acidity and refined...

This vineyard rose to prominence in the 1950s when Prince Alberico Boncompagni Ludovisi befriended Tancredi Biondi Santi, known as the “Father of B...

"Made from Grechetto and Viognier grapes. Aged “sur lies” in 10-hectoliter oak and chestnut barrels. The color is a pale golden yellow, a sign of a...

"Dark-fruited and chocolaty character here with crushed walnuts, dried leaves, licorice and hints of moss. Medium- to full-bodied, polished and sil...

"Less obvious and definitely more flirtatious, this gorgeous wine playfully dangles subtle hints of licorice, dark fruit, anisette and Middle Easte...

"Crushed iris, pressed rose, perfumed berry and eucalyptus scents come together on this stunning wine. The elegantly structured palate delivers red...

"This wine is now identified by a single vineyard designation but was once the estate's annata Brunello. The 2011 Brunello di Montalcino Vigneti de...

"Luca Currado is on a roll. This is the third vintage (in as many years) that blows me off my feet. The 2010 Barolo Riserva Villero is a spectacula...

Bottled in San Gimignano, this Tenuta Torciano Collection release represents a luxury expression of Tuscan winemaking. The wine is full-bodied and ...

"Smooth, full-bodied and glossy, this opens with aromas of licorice, underbrush, tobacco and ripe plum. The aromas carry over to the juicy envelopi...

"It takes its name from an area of the Cru of Castelletto. The selected grapes in the oldest part of the vineyard enable to obtain a full-bodied wi...

"The 1985 Barolo Ginestra exhibits aromas and flavors of melted asphalt, dried herbs, underbrush, and sweet black and red fruits, all infused with ...

"Dark ruby with purple hues, the 2015 Recioto della Valpolicella Classico is youthfully coy, requiring coaxing to evolve in the glass. Swirling...

"Tightly wound now, with blackberry, black currant, iron, rosemary, cedar and toasty oak spice aromas and flavors. Though firm and compact, this ha...

"This is a good example of how the 1998 vintage was better in the region of Bolgheri than 1997. It shows superb fruit with berry and chocolate char...

"Working with his father, he became fascinated by the different terroirs of nebbiolo, the great grape variety with which Barolo and Barbaresco are ...

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Punta di Villa displays a deep red hue with ruby highlights and a complex bouquet of ripe red fruits and subtle...

"In many ways, the gorgeous 2014 Barolo Lazzarito is the most surprising wine in the range. Once a stylistic outlier with a considerable French oak...

"The 2014 Solaia will be released during the second half of 2017. This is a fine-tuned expression that shows a focused sense of detail and careful ...

"A wine with superb finesse and depth. So subtle and understated yet powerful and long. The tannin intensity is amazing. It just builds like a mass...

"Luca Currado is on a roll. This is the third vintage (in as many years) that blows me off my feet. The 2010 Barolo Riserva Villero is a spectacula...

"This is the top-shelf wine from Mariacristina Oddero and her family. The 2016 Barolo Riserva Vignarionda is magnificent on all fronts. I am especi...

"Readers should do whatever they can to get their hands on a few bottles of the 2013 d'Alceo. Seamless and voluptuous in the glass, it is an epic w...

"Earthy aromas of leather, tilled soil, blue flower, mature black fruit and a balsamic note waft from the glass. The firm palate delivers spiced pl...

"Forest floor, new leather, eucalyptus and dried herb aromas lead the nose while the structured, polished palate offers crushed Marasca cherry, pom...

Tignanello comes from a 57-hectare vineyard on limestone-rich, southwest-facing slopes at 350–400m elevation. It was the first wine in the region t...

The Gioiello Collection from Tenuta Torciano presents limited-edition wines with artistic designs, including the Brunello di Montalcino 2014 featur...

"Warm aromas of plums, rose petals and spices with hints of sandalwood. Some tar. Full body, dense center palate with glorious fruit and a fantasti...