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- Caparzo Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2015WS94WE96JD94JS95$74.98Availability:In Stock
95 Points! A wine with purity and integration, offering black-cherry, blueberry and orange-peel aromas and flavors. Hot stone, too. Full-bodied and very tight with integrated tannins that go on. Needs time to show it all. - JamesSuckling.com
94 Points! This red is opulent and bursting with cherry, raspberry, rose and earth flavors, and an underlying spiciness from the new oak. Harmonious and long, refined tannins detail the finish. Best from 2023 through 2043. - Wine Spectator
Learn More - Ipsus Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2015$349.98 As low as $314.98Availability:In StockHURRY, ONLY 3 LEFT!
- Col d'Orcia Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Poggio al Vento 2015WS94JS94WA95VM96+$144.98Availability:In Stock
96+ Points! The darkly alluring 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Poggio al Vento requires coaxing to unlock its aromatics from their youthful state. However, patience is rewarded, as crushed stones and ashen earth give way to red and black wild berries offset by hints of camphor and, finally, a note of sweet tobacco. Its textures are like pure silk draped across the palate, as a saturation of salty minerals settle in. Vivid notes of tart black cherry and an air of inner rose resonate throughout as fine tannins slowly clench the senses. The result is one of hulking structure yet also a potent staining of primary concentration; yet through it all bright acids maintain supreme balance. Wow, the 2015 Poggio at Vento is a masterpiece in the making. - Eric Guido, Vinous Media
Learn MoreHURRY, ONLY 4 LEFT! - Giuseppe Quintarelli Ca' del Merlo 2015$94.98Availability:Out of Stock
55% Corvina and Corvinone, 30% Rondinella, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc Nebbiolo, Croatina, Sangiovese...
A single vineyard bottling
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• 50% of grapes are pressed immediately after harvest, 50% are dried for 2 months
• After 3-4 days of maceration, primary fermentation starts with indigenous yeasts
• Wine is racked and then sits until February
• Wine is racked onto the lees of the Amarone which starts a second alcoholic fermentation (this process is called ripasso)
• After this fermentation, the wine is racked into large Slavonian oak barrels for seven years - Fattoria Magliano Poggio Bestiale 2015DEC91JS91$46.98Availability:In Stock
91 Points! Delicate cedary scents and earthy notes of leather over tarry dark fruit notes. Complex and multilayered with a spicy finish. - Decanter Magazine
91 Points! Dark cherries, roasted herbs, spices and tea leaves. Medium body, round and velvety tannins and a bright and medium-chewy finish. Drink now. - JamesSuckling.com
Learn More - Cocito Barbaresco Riserva Baluchin 2013WA93VM92$64.98Availability:In Stock
93 Points! This wine is always released much later than its peers. The Cocito 2013 Barbaresco Riserva Baluchin draws its fruit from a cool and high-altitude growing site in Neive where obtaining acidity and fruit brightness is never a problem. These conditions also suggest a longer cellar-aging window. The fact that the 2013 vintage was spared major temperature spikes during the summer months further reinforces these impressions. This Riserva presents dark cassis and plum, with some spicy elements of crushed clove, balsamic herb or rosemary essence. - Monica Larner, robertparker.com
Learn MoreHURRY, ONLY 1 LEFT! - Castello di Monsanto Cabernet Sauvignon Toscana Nemo 2013JS93WA93VM93$58.98Availability:In Stock
93 Points! Very specific to the variety with rosemary oil and wild sage, the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Nemo is a thick and brooding wine with loads of concentration and thick extraction. This is a beautiful expression that is endowed with power and impressive length. The quality of fruit in this slightly cooler vintage is sharp, focused and penetrating. - Monica Larner, robertparker.com
Learn MoreHURRY, ONLY 8 LEFT! - Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Pianrosso 2015WS97JS100WA97$159.98Availability:Out of Stock
100 Points! The opulence of fruit and complexity of earth, meat, mushroom and cedar is breathtaking. It’s full-bodied, deep and powerful with so much intensity and depth. Chewy and layered, it goes on for minutes. Give it even more time. Try after 2023. - JamesSuckling.com
Learn More - Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Asili 2015WS95JS95WA94VM94$184.98Availability:In Stock94 Points! In 2013, the father and daughter winemaking team of Bruno and Bruna Giacosa decided not to produce their Barbaresco Asili. They made a Rabajà expression instead. Asili was vinified separately again in 2014 and more recently to create the impressive 2015 Barbaresco Asili. This wine was bottled one year ago in July and has been on the market since February. This expression offers accessible and generous fruit tones, with blackcurrant and dark plum. The wine delivers big inner power with evident tannic firmness and a point of astringency on the finish. All it needs is more time in the bottle. - Monica Larner, Wine AdvocateLearn MoreHURRY, ONLY 2 LEFT!
- Le Ragnaie Brunello di Montalcino V.V. Vigna Vecchia 2015DEC95JS96WA95VM97Special Price $124.98 Regular Price $179.98Availability:In Stock97 Points! Bright medium red-ruby. Tighter on the nose than the Fornace bottling but less so than the Casanovina Montosoli, hinting at red fruits and flowers. Then surprisingly smooth and suave in the mouth, with great class and gorgeous purity to the dark and red berry, herb and bitter chocolate flavors. Penetrating minerality contributes to the impression of precision and verve on the long, multilayered and smooth finish. - Ian D'Agata, Vinous Media Learn MoreHURRY, ONLY 5 LEFT!
- Castello Di Ama Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Bellavista 2013 MagnumJS94WA95VM94$449.98Availability:In Stock95 Points! The superb 2013 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigneto Bellavista shows impeccable balance and offers a classic portrait of Sangiovese (with a small part Malvasia Nera). Castello di Ama has a beautifully unique way of interpreting the potential of the Chianti Classico appellation and this wine is a prime example. The bouquet follows classic lines with wild berry and spice, but Vigneto Bellavista also boasts a wild side with some cured meat and animal-like aromas that suit it very well. The mouthfeel is polished and streamlined, but those dark fruit flavors should flesh out with more bottle aging. - Monica Larner, Wine Advocate #228Learn MoreHURRY, ONLY 1 LEFT!
- Gravner Ribolla Gialla Venezia-Giulia 2015JS96$124.98Availability:In Stock
96 Points! Gorgeous aromas of persimmons and spices as nutmeg, cinnamon, orange peel, and hints of caramel. Honey and apricot. Full-bodied, dry and layered with dried fruits such as apricots and pears. Botrytis spice. Fine silky phenolic texture and a flavorful finish. Layered and fascinating. Serve at 16 to 18 degrees centigrade. Drink or hold.- JamesSuckling.com
Learn MoreHURRY, ONLY 12 LEFT! - Pertimali di Livio Sassetti Brunello di Montalcino Mulino 2015JS94VM93$84.98Availability:In Stock
93 Points! This is the first vintage of the 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Mulino from Pertimali, a lower-elevation cru that’s noted for the high level of marine fossils found in its soils. Here I find a classic display of dried roses, black cherry, dusty earth and freshly-tanned leather. It envelopes the palate in fleshy textures offset by a mix of tart wild berries, zesty acids and savory spice, as building tension puckers the cheeks, seeding them with fine-grained tannins. This comes across as structured yet remarkably balanced, and it’s a beautiful expression of the vintage. Lose your bottles in the cellar for two to three years, and then reap the rewards. -
Learn MoreHURRY, ONLY 12 LEFT! - Musso Barbaresco Riserva Pora 2015WA93$59.98Availability:In Stock
93 Points! The Musso 2015 Barbaresco Riserva Pora offers hints of dried cherry and dark fruit with dustings of sweet pipe tobacco. The wine is streamlined and elegant in terms of mouthfeel, although the bouquet is a notch richer and more concentrated in this warm vintage. One noticeable thing about this Riserva Pora is how soft and integrated the tannins are. - Monica Larner, robertparker.com
Learn MoreHURRY, ONLY 5 LEFT! - Paolo Conterno Barolo Ginestra 2013JS93WA95$69.98Availability:In Stock
95 Points! The 2013 Barolo Ginestra shows grace and purity, with significant power at the back that is partially fueled by the wine's well-integrated alcohol (recorded at 15%). The wine's texture is compact, and the flavor knitting is tight and carefully detailed. These qualities bode very well for the future evolution of this vintage that will undoubtedly soften and flesh out with more time in the bottle. - Monica Larner, robertparker.com
Learn More - Pertimali di Livio Sassetti Brunello di Montalcino 2015JS98Special Price $59.98 Regular Price $79.98Availability:Out of Stock98 Points! There’s something ethereal in the nose with flowers, cherries, strawberries and shitake mushrooms. Full body. This grows on the palate with super tannin and fruit structure. So much berry flavor and round, caressing tannins that fill your mouth. Tight at the end. This needs four to five years to show its true greatness. - JamesSuckling.com Learn More
- Ca' Rome Barolo Vigna Ceretta 2013 1.5L MagnumJS93Special Price $149.98 Regular Price $214.98Availability:Out of Stock93 Points! Aromas of plums and dried berries in addition to spices and cedar. Medium-bodied, firm and silky with a beautiful finish. Just a hint of new wood. Drink now or hold. Better in 2019. Great vineyard. - JamesSuckling.com Learn More