Italy
Poderi Aldo Conterno 2020 Barolo DOCG, Piedmont, Italy
A fine and silky wine with the elegant power that is characteristics of this special cru. The wine shows bright fruit flavors with cherry and blackcurrant followed by earthy iris root and licorice. There is a hint of perfume or church incense.
$114.99
Masciarelli Marina Cvetić 2020 S. Martino Rosso Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva, Italy
Darkly floral with a woodland-inspired bouquet that blends flowery underbrush with crushed ashen stones and dried black cherries. It’s round and supple with ripe red and blue fruit complicated by a tinge of pepper. Violet inner florals swirl throughout.
$29.99
Vodopivec 2015 Vitovska, Carso, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Lemon yellow, pure and clean scent with a strong parmesan scent upon opening and then transcends to fruits and yeast. On the palate there's soft saltiness, flint and walnuts.
$49.99
Vodopivec 2012 Solo MM12 Vitovska, Carso, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Pouring a golden hue, this powerful, textural wine teems with crushed stones, ash, bergamot, and ample mineral salts, woven with elderflower and apricot fuzz. Striking and memorable and age worthy, this is a stunner.
$69.99
MASSETO 2016 Toscana IGT, Tuscany, Italy 3L
Aromas of underbrush, cedar, camphor and cassis waft out of the glass along with a whiff of flower. Firmly structured, full-bodied palate offers dried cherry, black currant jam, grilled sage and espresso alongside soft tannins. Dense, richly concentrated.
$4,999.97
Le Macchiole 2017 Messorio, Toscana IGT Tuscany, Italy
A beam of black cherry and blackberry permeates this red, accented by rosemary, thyme, iron and oak spice. Balanced and graceful, this should begin to hit its stride in two to three years, once the oak is absorbed. Merlot. Best from 2023 through 2040.
$249.99
Fontodi 2018 Vigna del Sorbo Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG, Tuscany, Italy
Quite possibly the most elegant, refined version. Impresses with elegance, persistence and all class. Bright floral, spice notes add perfume to a core of fruit. This represents a move towards greater finesse. A year in French oak, 2nd in cask.
$104.99
Tenuta di Nozzole 2024 'Le Bruniche' Chardonnay di Toscana IGT, Tuscany, Italy
Pure Chardonnay, no oak or malolactic fermentation. Subtle aromas of fresh orchard fruit, white blossom and raw almonds. Medium-bodied and vivid with a creamy texture. Polished, round and flavorful, best served chilled.
$19.99
Valdicava 2019 Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany, Italy
Expressive and decidedly imposing flavors: wet flowers, hot asphalt, cinchona, rhubarb, wet earth, chinotto, shredded cedar + elderflower. Black cherries in the background create the main framework of excellent presence. Full body, perfectly soft tannins.
$199.97
Guerrieri Gonzaga Tenuta San Leonardo 2017 'San Leonardo' Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
An elegant red, full of scents of balsam, spicy black and red berries, tobacco and earth. A tangy attack of sweet fleshy red fruits is followed by some spicy, earthy currants and fine-grained, grippy tannins. Intense, fragrant and complex, long finish.
$99.99
GAJA 2018 Pieve Santa Restituta 'Sugarille', Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Italy
Showing extra richness and textural weight, from a single site of schistous galestro soils giving a heavier center of gravity and its distinguished power and heft. Dark fruit, balsam herb and pencil shavings shape a beautiful and precise bouquet.
$239.97
Poggio al Tesoro 2013 'W Dedicato a Walter' Cabernet Franc, Bolgheri Superiore, Tuscany, Italy
This bold expression of Cabernet Franc opens with aromas of dark berry, grilled bell pepper, scorched earth and Mediterranean brush. The big, structured palate delivers black-currant jam, graphite, cocoa and licorice alongside fine-grained tannins.
$199.99
Podere Salicutti 2016 Piaggione Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany, Italy
Piaggione's personality is generous, open knit and elegant. The oak is well integrated and the wine offers taut, fresh and pure fruit intensity. There are bright berry and sour cherry aromas with blue flower, rosemary and a touch of crushed stone
$119.99
Giacomo Conterno 2021 Nebbiolo d'Alba Vigna Arione, Piedmont, Italy
Perfumed and silky on the palate, with medium-bodied structure, the 2021 embodies the virtues of elegance and class. Crushed flowers, white pepper and mint play off a core of vibrant, red-toned fruit. What a beautiful wine this is, let it breathe.
$237.99
Giacomo Conterno 2019 Cerretta, Barolo, Italy DOCG
Very fine and structured with plums, peaches, and orange peel. Medium-bodied with very fine tannins. It goes on and on at the finish. Juicy. Savory. Makes you want to drink it.
$289.99
Giacomo Conterno 2022 Cerretta Barbera d'Alba Piedmont, Italy
‘Cerretta’ comes from its namesake vineyard and 2008 was the family’s inaugural vintage here. Mineral-laced notes of black plums, rosemary, earth spice, and balsamic dominate the wine’s high-toned palate. This is Barbera in one of its finest forms.
$99.99
Giacomo Conterno 2014 Monfortino, Barolo Riserva DOCG, Piedmont, Italy
The wine's bouquet is nuanced and fine with redcurrant, mint, blood orange, toasted aniseed, baked clay and tarry smoke. Initially, you get a savory touch of succulent grilled meat that adds to the "chewy" quality of the wine. 100 points - Robert Parker.
$1,999.99
Giacomo Conterno 2013 Monfortino, Barolo Riserva DOCG, Piedmont, Italy
Warm aromas of plums, rose petals and spices with hints of sandalwood. Some tar. Full body, dense center palate with glorious fruit and a fantastic finish. Very, very polished and fine tannins. Vertical and deep. A great Monfortino.
$1,999.99
Massolino 2021 Albesani Barbaresco DOCG, Piedmont, Italy
The 2021 Barbaresco Albesani reveals impressive depth in its layered notes of preserved red cherries, cedar, dusty earth, potpourri, roses, and raspberries. It’s medium-bodied but expands on the palate with a velvety texture and offers ripe tannins.
$119.99
GAJA 2019 Barbaresco DOCG, Piedmont, Italy
Reveals multidimensional aromas and flavors of rose, cherry, licorice and spices. This is fused to a vibrant structure that, for now, gives a taut, almost racy profile. Marrying power and grace, this ends in a long, floral- and spice-tinged aftertaste.
$329.97
Nicolò Grippaldi 2020 'Salvatore Grippaldi' Sicilia, Sicily, Italy
Lovely aromas of baked strawberries, crushed cherries, black tea and roses. Full-bodied with powdery tannins that coat the mouth. Nuanced and light-footed with subtle concentration that allows for a generous finish. Very nicely balanced and articulate.
$79.99
Ferdinando Principiano 2020 'Boscareto' Barolo DOCG, Piedmont, Italy
Only made in vintages where the wine is expected to age 30+ years. Complex, classic rose and Serralunga anise on nose, wonderfully vibrant from start to finish. Bright red-toned fruit, orange peel, spice, mint and white pepper are beautifully delineated.
$149.99
Loghi 2020 Rosso di Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
Soft and perfectly ripe cherries, cherry cordial, forested truffled earthiness, and cocoa fill the nose as well as the mouth, and then is a long roller coast of a finish with intermingled acidity and delicious tannins.
$27.99
Giuseppe Quintarelli 2024 Bianco Secco Ca' del Merlo, Veneto IGT, Italy 1.5L
Straw-yellow gold, seducing with apricot, white peach, citrus fruit and white flowers, underpinned by a subtle mineral tension and a hint of honey and flintstone. Concentrated pear meets candied lemon peel –carried by a lively freshness and depth.
$153.97