Antinori 2017 Tignanello 750ml $135.99 The Marchesi Antinori 2017 Tignanello (made with Sangiovese and smaller parts Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc) is a dark, exuberant and inviting wine. I tasted my sample after a double decanting and was pleased by the profound nature of the wine... Add to Cart
Canalicchio di Sopra 2014/2015 Brunello di Montalcino 750ml $108.60 [2014] The 2014 Brunello di Montalcino definitely shows the more accessible and easy-drinking side of this celebrated Sangiovese-based appellation in southern Tuscany. The wine offers all the prerequisite Brunello characteristics of wild berry and... Add to Cart
Antinori 2011 Tignanello 750ml $212.95 Kirsch, rose petal, pomegranate, exotic spices and mint are woven together in a fabric of notable class in the 2011 Tignanello. An exotic wine that captures the essence of the year, the 2011 is endowed with magnificent complexity, nuance and class. The... Add to Cart
Siro Pacenti 2013 Brunello di Montalcino Vecchie Vigne 750ml $130.34 Giancarlo Pacenti knows his land well and is a skillful farmer, especially with regards to navigating a challenging vintage like this. The 2012 Brunello di Montalcino Vecchie Vigne boasts a beautifully saturated ruby color that appears healthy and bright... Add to Cart
Elio Grasso 2015 Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate 750ml $165.13 There is slightly more structure to the 2015 Barolo Ginestra Casa Maté than to the Gavarini Chiniera of the same vintage, and the only differences here are the soils and that this fruit is harvested about ten days later. It's a pretty fascinating... Add to Cart
Pertimali 2015 Brunello Di Montalcino 750ml $117.30 The 2013 Brunello di Montalcino is a wine of beautiful and noteworthy elegance. It shows a fine and delicate quality of fruit, with wild berry and dark cherry at the front. That fruit intensity builds slowly as the wine warms in the glass, but it always... Add to Cart
Azelia 2014 Barolo Margheria DOCG 750ml $129.99 The 2014 Barolo Margheria opens with beguiling, deep-pitched aromatics. Bright red cherry and plum fruit, licorice, anise, rose water and orange peel are some of the many notes that give the wine its personality. Bright, saline and sculpted in feel, the... Add to Cart
Pio Cesare 2015 Barolo 750ml $130.35 The 2014 Barolo shows crisp lines and sharp delineation. At its core, this cool-vintage Nebbiolo offers dark and enriched fruit that is layered between spice, grilled herb, cola and balsam herb. These various components find very good balance and unity,... Add to Cart
Elvio Cogno 2014 Barolo Riserva Ravera "Vigna Elena" 750ml $147.74 The 2014 Barolo Riserva Ravera Vigna Elena is seamless in the glass, with stunning balance and all of the pedigree of this year. Medium in body and gracious, it shows elegant notes of rose petal, mint, white pepper, sweet tobacco and dried flowers. Sweet... Add to Cart
Fontodi 2017 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna del Sorbo 750ml $121.65 Another captivating wine in this range, the 2015 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna del Sorbo is all class. A rush of dark cherry, plum, sage, lavender and menthol races across the palate. Deep and powerful, yet also remarkably light on its feet, the... Add to Cart
Gaja 2017 Barbaresco 750ml $447.74 A pretty, perfumed example of this cuvee, the 2017 Barbaresco offers lots more red fruits as well as spice, dried flowers, incense, and loamy soil. With more licorice and minerality emerging with time in the glass, it hits the palate with medium-bodied... Add to Cart
Giacomo Conterno 2014 Barolo Riserva Monfortino 750ml $1,430.34 The 2014 Barolo Riserva Monfortino is an epic wine, just as it always has been. Readers will surely be tempted to taste the 2014 now, but I would try to resist that, if possible. Usually, I recommend tasting young Monfortino upon release, when it has... Add to Cart
Chiara Boschis 2015 Barolo "Via Nuova" 750ml $119.99 Once again, the 2015 Barolo Via Nuova shows why the blending of several sites was the approach favored by Barolo producers until the 1960s, when the fascination for single-vineyard wines started to take off. Maybe the old-times knew something after all... Add to Cart
Brovia 2015 Barolo 750ml $99.91 Brovia is one of the brightest stars of Castiglione Falletto, the comune at the heart of the appellation that benefits from a complicated mix of soil types from different geological periods that intersect in and around this village. The 2015 Barolo is... Add to Cart
Dal Forno 2013 Valpolicella Superiore 750ml $165.13 This is a terrific wine that stood out—and stood tall—despite the fact that it was tasted alongside some of Dal Forno's most important vintages of the top-shelf Amarone. If that's not a full-on recommendation, I don't know what is. The 2013... Add to Cart
Monteraponi 2015 Baron Ugo IGT 750ml $117.30 Made in high-altitude vineyards, this fragrant red is fresher than most of the region's wines from the hot 2015 vintage. It opens with enticing aromas of red berry, pressed rose, pipe tobacco, wild herb and underbrush while the radiant, linear palate... Add to Cart
