Producer: Jacquesson
"No champagne house today is on a trajectory of ascent as steep as Jacquesson, which has leapt from ranking among Champagne's top 20 houses to a lofty position among its top 10". Tyson Stelzer
Producer: Jurij Fiore & Figlia
Jurij Fiore & Figlia's Chianti Classico Sonocosì is an excellent wine for those who want to discover this tiny winery and taste the wonderful fruits of the Lamole hills.
Producer: Dehours et Fils
The Dehours Champagne Brut Grand Rèserve is the result of an assemblage of Meunier Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with a great percentage of vin de rèserve, fermented according to Solera methods, embraced by Jerome in 1998.
Producer: Gerard Perseval
Gérard Perseval combines his extensive knowledge of biodynamic viticulture and his profound respect for nature to create structured and complex wines, treasures in bottles capable of exciting the senses.
Producer: Podere Poggio Scalette
This is the wine conceived and desired by Vittorio Fiore after long years of study and working experience, and it is the result of an exceptional pairing and synergy: Sangiovese and the Ruffoli vineyards in Greve in Chianti.
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Producer: Giacomo Conterno
The 2002 Monfortino is the result of the cold vintage, it's a throwback to wines that can't be made anymore in Piedmont. The world lost Giovanni Conterno 2004, but he made sure his last Monfortino was equal than his most monumental wines.
Producer: Bartolo Mascarello
Maria Teresa's 2013 Barolo is a stunning, drop-dead gorgeous beauty. Vibrant, crystalline and exceptionally nuanced, the 2013 speaks to elegance above all else, it simply has it all.
Producer: Produttori del Barbaresco
In 1894, Domizio Cavazza, a Barbaresco resident, created the first cooperative, the Cantine Sociali, by gathering together nine Barbaresco vineyard owners to make wine in the local castle which are now produced by Produttori del Barbaresco.
Producer: Giuseppe Rinaldi
The 2014 Barolo Tre Tine is nervous and tightly wound, with good precision and a bit more austerity than is the norm. This wine needs a little bit o patient, there is good delineation to the bright red stone fruit, tobacco and floral notes.
Producer: Bartolo Mascarello
Bartolo Mascarello remains one of the most revered Barolo wine-making domaines. Barolo Bartolo Mascarello 1984 is a smile, is a kiss, is a sip of wine.
Producer: Giacomo Conterno
Here in its debut vintage at Conterno, the 2015 Barolo Arione is wonderfully aromatic and nuanced. The 2015 is a fascinating wine to follow over the next several decades.
Producer: Giacomo Conterno
The 2016 Barbera d'Alba Cerretta is a total showstopper. The Conterno Barberas typically need a few years in bottle to be at their best, but the 2016 is going to be virtually impossible to resist when its young.
Producer: Giacomo Conterno
Conterno's 2016 Barbera d'Alba Francia is a wine of extreme finesse and nuance. It is also dark, inward and mysterious in that it is nowhere near ready to show all of its cards. The Francia nuances will develop with a few more years in bottle.
Producer: Produttori del Barbaresco
The 2015 Barbaresco Riserva Rio Sordo comes across as quite powerful and dense today. As always, the Rio Sordo is a Barbaresco of textural suaveness and early appeal, relative to the more structured wines in this range.
Producer: Produttori del Barbaresco
The 2014 Barbaresco Riserva Ovello is bright and piercing. The Ovello is another wine in this range that demands patience, even in the early going it is super impressive. It should be terrific in another few years' time.
Producer: Bartolo Mascarello
The 2011 Barolo from Bartolo Mascarello is blessed with a divine bouquet, surfeit with red cherries, crushed strawberry, decaying autumn leaves and rose petal, and later a hint of roasted chestnut and Montecristo.
Producer: Giuseppe Rinaldi
The 2008 Barolo Cannubi/S. Lorenzo-Ravera impresses for its gorgeous, perfumed fruit and totally sublime personality. It shows impeccable class to match its highly attractive personality.
Producer: Giacomo Conterno
Here in its debut vintage at Conterno, the 2015 Barolo Arione is wonderfully aromatic and nuanced. The 2015 is a fascinating wine to follow over the next several decades.
Producer: Ferdinando Principiano
The Barolo di Serralunga 2015 from Ferdinando Principiano is complex and radiant, an excellent choice for drinking now and over the next decades. Ferdinando's approach to making natural wines is proving to be extremely successful providing impressive quality inside his bottles.
Producer: Giacomo Conterno
The 1996 Barolo Cascina Francia is a prototypical wine for the vintage. Hard as nails and completely forbidding when it was first released, the 1996 has developed into a stellar wine. Well-stored bottles will drink well for 20-30 years, perhaps more.
Producer: Giuseppe Rinaldi
A powerful Barolo, 2013 Brunate is another wine that is built for the cellar. The brooding, mysterious side of Brunate comes through in a dense, muscular Barolo built on structure and acidity. Traditionally leaning palates will adore this Brunate.
