Tasting Notes: Rosso di Valtellina is Barbacan’s work horse of a wine. It is a grippy mountain Nebbiolo with expressive berry fruit, a touch of forest floor and bits of leather. It is a complex wine showing layers of flavor... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Bricco Ernesto Vino Rosso is 100% organically farmed Nebbiolo from the Roero in Piemonte. Vines were planted in 1950, 1999 and 2018 and face east, south and west. Soils are mostly sandy (70%), with limestone... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Castello di Verduno Barbaresco shows aromas and flavors of red currants, raspberries, sandalwood and rose petal. Elegant, delicious when young but will age for several years. The grapes come from the Faset and... Read More
Estate History: Among the splendid rolling hills of the Langhe, in the heart of Piedmont, stands the beautiful Fontanafredda estate, which once belonged to King Vittorio Emanuele II who n turn gave it to Rosa Vercellana, a commoner... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Valfaccenda Roero Rosso is from organic Nebbiolo grapes vines that come from Loreto, sand-loam soils planted in 1998 that are east-facing, Mompellini, sand-loam-clay soils, planted in 2008, west-facing, and... Read More