Italy

"Ah, Italy - what a beautiful, hedonistic, disorganised, frustrating country! Italy can provide wine lovers with so many distinctive, unique flavours and styles, bottles full of Italian verve and creativity. It also sluices forth rivers of disgracefully thin, characterless stuff to be sold under its most commercially useful names: Pinot Grigio, Soave, Valpolicella, Lambrusco, Frascati and the like.

Although the key to understanding Italy is to understand that it is a group of regions rather than a single homogeneous country, from the heady, often sweet, ferments of the deep south to the delicate sub-alpine essences of the north, it is possible to generalise about Italian wine styles to a certain extent. Reds have a certain bitterness that is by no means unpleasant. In fact it is so addictive that I find Italy is the one country I come home from positively determined to continue to drink its wines (rather than, as usual, desperate for a complete change). Italian white wines, once distinguished by their lack of aroma and lack of obvious fruitiness (very un-modern), are now generally very well made, offering an attractive combination of fruit and refreshment." - Jancis Robinson

 

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  • Renato Ratti Barolo Conca 2018

    Renato Ratti Barolo Conca 2018

    Region: Italy - Barolo

    WINE ADVOCATE 94 POINTS!

      "The 2018 Barolo Conca is tight and beautifully intense with cassis, sour cherry, wild rose and blue lilac. The wine's inner fiber is fine and delicate, with slight aromas of spice, licorice and toast at the edges. Barolo Conca awards a lot of...

    Current stock: 1

    $235.00
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  • Luigi Baudana Barolo Cerretta 2017 DOCG

    Luigi Baudana Barolo Cerretta 2017 DOCG

    Region: Italy - Barolo
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    JAMES SUCKLING 96 POINTS!

      "Dark, sombre wine, the 2017 Barolo Cerretta shows the more potent, brooding side of Serralunga. Black cherry, gravel, smoke, cured meats, cloves and menthol add to an impression of virile intensity and pure power. Readers will have to be patient...

    Current stock: 4

    $169.00
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  • Luigi Baudana Barolo Baudana 2017 DOCG

    Luigi Baudana Barolo Baudana 2017 DOCG

    Region: Italy - Barolo
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    95 POINTS! - VINOUS AND WINEFRONT

      "The 2017 Barolo Baudana is such a gorgeous wine. It, too, conveys the power of Serralunga, but with a bit less heft than is typically the case. Sweet dark cherry, iron, cedar, rose petal, mint and white pepper give the 2017 its effusive,...

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    Current stock: 4

    $169.00
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  • Einaudi Barolo Cannubi DOCG 2016

    Einaudi Barolo Cannubi DOCG 2016

    Region: Italy - Barolo

    HUON HOOKE 96 POINTS! GARY WALSH 95 POINTS! JAMES SUCKLING 96 POINTS!

      "The bouquet presents dried herbs, humus, earthy forest undergrowth and licorice and spice overtones. The palate is rich and velvet-smooth, fleshy and supple with surprisingly gentle tannins. It has a rounded, ample shape and...

    Current stock: 1

    $175.00
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  • Einaudi Barolo Bussia DOCG 2016

    Einaudi Barolo Bussia DOCG 2016

    Region: Italy - Barolo

    HUON HOOKE 97 POINTS! GARY WALSH 95 POINTS! ANTONIO GALLONI 95 POINTS! JAMES SUCKLING 94 POINTS!

      "Deepish red colour with purple tints and touch of brick-red. The bouquet is strong on dried herbs and straw, very savoury and non-fruity, the palate confirming this style in an emphatic way. Traces of meat-stock, dried porcini...

    Current stock: 11

    $175.00
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  • G.D. Vajra Barolo Albe 2019 DOCG

    G.D. Vajra Barolo Albe 2019 DOCG

    Region: Italy - Barolo

    FROM THE FAMED 2019 VINTAGE ALBE BAROLO IS THE PRINCIPLE WINE FROM THIS MASTER

      "Juicy, red fruits and mint, exotic spice, dried roses. It’s a classic Barolo in feel, red fruits and supple tannin, a little bit ferrous too, quiet perfume, and a long finish of offering gentle stony grip and rosehip and orange peel...

    Current stock: 14

    $100.00
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  • Renato Ratti Barolo Marcenasco 2019 1500mL-Magnum

    Renato Ratti Barolo Marcenasco 2019 1500mL-Magnum

    Region: Italy - Barolo

    A MAGNUM FROM A FAMED VINTAGE AND A HISTORIC SITE - THIS WILL AGE SUPERBLY

      "Noble and generous, a glory of Old Piedmont, it is a wine suited to very long aging. Barolo is the absolute master of the dining room. It conquers the palate with strength, harmony and fullness and maintains its power at length. A great wine for...

    Current stock: 1

    $340.00
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  • G.D. Vajra Barolo Ravera 2018 DOCG

    G.D. Vajra Barolo Ravera 2018 DOCG

    Region: Italy - Barolo

    RAVERA IS LAUDED AS ONE OF BAROLO'S TOP SITES PRODUCING COMPLEX, LONG LIVED WINES

      "Deep, earthy and stony feel, firm and brooding, bright acidity, dark liquorice and dark fruit, tannin has some grip and while slightly pippy, sits neatly inside the wine. Finish is excellent. Lots of crushed rock to close." - Gary Walsh, Wine...

    Current stock: 12

    $177.00
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  • G.D. Vajra Barolo Bricco Delle Viole 2018 DOCG

    G.D. Vajra Barolo Bricco Delle Viole 2018 DOCG

    Region: Italy - Barolo

    WINE FRONT 95 POINTS! WINE ADVOCATE 95 POINTS!

      "Dried rose and potpourri, aniseed/mint, dried raspberry, spices. Lots of crunch and freshness to the acidity, a little clay-like feel to tannin and lots of length and perfume. Bright. A little more frisky and less concentrated this year, but...

    Current stock: 7

    $177.00
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  • G.D. Vajra Barolo Albe 2018 DOCG

    G.D. Vajra Barolo Albe 2018 DOCG

    Region: Italy - Barolo

    ELEVATE YOUR BAROLO DRINKING WITH AN EXTRA YEAR OF AGING. SUCH A GREAT DRINKING SPOT RIGHT NOW!

      "This wine consistently delivers one of the greatest values to be found in Italian wine. The G.D. Vajra 2018 Barolo Albe has all its cards in play as an immediately enjoyable and extremely food-friendly Nebbiolo. This really is the top of the...

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    Current stock: 13

    $100.00
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  • Renato Ratti Barolo Conca 2017

    Renato Ratti Barolo Conca 2017

    Region: Italy - Barolo

    VINOUS 94 POINTS!

      "The 2017 Barolo Conca is laced with the essence of dark cherry, menthol, licorice, lavender, cloves and leather. Ample and deep, yet also super-classic, the 2017 Conca is incredibly harmonious in the early going. Even in this warm, dry...

    Current stock: 4

    $220.00
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  • Renato Ratti Barolo Rocche 2018

    Renato Ratti Barolo Rocche 2018

    Region: Italy - Barolo

    ROCCHE DELL'ANNUNZIATA IS AN OPULENT, DEEPLY COMPLEX NEBBIOLO OF HIGH ACCLAIM.

      "The vineyard of Rocche dell'Annunziata is historically considered one of the most important of the all Barolo area. It's located at around 300 slm with a south-west exposure and the size is around 1.50 ha. The typical blue marl soil with some...

    Current stock: 2

    $265.00
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  • G.D. Vajra Barolo Coste di Rose 2017 DOCG

    G.D. Vajra Barolo Coste di Rose 2017 DOCG

    Region: Italy - Barolo

    WINE ENTHUSIAST 96 POINTS!

        "Wild berry, menthol and tilled earth aromas mingle with whiffs of dark spice. Linear and savory, the lithe palate is already immediate, featuring juicy raspberry, red cherry, crushed mint and star anise accompanied by taut, polished...

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    Current stock: 22

    $147.00
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  • G.D. Vajra Barolo Bricco Delle Viole 2017 DOCG

    G.D. Vajra Barolo Bricco Delle Viole 2017 DOCG

    Region: Italy - Barolo

    95 POINTS! - VINOUS, WINE FRONT AND WINE ADVOCATE

        "The 2017 Barolo Bricco delle Viole is classy and elegant to the core. Medium in body and wonderfully translucent, the 2017 captures all of the finesse of this site. Naturally, the 2017 also shows the ripeness of the year, but it retains...

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  • Luigi Baudana Barolo Serralunga 2017 DOCG

    Luigi Baudana Barolo Serralunga 2017 DOCG

    Region: Italy - Barolo
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    WINE FRONT 94 POINTS!

      "Poached strawberry, cherry, liquorice, dried herbs, grilled meat and menthol. It’s juicy and succulent, liquorice, strawberry and raspberry liqueur, stony feel to tannin, almonds and dried herbs, moderate acidity, a bit savoury and meaty,...

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    Current stock: 3

    $115.00
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