Wine Spectator: 98 Points  A jaw-dropper, with quince, persimmon, mango, fig and blood orange marmalade notes providing a kaleidoscopic experience as this moves along, slowly pulling in more ginger, marzipan, green fig and date notes. The...

Wine Spectator: 95 PointsDeep, rich and enormously complex, loaded with ripe currant, black cherry, blackberry, anise, cedar and spice, with a long, lingering finish that keeps pumping out the flavors. (02/2001) Connoisseurs Guide: 91...

Emidio Pepe is a singular producer creating amazingly complex age worthy reds and whites in a region of mass produced, overly engineered versions of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo. Though the family has been producing wines here since the end of the 19th...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 93 Points Readers will find a full, head-on expression of Terrano in the 1991 Terranum, a wine that has only been released recently. Dark fruit, grilled herbs, licorice and earthiness flow from this mid-weight yet...

James Halliday: 96 Points Outstanding dense but bright purple-red; a powerful, concentrated bouquet with blackberry, mulberry and licorice aromas, and the oak seemingly more restrained than is usual. A powerful but impeccably balanced and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 95 Points The 1995 Chianti Classico Riserva is another marvelously complete wine. Waves of fruit saturate the palate in this intense, full-bodied Riserva. The 1995 is another wine endowed with massive fruit and equally...

Wine Advocate: 94+ PointsThe yellow-golden colored 1995 Vouvray le Mont Moelleux is super clear and piquant on the spicy/peppery flavored nose with its perfectly ripe and elegant, perfectly balanced fruit. It has the same balance on the palate that...

Like its much-vaunted neighbor in Montalcino, immaculately cellared Chianti can age virtually indefinitely.  It was a twenty year old 1964 Badia a Coltibuono Chianti Classico Riserva, after all, that changed my life, once-upon-a-time, so I know how...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 96 PointsThe 1996 Pesquera Millenium (tasted from magnum) spent 3 years in French oak. Deep purple in color, it exhibits lovely, complex aromatics, savory flavors, elegance and power. It is a complete effort that should...

Mastroberardino continues to be a source of magnificently cellared gems that show the class and age-ability of the Agilianico grape and an amazing terroir that evokes not only the profoundly varied geology of this part of southern Italy, but also an...

Producer's Note:The Mondoca vineyard, our own property, is located in Monforte d’Alba within the menzione geografica “Bussia” not far from the village of Dardi. Its soil is Miocene-Serravallian and has yellow, sandy swaths of soil that...

Wine Spectator: 94 PointsA lovely, layered red, offering baked strawberry and cherry fruit accented by graphite, chartreuse liqueur, leather and citrus peel aromas. Vibrant and minerally, with creamy tannins and a subtle streak of tarry smoke echoing on...

Producer's Note:The Mondoca vineyard, our own property, is located in Monforte d’Alba within the menzione geografica “Bussia” not far from the village of Dardi. Its soil is Miocene-Serravallian and has yellow, sandy swaths of soil that...

VINEYARDROCCHE DI CASTIGLIONETownship of Castiglione Falletto and Monforte d’Alba – 0.63 ha - Menzione Geografica of Barolo Rocche di Castiglione is a beautiful menzione geografica. It is a long strip of land overlooking the rocks, or...

Decanter: Rating 4.5 stars Drink 2014–2025Although overshadowed by the much-touted 1997 vintage, 1998 produced grapes of at least as high quality, and in the opinion of many growers, better balanced than the preceding year. These...

Vinous: 96 PointsA bevy of white flowers, toffee, Armagnac, mint, pine and mocha aromas flow from the Avignonesi’s 1999 Vin Santo, a wine I would say is the richest Vin Santo made, were it not for the estate’s Occhio di Pernice! Smooth, silky...

Mastroberardino continues to be a source of magnificently cellared gems that show the class and age-ability of the Agilianico grape and an amazing terroir that evokes not only the profoundly varied geology of this part of southern Italy, but also an...

VINEYARDROCCHE DI CASTIGLIONETownship of Castiglione Falletto and Monforte d’Alba – 0.63 ha - Menzione Geografica of Barolo Rocche di Castiglione is a beautiful menzione geografica. It is a long strip of land overlooking the rocks, or...

Vinous: 97 Points Another stunning wine, the 1999 Barolo Riserva Vecchie Viti dei Capalot e delle Brunate bursts from the glass with superb depth and pure power. Black fruit, smoke, tar, licorice and menthol are some of the many notes that take...