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...

Winery Notes: Tenuta Monolo is a winery in the Bramaterra DOC that no longer exists. Bramaterra is in the Alto Piemonte – an area dear to our hearts, with its wild volcanic and marine soils. It’s well north of Barolo and the Langhe; here...

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...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 95 Points  There is a majesty, richness, and breadth to 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon 30th Anniversary Reserve. This special bottling (about 1,000 cases) is a fabulous wine. From its opaque purple color and stunning...

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...

  Variety 100% NebbioloVineyard Location: Monforte d’Alba, Plot 2, Sub-plots 178, 407, 406 Characteristics: 380 meters above sea level, southwestern exposure, 2.7 x 0.9 meters spacing, 4,500 vines/hectare density, Guyot...

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...