Vinous, 92 points: The 2017 Campi Taurasini Cretarossa is darkly floral and brooding. It wafts up with a blend of dusty black currants, cedar shavings and balsamic spice. Energetic on the palate, it offers crisp wild berry fruits and mineral tones that...
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I was lucky enough to know Matteo Correggia a little. He visited PRIMA once, way back in the early 1990s when I had first started. He was, then, traveling with the so-called ‘Barolo...
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In addition to the very fine Correggia Roero Arneis (Matteo was one of the earliest promoters of dry Arneis from the Roero), the crown jewel in the Correggia tiara is the 5000-bottle production...
The 2018 Quinta da Romaneira Vintage Port is a seriously classy young vintage Port from one of the Douro’s historic river estates, with a style that leans more perfumed and finely etched than hulking and monolithic. Expect a deep, inky core of...
Fahgettaboutit! Tiziana only makes the Riserva in truly special vintages and 2019 was about as good as it gets. We love the new black label the reserva gets too.
It’s always lovely to sit down with Tiziana and her son Davide to catch up on...
Fahgettaboutit! Tiziana only makes the Riserva in truly special vintages and 2019 was about as good as it gets. We love the new black label the reserva gets too.
It’s always lovely to sit down with Tiziana and her son Davide to catch up on...
This isn’t your poolside Verdejo! From century-old vines in Rueda’s dunes, the Habis bottling gives Verdejo the weight and intensity it rarely shows. Cool pear and lemon cream meet chalky, saline minerality framed by subtle oak spice...
If the Odderos’ Rocche di Castiglione is the cellar’s equivalent of Vosne-Romanée, Vignarionda is its Chambolle-Musigny, never lacking in tannin or nervy acidity, but still capable of incomparable elegance. The 2019 is exactly that...
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We truly love old-school Brunello like this—intense but elegant, inward-looking and slow to reveal its charms. Each year, Podere Brizio makes some of the...
Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Wine Sub-subregion: Barolo, Serralunga Lovely, classic Serralunga Barolo from one of its real up-and-coming producers. Wonderful spot (bordering Ornato and Vignarionda) and very old vines- a virtual...
51% Pinot Noir, 49% Chardonnay, 5 g/l
Real richness in reserve with a youthful, broad texture and complex flavors held in balance by firm acidity. Perfect for those Champagne lovers who value richness and weight. ★★★ FR
Pinot Noir richness...
Wine Country: South America
Wine Subregion: Argentina
Wine Varietal: Bonarda
Chalky tannins and lively acidity provide structure to red berry flavors. Drink this slightly chilled!
Another set of absolutely stellar Barolos from this intriguing vintage, it cannot be denied that Chiara Boschis is on an incredible roll! Chiara’s brother Giorgio and niece Beatrice are now in control of the cellar while Chiara is free to be in her most...
Vinous, 97 points: The 2020 Barbaresco Riserva Montestefano is one of the most elegant, polished wines in this range. Bright red-toned fruit, blood orange, spice, mint and cedar are beautifully lifted. The tannins are remarkably polished for a...
Kerin O'Keefe, 95 points: The 2020 Muncagota Riserva opens with an intense balsamic fragrance recalling camphor and eucalyptus that accent forest floor, hay and woodland berry. On the fresh, rather firm palate, taut, fine-grained tannins accompany ripe...
Vinous, 97 points: The 2020 Barbaresco Riserva Montestefano is one of the most elegant, polished wines in this range. Bright red-toned fruit, blood orange, spice, mint and cedar are beautifully lifted. The tannins are remarkably polished for a young,...
Vinous, 97 points: The 2020 Barbaresco Riserva Rabajà is another stellar wine in this range. Dark and explosive the 2021 possesses notable richness to match its dark brooding personality. Black cherry plum leather cloves...
Jeb Dunnuck, 96 points: The nose of the 2020 Barbaresco Riserva Rio Sordo is quite expressive and spiced, showing very nicely with ripe aromas of wild raspberries, cherries, fresh herbs, and blood orange spice. The palate gains in intensity, with good...
The grapes come from the MGA “Lazzarito” vineyard in the municipality of Serralunga d’Alba, a fabulous amphitheater-shaped plot with a south-western exposure. The soil is rich in limestone and clay, and the altitude is between 330 and 380 m asl. The...
Is Rocche the La Tâche of La Morra?! The Settimos are the second-largest landholder in the MGA making this the flagship wine for the cantina. Some of the classiest juice out there, she deserves every cent of the $85 she’s getting for this...
Is Rocche the La Tâche of La Morra!? This flagship wine for the cantina is some of the classiest juice out there, and Tiziana deserves every cent of the $80 she’s getting for this wine, especially when you consider what her neighbors get for...
I remember, back sometime in the mid-1990s, driving from Piemonte to Tucsany with Marco de Grazia, then the instigator, impresario and importer of the ‘Barolo Boys.’ Even with the taste of the last Barolo we had enjoyed together...
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The Capalot MGA is (arguably) the premier site for Nebbiolo for Barolo on the northern Santa Maria side of La Morra. If you’ve visited the region, I’m sure you’ve...
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It’s my job to keep my nose in the vineyard dirt in Italy to get firsthand info on what’s new and exciting before those wines can get discovered here and drive the price up and the availability down...
From a top site near the town of Barbaresco with a ton of history…used to be bottled as Masseria. Softer, suppler side of Barbaresco. Tres elegante! V95
You know the world has become a strange place when an importer won’t sell you a case of Chardonnay unless you also purchase the same winery’s 100-point scoring Barolo! But that was exactly the case as I tried to pry loose...
2022 was very hot and dry and made, what is for Settimo, a bigger-boned wine with some serious chutzpah. It’s a longtime PRIMA favorite in the ‘baby Barolo’ style with a lot of class and nuance.
Love this wine. Very highly recommended.
James Suckling, 96 points: Perfumed aromas of wild blackberries, rose petals, blueberry bush, and forest floor. The palate is tightly wound, with finely integrated tannins and bright acidity, giving notes of dark cherries, cocoa, and cured meat. A...
One of the grandest of the Grand Maestri of Piemonte’s ‘Greatest Generation’ of wine pioneers, Bruno Giacosa only began bottling his own wine in the 1960s, but his legendary perfectionism in the cellar and amazing instincts with regards...
Chateau Cesseras is just one part of the larger Domaine Coudelet, owned by brothers Jean-Yves and Pierre-Andre Ournac. They are joined by Guillaume (Jean-Yves’ son), Camille and Fanely (Pierre-Andre’s son and daughter). Camille is the highly...
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It could be argued that Pommard is Volnay’s “evil twin”—barely a mile away, yet known for prodigious power and sometimes gnarly tannins where Volnay trades in lilting aromatics and grace...
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Out on the cool Margaret River, Shiraz grapes don’t reach the prodigious levels of ripeness possible further east in appellations like the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale. Though still at a...
They say that the best wines in the world always reflect the character of the person who made them, and that couldn’t be truer than the wines of Peter Veyder-Malberg. Peter is one of the most intense, focused and visionary winemakers we’ve...
Crafted by the Bisol family in the heart of Valdobbiadene, Jeio’s rosé brings a quiet sophistication to the world’s most easygoing sparkler. A blend of Glera and Pinot Nero, it shows steady streams of fine bubbles and aromas of wild...
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Brokenwood is, to those who remember their wines from the old days, one of the Hunter Valley’s most venerable estates and one of a precious few wineries in the world that specialize in making...
Wine Enthusiast, 91 points: Aromas of lime leaf and juicy lime segments mingle with a hint of pink salt and crushed rock. The palate is energized by rocket-like acidity and a tart, vibrant character. This Kerner from Valle Isarco delivers a zippy...
Alicante’s best-kept secret, the 2023 Colección de Toneles Luis XIV “Ánforas” is a gorgeous blend of old-vine Monastrell, Arcos and Bonicaire aged in traditional clay amphorae to capture pure Mediterranean character...
From the middle part of the La Digoine vineyard on the slopes of the Montagne de l’Ermitage in Bouzeron, very old vines produced a wine of unparalleled finesse and a level of class rarely seen in the reds from Chalon. Richly fruited but still quite...
Cassis sits with Bandol on one side of Marseilles on the Mediterranean coast but its production is a mere fraction of their much-better known neighbor. And, what, say, Domaine Tempier, is to Bandol is what Domaine du Bagnol is to Cassis- the...
“Roger and Christine Saumaize took over the domaine back in 1978 and, in my opinion, are one of the top producers in the Mâconnais.” (Neal Martin)
Rarely do we equate the leaner, mineral-infused whites from the
Maconnaise...
Sure, this Monforte d’Alba producer is justly famous for their two amazing single-parcel Barolos, both coming from the iconic Ginestra MGA but they do several other things extraordinarily well too. You already probably familiar with Educato,...
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Favia is what happens when an outstanding viticulturist, Annie Favia, meets and marries one of the Napa Valley’s most accomplished winemakers in Andy Erickson. It started when the power...
Vinous, 91 points: The 2023 Petit Chemarin offers intensity, chew and structural appeal. It’s less about the aromatics of Sauvignon than the texture and structure that the terroir brings. Expect bright sunshine in a glass with a firm gourmand...
Vinous, 91 points: Minty herbs combine with crushed stone and nuances of exotic spice as the 2023 Fiano di Avellino Pietramara blossoms in the glass. It is soothingly round, displaying a pretty inner sweetness balanced by juicy acidity and a core of tart...
Farming around ten hectares in four different Barbaresco MGAs in Neive and Treiso, this 75-year-old estate is a pioneer in organic agriculture in the region and takes a very old-school approach to bottling their three MGA-specific Barbarescos, focusing...
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Decanter, 95 points: This is clean and sleek, a beautifully balanced medium-bodied Chardonnay with luxuriously ripe stone and orchard fruit. Exotic baking spices complement layers of guava, white peach, and...
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All located within a few kilometers of each other in A Monti in Gaiole-in-Chianti, San Giusto a Rentennano, Il Palazzino, Badia a Coltibuono and Rocca di Montegrossi form a quartet of elite Chianti...
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Federico Scarzello is the third generation of Scarzello to run the family cellar literally in the shadow of Barolo castle. Though the family’s first bottling from their now-organically farmed vines in the...
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The sunstruck harvest of 2023 provided the power behind the punch of the amazingly seductive Siro Pacenti Rosso di Montalcino, long one of the category’s very best producers. Weighing in at an impressive 15.5%...
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The 2023 Chianti Classico, coming as it does from a much cooler harvest than the 2022, is beautifully done: dark and heady with obvious aromatic lift and lots of stuffing. It highlights the more svelte, pure...
Clara Concejo is the dynamic entrepreneur behind Vega Clara, the small but mighty estate located in the village of Quintanilla de Onesimo in the Ribera del Duero appellation, the most famous wine of the Valladolid municipality and one of Spain’s...
The 2024 Quenard Savoie Blanc is 100% Jacquère, a regional grape variety that is unique to this part of France and well-suited to the alpine climate, where it yields a wine that is crisp and lively, with a citrus-like aroma and sleek texture on...
Cantina Gallura’s higher-end Canayli Vermentino is a longtime PRIMA favorite, but we’ve just rediscovered their Piras cuvée, an even lighter, fresher version of Vermentino at an even better price! Grown in the rugged, sun-drenched...
Authentic, artisanal wines, no matter where they come from and what they cost, should be evocative. They should trigger something emotional inside the drinker, a memory of a place, or a smell, or a person. When we opened a bottle of...
For an area so associated with high quality whites (80% of the production), it’s somewhat hard to believe that in Alto Adige, the most widely planted grape variety is actually the red called Schiava. So ubiquitous are the distinctive wooden...
Named after the mythical 'witches’ manor,' Pazo das Bruxas evokes Galicia’s Celtic spirit and misty, coastal magic. In this northwestern corner of Spain—where bagpipes and ocean winds replace castanets and desert air—the folklore...
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Those of us in the wine business—well, those of us who truly love wine anyway—make no pretense toward absolute impartiality when it comes to judging our favorites. We form deep emotional...
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The Shafer Red Shoulder Ranch Chardonnay has become, for us, one of the real important achievements in the category and developed one of the strongest followings of any Chard we sell. It’s rich with full-on,...