
ILLUMINATI - Riparosso - 2021
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August 2023A sweet blend of violets and lavender gives way to crushed blackberries and chalk dust lifts from...
Detailed press reviewA sweet blend of violets and lavender gives way to crushed blackberries and chalk dust lifts from...
Detailed press reviewAzelia makes three wines with fruit from Serralunga d'Alba, including San Rocco, Cerretta and this...
Detailed press reviewBricco Fiasco is a proprietary name for a vineyard in Castiglione Falletto with 85 year old vines....
Detailed press reviewan Rocco is a small MGA located on the northern side of Serralunga d'Alba with steep slopes that...
Detailed press reviewThe 2019 Barolo has a pretty bouquet that is laced with light fruit, licorice and lots of blue...
Detailed press reviewWith fruit from Monforte d'Alba, the E. Pira e Figli - Chiara Boschis 2019 Barolo Mosconi is the...
Detailed press reviewI had the chance to walk the Cannubi vineyard with Chiara Boschis this past fall. You really don't...
Detailed press reviewThe 2019 Barolo Via Nuova is a blend of fruit from various sites across multiple villages in the...
Detailed press reviewEffusive citrus and floral aromas with too many nuances to list. Leaps and bounds over the very...
Detailed press reviewA mixture of black and blue fruit, very perfumed and elegant. Cherries, plums and blueberries with...
Detailed press reviewA wine of structure from the Ferguson Vineyard and Walla Walla's iconic L'Ecole No 41 shows ample...
Detailed press reviewWildly elegant. The Walla Walla Merlot comes from two of L'Ecole's top sites, including the...
Detailed press reviewA more fruit-forward Cabernet bottling in comparison to the Walla Walla designate, this Cabernet is...
Detailed press reviewA blend of Syrah from four different Washington vineyards throughout the larger Columbia Valley...
Detailed press reviewThe 2020 Grenache is absolutely brilliant, and unquestionably up with the finest examples of this...
Detailed press reviewThe EABA is more Syrah-dominated and checks in as 65% Syrah, 22% Mourvèdre, 10% Grenache, and the...
Detailed press reviewThe 2022 Chardonnay is matured nine months in 300-liter French oak barrels, 24% new. It has a...
Detailed press reviewThe 2022 Pinot Noir includes 10% whole bunches, some fruit stomped by foot Berenice Sauls herself,...
Detailed press reviewThe 2023 Chardonnay is aged 44% in amphora and the rest of used barrel. It has a well-defined...
Detailed press reviewNot yet bottled but already incredibly impressive, the 2021 G2 will be Grenache-dominated but...
Detailed press reviewA step up over the Rocket Block and one of the finest 2020s out there, the 2020 Hexe is 51%...
Detailed press reviewA lush, sexy, forward beauty, the 2021 Heart Stone Vineyard is based on 31% Grenache, 28% Syrah,...
Detailed press reviewThe white sibling from the celebrated James Berry vineyard. A complex nose of ripe pears, citrus...
Detailed press reviewThe flagship Grenache-based estate red from this esteemed Paso producer. The nose opens with...
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