Piedmont Wines
Piedmont Wines
As one of Italy’s most reputable and revered wine regions, Piedmont enjoys a lot of well-deserved praise and attention. The region’s placement in the Alpine foothills creates a unique microclimate, where winters are noticeably colder, and the summers are close to what you’d experience in Burgundy. As you might imagine, this environment allows for a lot of versatility and diversity when it comes to wine flavors and styles. For a wine lover, exploring Piedmont feels like they’re a child again, exploring a vast, colorful candy store; you just don’t know where to start!
The diverse soil composition of Piedmont allows many popular grape varietals to thrive, including Nebbiolo, Barbera, Moscato, and Dolcetto. Depending on who you buy from, you can expect to experience many different aromatics and flavor traces, including dried herbs, rose petals, juicy and plump cherries, star anise, minerals, and many more. It’s this mind-boggling versatility that compels the curious, this promise of semi-familiar yet intriguing pleasures, and wines that stimulate the mind as much as they caress the palate.
Food is a crucial part of Italy’s cultural identity, and connoisseurs of good food often find themselves falling in love with the wine that accompanies it. Piedmont is approachable enough to help you create magical feasts and meals, and what better way to enjoy them than by sharing with the people closest to your heart. Whether you’re a decorated wine veteran or a newbie, this region has so, so much to offer you. The longevity of Piedmont wines is impressive enough to last a decade or two and develop even more compelling subtleties and nuances. How can you resist?
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1990 Gaja Barbaresco96RPGaja’s 1990 Barbaresco shows an unbelievable level of youthfulness that absolutely defies the effects of time. Blackberry, cherry and plum are miraculously intact and immacul..." Learn MoreAs low as $670.00 -
1990 Gaja Sperss Barolo96AGGaja's 1990 Barolo Sperss is a sweet, seamless beauty endowed with gorgeous fruit. The wine possesses superb inner perfume and purity even if it doesn't quite reach the level of Ga..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $600.00 -
1995 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Santo Stefano95AGOne of the real surprises of the evening, the 1995 Barbaresco Santo Stefano is fabulous. A classic bouquet of sweet rose petal, mint, hard candy and red cherry is super-alluring. T..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $495.00 -
1996 Ceretto Barbaresco Faset93WEThe purest of Piedmont fruit bombs, with a body that just won't quit. Full, youthful grapey aromas are followed by tannins so fine and dense they can only be described as beautiful..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $135.00 -
1996 Ceretto Barolo Bricco Rocche95WSComplex aromas of Indian spices, plum and violet. Full-bodied, with big, velvety tannins and a long, long finish. Finally starting to mellow. Concentrated and rich.--1996 Piedmont ..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $305.00 -
1996 Gaja Sperss Barolo97AGThe 1996 Sperss is arguably the most backward of these 1996s from Gaja. Still very young and tightly wound, the 1996 is going to need at least a few years to truly blossom. Even so..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $505.00 -
1997 Conterno Fantino Barolo Sori Ginestra92RPThe 1997 Barolo Sori Ginestra exhibits a deep ruby/purple color in addition to complex aromas of tobacco smoke and gloriously sweet, jammy cherry liqueur. Ripe, opulent, and full-b..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $135.00 -
1997 Paolo Scavino Barolo Bric del Fiasc95RPFrom a well-known Castiglione Falletto vineyard, the 1997 Barolo Bric del Fiasc reveals the essence of cherry jam in its massive constitution. It is a powerful, full-bodied effort ..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $230.00 -
1997 Rocche Dei Manzoni Barolo Vigna d'la Roul90RPThe 1997 Barolo Vigna d'La Roul reveals espresso characteristics, intermixed with chocolate, caramel, leather, and black cherry/berry fruit. Full-bodied and smoky, with a supple te..." Learn MoreAs low as $175.00 -
1998 Roberto Voerzio Barolo Brunate96WSIntense white truffle aromas, with grilled meat and ripe fruit underneath. Full-bodied, with wonderfully soft flavors of dried fruit and toasty oak that turn to coffee and chocolat..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $275.00 -
1999 Gaja Barbaresco95AGGaja's 1999 Barbaresco is quite pretty. Freshly cut flowers, sweet red berries, licorice and dried herbs are some of the many nuances that are woven together in the glass. Soft, si..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $450.00 -
1999 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Monfortino Riserva99AGThe 1999 Barolo Riserva Monfortino is simply epic, as it always has been. A Barolo of statuesque, profound beauty, the 1999 very clearly belongs among the greatest Monfortinos ever..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $2,015.00 -
1999 Roberto Voerzio Barolo Sarmassa di Barolo94+VM(bottled entirely in magnums) Saturated medium ruby. Superripe aromas of raspberry, minerals, dried rose, bitter chocolate and roasted oak, complicated by tangy spices and hints of..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $565.00 -
2000 Gaja Barbaresco Sori San Lorenzo97WSSerious dark color, with meaty, earthy aromas that blow off to ultraripe and exotic fruit. Fresh truffles and porcini. Almost Port-like in the end. Full-bodied, with masses of velv..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $575.00 -
2000 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Monfortino Riserva97+AGI am thrilled to see how well the 2000 Barolo Riserva Monfortino shows in this tasting, as it is a vintage that can sometimes get lost between the 1999 and 2002 in this era. My imp..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $1,770.00 -
2000 La Spinetta Barbaresco Valeirano93WSShows the essence of Nebbiolo fruit, with freshly cut plum, flowers and a hint of orange peel. Full-bodied, with lovely, silky tannins and a soft, superrich finish. Luscious and ri..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $160.00 -
2001 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Asili96+AGThings kicked up several notches with a flight of Barbareschis from the famed Asili vineyard. Asili is in the village of Barbaresco, where the wines are generally more feminine tha..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $495.00 -
2001 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Santo Stefano94+AGI am shocked (pleasantly, I must say), by how closed the 2001 Barbaresco Santo Stefano is. Powerful, tightly wound and totally closed down, the 2001 exudes class. Orange rind, toba..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $365.00 -
2003 Conterno Fantino Barolo Vigna del Gris92AGThe 2003 Barolo Vigna del Gris has aged nicely. Signature floral and spice notes meld into a core of bright red fruit. This south-east facing site tends to produce a fresher more a..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $105.00 -
2004 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Rabaja98AGThe 2004 Barbaresco Rabajà is a total head-turner. In this tasting, its only competition is the Asili Red Label. Even so, the Rabajà is an absolutely captivating, viv..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $449.00 -
2004 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Vigna Croera90AGBruno Giacosa's 2004 Barolo Croera is an excellent choice for drinking over the next decade or so. A pretty, understated wine, the Croera offers lovely balance in a feminine style ..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $380.00
