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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1964 Giuseppe Mascarello Barolo - 750 ml95VMAvailability: In StockSome wines are more than wine, they are history. That was the case with our last two bottles. Mascarello's 1964 Barolo, which was made from Mauro Mascarello's father, Giuseppe, from a blend of vineyards, was as silky and polished as it has ..." Learn More- 750 ml$589.00 -
1971 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo - 1.88L98VMAvailability: In StockMaria Teresa Mascarello made one of the wines of the vintage in 2016. Her 2016 Barolo is soft and sensual, but also quite hushed - as many wines are in this vintage in the early going. Medium in body with silky tannins and exceptional balan..." Learn More- 1.88L$2,799.00 -
1971 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo - 750 ml98VMAvailability: In StockMaria Teresa Mascarello made one of the wines of the vintage in 2016. Her 2016 Barolo is soft and sensual, but also quite hushed - as many wines are in this vintage in the early going. Medium in body with silky tannins and exceptional balan..." Learn More- 750 ml$999.00 -
1982 Cheval Blanc - 750 ml100RPAvailability: In StockThis wine has proven to be one of Bordeaux's modern day legends. Absolutely spectacular for its first 7-8 years after bottling, the wine has gradually begun to reveal more delineation, structure, and tannin. In 1995, the wine appears even y..." Learn More- 750 ml$1,149.00 -
1985 Gaja Barbaresco - 750 ml95WSAvailability: In StockStunning, almost buttery in its richness, smooth, rich and complex, has power and finesse, plus chocolatey richness that can only become greater. Has the fruit of Barbaresco, the finesse and elegance of Bordeaux and the power and intensity ..." Learn More- 750 ml$269.00 -
1990 Beausejour Duffau - 375 ml100RPAvailability: In StockOne of the most singular Bordeaux I have ever tasted, it verges on being port-like, but it pulls back because of the extraordinary minerality and laser-like focus. The wine is massively concentrated, still black/purple-hued to the rim, and ..." Learn More- 375 ml$525.00 -
1990 Ceretto Barbaresco Bricco Asili - 750 ml95RPAvailability: Available SoonThe most stunningly perfumed and richest of Ceretto's 1990 Barbarescos is the 1990 Bricco Asili. Deeper-colored than the 1990 Bricco Asili-Faset, with an intensely fragrant bouquet of roasted herbs, nuts, oak, and sweet, ripe fruit, this wi..." Learn More- 750 ml$229.00 -
1990 Troplong Mondot - 750 ml99RPAvailability: Available SoonAn absolutely awesome Troplong-Mondot that flirts with perfection, this dense purple-colored wine has a thrilling bouquet of creme de cassis, espresso roast, licorice, white flowers, vanilla, and blackberries. Full-bodied, gorgeously concen..." Learn More- 750 ml$379.00 -
1995 La Gomerie - 750 ml93RPAvailability: In StockThe debut vintage for La Gomerie, the 1995 Le Pin-look-alike is showing fabulously well after bottling. The color is dense ruby/purple, and the nose offers up exotic aromas of Asian spices, soy, coffee, and ripe berry/cherry fruit. This ful..." Learn More- 750 ml$149.00 -
1998 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Santo Stefano Ris. - 750 ml96VMAvailability: In StockGiacosa's 1998 Barbaresco Riserva Santo Stefano is one of those wines that passed with very little fanfare in the market when it was first released. For several years thereafter, it could be found at or around its release price. When it was..." Learn More- 750 ml$399.00 -
2000 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo - 750 ml96VMAvailability: In StockOddly enough, from magnum, the 2000 Barolo is magnificent, with none of the imperfections I have found in so many of my bottles. The wine shows considerable 2000 personality in its warm, radiant fruit, but the large format has maintained fr..." Learn More- 750 ml$349.00 -
2000 Ausone - 1.5L98+RPAvailability: In Stock...This wine displays wonderful, sweet tannin and a big, sweet kiss of truffle, crushed rock, blueberry, blackberry, and licorice. Extremely rich, full-bodied, with astonishing power, precision, and delicacy, this is a sumptuous wine that s..." Learn More- 1.5L$4,195.00 -
2000 Magrez Fombrauge - 750 ml100RPAvailability: In StockThis is the debut vintage of this micro-cuvee (420 cases) from a tiny parcel of Fombrauge planted with 20-25-year old Merlot (70%) and Cabernet Franc (30%). One of the vintage's superstars, this prodigious effort continues to put on weight ..." Learn More- 750 ml$309.00 -
2000 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Monfortino Riserva - 750 ml98VMAvailability: In StockI also very much like the 2000 in this flight. A model of total finesse and delicacy, the 2000 doesn’t have the volume or power of the 1997, but it is perhaps just a bit more finessed. Today, the 2000 is a bit shy. What might it bloss..." Learn More- 750 ml$949.00 -
2000 Ausone - 750 ml98+RPAvailability: In Stock...This wine displays wonderful, sweet tannin and a big, sweet kiss of truffle, crushed rock, blueberry, blackberry, and licorice. Extremely rich, full-bodied, with astonishing power, precision, and delicacy, this is a sumptuous wine that s..." Learn More- 750 ml$1,149.00 -
2003 Gaja Barbaresco Sori San Lorenzo - 750 ml95RPAvailability: In StockA slightly deeper hue than the Costa Russi, this has more intensity on the nose with macerated black cherries, a touch of leather, sloes, dark honey and dried orange peel. Complex and cerebral. The palate is medium-bodied, again with very f..." Learn More- 750 ml$369.00 -
2003 Pavie - 750 ml99RPAvailability: In StockAt its release, the 2003 Pavie was somewhat controversial in wine tasting circles, but eleven years later it is obviously a great classic. Its deep purple color is accompanied by notes of vanillin, lead pencil shavings, creme de cassis, plu..." Learn More- 750 ml$349.00 -
2004 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Asili Red Label Ris. - 750 ml99VMAvailability: In StockThe 2004 Barbaresco Riserva Asili is every bit as spectacular as it has always been. I remember tasting the 2004 with Bruno Giacosa and Dante Scaglione before it was released, and making a note to buy as much of the wine as soon as it hit t..." Learn More- 750 ml$709.00 -
2004 Vietti Barolo Brunate - 750 ml95RPAvailability: In StockThe 2004 Barolo Brunate is almost as impressive as the Rocche. An enveloping, seamless wine, it perfectly captures the sepia-toned nuances of the Brunate vineyard. Smoke, tar, licorice, plums, prunes and chocolate emerge from this powerful,..." Learn More- 750 ml$215.00 -
2004 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Monfortino Riserva - 750 ml100RPAvailability: In StockThe 2004 Barolo Riserva Monfortino is drop-dead gorgeous. I have tasted the wine multiple times from barrel and three times from bottle and never been anything less than blown away. The 2004 is a subtle, layered Monfortino that captures the..." Learn More- 750 ml$1,245.00 -
2004 Pavie - 750 ml97RPAvailability: In StockThe 2004 Pavie (7,050 cases) tips the scales at 13.5% alcohol. One of the stars of the vintage, it boasts a dense purple color as well as a penetrating, fragrant perfume of creme de cassis, black cherry liqueur, licorice, Asian spices, and ..." Learn More- 750 ml$335.00 -
2004 Giuseppe Mascarello Barolo Monprivato - 750 ml96RPAvailability: In StockMascarello’s 2004 Barolo Monprivato is an explosive wine with an almost Pinot-like expression of purity in its fruit. This round, sweet Barolo is extremely primary at this stage, with tons of dense fruit that almost cover the wine&rsq..." Learn More- 750 ml$289.00 -
2004 Paolo Scavino Barolo Bric del Fiasc - 750 ml96RPAvailability: In StockThe estate's 2004 Barolo Bric del Fiasc is another awesome wine. Initially linear on entry, it explodes on the palate with a compelling array of dark fruit, smoke, tar, licorice, new leather, plums and baking spices. Although Bric del Fiasc..." Learn More- 750 ml$159.00 -
2005 Ausone - 750 ml100JSAvailability: In StockI love the tobacco, berry, cigar box, toasty oak, ripe fruit and fresh mushroom flavors in this full-bodied red, which has ultralayered tannins and vanilla, new oak and berry character. Powerful and superconcentrated, with great length. Thi..." Learn More- 750 ml$1,779.00 -
2005 Ausone - 1.5L100JSAvailability: In StockI love the tobacco, berry, cigar box, toasty oak, ripe fruit and fresh mushroom flavors in this full-bodied red, which has ultralayered tannins and vanilla, new oak and berry character. Powerful and superconcentrated, with great length. Thi..." Learn More- 1.5L$4,999.00