| 2024 |
Marziano Abbona |
Dogliani 'Papa Celso' |
The 2024 Dogliani Papà Celso is packed with blackberry, licorice, new leather, incense and camphor. As always, the flavors are dark and quite potent. The 2024 does not have the dimension of most years, but it is still a pretty rich, heady wine with a lot to recommend it. |
Vinous |
92 |
 |
2025-10-01 |
| 2021 |
Silvano Bolmida |
Barolo ‘Bussia Vigna dei Fantini’ |
The 2021 Barolo Bussia Vigna dei Fantini is all class. Aromatic and persistent, the 2021 builds in the glass, offering an explosive core of understated fruit in a mid-weight package that is so appealing. Kirsch, blood orange, cinnamon, mint and dried flowers are beautifully delineated. Persistent, silky tannins round it all out in style. |
Vinous |
95 |
 |
2025-10-01 |
| 2021 |
Silvano Bolmida |
Barolo ‘Le Coste di Monforte’ |
The 2021 Barolo Le Coste di Monforte marries finesse with power to a degree I have not seen here in the past. Kirsch, blood orange, white pepper, chalk, rose petal and dried flowers convey brightness to play off the wine's structured, layered personality. All the elements are so well balanced. High class. |
Vinous |
95 |
 |
2025-10-01 |
| 2024 |
Marziano Abbona |
Dogliani San Luigi |
Abbona's 2024 Dogliani San Luigi offers up crushed red berry fruit, rose petal, mint, blood orange, game, spice and incense. This perfumed, mid-weight Dogliani is mostly about floral notes and forward fruit. It’s a wine that is not trying to be too much, something it pulls off in style. |
Vinous |
90 |
 |
2025-10-01 |
| 2023 |
Marziano Abbona |
Barbera d'Alba 'Rinaldi' |
The 2023 Barbera d'Alba Rinaldi is a tasty, forward wine to drink now and over the next handful of years. Succulent red-toned fruit, cedar, pipe tobacco and new leather are nicely pushed forward. This delicious Barbera is all charm. |
Vinous |
91 |
 |
2025-10-01 |
| 2021 |
Silvano Bolmida |
Barolo ‘Bussia’ |
Silvano Bolmida's 2021 Barolo Bussia is fabulous. Rich, complex and dynamic, the 2021 opens with macerated cherry, cinnamon, new leather, tobacco, incense and rose petal. I especially admire how the Bussia develops in the glass, revealing new shades of nuance with each taste, always a signature of a great wine. |
Vinous |
94 |
 |
2025-10-01 |
| 2023 |
Marziano Abbona |
Nebbiolo d'Alba 'Bricco Barone' |
The 2023 Nebbiolo d'Alba Bricco Barone is laced with dried flowers, macerated cherry, spice, cedar and tobacco. Soaring aromatics and lovely inner perfume give this mid-weight Langhe Nebbiolo a real sense of exoticism that is quite attractive. |
Vinous |
91 |
 |
2025-10-01 |
| 2021 |
Marziano Abbona |
Barolo |
The 2021 Barolo is a gorgeous entry-level offering in this range from Abbona. Crushed flowers, mint, orange peel and white pepper run through a core of brilliant red-toned fruit. This vibrant Barolo has a ton to offer. The mid-weight, chiseled style is quite attractive. |
Vinous |
92 |
 |
2025-10-01 |
| 2024 |
Ryan Patrick |
Sauvignon Blanc Columbia Valley |
Aromas of gooseberry, lime zest and fresh herbs with a hint of white grapefruit. The palate is bright and tangy, featuring citrus fruit and green apple with a zippy, refreshing finish. Drink now. Screw cap. |
James Suckling |
90 |
 |
2025-09-24 |
| 2017 |
Valderiz |
Tomás Esteban |
90% Tinta del País, 10% others. A blend from three plots in different villages: El Abuelo, Miguelón and Matallana. Clayey limestone soils with sand. Very low yields around 1,500 kg/ha. Spontaneous alcoholic fermentation in wooden vats. Malolactic conversion in barrels, then aged 30 months in new French oak barrels. Tasted blind. Mature and showing the classic Ribera del Duero style. Remarkable oenological work. Rich chalky tannins well coated and balanced with black fruits such as plum. This fruit also gives a lingering sensation in the aftertaste. Cedar, tobacco, cigar box and elegant clean leather. |
Jancis Robinson |
17/20 |
 |
2025-09-19 |