Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Boxler's Brand Gewurztraminer, a warm-site granite expression. Concentrated rose, lychee and ginger with the cuvee's saline mineral lift.
Cuvées
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Boxler's Brand Grand Cru Riesling, from steep granite slopes above Turckheim. Warmer-site fruit than Sommerberg but with the same precise dry register.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Boxler's E parcel selection on Sommerberg, a 70-year-old vine block on steep south-facing granite above Niedermorschwihr. Sharp, mineral, slow to age.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Boxler's L parcel selection on Sommerberg (formerly called Jeunes Vignes), younger granite vines but the same incisive mineral character.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Albert Mann's Furstentum Gewurztraminer from limestone slopes above Sigolsheim. Concentrated, saline, with a particularly mineral cut for the grape.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Albert Mann's selection from the heart of Schlossberg, the original 1.5 hectare epicentre of the Grand Cru. Biodynamic, structured for the cellar.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Albert Mann's Steingrubler Gewurztraminer from gentle limestone slopes above Wettolsheim. Lighter than Furstentum but in the same aromatic Grand Cru register.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Albert Seltz's Zotzenberg Sylvaner, the only Sylvaner permitted on a Grand Cru in Alsace. Seltz led the campaign for Sylvaner's recognition on Zotzenberg.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Barmes-Buecher's Hengst Riesling from calcareous-marl slopes above Wintzenheim. Biodynamic, limestone-driven, dry and slowly developing.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Barmes-Buecher's Steingrubler Gewurztraminer from limestone slopes above Wettolsheim. Concentrated rose and lychee in a saline biodynamic register.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Beck-Hartweg's Frankstein Riesling from coarse granite around Dambach-la-Ville. Biodynamic, dry, with the brisk, light register of Dambach granite.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Bott-Geyl's Furstentum Gewurztraminer from limestone-rich slopes above Kientzheim. Concentrated, saline and structured by altitude.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Bott-Geyl's Mandelberg Riesling from south-facing limestone-marl slopes near Mittelwihr, named for the almond trees that once dotted the slope.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Bott-Geyl's Schoenenbourg Riesling from marl-gypsum slopes above Riquewihr. Concentrated and saline with the cool-climate cut of the cru.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Bott-Geyl's Sonnenglanz Gewurztraminer from south-facing marl-limestone slopes around Beblenheim. Sun-glanced fruit (the cru's name means 'sunshine') with a saline mineral lift.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Bruno Sorg's Florimont Riesling from limestone slopes near Ingersheim. The cru takes its name from 'flower hill' for its rich Vosges flora.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Cave de Ribeauville's Clos du Zahnacker is a near-monopole walled vineyard from the cooperative founded in 1895, complanted with the noble grapes.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Funky · Elegant
Binner's natural-style Schlossberg Riesling. Bone-dry, granite-driven, often with a slight reductive twang from the no-added-sulfite winemaking.
Clos Sainte-Hune
5.0
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Trimbach's 1.67 hectare monopole inside Grand Cru Rosacker, declassified to Alsace AOC by family preference. Piercing dry Riesling that needs a decade to unwind into wax, citrus and Vosges granite salinity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Trimbach's flagship Riesling blends Grand Cru Geisberg and Osterberg fruit. Dry, structured, smoky, built to age but rich enough to drink young.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Dirler-Cade's Kessler Gewurztraminer from sandstone slopes above Guebwiller, biodynamic since the early 1990s. Concentrated rose and lychee with a saline lift.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Dirler-Cade's Kitterle Riesling from terraced sandstone slopes above Guebwiller. Smoky, dry, structured; biodynamic since the mid 2000s.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Dirler-Cade's Spiegel Gewurztraminer from sandstone-marl slopes above Bergholtz. Concentrated rose and lychee with a saline lift.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Domaine Agape (Hunawihr) Rosacker Riesling from limestone slopes in the cru that also houses Trimbach's Clos Sainte Hune. Organic and bone-dry.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Emile Beyer's Pfersigberg Riesling from limestone slopes above Eguisheim. Biodynamic, dry, structured.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Ernest Burn's Clos Saint Imer is a walled monopole inside Grand Cru Goldert. The Gewurztraminer is the maison's flagship aromatic white.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Frederic Mochel's Altenberg de Bergbieten Riesling from marl-gypsum slopes in north Alsace. The family is a long-established landholder on this Grand Cru.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Gustave Lorentz's Altenberg de Bergheim Riesling from calcareous slopes above Bergheim. Organic, dry, structured.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Grossi Laue (Alsatian for 'great growth') is Hugel's bottling from their oldest plots in Schoenenbourg and Pflostig. Dry, stony, structured, built to age.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A single 0.45 hectare parcel high on Grand Cru Schoenenbourg, declassified to Alsace AOC because Hugel disagrees with the wider GC delimitation. Hugel's flagship dry Riesling, released as a multi-decade vintage statement.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Botrytised Gewurztraminer at near-Sauternes ripeness, made only in noble-rot vintages. Saffron honey, candied rose and an apricot-jam palate.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Jean-Marie Haag's Zinnkoepfle Gewurztraminer from south-Alsace limestone hill. Concentrated rose, lychee and ginger with a saline mineral lift.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Josmeyer's Brand Grand Cru Riesling from steep granite above Turckheim. Concentrated and saline with the family's signature precision.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Josmeyer's Hengst Riesling from calcareous-marl above Wintzenheim. Slower-developing, herbal and limestone-driven.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Kuentz-Bas's flagship Gewurztraminer from Eichberg above Eguisheim. Concentrated rose and lychee with the cuvee's saline mineral lift; biodynamic since 2007.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Kuentz-Bas's Pfersigberg Riesling from limestone slopes above Eguisheim. Dry, structured, saline; biodynamic in the new-ownership era.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Beyer's flagship dry Gewurztraminer from Pfersigberg-area plots. Rose, lychee and white pepper, but unusually dry and structured for the grape.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Beyer's flagship Riesling, sourced from old vines on the Pfersigberg slopes around Eguisheim. Steely, dry, mineral; built for a long cellar.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Leon Boesch's Zinnkoepfle Riesling from south-facing limestone-marl slopes above Westhalten. Biodynamic Demeter, dry and structured.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Marc Kreydenweiss's Kastelberg Riesling from steep Steige-schist slopes above Andlau. Biodynamic since 1989; smoky, dry, structured.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Marc Kreydenweiss's Wiebelsberg Riesling from sandstone slopes above Andlau. The sandstone counterpart to Kastelberg's schist; lighter, more aerial.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Marc Tempe's Mambourg Gewurztraminer, long-lees aged in old foudre. Demeter biodynamic; concentrated rose, lychee and honey.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Marc Tempe's Schoenenbourg Riesling, long-lees aged in old foudre. Biodynamic, structured by the marl-gypsum slope above Riquewihr.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Deiss's complanted Altenberg de Bergheim, with Riesling dominant in the field-blend. Calcareous Bergheim soils, long ageing, profound structure.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Marcel Deiss's flagship complanted Grand Cru, a field-blend of the Alsace noble grapes co-fermented on Mambourg's south-facing limestone. The estate's case for terroir over varietal.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Deiss's complanted Schoenenbourg above Riquewihr, marl-and-gypsum soils, Riesling-dominant. Cooler and more racy than Altenberg or Mambourg.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Felix Meyer's Wineck-Schlossberg Riesling from granite slopes above Katzenthal. Bright, racy, granite-driven.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Andre Ostertag's Riesling from volcanic-sandstone Muenchberg Grand Cru above Nothalten. Sharp, smoky, structured; a Lower Vosges Riesling worth seeking out.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Paul Blanck's Furstentum Riesling from old limestone vines (old vines, vieilles vignes). Concentrated and saline; one of the maison's flagship Grand Crus.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Paul Blanck's Mambourg Gewurztraminer from south-facing limestone slopes above Sigolsheim. Concentrated and saline.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Paul Blanck's flagship Schlossberg Riesling from old vines on Kientzheim granite. The maison was the first to bottle Schlossberg as a single-vineyard wine from 1976.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Mure's Clos Saint Landelin is a monopole inside the Vorbourg Grand Cru, south of Colmar. The Riesling is concentrated, saline, structured by the cuvee's limestone-marl.
Off Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Rolly Gassmann's Kappelweg lieu-dit Riesling from Rorschwihr. Late-released with the maison's signature touch of residual sugar.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Rolly Gassmann's Moenchreben lieu-dit Gewurztraminer from Rorschwihr. Concentrated and saline; the maison aged in cellar 4 to 6 years before release.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Cuvee Christine is Schlumberger's family-named Vendanges Tardives Gewurztraminer, sourced from Kessler and Kitterle parcels. Honeyed and floral, made only in warm vintages.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Schlumberger's Kessler Gewurztraminer from sandstone slopes above Guebwiller, slightly off-dry in style. Rose, lychee and a ginger-spice register.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Schlumberger's flagship Kitterle Riesling from terraced sandstone vineyards above Guebwiller, often planted on slopes that need monorail access. Smoky, dry, structured.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Schoffit's volcanic Pinot Gris from Clos Saint Theobald. Concentrated, smoky, lightly off-dry; a distinctive Alsace Pinot Gris expression.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Schoffit's flagship Riesling from the Clos Saint Theobald inside Grand Cru Rangen, the southernmost Alsace volcano. Smoky and intensely mineral, structured for decades.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Sipp Mack's Rosacker Riesling from limestone slopes above Hunawihr, the same Grand Cru that Trimbach's Clos Sainte Hune sits in.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Sylvie Spielmann's Altenberg de Bergheim Riesling from calcareous Bergheim slopes. Biodynamic, dry, structured; one of the rare female-run domaines in Alsace.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Jean-Louis Trapet's Schoenenbourg Riesling, an Alsace branch of the famous Gevrey-Chambertin family. Biodynamic, dry, structured; a Burgundian eye on Alsace.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Jean-Louis Trapet's Sporen Gewurztraminer from clay-rich slopes above Riquewihr. Biodynamic, concentrated rose, lychee and ginger with the cuvee's saline lift.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Late-harvested Gewurztraminer at high natural ripeness, produced only in warm vintages. Honeyed apricot and lychee with the trademark rose-petal lift.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Valentin Zusslin's Clos Liebenberg monopole Riesling, on south-facing limestone above Orschwihr. Biodynamic and structured, with the salinity of a hillside-walled vineyard.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Zusslin's Pfingstberg Grand Cru Riesling from sandstone-marl slopes around Orschwihr. Biodynamic, dry, structured for the cellar.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Stoeffler's Kirchberg de Barr Riesling from limestone slopes around Barr. Biodynamic, dry, with the cru's clay-limestone weight.
Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Weinbach's noble-rot Pinot Gris from the Altenbourg lieu-dit. Honeycomb, candied apricot and saffron honey; a multi-decade dessert wine made only in exceptional vintages.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Weinbach's flagship Gewurztraminer from old vines on Furstentum's limestone slopes, named for one of Colette Faller's daughters. Concentrated, aromatic, structured.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Weinbach's flagship dry Riesling from old vines on Schlossberg granite, picked late on Saint Catherine's Day (25 November). The estate's most precise Riesling.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Weinbach's top Schlossberg parcel selection from the very oldest Schlossberg vines (planted in the 1940s). Released only in vintages that yield exceptional ripeness with retained acidity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Zind-Humbrecht's Brand Grand Cru Riesling from steep granite slopes above Turckheim. Warm-site fruit with sharp granite mineral lift; richer than Hauserer, drier than Windsbuhl.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Zind-Humbrecht's monopole walled-vineyard Riesling, perched below Grand Cru Hengst on calcareous-marl soils. Pure dry Riesling, often singled out as a benchmark.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Zind-Humbrecht's Clos Saint Urbain Rangen Pinot Gris, full-bodied and lightly off-dry. Honeyed pear, smoke and volcanic mineral grip.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Zind-Humbrecht's flagship Riesling from the Clos Saint Urbain inside Grand Cru Rangen, the volcanic-slope masterpiece. Smoky, intensely mineral, structured for two decades.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Zind-Humbrecht's limestone-driven Pinot Gris monopole, lightly off-dry, structured by altitude and Muschelkalk.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Zind-Humbrecht's Clos Windsbuhl monopole sits high above Hunawihr on Muschelkalk limestone. A cool-climate, slow-developing Riesling, structured for a long cellar.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Zind-Humbrecht's Hengst Gewurztraminer from calcareous-marl slopes above Wintzenheim. Power, concentration and a saline-honey core.
Appius
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Cantina St. Michael-Eppan's prestige cuvee, released only in vintages the cellar declares the wine worthy. A multi-varietal blend of the cooperative's best parcels (typically Chardonnay-led with Pinot Bianco, Sauvignon and Pinot Grigio); the blend composition varies vintage to vintage.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Cantina Nals Margreid's selection Chardonnay Riserva from the Baron Salvadori estate in Magre on white chalky gravel soils at 220-350 metres. South-southeast exposure; vines on 30-year-old espalier with high planting density. Producer-confirmed clean notes of Abate pear and kiwi.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Hofstaetter's single-vineyard Pinot Bianco from the Mazon plateau at 450 metres on biostimulant-mineral-rich Werfen sedimentary rock. The compact rock prevents deep root growth, creating positive stress that yields a Pinot Bianco of marked minerality and elegant structure.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Alto Adige's first wine to carry the official Vigna single-vineyard designation (1987 vintage). Pinot Nero from clay-limestone soils on the Mazon plateau, with the north-west facing rows cooled by the Ora wind from Lake Garda.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Cantina Nals Margreid's selection Pinot Nero Riserva from the Berg vineyards in Magre near the southern Bassa Atesina end of the cellar's reach. A value alternative to the famous Mazon-zone Pinot Noirs - same Bassa Atesina terroir, lower price.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Dark ruby with purple highlights Lagrein Gries Riserva: intense dark-fruit, violet and black-pepper aromatics; punchy palate carried by fresh acidity and firm tannins, very coherent.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Fruity
Cantina Kurtatsch's single-vineyard Gewurztraminer Riserva from the warm Brenntal site northwest of Kurtatsch. The red loamy soils give multifaceted aromatics (lychee, roses, mango, caramelised orange peel, lavender) on a creamy-textured, muscular palate. Up to 20 years cellaring capability.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
Cantina Kurtatsch's flagship single-vineyard Merlot from the Brenntal UGA (Additional Geographical Unit) north of Kurtatsch, one of the warmest sites in Alto Adige (up to 40C). Powerful and dark-fruited yet retains alpine character; the cellar's terroir-emblematic red.
Castel Campan
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
Manincor's flagship Bordeaux-style cuvee blending Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot from the Castel Campan vineyards above Lake Caldaro. Demeter biodynamic; styled for long cellaring with firm tannin structure and dark-fruited depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Elena Walch's single-vineyard Chardonnay Riserva from the Castel Ringberg estate above Lake Caldaro - the family's monopole. Full-bodied, creamy and saline, structured for long-haul cellaring on the porphyry-limestone soils of Caldaro's western shore.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
Alois Lageder's flagship single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon from the spectacular steep slope of Roemigberg above Lake Caldaro. Planted to Cabernet in 1986 and Demeter-certified biodynamic; cherry-red colour with ruby shimmer, concentrated aromatics, full-bodied with elegant present tannins.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Tramin's late-harvest Gewurztraminer aged for nearly ten years inside the Schneeberg silver mine at 2000 metres altitude before release. Off-dry, intensely mineral, with botrytis-adjacent honey and saffron notes; among the more rare aromatic whites in Italy.
Fihl Merlot
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Peter Dipoli's varietal Merlot from the cellar's southern Alto Adige vineyards. Third of just three wines Dipoli produces, sitting alongside Voglar and Iugum; full-bodied, velvety, structured.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Fruity
Elena Walch's single-vineyard Gewurztraminer from Vigna Kastelaz - one of the rare southern exposures in Alto Adige, with an extraordinary 63 percent slope overlooking Tramin. Rich golden colour with rose-and-lychee bouquet and characteristic mineral lift.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Cantina Colterenzio's hyper-limited Sauvignon Blanc Riserva from the oldest parcels of the Lafoa vineyard, planted in the late 1980s with French Sauvignon clones. Strictly limited to 4085 bottles per vintage; awarded White Wine of the Year by Gambero Rosso.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Elena Walch's flagship white cuvee, predominantly Chardonnay with select complementary white varietals. Fermented and aged in new French oak barriques; dense and complex, creamy yet juicy, the wine's name references the alpine altitude of its vineyards.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
Peter Dipoli's Bordeaux-style cuvee blending Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon from the cellar's vineyards across Egna, Magre and Cortaccia. One of just three wines Dipoli produces; structured for long cellaring.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
Tenuta Kornell's flagship Merlot Riserva from the Kressfeld parcel - the cellar's top offering. Aged in barriques and large oak barrels; full-bodied, velvety and structured for long cellaring.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
Colterenzio's Lafoa Cabernet Sauvignon Riserva from the sunny Lafoa hillside vineyard at 430 metres behind the winery; the parcel was developed by replanting Vernatsch to Cabernet Sauvignon to produce a ripe Alto Adige Cabernet.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Intense garnet single-vineyard Lagrein from the 2.7-hectare walled Klosteranger site behind the monastery: concentrated dark-berry aromatics surprisingly fresh with coffee and raspberry; firm tannins, fresh acidity and elegant depth.
Lamarein
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Lamarein is the flagship Lagrein of Erbhof Unterganzner, the Mayr family's historic farm in Cardano-Cornaiano. The cuvée anchors the cellar's IGT Vigneti delle Dolomiti range.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Cantina St. Pauls's Riserva-line Pinot Nero. The name combines 'Lehm' (clay) and 'Mont' (mountain) - indicating the soil and altitude that form the wine. Decisive and persistent finish with classic Pinot Nero structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Manincor's flagship single-vineyard Sauvignon Blanc and only white in the cellar's Crown line - styled as a Grand Cru in the Burgundian tradition. From the Lieben Aich location in Terlan at 350 metres on volcanic porphyry, where grapevine roots draw minerals through loamy quartz sand. Demeter biodynamic.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Tiefenbrunner's flagship Pinot Nero Riserva from select vineyard sites in Entiklar and surrounds. The Linticlarus selection range delivers complex, elegant wines with extended ageing potential; the Pinot Nero is among Alto Adige's reference single-estate Pinot Noirs.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Lageder's flagship Chardonnay from the best Loewengang parcels in Magre at 230-330 metres. The vines are among the oldest in Alto Adige (approximately 145 years). This was the first South Tyrolean white to position itself on international markets in the 1980s.
Manna
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Franz Haas's signature white blend, dedicated to Maria Luisa Manna and first released in 1995. A cuvée of Riesling, Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer, Sauvignon Blanc and Kerner.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
Tenuta Ritterhof's flagship Lagrein Riserva, labelled MANUS in the cellar's top Rarus selection range. Deep dark and garnet red with an almost black core; aromas of ripe cherries, wild berries and dark chocolate, with juicy fleshy tannins and fine coffee aromas on the palate.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Manincor's selection Pinot Nero from the Mazzon plateau at 400-450 metres, sourced from the oldest vines in the highest position of the family's four hectares of Mazon Pinot Nero. Demeter biodynamic-certified; described by Manincor as the 'Grand Cru of Grand Cru'.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Tenuta Pfitscher's flagship Pinot Nero Riserva from select Pinot Noir parcels in Montagna. Organic; powerful and dark-toned with elegance from the day-night temperature differential. The cellar's calling card from the contemporary ClimateHouse-certified winery.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Hofstaetter's Mazon-area Pinot Nero Riserva, sourced from the limestone-sandstone plateau that produces structurally consistent Italian Pinot Noir. Deep ruby-garnet colour, ripe sweet seductive fragrance, with multifaceted notes of forest floor, berries and Amarelle cherry.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Cantina Terlano's historical Terlaner Cuvee Riserva blending Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc - the three traditional Terlano white varieties that were already bottled together when the cellar was founded in 1893. Soft, rich and deep, with creamy oak-aged texture and stone-fruit complexity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Elena Walch's supreme Pinot Noir achievement, released in limited 3000-bottle allocations and named after the Egyptian sun god. Sourced from vines 15-61 years old at 400-600 metres at Glen and Barleith; clay-calcareous soils, low-yielding French clones.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Elena Walch developed Ludwig in the early 2000s as the cellar's everyday-prestige Pinot Nero, named after her husband. The wine is medium-bodied and age-worthy.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Brunnenhof Mazzon's flagship Pinot Nero Riserva from 5 organic hectares on the Mazzon plateau at 400 metres - sandy clay soil, afternoon sun, Ora wind from Lake Garda. The cellar's 'King of Mazon' bottling from north-facing limestone-clay parcels on the Mazon plateau.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Franz Haas's flagship Pinot Nero, first vintage 1987 (released 1990). Sourced from vineyards between 350 and 700 metres with high planting density (8000-12500 vines per hectare); the cellar's signature single-vineyard Pinot Nero from the Mazzon zone.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Franz Haas's top-tier Pinot Nero from the Ponkler vineyard at high altitude. Sits above Schweizer in the cellar's hierarchy; small allocations, structured for long cellaring.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Cantina Terlano's single-vineyard Sauvignon Blanc from sandy quartz-rich soils above Terlano, first vintage 1991. Full-bodied, exotic-fruited and intensely saline, with nine months on the lees split between large oak and stainless steel.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Cantina Terlano's library-release Pinot Bianco: late-disgorged bottlings from vintages typically 15 to 40 years old, released annually in small allocations. The cellar's proof of Pinot Bianco's ageing potential; demonstrating Pinot Bianco's 30-year-plus ageing potential.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Riesling from the Vigna Windbichel parcel planted 1993 at 700-760 m with full southern exposure - exposed to both sun and wind, producing intense aroma development in the grapes.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Cantina Kaltern's Riserva-line Pinot Nero from members' best Pinot Noir parcels around Lake Caldaro. Medium-bodied, round and savoury; demonstrates Schiava's lake-side neighbour has serious Pinot Noir credentials.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Cantina St. Michael-Eppan's Sanct Valentin Pinot Bianco - the cellar's flagship Pinot Bianco from selected microzones around Appiano. Full-bodied with creamy lees-driven texture and saline minerality; cellar-worthy and structured.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Cantina St. Michael-Eppan's Sanct Valentin Pinot Nero Riserva from select Appiano microzones at altitude. Selection-tier Pinot Noir from the Sanct Valentin lineup that established the cooperative's international reputation.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Cantina St. Pauls's jewel-in-the-crown Pinot Bianco from steep south-facing Vigna slopes below the church in Missian, aged in clay amphora. Powerful and stately; among Alto Adige's most distinctive Pinot Bianco bottlings via the amphora ageing protocol.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Stroblhof's flagship Pinot Nero Riserva, named for Sepp Hanni and bottled from the oldest vines on the south-east facing Stroblhof vineyard at 500 metres in Pigeno (Appiano). The cellar's top old-vine selection.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Cantina Nals Margreid's flagship single-vineyard Pinot Bianco from the Sirmian terraces above Nalles at 500-700 metres on limestone, gneiss, mica, slate and marble soils with porphyry bedrock. Hand-harvested in mid-October; named Italian white wine of the year by Gambero Rosso.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
Tenuta Kornell's Staffes Lagrein Riserva from the cellar's Settequerce porphyry and limestone slopes near Bolzano. Full-bodied, firm-tannined Lagrein from the historic estate at the foot of Greifenstein castle.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Tenuta Lieselehof's hyper-rare passito dessert wine from air-dried Piwi-variety grapes with approximately 300 grams residual sugar. The cellar's Quintessenz bottling sits at the apex of the dessert wine range; tiny allocations of around 800-848 bottles per vintage.
TAL Superior
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Deep garnet Lagrein-dominant cuvee from 50-year-old vines in the Bolzano basin: ripe berry fruit with pepper, clove and graphite, complex barrique-and-concrete raising for 27 months total.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Taber was launched in 1991 as Cantina Bolzano's flagship Lagrein, drawn from 80-year-old vines in Gries-Moritzing. The cuvée demonstrated that Lagrein could carry extended ageing in French barrique.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Cantina Terlano's flagship white cuvee, blended only in select vintages from the cooperative's best Vorberg, Kreuth and Winkl parcels. Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc combined into the cellar's most ambitious cuvee, total production 1500-3000 bottles per vintage.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Fruity
Late-harvested noble-rot Gewurztraminer picked in the first days of winter from a single Tramin parcel where botrytis develops. Sweet, deeply concentrated, with bright acidity balancing 150 grams of residual sugar; styled as Tramin's answer to Alsace's Selection de Grains Nobles.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
Cantina Andrian's flagship Lagrein Riserva. Founded in 1893, the cellar has aged Lagrein in barrique for decades; Tor di Lupo is the modern expression of that programme, eighteen months in French oak.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Pinot Noir Riserva from the Ganger monopole in Mazon at 360-380 m on calcareous clay: ripe fruit, cherry, sour cherry and wild berry on the nose with marzipan; elegant and refined with good acidity and spicy notes.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
Brunnenhof Mazzon's premium single-vineyard Pinot Noir from the Vigna ZIS parcel, made from highly ripened grapes and aged minimum one year in tonneaux. The producer describes Vigna ZIS as more concentrated, full-bodied and spicier than the Riserva.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Peter Dipoli's Sauvignon Blanc from 3 hectares of terraced slopes in Penon (Cortaccia) at 500-600 metres on sandy dolomitic-limestone soils. First vintage 1990; ten-day fermentation in large acacia barrels and ageing on lees until May.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Cantina Terlano's flagship single-vineyard Pinot Bianco from the south-facing Monzoccolo slopes (450-650 metres altitude) on quartz-rich porphyry. Full-bodied, creamy, flint-driven; an age-worthy Italian Pinot Bianco, capable of 20-30 years cellaring.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Concentrated, tannic Cabernet Sauvignon-led Riserva with a small Merlot component: intense blackcurrant, elderberry and blackberry aromatics, complexity that develops further through extended bottle ageing.
Dry · Bold · Contemplative
Dry · Bold · Contemplative
Morgon Eponym
4.9
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Pizay's old-vine Morgon from deep-rooted Gamay on the volcanic schist: kirsch, iron and leather concentration with the structured, long finish characteristic of aged Morgon.
Dry · Bold · Elegant
Dry · Bold · Contemplative
Dry · Bold · Elegant
Dry · Bold · Elegant
Dry · Bold · Contemplative
Dry · Bold · Contemplative
Dry · Bold · Rustic
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Jadot's flagship Moulin-à-Vent from Château des Jacques combines the manganese-rich granite soils with Burgundian barrel-ageing discipline: the resulting wine is Gamay at its most Pinot-like, with real ageing potential and deep mineral structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Vissoux's Moulin-à-Vent from the Trois Roches lieu-dit: Gamay at its most Pinot-like, with the appellation's distinctive manganese-mineral depth, firm structure and long ageing potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
Not a second wine but a distinct cuvée emphasising freshness and fruit intensity over the grand vin's power: Margaux character with more immediate expression, distinguished by its energy and precision.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Bold
The prestige selection of Chateau de la Riviere, sourced exclusively from the estate's oldest Merlot vines in a single 1.5-hectare plot and aged entirely in new French oak. Produced only in the best vintages; a luxury expression of Fronsac terroir.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The second wine of Lafite shares the elegance and lead-pencil signature of the grand vin but with a higher Merlot component lending earlier approachability. Floral aromatic lift distinguishes it from heavier second wines.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The second wine of Ausone, sourced from the youngest Cabernet Franc and Merlot vines on the same limestone hillside. Crisp, elegant and distinctively mineral, with a fruity register that opens earlier than the grand vin.
Chateau Angelus
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Elegant
Merlot and Cabernet Franc from 27 classified hectares at the foot of Saint-Emilion's slope. Generous, opulent and structured, with dark cherry, violets and cedar complexity; certified organic from the 2021 vintage.
Chateau Ausone
5.0
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
From just 7 hectares of steep limestone slopes, Ausone is a wine of concentration, precision and mineral tension. Cabernet Franc dominates, giving iron-rich structure, dried-flower fragrance and an extraordinary seamless finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
From 16.5 hectares of ancient underground cellars carved into the limestone of Saint-Emilion's plateau, Beau-Sejour Becot offers silk and velvet textures with floral aromatics, dark fruits and a crushed-stone mineral lift. Recent vintages show increasing use of amphora for freshness.
Chateau Canon
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Premier Grand Cru Classe B from the Saint-Emilion limestone plateau. Owned by the Wertheimer family (Chanel), Canon produces Merlot-dominant blends of great classical finesse and ageing capacity, with cedar, mint and graphite precision.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Cabernet Franc-dominant Saint-Emilion of silky: violets and graphite on the nose, an opulent yet precise palate of black cherry and tobacco, seamless tannin structure and a finish of uncommon length.
Chateau Clinet
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Merlot-dominant Pomerol with an unusually significant proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon giving structured backbone. Rich and concentrated with cassis, graphite, and leather; requires a minimum of 8-12 years in good vintages.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Saint-Estephe Deuxieme Cru Classe (1855) with an oriental spice and incense aromatic signature seldom found in Pauillac wines. Merlot-rich for Saint-Estephe, delivering suppleness alongside the appellation's characteristic mineral-tannic power.
Chateau Figeac
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The most Cabernet-dominant Right Bank premier cru in Bordeaux: near-equal thirds of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Promoted to Premier Grand Cru Classe A in 2022. Combines peony and iris fragrance with electric energy, grainy Cabernet tannin and remarkable mineral length.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Merlot-led first-growth Pessac-Leognan red combining cassis and graphite with earthy tobacco and cedar. Velvety tannins and exceptional length set it apart from Medoc peers.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
One of the world's rarest and most sought-after dry whites, Haut-Brion Blanc blends Semillon richness with Sauvignon Blanc precision. White peach, orange blossom, and mineral salinity build to a honeyed, lingering finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
La Mission Haut-Brion combines the gravel terroir of Talence with intense, brooding dark fruit. Blackberry, scorched earth, and graphite underpin a structured, powerful palate with velvety tannins and a finish that rivals the great first growths.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Originally sold as Laville Haut-Brion until 2009, this is among the most complex dry whites of Bordeaux. Semillon richness and Sauvignon Blanc freshness fuse with 100% new oak to produce a wine of extraordinary mineral precision and creamy depth.
Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Festive
Premier Cru Classe Sauternes (1855), with an exceptionally high Semillon content (up to 100% in some vintages) that delivers a concentrated, pure expression of noble rot. Pineapple, candied citrus, honeycomb, and powdered ginger with vivid acidity; the 2013 renaissance under Silvio Denz transformed quality.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The archetype of Pauillac first-growth: Cabernet-dominant, with penetrating lead pencil and cassis aromatics, precise fine-grained tannins, and a finish that evolves over decades.
Chateau Lafleur
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Unique Pomerol with an equal Cabernet Franc-Merlot split giving a perfumed floral lift and structural precision rarely seen in the appellation. Biodynamic farming since 2014; produced from just 4.5 hectares on the Pomerol plateau.
Chateau Latour
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The most structured and austere of the Pauillac first-growths. The L'Enclos parcel of old-vine Cabernet Sauvignon delivers extraordinary concentration and mineral tension; legendary longevity requires patience of decades.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Rustic
Lynch-Bages consistently overperforms its Fifth Growth classification. A richer, more extrovert Pauillac than the first-growths, with cassis generosity, smoky tobacco, and a robust structure that ages beautifully over 20-30 years.
Chateau Meyney
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Rustic
One of Saint-Estephe's most consistent and value-oriented estates, Meyney produces full-bodied, tannic wines with a distinctive spice and dark berry character. Notable for its high Petit Verdot content (10%) contributing structure and aromatic complexity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
The most opulent of the Pauillac first-growths; Mouton Rothschild emphasises blackcurrant concentration, dark chocolate, and an extrovert aromatic generosity that sets it apart from the pencil-mineral restraint of Lafite and Latour.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
From an estate documented since 1305 under Bertrand de Got (later Pope Clement V), one of the longest continuously documented vineyards in Bordeaux. Cabernet-and-Merlot blend delivering cassis, graphite, and tobacco with refined tannins; in great vintages approaches first-growth complexity.
Chateau Pavie
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
From 42 hectares at Saint-Emilion's highest point (110m), Pavie delivers concentrated, structured Merlot-dominant blends with extraordinary mineral depth. Pairs elegance with considerable power; requires minimum 15 years to fully integrate.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Known for its silky texture and unusually high 32% Merlot for a Left Bank estate, Pichon Lalande bridges the power of Pauillac with a suppleness and perfume reminiscent of Margaux. Louis Roederer ownership since 2006 has brought further precision.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Pauillac second-growth with an unusually high Cabernet Sauvignon proportion for the appellation. AXA Millesimes' investment since 1987 has lifted consistency dramatically; the 2022 vintage drew especially strong critical praise in bottle.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Pauillac Cinquieme Cru Classe (1855); achieved full Demeter biodynamic certification in 2014, an early date among classified Medoc estates. Distinctive use of amphorae alongside barrique ageing. The wines combine Pauillac's classical structure with a biodynamic freshness and earth energy distinctive to the estate.
Chateau Rieussec
4.7
Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
One of the most consistent Premier Cru Classe Sauternes, with Rieussec's distinctive high Semillon content yielding a wine of great concentration and rich tropical fruit. Honey-drenched pineapple, orange, mango, and caramel with vibrant acidity and a very long finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury
Francois Mitjavile's Cotes de Bourg cult wine, modelled on the exacting principles of his Saint-Emilion estate Tertre-Roteboeuf: very late harvesting, low yields, and 100% new oak since 1996. Pushed the Cotes de Bourg to its quality ceiling.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Pessac-Leognan Cabernet, Cru Classe de Graves rouge (1959 classification), elevated by the Cathiard family's acquisition in 1990. Cassis, graphite, and tobacco define a precise, structured palate; 60% new oak ageing adds cedar and spice. Reviewer-points tuples on scores array.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
From Saint-Emilion's highest plateau (over 100m), Troplong Mondot produces Merlot-dominant blends of great richness and depth. Thick and concentrated without being heavy; dark plum, coffee and stone character with remarkable ageing potential.
Chateau d'Yquem
5.0
Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytised sweet Sauternes; the sole Premier Cru Superieur in the 1855 Sauternes classification. Semillon-dominant with intense noble-rot character: beeswax, saffron, apricot, and honey balanced by electric acidity. Ages for decades and improves for 50 or more years in great vintages.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
The benchmark Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel of Moulis: Cabernet-dominant with dark fruit, pencil lead and licorice, offering genuine structure and ageing potential well beyond its humble classification.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Archetype of refined Saint-Julien: cassis and dark cherry on a bed of Gunzian gravel minerality, with perfectly integrated silky tannins and an exceptionally lengthy finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Timeless Saint-Julien classic: a Cabernet-dominant blend with classic Médoc pencil shavings, licorice and cassis, built for patience with rich powdery tannins.
Château Margaux
5.0
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Romantic
The most perfumed of the Médoc first growths: haunting floral aromatics of roses and violets above a core of concentrated cassis, extraordinary saline minerality, and tannins demanding decades of patience.
Château Palmer
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Classified Third Growth performing at first-growth level: extraordinary richness from an unusually high Merlot proportion, with Thomas Duroux's biodynamic conversion delivering added aromatic complexity and freshness.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The great unclassified Médoc: Sociando-Mallet produces wines of classed-growth quality from Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne, with muscular Cabernet-Merlot structure, minty cassis, and a distinctive saline minerality.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Savoury
A revived Fifth Growth finding its stride under the Merlaut family: Cabernet-forward Haut-Médoc structure with dark fruit, cedar and characteristic menthol freshness from deep gravel soils near Saint-Julien.
Clos du Marquis
4.3
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
A cuvée in its own right rather than a simple second wine: structured Saint-Julien Cabernet with its own distinct terroir personality from western parcels of the estate, offering outstanding value relative to the grand vin.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Saint-Julien Deuxieme Cru Classe (1855) in the super-second category: extraordinarily concentrated cassis fruit with near first-growth precision, dense tannins demanding patient cellaring of 15 or more years.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
100% Cabernet Franc from two old-vine parcels aged 65-100 years at the pied de cote. Produced in tiny quantities (5-9 barriques) only in exceptional vintages, this is a monument to the iron-mineral potential of old Cabernet Franc on Saint-Emilion limestone.
Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Festive
The second sweet wine of Lafaurie-Peyraguey, sharing the estate's Bommes terroir and high Semillon content. White peach, apricot, and lemon cream notes lead a direct, energetic palate with mellow sweetness balanced by lively acidity. More accessible in youth than the grand vin.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Bold
Powerful and silky with aromatic richness; introduces the Borie house style at an accessible level with plush berry fruit and balanced oak spice.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Savoury
The second red of Haut-Brion, renamed from Bahans Haut-Brion in 2007. Merlot-dominated in most vintages with the same Pessac terroir as the grand vin, but more approachable in youth, showing red plum, blueberry, and mineral freshness.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
Made specifically from younger vines harvested earlier to preserve freshness. Le Petit Mouton shows a younger, more approachable face of the Mouton house style: cassis-driven, with cedar and gentle tobacco, earlier-drinking but still structured.
Le Pin
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Micro-estate garagiste Pomerol with supremely hedonistic Merlot character: mocha-laced plum and violet aromatics, a voluptuous, fleshy palate, and remarkable concentration from just 400-600 cases per year.
Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Festive
The second sweet wine of Chateau Rieussec, named after the Carmelite monks who founded the estate. Shares the same high-Semillon blend and botrytised character as the grand vin, with apricot, candied ginger, saffron, and orange blossom in a sweeter, more approachable style.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
Second wine of Latour from peripheral L'Enclos plots and younger vines, with a higher Merlot proportion than the grand vin. Retains Latour's mineral iron signature at a fraction of the price.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Elegant
Premium second wine of Pichon Baron introduced with the 2012 vintage. Merlot-dominant versus the Cabernet-heavy grand vin; since 2020, partially aged in amphora to add minerality and texture without excessive oak.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Savoury
Second wine of Cos d'Estournel since 1994; previously sold as Marbuzet. Shows a more Merlot-forward profile than the grand vin, with the estate's distinctive spice character in a more accessible format.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Produced from a separate 0.8-hectare crescent parcel with deeper soils, Les Pensees is not a second wine but a distinct expression of the Lafleur terroir. More Merlot-forward than the grand vin, with the same biodynamic farming and iron-mineral character.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
A rare Sauvignon Blanc white Bordeaux of extraordinary mineral precision: gunsmoke, slate and saline drive a taut citrus frame that ages beautifully over a decade or more.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Second wine of Chateau Margaux (1855 Premier Cru Classe), sharing the same subtle power and floral finesse as the grand vin while offering earlier accessibility.
Petit-Figeac
4.3
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Easygoing
The second wine of Chateau Figeac, one of the oldest second wines on the Right Bank (first produced 1945). Shares the same Cabernet-influenced gravel terroir and blending trio as the grand vin but from younger vines; lighter, more refined and more accessible earlier.
Petrus
5.0
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
100% Merlot from 11.4 ha of blue clay at Pomerol's centre. Silk-and-velvet texture with truffle, chocolate, and dark cherry at its core; structurally imposing yet hedonistic, with a finish that stretches for minutes.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Elegant
Second wine of Pichon Lalande since 1973. Described by the estate as a true Pauillac brand in its own right. Higher Petit Verdot proportion adds structure and spice; the estate's characteristic silk texture is detectable even at this level.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Pomerol's most Cabernet-Franc-inflected grand vin: 30% Cabernet Franc gives an aromatic lift and structural precision that sets VCC apart from Merlot-dominant peers. Sensuous and silky in great vintages, with decades of ageing potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A richer, broader grand cru with citrus, honey and hazelnut over a saline, powerful frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A powerful, saline Batard with citrus, honey and hazelnut over a tightly wound mineral frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A powerful, broad Batard with citrus, honey and hazelnut over a saline, mineral frame.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic
Chanson's whole-cluster Beaune monopole, perfumed and red-fruited with spice and a fine, savoury frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A rare white from the Clos des Mouches, rich and saline with citrus, hazelnut and a stony depth.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic
Drouhin's emblematic Beaune cru, supple and red-fruited with spice and a fine, savoury frame.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic
Jadot's historic Beaune monopole, supple and red-fruited with spice and a fine, savoury frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A powerful, structured grand cru spanning two soil types, with dark fruit, iron and a firm, mineral finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A powerful, brooding Bonnes-Mares with dark fruit, iron and a firm, ageworthy structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A structured, dark-fruited Bonnes-Mares with earth, spice and firm tannins.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A negociant grand cru Chablis, mineral and saline with citrus, white flowers and a stony depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A rich, powerful grand cru from the steepest Bougros slope, with citrus, stone fruit and a saline depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A famous Chablis monopole spanning Vaudesir and Preuses, taut and saline with citrus, white flowers and stony depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Laroche's prestige cuvee from old Blanchots vines, rich and saline with citrus, white flowers and stony depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
The benchmark Chablis grand cru: powerful and saline, with citrus, oyster shell and a long mineral finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
The most collected Chablis grand cru: intensely mineral and saline, with citrus, oyster shell and an endless finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Unoaked Les Clos of pure transparency, intensely mineral and saline with citrus and oyster shell.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A precise, organic Les Clos, mineral and saline with citrus, oyster shell and a stony depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A classic Les Clos with a long history, mineral and saline with citrus, oyster shell and a stony finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A powerful Les Clos, mineral and saline with citrus, oyster shell and a long stony finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A rich yet racy grand cru, with citrus, white flowers and a deep, saline minerality.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing
A grand-cru-quality premier cru, taut and saline with citrus, white flowers and stony depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Powerful, brooding Chambertin in the Leroy style: concentrated black fruit, spice and a firm mineral spine.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The grand vin of Gevrey: powerful and structured, with dark fruit, spice and a long, mineral, age-worthy frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Biodynamic Chambertin of finesse and energy, with dark berry, spice and a saline, mineral lift.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
More perfumed and aristocratic than Chambertin itself, with rose, dark fruit and a silken, mineral length.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Faiveley's flagship grand cru from old Clos de Beze vines, deep and perfumed with dark fruit and fine, firm tannins.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
A Chambolle-Musigny premier cru bordering Le Musigny: silky and floral, with rose, red fruit and a mineral, sensual finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic
Chambolle perfume distilled: red cherry, rose and silk over a fine, mineral frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Ramonet's signature Chassagne cru, mineral and citrussy with white flowers and a saline depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A blend across the Corton hill's red climats, structured and dark with iron, spice and a firm frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Leflaive's flagship grand cru: taut, mineral and citrussy, with white flowers and a saline, persistent finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A precise, mineral grand cru with citrus, white flowers and a saline, tightly wound finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru from Jadot's Les Demoiselles parcel acquired in 1991, intense and saline with citrus, hazelnut and a long, mineral finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The most delicate Dujac grand cru, all rose, red berry and silk over a fine mineral frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A finer, more perfumed Ponsot grand cru, with red fruit, spice and a savoury, mineral length.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A dense, structured Clos de Vougeot with dark fruit and earthy power in the Leroy idiom.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A rich, generous Clos de Vougeot with dark fruit, spice and a fleshy mid-palate.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
An elegant, perfumed Clos de Vougeot with red and black fruit and silky tannins.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A dense, structured Clos de Vougeot from the estate's Vosne base, with dark fruit, spice and firm tannins.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Whole-cluster Morey grand cru of perfume and spice, with red and black fruit and a savoury, herbal lift.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Ponsot's flagship from very old vines: powerful, savoury and long-lived, with dark fruit, earth and a mineral spine.
Corton Grand Cru
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A more powerful, structured style from the Corton hill, with dark fruit, iron and firm tannins.
Corton Grand Cru
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A structured Corton red, with dark fruit, iron, spice and a firm, mineral frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A powerful Corton monopole, dark and structured with iron, spice and an ageworthy frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A powerful, structured grand cru white with citrus, hazelnut and a mineral, ageworthy core.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A powerful, ageworthy grand cru white, with citrus, hazelnut and a saline, mineral core.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Maison Louis Latour (founded 1797) farms around 9 hectares of Corton-Charlemagne: citrus, hazelnut and a long saline core.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A cult grand cru white: flinty and reductive, with citrus, hazelnut, gunflint and a saline, endless finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A precise, mineral grand cru white with citrus, hazelnut and a saline, ageworthy core.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
From a near-monopole holding on the Corton hill, a powerful, ageworthy white with citrus, hazelnut and saline depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A well-priced grand cru white, mineral and fresh with citrus, hazelnut and a saline finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A mineral grand cru white from the Corton hill, with citrus, white flowers and a saline depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The most approachable DRC grand cru young, with bright red fruit, spice and supple texture.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Fragrant and silky Echezeaux with bright red fruit, rose and a fine mineral thread.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic
An old-vine village cuvee with concentration above its rank: dark fruit, spice and savoury depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant
A grand-cru-quality premier cru: deep, spicy and finely structured, with dark fruit and a long mineral finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant
A deep, structured premier cru widely held to perform at grand cru level, with dark fruit, spice and length.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Structured and earthy, with dark cherry, spice and a firm, mineral backbone.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
DRC's other monopole: darker and more muscular than Romanee-Conti, with violet, black fruit and a spiced, savoury core.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A cooler, more savoury grand cru, with red and black fruit, herbs and a mineral, lacy finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A structured Corton red with dark fruit, iron and a firm, savoury palate.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A richer, more exotic Meursault cru, with citrus, honey, ginger and a saline, persistent finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Often called Meursault's grand cru in waiting: mineral and intense, with citrus, hazelnut and a saline depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
The reference Meursault premier cru: intensely flinty and mineral, with citrus, hazelnut and a saline length.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
The grandest of white Burgundies in DRC's hands: honeyed, spiced and powerful, with a saline, near-endless finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
The grandest white Burgundy in Bouchard's hands: powerful and saline, with citrus, honey and a long mineral finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
The white-Burgundy reference at its summit: profound, saline and tightly wound, with citrus, honey and an endless finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
From a sliver of Le Montrachet, profound and saline with citrus, honey and an endless mineral finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
From a tiny parcel, a profound and saline Montrachet with citrus, honey and an endless mineral finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Roumier's firm, structured monopole: darker and more tannic young, opening to dark fruit and spice with age.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing
A unique premier cru white from old Aligote vines, taut and saline with citrus, herbs and stony depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Biodynamic Musigny of extraordinary perfume and depth, with floral lift over a dense, mineral core.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
From Roumier's roughly 0.1-hectare Musigny parcel: ethereal perfume over a deep, mineral core.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A tiny biodynamic Musigny, perfumed and silky with rose, red fruit and a mineral finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A perfumed, silky Musigny from biodynamic vines, with rose, red fruit and a fine mineral depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The largest owner of Musigny makes its grandest wine from old vines: aristocratic perfume over a profound, mineral core.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant
A more structured Nuits cru, dark-fruited and spicy with firm but ripe tannins.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant
A dense, age-worthy Pommard monopole, with dark fruit, iron, spice and a firm, savoury frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant
A powerful, dark-fruited Pommard with iron, spice and firm, age-worthy tannins.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Sauzet's signature premier cru, rich yet mineral, with citrus, white flowers and a saline finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Leflaive's most refined premier cru, lacy and floral with citrus, white flowers and a saline finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The most opulent and broad-shouldered of the DRC reds, with dense black fruit, spice and a velvety, generous palate.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Opulent and dense Vosne grand cru, layering black fruit, spice and earth over a velvety frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Plush, deeply fruited Richebourg shaped by the Henri Jayer school, with dark berry, spice and polished tannins.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The Vosne monopole at its most ethereal: rose, spice and dark berry layered over a silken, near-weightless palate of extraordinary persistence.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The most delicate and lacy DRC grand cru, all rose, red berry and silk over fine-grained tannins.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Pure, finely chiselled Gevrey grand cru with dark cherry, spice and a mineral, lifted finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
A silky, perfumed Volnay from old vines, with red fruit, violet and a fine, savoury frame.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
A silkier counterpoint to the Pommard, with red fruit, violet and a fine, savoury frame.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
A classically structured Volnay, firm and mineral young, with red fruit, spice and a long savoury finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Lafon's structured Volnay red, with dark cherry, spice and a firm, savoury frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant
The famed Jayer cru: intense, spicy and mineral, with dark cherry and a long savoury finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A historic walled white monopole, rich and saline with citrus, white flowers and a stony depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A vintage single-terroir Blanc de Blancs from Avize and Cramant: citrus and white flowers over wet chalk and toasted nuts, with intense minerality, saline depth and racy tension.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
A vintage Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs prestige cuvee: floral notes with hazelnut and chestnut bread over a creamy, full-bodied palate of baked goods, mango and candied chestnut.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The house prestige cuvee: fresh bread and citrus oil over yellow orchard fruit, verbena and macadamia, full-bodied and chiseled with a vinous core cloaking brisk acids.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
Bollinger's barrel-fermented vintage cuvee: a marine nose of sea breeze, oyster shell and gunpowder smoke over hazelnut, with orchard fruit and fine vanilla on a savoury palate.
Bollinger R.D.
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Recently disgorged La Grande Annee held far longer on lees: oak and toasted coconut over dried apricot and mandarin, bone-dry yet fruit-packed with a very long finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A toasty, tropical vintage Blanc de Blancs: candied lemon and baked pineapple with coffee and floral tones, the round palate cut by minerality and high acidity on a long, pure, dry finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Deutz's Pinot-led prestige cuvee: ripe orchard fruit over toast and spice, the palate vinous and deep with mineral structure and a long finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A stately old-vine Cramant Blanc de Blancs fermented in old oak without malolactic: citrus and white flowers over toasted nuts and chalk, with creamy texture and saline mineral depth.
Dom Perignon
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
A single-vintage prestige cuvee of silky, sculpted precision: white peach and candied citrus over a smoky, saline mineral core that the house calls its first plenitude.
Dom Perignon P2
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Dom Perignon held to its second plenitude: a generous, plump wine of slate and crushed rock over apricot, honeysuckle and mint, with a stretched, energetic glide.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
A bold, powerful vintage rose led by black cherry and stone fruit over a deep, softly spicy core, combining flesh and richness with zingy drive.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Ruinart's prestige cuvee, a Grand Cru-only pure-Chardonnay Blanc de Blancs in a firm, muscular, reductive style with chalk and long, lingering flavour.
Dom Ruinart Rose
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
A rare Blanc de Blancs-based prestige rose: copper-hued and complex with mature Pinot, apricot and spice over gunpowder toast, vanilla and layered citrus.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A single walled-vineyard Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs of intense purity: bone-dry, dense and saline with crystalline brightness and Krug's intellectual austerity.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
A multi-vintage blend of extraordinary breadth: expressive toast and brioche over stone fruit, an unctuous creamy palate and a crisp mouthwatering lemon finish.
Krug Rose
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Festive
A vinous, spice-driven rose with greater colour and texture from a relatively high red-wine proportion, the fruit framed by Krug's signature toast.
Krug Vintage
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Krug's expression of a single year: citrus and stone fruit over toasted nuts, spice and honey, with vinous depth, fine chalk and a complex, savoury, very long finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A single-vineyard Blanc de Blancs from a walled vineyard inside the city of Reims: citrus and white flowers over chalk and subtle toast, taut and racy with saline mineral depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
A non-dosed single-village Premier Cru Vertus Blanc de Blancs: lemon and green apple over chalk and white flowers, bone-dry with a saline cut, racy tension and a long dry finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Laurent-Perrier's flagship blends three great vintages: lemon sherbet, ripe pear and yellow plum over lime, peach and chalk, with intense fruit, stylish restraint and toasty layers.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The original prestige cuvee, created for a tsar: zesty candied lemon and pollen over roasted hazelnut and vanilla, with incredible tension and a chalky, honed precision.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Cristal in rose form: fine red fruit and pink grapefruit over chalk and spice, with a silky texture and the same saline, racy length as the white.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
The prestige cuvee in Emile Galle's Art Nouveau anemone bottle: white flowers, honeysuckle and citrus over fresh almond, the palate delicate and silky with chalk and floral length.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Romantic · Elegant
The prestige rose in the anemone bottle: gentle red berries and rose over citrus and soft spice, charming and soft with fresh acidity.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Champagne's great single-clos wine from a steep south-facing walled vineyard: ripe apple, candied ginger and mandarin peel over oyster shell and jasmine, with a toasty undercurrent and depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A benchmark single-vineyard Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs from old vines: spring flowers, white fruit and citrus over marzipan, with slate and crushed-rock energy and saline length.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
A vintage Blanc de Blancs of crisp golden orchard fruit and white flowers, full-bodied and broad with a fleshy core, lively acids and a precise chalky finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Pol Roger's Pinot-dominant prestige cuvee honouring Churchill: orange oil and confit lemon over brioche and honey, with bright saline cutting a core of apricot, mint and sage.
Rare Champagne
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The Chardonnay-led prestige cuvee, now its own house: candied citrus and white flowers over honey and spice, the palate creamy with chalk and a long finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
One of Champagne's most mystical wines, made only in declared years from a single Grand Cru village: citrus and white flowers over iodine and chalk, with crystalline, racy intensity and extraordinary length.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Funky
A solera-based Avize Blanc de Blancs of extraordinary intensity: dried apricot, walnut and curry spice over honey and smoke, with oxidative depth, vinous power and saline length.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Taittinger's vintage Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs from Cote des Blancs Chardonnay: citrus and white flowers over chalk, with creamy texture and saline length.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
The prestige rose counterpart to Comtes: red berries and blood orange over rose and spice, the palate silky with raspberry, chalk and a long finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
A Grand Cru Chouilly Special Club Blanc de Blancs: lemon and lime with heady lily and sweet vanilla, very fresh with a beautiful chalky character and a saline cut.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The house prestige cuvee named for Madame Clicquot: dried fig, apricot and ripe pear over hazelnut, the palate richly balanced with yellow plum and tropical lift on a fresh finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
The rose version of the prestige cuvee: powerful red fruit and citrus over rooibos tea and fine leather, the palate complex with dried flowers and smoke on a luscious finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
A prestigious old-vine red from a once-abandoned terraced vineyard, dense and mineral with graphite and savoury spice, built for long ageing.
Barca Velha
5.0
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Portugal's most iconic dry red, made only in exceptional years from Douro Superior fruit: a structured, ageworthy wine with cedar, tobacco and a long mineral finish.
Chryseia
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant
A refined, Bordeaux-influenced Douro red from the Symington and Prats partnership: silky and polished, prizing elegance and freshness over power.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A plush, approachably fruited Vintage Port from one of the oldest Port houses, built around the Quinta da Roeda estate.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A single-quinta Vintage Port from the Symington home estate at Pinhao, made in years Dow's does not declare a classic Vintage, in the drier Dow's house style.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
The driest of the classic Vintage Ports, built around Quinta do Bomfim and Senhora da Ribeira fruit, with a firm structure and a notably dry, savoury finish.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A structured Vintage Port from Portugal's most historic native house, with concentrated dark fruit and a firm ageing spine.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A single-quinta Vintage Port from Fonseca's source estate in the Tavora valley, declared in off years, with the house's opulent black fruit and minty lift.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
Fonseca's Vintage is the lush, exotically fruited counterpoint to Taylor's: opulent black fruit and a perfumed minty lift over firm structure.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
The richest and sweetest of the classic Vintage Ports, built on the warm Malvedos and Tua fruit, with opulent black fruit over a firm spine.
Niepoort Batuta
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Niepoort's flagship old-vine Douro red, from very old field-blend vineyards: concentrated yet fresh, with graphite minerality and fine-grained structure for long ageing.
Niepoort Charme
4.6
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
A deliberately Burgundian Douro red, whole-bunch and silky, prizing perfume and finesse over power, with fragrant red fruit and a savoury mineral finish.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant
A classic, fresh-styled Vintage Port from this artisan family house, with pure black fruit, fine tannins and a notably fresh, lifted structure.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A well-priced single-quinta Vintage Port from this family producer at Sao Joao da Pesqueira, with black fruit and a firm structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold
A concentrated, oak-aged Cima Corgo red from the Amorim estate, structured and fresh with dark fruit and cedar spice.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Quinta Nova's top old-vine red, dense and mineral with cedar and graphite, made only in the best years.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold
The flagship old-vine red from the Gaivosa estate in the cooler Baixo Corgo, structured and mineral with a long fresh finish.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A single-quinta Vintage Port from the Pacheca estate, with black fruit and a firm structure for ageing.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A fresh single-quinta Vintage Port from the riverside La Rosa estate, with black fruit and a firm structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold
A benchmark old-vine field-blend Douro red, ripe yet structured, balancing dark fruit and savoury spice with the estate's signature freshness and ageability.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
A single-vineyard old-vine field blend from a plot of pre-1920 vines, dense and structured yet fresh, with graphite minerality and a long savoury finish built for the cellar.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A single-quinta Vintage Port from the Crasto estate, fresh and structured with concentrated black fruit.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
One of the rarest and most legendary wines in the world, from a tiny block of ungrafted, pre-phylloxera vines, declared only in exceptional years and capable of ageing for generations.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
A pure, elegant single-quinta Vintage Port from the famous Pinhao estate, with fine tannins and graphite-edged black fruit built to age.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A single-quinta Vintage Port from Sandeman's flagship Cima Corgo estate at Valenca do Douro, concentrated and structured for ageing.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
An organic single-quinta Vintage Port from the Tedo-Douro confluence, with black fruit and a firm ageing structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
One of Portugal's most sought-after dry reds, from the historic Douro Superior estate where Barca Velha was born: powerful yet refined, with cedar, graphite and a long structured finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold
Vallado's flagship old-vine Douro red, named for Dona Antonia Adelaide Ferreira: concentrated and structured yet fresh, from low-yielding old vines.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A powerful single-quinta Vintage Port from the grand Douro Superior estate, foot-trodden in granite lagares, with dense black fruit and a mineral, ageworthy structure.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A structured Vintage Port from one of the most recognised Port houses, with concentrated black fruit and a firm spine for ageing.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
Taylor's declared Vintage is the firm, structured benchmark of the style: dense black-fruit concentration over grippy tannins built for decades in bottle.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A single-quinta Vintage Port from the Vista Alegre estate near Pinhao, with black fruit and a firm structure.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
The most elegant and floral of the Symington Vintages, built on Quinta da Cavadinha fruit, with fine tannins and a fresh, perfumed character.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
The wine that launched Wine & Soul, from a tiny plot of ancient field-blend vines at Vale de Mendiz: dense and mineral yet fresh, a benchmark of the modern Douro.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The Riserva flagship of Barone Pizzini, organic and declared only in the best vintages. Chardonnay-Pinot Nero blend with 7 years on lees and a saline patisserie finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Bellavista's Riserva, named after founder Vittorio Moretti and released only in declared vintages. Chardonnay-Pinot Nero blend with 7 years on lees, candied citrus and patisserie depth over a graphite finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
100 percent Pinot Nero Riserva from the historic Palazzo Lana vineyard in Borgonato. Eight years on lees deliver dried cherry, hazelnut and a graphite minerality.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Maurizio Zanella's prestige cuvée, named after his mother Annamaria Clementi. Oak-fermented base wines and 8 years on lees produce a layered, autolytic Riserva with patisserie depth and a saline, mineral finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Pinot-led Riserva Rosé from saigne with eight years on lees. Wild strawberry and rose petal aromatics over a creamy patisserie palate and a long graphite-tinged finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Maurizio Zanella's Bordeaux blend named after the founder, vinified at Erbusco and matured 18 to 24 months in French barriques. Blackcurrant and graphite aromatics with firm tannin and a long cedar finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Uberti's prestige Riserva, named after Francesco I Uberti. Chardonnay-led blend with 7 years on lees and an autolytic patisserie depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The estate's flagship red, blending the three indigenous Friulian reds (Refosco, Schioppettino, Pignolo). Black plum, tobacco and graphite over a fine grainy tannin and a long finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Nicola Manferrari's flagship Collio Bianco, three-variety field blend with extended lees ageing. Yellow apple and almond blossom over a wax-and-honey palate with the structural depth of grower Champagne.
Bressan Carat
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Bordeaux-blend Friulian red from Bressan. Cabernet Franc-led blend matured in large Slavonian oak botti in the traditional house style.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Native Friulian Pignolo from cult Bressan at Farra d'Isonzo. Pignolo was nearly extinct before Carlo Bressan and Alessandro Dorigo led the revival; the variety is among Italy's most tannic native reds.
Bressan Verduzzo
4.4
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Late-harvest Verduzzo Friulano from cult Bressan. The cellar's dessert bottling from air-dried grapes.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The estate's Bordeaux blend from the Gorizia hillside, with no added yeast and four years in Slavonian botti. Black plum and leather over an iron mineral dusty tannin.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Damijan Podversic's extended-maceration Ribolla from the Gorizia hillside, two months on the skins with no added yeast. Dried apricot and honey over a tea-tannin finish.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Late-harvest Picolit from Dario Coos in the Colli Orientali. Picolit is one of Italy's rarest grapes thanks to its floral abortion, which leaves clusters with very few berries.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Late-harvest Verduzzo Friulano from the Ramandolo amphitheatre at Nimis. Dario Coos is the village reference and Il Longhino is the cellar's flagship Ramandolo DOCG.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The Riserva tier of Edi Keber's sole Collio Bianco, with three years on lees in Slavonian oak. Yellow apple, almond cream and wax over a long saline finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
International-varietal field blend (Sauvignon, Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Riesling Italico) vinified the same qvevri-and-Slavonian-botti way as Ribolla. Yellow stone fruit, dried orange peel and walnut over a tea-tannin amphora finish.
Gravner Ribolla
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Josko Gravner's flagship Ribolla Gialla, fermented six to seven months on the skins in buried qvevri after his 2001 conversion to the Georgian amphora method. Dried apricot and orange peel aromatics over a tea-tannin palate and a saline pithy finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Indigenous Pignolo from Oslavia, fermented in qvevri and aged six years in Slavonian botti. Dried black cherry and leather over a graphite, firm-tannin core with the distinctive amphora signature.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Merlot-led Bordeaux blend vinified in qvevri the Gravner way. Black plum and violet aromatics with leather and iron mineral over a firm tannin spine.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Picolit from the family's Rocca Bernarda holdings, the heart of DOCG Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit. Dried apricot and honey over a saline-edged finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Indigenous Pignolo from the family's Rocca Bernarda holdings, aged 36 months in barrique. Black plum and leather over the variety's signature firm grainy tannin.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Livio Felluga's flagship DOCG Picolit, the indigenous Friulian sweet-wine grape with naturally low yields and tiny berries. Dried apricot and honey over a saline-edged finish that keeps the wine from cloying.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The estate's flagship Friulian red, a three-variety blend (Refosco, Merlot, Pignolo) with extended barrique ageing. Black plum and leather over a firm grainy tannin.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The Livio Felluga flagship Friulian white from the Rosazzo amphitheatre, a three-variety blend (Friulano, Pinot Bianco, Sauvignon) with partial barrique ageing. First vintage 1981; Italy's reference age-worthy white wine and the flagship of the broader Friulian white-wine movement.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard Friulano from the Buri plot at Buttrio. Enzo Pontoni's cult Miani is the Colli Orientali's most sought-after producer with tiny yields and decade-plus waiting lists.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard Merlot from the Calvari plot at Buttrio. Miani's flagship red, considered by critics one of Italy's reference Merlots for its structure and ageworthiness.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard Friulano from the Filip plot at Buttrio. The cellar's second top Friulano alongside Buri, with the same hand-farmed Pontoni approach.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard Sauvignon from the Saurint plot at Buttrio. Miani's Sauvignon is the cellar's most overtly aromatic single-vineyard wine but built on the same low-yield concentration spine.
Radikon Merlot
4.6
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Funky
Indigenous-style Merlot from the Oslavia ponca slopes, vinified the Radikon way with no added yeast and three years in Slavonian botti. Dried red cherry and leather over a dusty, saline-edged finish.
Radikon Pignoli
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Indigenous Pignolo from the Oslavia ponca slopes vinified the Radikon natural-wine way. Dried black cherry, leather and graphite over a firm grainy tannin.
Radikon Ribolla
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Stanko Radikon's pioneering extended-maceration Ribolla, with three to four months on the skins. The wine that put Oslavia on the global orange-wine map alongside Gravner; sold in the distinctive 500 ml bottle Stanko adopted in 2002.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Rocca Bernarda's flagship DOCG Picolit from the Villa Rocca Bernarda estate at Premariacco. The villa was the historical seat of Picolit production under the Counts of Trento in the 19th century.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
The Rapuzzi family's flagship Schioppettino di Cialla. The Rapuzzi rescued Schioppettino from near-extinction in the 1970s, planting the first new Schioppettino vineyards at Cialla (Prepotto) since the variety nearly died out. Their work led to the Schioppettino di Prepotto sub-denomination.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The Rapuzzi family's late-harvest Verduzzo Friulano from Cialla, aged in large Slavonian oak botti. Dried apricot and honey over a saline-edged sweet finish.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Late-harvest Picolit from Ronchi di Manzano. The cellar's DOCG dessert wine made from the historically rare grape.
Specogna Pignolo
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Specogna's Pignolo from the Rocca Bernarda holdings, aged 36 months in barrique. Black plum and leather over the variety's signature firm grainy tannin.
Vodopivec Solo
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Funky
Single-parcel long-skin-contact Vitovska from Vodopivec. Solo is the cellar's top cuvée from a single Carso parcel.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Funky
Long-skin-contact Vitovska from Paolo Vodopivec on the Carso. The cellar buried its first qvevri amphorae in 2005 and built around them an orange-wine line that critics rate alongside Gravner and Radikon.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
VORS Amontillado from Osborne's deepest soleras: 30-plus year average age gives extraordinary rancio concentration and complexity in the dry El Puerto Atlantic microclimate.
Amontillado VORS
4.9
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Old Amontillado from the Hidalgo Sanlúcar solera: extended ageing on the scale between standard Amontillado and VORS, the saline coastal terroir persisting through deep oxidative complexity.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
VORS Palo Cortado blended with a small PX component for balance. Profound complexity: orange peel, hazelnuts, beeswax and a very long bittersweet finish.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Festive
Classic PX with near-black colour and extreme dried-fruit sweetness; produced from sun-dried Pedro Ximénez grapes in the Sanlúcar bodega.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Rustic
Osborne's classic dry Oloroso; full body from long oxidative solera ageing, dark dried-fruit and rancio complexity characteristic of El Puerto's Atlantic-moderated Oloroso style.
Sweet · Festive
Burdon Oloroso
4.1
Dry · Bold
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Dry Oloroso with full, warm body; dried fig and walnut core over a rich rancio finish characteristic of long oxidative solera ageing.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury
Dry Sanlúcar Oloroso from Delgado Zuleta's oldest solera; the Atlantic coastal terroir adds a persistent saline note to the standard dried-fruit and rancio oxidative profile.
Faraón Oloroso
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
VORS Oloroso of 30-plus years average age from Sanlúcar; intensely concentrated with dark dried-fruit, coffee and rancio depth alongside the characteristic saline note of the appellation.
Dry · Contemplative
Dry · Elegant · Contemplative
Dry · Funky · Savoury
Dry · Bold · Savoury
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Festive · Romantic
Rich, concentrated Pedro Ximénez made from sun-dried grapes; intensely sweet with coffee, molasses and dried-fruit complexity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury
Dry Sanlúcar Oloroso from Argüeso with full body; rich dried-fruit and rancio complexity from oxidative solera ageing in the bodega's Barrio Bajo cellars.
Dry · Contemplative
Medium Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A VORS sweet Oloroso of minimum 30 years average age. Deep mahogany with complex dried fruit, orange peel, dark chocolate and a long, bittersweet finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Easygoing
Mid-tier Amontillado from Delgado Zuleta at the accessible entry below VORS; dry, nutty, with the characteristic Sanlúcar saline freshness from the Manzanilla origin.
Sweet · Romantic · Festive
Moscatel Pasas
4.6
Sweet · Festive · Romantic
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Contemplative
VORS PX from a solera over 30 years average age. Opaque near-black with extreme concentration: tar, treacle, dried tobacco and an extraordinary viscous finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
Palo Cortado from Sanlúcar with the hazelnut nose of Amontillado and the full, rancio palate of Oloroso; the intermediate style at its most distinct.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Rustic
Oloroso named after the Sangre y Trabajadero pago (Blood and Toil): full-bodied, dry and concentrated with the characteristic rancio depth of old El Puerto oxidative soleras.
Oloroso VORS
4.9
Dry · Contemplative · Bold
Palo Cortado
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Palo Cortado from El Puerto's riverside bodega; the Amontillado aromatics with Oloroso palate weight, lighter and more Atlantic in character than inland Jerez equivalents.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Organic Palo Cortado: the rarest sherry style from a certified organic producer; hazelnut aromatics over a full, oxidative body with the characteristic tension of the intermediate classification.
Dry · Elegant · Contemplative
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Manzanilla Pasada from the Pago Miraflores: extended biological ageing produces a wine midway between fresh Manzanilla and Amontillado, with uncommon depth and saline persistence.
Pedro Ximénez
4.2
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Festive
Classic Pedro Ximénez from the El Puerto riverside bodega: near-black, intensely sweet and concentrated with molasses, dark chocolate and dried-fruit character.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Festive
PX from Osborne's 1827 solera: intensely concentrated and syrupy with espresso, dark chocolate and prune character from nearly two centuries of solera refinement.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Festive
Organic Pedro Ximénez: the same intensely sweet, near-black style as conventional PX but produced without synthetic pesticides or herbicides on the Montilla PX vineyards.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
VORS Amontillado from a solera maintained since the bodega's founding in 1744; exceptional saline complexity from extended Sanlúcar biological phase and decades of subsequent oxidative development.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
Century-old solera Amontillado of extreme concentration; the rancio and mineral depth reflect decades of slow oxidative transformation in old American oak.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Premium Manzanilla Pasada from the Herederos de Argüeso family archive solera; the extended under-flor ageing develops deeper complexity while retaining the Atlantic salinity characteristic of Sanlúcar.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Aged Oloroso of at least 20 years from a VOS solera; concentrated dried-fruit and rancio character with notable complexity from extended oxidative ageing.
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Low acidity · Bold · Festive
Brandy de Jerez from Osborne's BC 200 solera; rich, dried-fruit and caramel character from extended American oak ageing in the Jerez solera system.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Premium Amontillado from Gutiérrez Colosía's oldest family solera butts: the Atlantic El Puerto microclimate gives the wine a lighter, more delicate character than Jerez city-centre equivalents at comparable age.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Festive · Romantic
Classic PX of extreme concentration and sweetness from sun-dried Pedro Ximénez grapes; near-black in colour with molasses, espresso and dark dried-fruit intensity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
VORS Amontillado from a solera begun in 1891; the extended Sanlúcar biological phase gives uncommon saline freshness to the otherwise oxidative profile.
Carlan
4.8
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The single-parcel cuvée from a sandstone-and-schist terroir east of Jonquieres; precise, structured and built to age 10 to 15 years from a top vintage.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Mas Champart's flagship cuvee since 2000: 65% Mourvedre from massale selection originating at Domaine Tempier (Bandol), blended with 70-110 year-old Carignans and Grenache, aged 85% in demi-muid.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Rare 100% Syrah parcel cuvée of La Negly from a tiny plot. Single-parcel yield of 10-15 hl/ha, with retail prices typically EUR 180-350 per bottle.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Cuvee exception of Daumas Gassac, 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from the original 1972 vines. Produced in 2,000 bottles per top vintage; structured with backbone of freshness and powerful tannins.
Hospitalitas
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Prestige cuvée of Hospitalet from a rocky parcel dominated by wind and sun; old vines of Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre on the La Clape limestone.
Jadis
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Mid-tier biodynamic Faugères from Léon Barral, named Jadis (formerly). Carignan-Syrah-Grenache from schist; cement and old oak. A cellar wine in the making.
L'Ancely
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Mourvedre-dominated prestige cuvée of La Negly from very old vines; parcel selection yielding tiny harvests of 10-15 hl/ha. Named for the chateau's historic 18th-century identity.
La Boda
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Balanced and expressive top cuvée of Aupilhac; cinnamon, white pepper and ginger notes with raspberry and gooseberry fruit. Built to age.
La Peira
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Flagship Terrasses du Larzac of La Peira, a 60/40 Syrah-Grenache blend; full-bodied with smoked black fruit, ground pepper, graphite, garrigue, lavender and truffle notes, sweet integrated tannin and a long mineral finish per producer tasting notes spanning 2005-2020 vintages.
La Villa Rouge
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The prestige Terrasses du Larzac of Sauvageonne; Syrah-Grenache-Mourvedre selection from the highest-quality parcels with extended barrique ageing.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Grenache-led second wine of La Peira with 25% Syrah and smaller parts of Mourvedre, Cinsault and Carignan; fragrant, fine, structured.
Les Combariolles
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Parcel-selection top cuvée from the rocky Combariolles terroir; intense aromas of dried flowers, cinnamon and quetsche with structured tannin.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Aime Guibert's pioneering Bordeaux-style red from the Gassac valley, ~80% Cabernet Sauvignon with twenty other rare varieties. The wine that built the IGP Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert.
Matissat
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Rare 100% Mourvedre cuvée from the Bois de Pauliau lieu-dit at La Peira; tiny production, structured and savoury.
Valinière
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Domaine Léon Barral's flagship cuvée. 80% Mourvèdre dominant from 15-30 year-old vines on 4.3 hectares of schist; aged in barrel (10% new). Built for two decades.
Beauvais
4.5
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Single-vineyard Bourgueil from the Beauvais terroir at Benais. Mid-weight, structured Cabernet Franc with mineral spine and a graphite finish, distinct from the limestone-driven Grand Mont.
Breze
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The Foucault brothers' cult Chenin Blanc from the Breze hillside at Coteaux de Saumur. Dense, mineral and lanolin-textured, with quince and beeswax built for two decades of cellaring.
Busardieres
4.5
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Single-vineyard biodynamic Bourgueil from a clay-flint parcel. Mid-weight, dark-fruited Cabernet Franc with iron-mineral grip and a long saline finish.
Chevalerie
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The estate's flagship cuvee, drawn from the oldest tuffeau-limestone parcels around the historic cellars. Demeter biodynamic Cabernet Franc with long ageing potential.
Clos Senechal
4.6
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Single-vineyard biodynamic Bourgueil from a 4-hectare clay-and-gravel parcel. Darker, more structured than Trinch, with iron-mineral spine and a savoury, tobacco-laced length.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Walled single-vineyard from tuffeau-limestone soils. Thierry Germain's flagship cuvee blends old oak and amphora ageing for a perfumed, mineral Cabernet Franc with serious cellar potential.
Clos de l'Echo
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The walled clos opposite Chinon's chateau, owned by Couly-Dutheil since 1921. Tuffeau-limestone terroir gives cassis, cedar and a chalky mineral length in the estate's flagship Chinon.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The Joguet flagship from an old-vines clay-limestone clos planted in 1953. Powerful, structured Cabernet Franc with cedar, graphite and a leathery, slowly-evolving finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
South-facing limestone clos above Chinon town, with vines planted in the 1970s. More vertical and stony than Dioterie, with dark-blue fruit and a chalky, mineral length.
Cot Vinifera
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Cot (the Loire's name for Malbec) from ungrafted pre-phylloxera-style vines on sand soils. Dark-fruited, structured Touraine Cot with iron-mineral grip distinct from Cahors.
Coteau de Noire
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
South-facing tuffeau-limestone parcel above the Vienne. Alliet's most structured cuvee: cassis, cedar and a chalky mineral grip in the Left-Bank-influenced house style.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytised sweet Chenin Blanc from a south-facing tuffeau parcel. The estate's rare dessert cuvee: candied apricot, honey and saffron over a saline mineral spine, built for decades.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Single-vineyard Coteaux du Layon from Baumard's Clos Sainte Catherine. Late-harvest Chenin with honey, peach and chalky lift, the Baumard's most approachable sweet wine.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytis Chenin Blanc from schist parcels above the Layon. Honey, apricot and preserved citrus over Anjou Noir schist's mineral spine.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Ogereau's flagship Coteaux du Layon Saint-Lambert from Clos des Bonnes Blanches. Botrytis Chenin Blanc with honey, apricot and saffron over chalky depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Nicolas Joly's 7-hectare biodynamic monopole AOC on schist over the Loire. quince, honey and waxy texture over an electric mineral spine.
Crescendo
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Couly-Dutheil's prestige cuvee from the best clay-limestone parcels of Clos de l'Echo. Heavily barriqued, structured for long ageing, with cedar, sweet spice and a chalky graphite finish.
Franc de Pied
4.7
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Bottled from ungrafted Cabernet Franc planted on sand soils. Lighter-footed and more aromatic than the limestone cuvees, with rose and wild raspberry over a fine-grained mineral spine.
Grand Mont
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard Bourgueil from the Grand Mont tuffeau-limestone slope at Bourgueil town. Pierre-Jacques Druet's structured, age-worthy Cabernet Franc with cassis and chalk.
L'Huisserie
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Clay-flint single vineyard at Cravant. Denser and darker than Vieilles Vignes, with blackberry, iron and a saline length from the unusual soil mix.
La Croix Boissee
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Limestone-grown Cabernet Franc from the highest, latest-ripening parcel at Cravant. Denser, more vertical and slower-developing than Les Grezeaux, with chalky minerality and high-toned cassis fruit.
La Petite Cave
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard Bourgueil from a tuffeau-limestone parcel at Benais. Yannick and Benoit Amirault's structured, age-worthy Cabernet Franc with cassis and graphite.
Le Bourg
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The Foucault brothers' cult cuvee, born from a single tuffeau-limestone parcel at Chace. Dense, perfumed Cabernet Franc with cedar, graphite and a chalky, mineral length that defines what Saumur-Champigny can be.
Le Clos
4.8
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
The estate's village-level cuvee, blending parcels around the cellars at Chace. More accessible than Le Bourg and Les Poyeux but with the Clos Rougeard signature: fine tannin, mineral length, and a perfumed lift.
Le Clos Guillot
4.5
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
South-facing clay-limestone clos planted in 1989 just below the La Croix Boissee parcel. More aromatic and floral than its sibling, with red-plum fruit, fine-grained tannins and a saline length.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Single-vineyard Cabernet Franc from clay-flint soils above the Vienne. Sappy cassis-and-graphite fruit framed by fine-grained tannins, named for the small dog-shaped rocks that flank the parcel.
Les Fevettes
4.5
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Single-vineyard Saumur-Champigny from a tuffeau-limestone parcel at Dampierre-sur-Loire. The Vatan family's structured Cabernet Franc with cassis, graphite and saline length.
Les Grezeaux
4.6
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
The Baudry single-vineyard on gravel-over-clay terraces above the Vienne, picked from vines planted between 1969 and 1980. Mineral, dark-fruited Cabernet Franc with savoury depth and an iron-tinged finish.
Les Malgagnes
4.5
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Single-vineyard Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil from gravel-over-tuffeau soils. More structured than La Source, with iron-mineral spine and a savoury, tobacco-laced length.
Les Nourrissons
5.0
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Cult Anjou Chenin from a 0.7-hectare parcel of centenarian vines planted 1910 on chalky-clay plateau. A few thousand bottles a year of cellar-worthy dry Chenin Blanc, virtually impossible to find.
Les Onglés
4.8
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Cult Anjou Chenin from 2 hectares of 30-year-old vines on schist and limestone. Delicate white fruit, clean mineral attack and pure gourmet fruit with saline chewiness.
Les Perrieres
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Old-vine biodynamic Bourgueil from a tuffeau-limestone parcel. The Bretons' flagship: cassis, chalk and graphite Cabernet Franc with serious cellar potential.
Les Picasses
4.7
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
A clay-limestone single vineyard that has produced Raffault's library-aged flagship since the 1940s. Released only after long bottle age, it shows leather, dried fruit and tertiary forest-floor depth.
Les Poyeux
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Cult Saumur-Champigny from the Les Poyeux climat. More aromatic and slightly lighter-footed than Le Bourg, with dark cherry, tobacco and a long, fine-tannin mineral length.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Cult Anjou Chenin from a 0.45-hectare parcel of 80-year-old vines on light limestone upstream of the Layon. The most lifted of Bernaudeau's three bottlings.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Gravel-terrace single vineyard along the Vienne, picked from vines averaging 50 years. Bright, lifted Cabernet Franc with rose, raspberry and pebble-mineral minerality.
Lisagathe
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The estate's flagship single-vineyard cuvee, named for Philippe Vatan's daughters Lise and Agathe. Tuffeau-limestone Cabernet Franc with cedar, chalk and a savoury, espresso-tinged finish.
Marginale
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Old-vine Cabernet Franc from clay-limestone parcels. The estate's structured mid-range cuvee, sitting between Cuvee Domaine and Clos de l'Echelier in profile.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Cru Communal Muscadet from gabbro, a decomposed blue-green igneous rock unique to Gorges. Smoky, structured and intensely mineral, age-worthy beyond a decade.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Cru Communal Muscadet from gabbro, the decomposed blue-green igneous rock unique to Gorges. 70-year-old vines and long lees ageing produce incredible texture and tension.
Pierre de Tuf
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Old-vine Cabernet Franc from tuffeau limestone parcels at Ligre. Denser and more vertical than Les Chiens-Chiens, with dark berry fruit and a chalky, mineral spine.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Buisson Renard (formerly Buisson Ménard) is the broader, more exotic side of Dagueneau. Yellow plum and exotic spice over a full, ripe-fruited Sauvignon frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Pur Sang, established 1988, sits at the heart of Dagueneau's range. Citrus, saline mineral and flint smoke from a Kimmeridgian-clay terroir.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Pouilly-Fumé from Saint-Andelain flint terroir. Didier Dagueneau's flagship cuvée since 1990; pure pierre à fusil signature on a powerful, age-worthy frame.
Provignage
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Bottled from pre-phylloxera ungrafted Romorantin vines planted in 1850. The world reference for this rare Touraine grape, with quince, beeswax and saline length built for ageing.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytis-affected Chenin Blanc from Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru AOC. Honey, apricot and preserved citrus on a multi-decade-cellar frame, the Baumard's flagship dessert wine.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytis-affected Chenin Blanc from Pierre-Bise's Quarts de Chaume parcels. Honey, apricot and saffron over a multi-decade-cellar frame.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Patrick Baudouin's botrytis Chenin Blanc from Quarts de Chaume schist. Intense honey and apricot over Anjou Noir schist's mineral spine; multi-decade-cellar.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Top-of-La-Moussière Pinot Noir from Buzançais limestone. Mellot's most Burgundian-styled red, with the structure to rival Génération XIX in cellaring capacity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Cotat's southern Chavignol parcel: laser-like Kimmeridgian minerality, vibrant salinity and yellow fruits that evolve toward honey and rock with bottle age.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Pascal Cotat's south-facing Grande Côte sits on almost pure chalk, the same vein that runs through Chablis. Energy, precision and verve.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The most overtly mineral of Cotat's three single-vineyard bottlings, from a steep 0.7 hectare Chavignol parcel of fossilised pebbles. Rewards 15 years for creamy, saline depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Cooler-facing Chavignol parcel where Sauvignon picks up white-fruit chill and stony persistence. The most lifted of Pascal Cotat's single-vineyard whites.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Cult Sancerre from the steep Monts Damnés slope in Chavignol. Smoky, strict and chiseled, with deep minerality from Kimmeridgian marl over white Portlandian limestone.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Pascal Cotat's Monts Damnés sits across the family line from his cousin François. From 45-year-old vines on pure limestone, the wine is hand-harvested and barrel-fermented for ageability.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Pinot Noir from 50-year-old vines on pure silex. Burgundian in feel: macerated cherry and chestnut mushroom over cool, silken tannin and a smoky finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Savennières from a butterfly-shaped parcel of schist with volcanic-rock pockets. Taut and chalky young; softens into honey and waxy texture with a decade.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Single-vineyard Savennières from Le Clos du Parc, a walled plot on schist. Riper face of FL's Savennières range, with stone-fruit depth and chalky lift.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Joly's entry-level Savennières from biodynamic schist parcels. Citrus and chamomile lift over chalky mineral with the estate's signature waxy depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Joly's Roche aux Moines bottling on schist. Citrus, quince and honey over a chalky, saline frame; smaller-scale than Coulée de Serrant but with the same biodynamic intensity.
Vaumoreau
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The estate's library-aged flagship from old-vine tuffeau-limestone parcels. Released only after extended cellaring, with cedar, chalk and a savoury, espresso-tinged length.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Vouvray Sec from Huet's Le Haut-Lieu tuffeau-limestone parcel (Demeter-certified biodynamic since 1990). Luminous, lively Chenin Blanc with multi-decade cellaring potential.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytis-affected Chenin Blanc from Clos du Bourg in late-harvest conditions. Honey, apricot and preserved citrus over the cuvée's signature chalky acidity.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Foreau's most rarefied Moelleux. Produced only five times in the domaine's century-long history (1947, 1990, 2011, 2015, 2020).
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytis-affected late-harvest Chenin Blanc from Foreau's tuffeau-limestone parcels in Vouvray. Bottled only a few times per decade, with documented multi-decade cellaring potential.
Vouvray Sec
4.7
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Third-generation Foreau's flagship dry Vouvray from south-facing parcels on tuffeau limestone. Crystalline citrus and chalk minerality with long cellaring.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Walled-vineyard Chenin on shallow limestone-clay. Combines mineral cut with generous texture, the most powerful of Huet's three Sec wines.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Le Haut-Lieu is the original 9-hectare Huet vineyard on deep clay over limestone. Approachable young yet capable of long ageing.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Le Mont's flint-rich hillsides produce a tight, mineral Chenin Blanc. Electric salinity and tense citrus on a multi-decade-cellar frame (drinking window 5 to 30 from vintage).
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A fruity-style Kabinett from pre-phylloxera, ungrafted 1896-planted vines in the Maximin Herrenberg: featherweight, racy and singular.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
The flagship dry Grosses Gewachs from the Abtsberg monopole: finely structured with refined terroir aroma, delicate fruit and great harmony.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A delicate Kabinett from the Abtsberg monopole: low in alcohol with refined terroir aroma, delicate fruit and racy Ruwer freshness.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A filigree fruity-style Spatlese from the Abtsberg monopole: refined terroir aroma and delicate fruit lifted by piercing Ruwer acidity, ageing for decades.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A concentrated fruity-style Spatlese from the Saar Ayler Kupp, with ripe fruit and piercing acidity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A dry single-vineyard Riesling from the namesake Batterieberg, blasted from rock in the 19th century: concentrated, deep and minerally.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A lacy Kabinett from the Bernkasteler Badstube, the most delicate of the estate's village wines, all crystalline fruit and low-alcohol tension.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
Fruity-style Kabinett from the Bernkasteler Doctor, a VDP Grosse Lage site with Riesling viticulture documented by Wwe. Dr. H. Thanisch since 1650, on steep blue slate above the town.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A concentrated fruity-style Spatlese from the Bernkasteler Doctor, the Mosel's most famous site, with ripe fruit over piercing acidity.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A racy fruity-style Kabinett from the Bernkasteler alte Badstube am Doctorberg, crystalline and low in alcohol.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A racy fruity-style Kabinett from the Brauneberger Juffer, crystalline and low in alcohol from the warm south-facing slope.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A feinfruchtig fruity-style Spatlese from the Brauneberger Juffer: concentrated ripe fruit balanced by piercing acidity, built for the long cellar.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
A concentrated, botrytis-touched Auslese from the Juffer-Sonnenuhr that pairs honeyed richness with the trademark cutting Brauneberg acidity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
The estate's flagship dry Grosses Gewachs from the steep south-facing Juffer-Sonnenuhr: crystalline, taut and intensely mineral.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A racy, crystalline fruity-style Spatlese from the Juffer-Sonnenuhr: pure stone fruit and citrus over the trademark Brauneberg tension and length.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Bold
A dry Grosses Gewachs from the Brauneberger Klostergarten: ripe, powerful and slate-driven, showing the warm-site density of the Mittelmosel.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Savoury
A dry old-vine Riesling from the tiny Bruderberg monopole: lively fruit, wild racy herbal aromas, saline minerality and a vivid, sleek profile.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A dry Grosses Gewachs from the revived steep Dhroner Hofberg: concentrated, taut and deeply mineral, a collector favourite.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A featherweight fruity-style Kabinett from the Dhroner Hofberg, crystalline, racy and low in alcohol.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A concentrated fruity-style Spatlese from the Dhroner Hofberg, with ripe fruit and piercing acidity for the long cellar.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
A concentrated, botrytis-touched Auslese from the tiny, warm Erdener Pralat: rich, exotic and honeyed over piercing acidity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Dry Grosses Gewachs from ungrafted old vines on Erden's red slate: ripe yellow stone fruit, salty slate minerality and a spicy, dense palate.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A classic fruity-style Kabinett from the Erdener Treppchen, low in alcohol with crystalline orchard fruit and a fine slate edge.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A concentrated fruity-style Spatlese from the Erdener Treppchen, with ripe fruit and piercing acidity in the traditional style.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A concentrated fruity-style Spatlese from the Erdener Treppchen, with ripe stone fruit and piercing acidity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Bold
A dry Grosses Gewachs from the Wawerner Goldberg: ripe, full-bodied and slate-driven, one of the estate's most powerful Saar bottlings.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
A bold, mineral-earthy Auslese from the Graacher Domprobst with exotic fruit notes and legendary development potential.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A precise, mineral fruity-style Kabinett from the Graacher Domprobst, hand-worked on steep slate with low alcohol and crystalline fruit.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A concentrated, mineral-driven fruity-style Spatlese from the Graacher Domprobst with piercing acidity and great cellar potential.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A racy fruity-style Kabinett from the Graacher Himmelreich, a touch firmer and earthier than the Wehlen wines, with classic low alcohol and crystalline fruit.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A delicate, racy Kabinett from the Graacher Himmelreich with crystalline orchard fruit and a fine slate edge.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A concentrated fruity-style Spatlese from the Graacher Himmelreich, with ripe fruit and classic Mittelmosel acidity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A very juicy, slightly tangy and wonderfully classic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Herrenberg monopole, with strong minerality and a creamy finish.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A racy fruity-style Kabinett from the Graacher Josephshofer monopole, crystalline and low in alcohol.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A dry single-vineyard Riesling from the Eitelsbacher Karthauserhofberg monopole: racy, mineral and taut in the classic Ruwer mould.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A racy, low-alcohol fruity-style Kabinett from the Karthauserhofberg monopole, crystalline and mineral.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A concentrated fruity-style Spatlese from the Karthauserhofberg monopole, with ripe fruit and piercing Ruwer acidity.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A perfumed fruity-style Spatlese from the Ruwer Kaseler Nies'chen, with aromatic ripe fruit and piercing acidity.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A barrel-aged, low-alcohol fruity-style Kabinett from the Krettnacher Euchariusberg, racy and transparent in the cult Falkenstein style.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A dry Grosses Gewachs from the Leiwener Laurentiuslay: precise, taut and finely mineral from steep Mittelmosel slate.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A racy fruity-style Kabinett from the Leiwener Laurentiuslay, crystalline and low in alcohol.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
A concentrated, often botrytis-touched edelsuss Auslese from the home vineyard: honeyed richness held in piercing acidity for decades of evolution.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Thomas Haag's home-vineyard dry Grosses Gewachs from the Lieserer Niederberg Helden: precise, taut and minerally in the multiple-award-winning estate style.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Bold
A dry single-parcel Grosses Gewachs from the steep blue-slate Fahrlay terraces of the Marienburg: extremely mineral, concentrated and structured for long ageing.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Bold
A dry Grosses Gewachs from the blue-slate Falkenlay parcel of the Punderich Marienburg: deep, spicy and densely mineral, farmed biodynamically.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Bold
A dry Grosses Gewachs from the red-slate Rothenpfad parcel of the Marienburg: herbaceous-spicy with red, bitter-fruit aromas and a powerful, structured palate.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A dry Grosses Gewachs from the ungrafted old-vine Maximin Herrenberg: detailed, taut and intensely mineral.
Dessert · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Festive
A rare Eiswein from the Mulheimer Helenenkloster, a site Richter reserves for ice wine: piercing acidity carrying intense concentrated frozen-grape sweetness.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A concentrated, spontaneously fermented fruity-style Spatlese from the Niedermenniger Sonnenberg with piercing Saar acidity.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A racy fruity-style Kabinett from the Oberemmeler Hutte monopole, transparent and low in alcohol with classic Saar tension.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A dry Grosses Gewachs from the Ockfener Bockstein: cool, herb-and-citrus driven and piercingly mineral in the classic Saar mould.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A dry Grosses Gewachs from the Saar Ockfener Bockstein: cool, herb-and-citrus driven and piercingly mineral.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A dry Grosses Gewachs from the perfumed Piesporter Goldtropfchen: aromatic, taut and finely mineral.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A perfumed fruity-style Kabinett from the Piesporter Goldtropfchen: aromatic peach and citrus over low-alcohol Mosel finesse.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A concentrated, aromatic fruity-style Spatlese from the Piesporter Goldtropfchen, with peach-and-citrus perfume and piercing acidity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
A cult Mosel Pinot Noir grown on Devonian slate in a low-yield, Burgundian style: bright red fruit, fine tannins and a savoury slate edge.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Bold
The barrel-fermented dry Grosses Gewachs from the heart of the Ayler Kupp: concentrated, savoury and deeply mineral, the estate's flagship dry wine.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A featherweight fruity-style Kabinett from the Ayler Kupp: low alcohol, racy and crystalline, a Saar Kabinett with a cult following.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Bold
A dry Grosses Gewachs from the steep Winninger Rottgen: sun-kissed peach, musk and smoky flint over copious yellow fruit, with enormous minerality, length and a saline finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
The flagship dry Grosses Gewachs from the Saarburger Rausch: dried pear, candied lemon and orange blossom over an elegant smoky reduction and razor-sharp precision.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A featherweight fruity-style Kabinett from the Saarburger Rausch: low alcohol, racy acidity and crystalline citrus, an ageworthy Saar classic.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A concentrated fruity-style Spatlese from the Saarburger Rausch, with ripe citrus and stone fruit held in piercing Saar acidity for the long cellar.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
Botrytis-laced Scharzhofberg Auslese from a VDP Grosse Lage parcel held by the Mueller family at the Scharzhof since 1797, with high acidity and decades of cellar potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Bold
A concentrated dry Grosses Gewachs from the Scharzhofberg: dark spice, ripe citrus and firm slaty minerality in a lean, straight, elegant frame.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A dry Grosses Gewachs from the estate's Scharzhofberg parcels: taut, mineral and elegant in the cool Saar style.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
The benchmark Saar Kabinett from the heart of the Scharzhofberg: weightless, low in alcohol, racy and crystalline, built to age for decades.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A racy fruity-style Kabinett from the church estate's Scharzhofberg holdings, crystalline and low in alcohol.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
A profound Saar Spatlese from the Scharzhofberg: concentrated yet ethereal, with piercing acidity carrying ripe fruit and slate over a very long life.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A concentrated fruity-style Spatlese from the estate's Scharzhofberg parcels, with ripe fruit held in piercing Saar acidity.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
The most expensive young white wine on earth in great vintages: a tiny-production, intensely botrytised Scharzhofberg TBA of liqueur-like concentration and electric acidity.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
A concentrated, botrytis-touched Auslese-level selection: honeyed richness held in piercing Mosel acidity for long ageing.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A racy, low-intervention fruity-style Kabinett from the Trabener Gaispfad, crystalline and low in alcohol.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A dry Grosses Gewachs from old vines in the Trittenheimer Apotheke: precise, taut and finely mineral from steep slate.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A racy fruity-style Kabinett from the Trittenheimer Apotheke, crystalline and low in alcohol.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A dry Grosses Gewachs from the blue-slate Blaufusser Lay terraces: cool, taut and saline with a tense, mineral-driven structure that needs cellaring to unfold.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A dry Grosses Gewachs from the Laubach section of the terraced Winninger Uhlen: peach, citrus and herbs over a cool, intense, taut minerality.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Bold
A dry Grosses Gewachs from the iron-rich Roth Lay terraces: incredible mineral richness with subtle notes of iron in the finish, structured like a full mature white Burgundy.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
Noble-sweet Auslese from the spicy red slate of the Urziger Wurzgarten: concentrated exotic fruit, botrytis spice and bracing acidity for the long cellar.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Bold
Dry Grosses Gewachs from the red volcanic slate of the Urziger Wurzgarten: exotic spice, red apple and ripe quince over enormous minerality.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A classic delicately sweet Kabinett from the spicy red-slate Urziger Wurzgarten, low in alcohol with exotic-spiced fruit.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A traditional fruity-style Kabinett from the Urziger Wurzgarten, with red-slate spice, exotic fruit and low alcohol.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A concentrated fruity-style Spatlese from the spicy red-slate Urziger Wurzgarten, with exotic fruit and piercing acidity.
Volz Riesling GG
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Bold
A powerful dry Grosses Gewachs from the steep Wiltinger Gottesfuss Volz parcel: deeply mineral, slate-driven and built for long ageing.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
Noble-sweet Auslese from the Wehlener Sonnenuhr: rich, botrytis-touched and intensely concentrated yet held in balance by piercing Saar-Mosel acidity.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
A noble-sweet gold-capsule Auslese from the Wehlener Sonnenuhr: rich, botrytis-laced and concentrated, balanced by piercing blue-slate acidity for the long cellar.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Dry old-vine Grosses Gewachs from the blue-slate Wehlener Sonnenuhr: filigree, mineral and intensely aromatic with great length.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
The estate's archetypal Kabinett from the Wehlener Sonnenuhr: reductive in youth, low in alcohol, racy and built for the long haul.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A racy fruity-style Kabinett from the Wehlener Sonnenuhr, crystalline and low in alcohol from the blue-slate slope.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A racy, low-alcohol fruity-style Kabinett from the Wehlener Sonnenuhr, crystalline and finely mineral.
Medium Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
A profound fruity-style Spatlese from the Wehlener Sonnenuhr, famously reductive young and capable of decades of evolution into honeyed complexity.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A fruity-style Spatlese from the Wehlener Sonnenuhr that beguiles with extremely fine fruitiness and great elegance over racy acidity.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A feinfruchtig fruity-style Spatlese from the Wehlener Sonnenuhr: elegant, finely fruited and crystalline over the trademark blue-slate tension.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A dry Grosses Gewachs from the steep terraced Winninger Rottgen: powerful, ripe and deeply mineral in the Terrassenmosel style.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A dry Grosses Gewachs from the terraced Winninger Uhlen: taut, cool and intensely mineral from the Lower Mosel slate.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
A racy, crystalline fruity-style Kabinett from the steep old-vine Wolfer Goldgrube, low in alcohol and finely mineral.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A concentrated, classically fruity Spatlese from the old-vine Wolfer Goldgrube, with ripe fruit and piercing acidity.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Bold
An ultra-ripe, un-botrytised Auslese-level dry-tasting selection from old vines in the Zeltinger Schlossberg: powerful, smoky-salty and densely woven.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Bold
A powerful dry wine from the Zeltinger Schlossberg: densely woven, herbaceous-spicy and smoky-salty with aristocratic finesse.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Bold
A dry-tasting Auslese-ripeness Riesling under Molitor's white-capsule code from the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr: concentrated, powerful and dry on the palate despite high must weight.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
A fruity-style Spatlese from the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr: yellow-fruited and fine-floral with expressive spice and a delicate, slightly salty minerality.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Single-vineyard 100 percent Xarel-lo Cava de Paraje Calificado from the Finca la Fideuera plot. Fennel, wild-herb and saline minerality with creamy lees depth from over 60 months in bottle.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Chardonnay Cava de Paraje Calificado from a southwest-facing 286-metre clay-loam plot. Over 90 months on lees brings white-flower aromatics, iodine minerality and a velvety creamy texture.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Cava de Paraje Calificado from the Casa Sala finca at the historic Mediona estate where the Ferrer family has farmed since the 13th century. Over 80 months on lees brings dried apricot, almond and saline minerality.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-plot Merlot from fossil-rich Cretaceous limestone at Massis del Garraf. The estate's serious red ageable wine.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Xarel-lo-Macabeo Brut Corpinnat aged 110 months on lees and sealed with natural cork during the tirage. Candied fruit, butter and toast over fine lees, dry nuts and wild herbs.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-disgorgement library release with over 180 months on lees, demonstrating Xarel-lo-Macabeo's exceptional long-ageing potential. Honeyed nuts, tarte tatin and white truffle aromatics over saline minerality.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The iconic amphora-shaped bottle (designed by founder Agusti Torello) holds an indigenous-trio Brut Nature aged 60 to 84 months on lees, released only in exceptional vintages. Dried fruit, honeyed almond and lees toast over saline minerality.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-vineyard 100 percent Xarel-lo Cava de Paraje Calificado from a 7-hectare plot planted 1972 on calcareous soils. 108 months on lees; wild-herb, almond and saline minerality on a long elegant frame.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Indigenous-trio Brut Nature Gran Reserva under Conca del Riu Anoia, aged 84-plus months on lees from Demeter-certified biodynamic estate. The brand's long-aged flagship; honeyed nuts, candied citrus and wild herb.
Mas La Plana
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard 100 percent Cabernet Sauvignon from the 29-hectare Mas La Plana plot at Finca El Maset planted in the early 1970s. Bordeaux-style barrique ageing on Penedes limestone.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Macabeo-led Brut Nature Corpinnat aged over 100 months on lees and hand-disgorged. First vintage 1962, when Macabeo was considered the finest grape for long-aged sparkling. Demeter-certified biodynamic estate.
Reserva Real
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Bordeaux-style blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc from the Finca Les Arnes parcel on Silurian slate soils. Long ageing in French oak.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Indigenous-blend Brut Nature Corpinnat from the Finca Serral del Vell parcel at 255 to 280 metres. Minimum 87 months on lees; wild-herb and stone-fruit aromatics over saline minerality.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Racy acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-vineyard 100 percent Xarel-lo Corpinnat from a north-facing plot planted in 1940. Over 100 months on lees brings wild-herb and honeyed-almond depth on a saline, racy frame. First vintage 1999, released 2008.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
First single-variety Cabernet Sauvignon labelled and bottled in Spain. Single-vineyard from the 1963-planted Vinya La Scala plot at Chateau Leon in Torrelavit.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Dry Riesling from the red-slate Birkweiler Kastanienbusch: smoky slate, citrus and a long savoury close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Hansjorg Rebholz's biodynamic dry Grosses Gewachs from the red-slate Birkweiler Kastanienbusch: smoky slate, citrus, herb and a profoundly long savoury close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Wehrheim's biodynamic dry Grosses Gewachs from the red-slate Birkweiler Kastanienbusch (Koppel parcel): smoky slate, citrus and a long savoury close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Biodynamic dry Grosses Gewachs Weissburgunder from the Birkweiler Mandelberg: ripe apple, almond, herbs and a salty close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the slate-rich Burrweiler Schawer: smoky slate, citrus and a long savoury close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the slate-rich Burrweiler Schawer: smoky slate, citrus and a long savoury close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Dry single-vineyard Riesling from the Deidesheimer Grainhubel: ripe peach, smoke and a long savoury close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Dry Grosses Gewachs from the calcareous Deidesheimer Hohenmorgen: ripe peach, candied citrus, smoke and a long salty close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Durkheimer Michelsberg: ripe yellow stone fruit, salty mineral and a long savoury close from the south-facing Mittelhaardt slope.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Fitz-Ritter's organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Durkheimer Michelsberg: ripe yellow stone fruit, herb and a savoury close.
Off Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Fruity
Off-dry Riesling Spaetlese from the Durkheimer Michelsberg: ripe peach, candied citrus, racy acid and a long sweet-tart close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Demeter-biodynamic dry Riesling from the Durkheimer Spielberg: ripe peach, salty drive and a long savoury close.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Romantic
Late-harvest Scheurebe Auslese: candied grapefruit, honey, blackcurrant leaf and racy acid from Durkheimer Spielberg.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs Spatburgunder from the Felsenberg: red cherry, smoke, fine French oak spice and savoury length.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Dry Riesling from the basalt Forster Jesuitengarten: yellow plum, smoke and a savoury close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Dry Grosses Gewachs from the basalt-laced Jesuitengarten: yellow plum, herbs, smoky slate and a salty Pfalz finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Forster Jesuitengarten: yellow plum, herbs and savoury basalt minerality.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Biodynamic dry Grand Cru Riesling from the basalt Forster Kirchenstuck: salty slate, herbs, dense yellow stone fruit and a very long mineral close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Bassermann-Jordan's dry Grosses Gewachs from the basalt-and-limestone Forster Kirchenstuck: dense yellow stone fruit, smoky slate and salt-driven length.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Von Buhl's dry Grosses Gewachs from the basalt-rich Forster Kirchenstuck: smoky slate, salty drive, ripe yellow stone fruit and a long mineral close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Von Winning's barrique-fermented dry Grosses Gewachs from the Forster Kirchenstuck: smoky basalt, candied citrus, oak spice and intensely long salty drive.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Mosbacher's organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Forster Kirchenstuck: smoky basalt, citrus drive and a long savoury close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Acham-Magin's organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Forster Kirchenstuck: smoky basalt, citrus and a long savoury close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Savoury
Wegeler Pfalz's dry Riesling from the black-basalt Forster Pechstein: smoky volcanic minerality, peach and citrus.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Savoury
Biodynamic Grand Cru dry Riesling from black-basalt Pechstein: smoky volcanic minerality, peach, citrus and an intensely salty close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Savoury
Dry Grosses Gewachs from the dark basalt Pechstein: smoky black-rock minerality, dense yellow plum and a savoury salt-driven finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Barrel-fermented dry Grosses Gewachs from the black-basalt Pechstein: smoky black-rock minerality, peach, oak spice and length.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Savoury
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the black-basalt Forster Pechstein: smoky volcanic minerality, peach and citrus.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Savoury
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the black-basalt Forster Pechstein: smoky volcanic minerality and peach.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Savoury
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the black-basalt Forster Pechstein: smoky volcanic minerality and yellow stone fruit.
Off Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Fruity
Off-dry Spaetlese from the black-basalt Pechstein: ripe peach, candied citrus, smoky slate and a long sweet-tart close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Dry Grosses Gewachs from the Ungeheuer's mixed sandstone and basalt: ripe peach, herb, smoke and broad mineral drive.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Forster Ungeheuer mixed-soils slope: ripe peach, herbs and a broad mineral palate.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Romantic
Late-harvest Auslese Riesling: candied peach, honey, racy slate acid from Essingen parcels.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
Eiswein from frozen Riesling berries: candied lemon, frozen peach and razor-sharp acidity.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Biodynamic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten: ripe peach, almond, herbs and a savoury mineral close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Dry Grosses Gewachs from the Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten: ripe peach, almond, salty slate and a long mineral close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the calcareous Gleisweiler Holle: ripe peach, herbs and a salty close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Muller-Catoir's dry Grosses Gewachs from the wholly-owned Im Breumel parcel of the Haardter Burgergarten: pure salty stone fruit, herb and a striking mineral close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the calcareous Ilbesheimer Kalmit: ripe peach, herbs, salty mineral and a long close.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Siegrist's dry Grosses Gewachs Spatburgunder from the Ilbesheimer Kalmit: barrel-aged dark cherry, smoke, fine tannin and savoury depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Dry Grosses Gewachs from the calcareous Kallstadter Saumagen: ripe peach, herbs, salty mineral and a savoury close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Kallstadter Saumagen: dense salty mineral, herbs, citrus drive and a profoundly long close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Koehler-Ruprecht's old-school Kallstadter Saumagen Riesling R: spontaneous fermentation in old oak, dense smoke, salty mineral and decades of cellar life.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Savoury
Dry Saumagen Spaetlese Trocken: dense yellow stone fruit, smoke, salty mineral and a long savoury close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs Riesling from the Kirrweiler Mandelberg: ripe peach, herbs and a salty close.
Knipser Cuvee X
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold
Knipser's pioneering Pfalz Bordeaux blend: dark cherry, cedar, dried herbs and firm tannin from Cabernet-Merlot parcels in the north Pfalz.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Old-school dry Pinot Noir Philippi: red cherry, leather, smoke, fine tannin and a long savoury close from Kallstadt parcels.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Christmann's biodynamic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Konigsbacher Idig: dense salty mineral palate, herb, citrus and a profoundly long savoury close.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Biodynamic dry Grosses Gewachs Spatburgunder from the Konigsbacher Idig: pure red cherry, rose petal, fine tannin and savoury length.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Knipser's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Laumersheimer Kirschgarten: ripe Pfalz peach, citrus and a long savoury mineral close from calcareous-clay parcels.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Philipp Kuhn's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Laumersheimer Kirschgarten: ripe yellow stone fruit, mineral lift and a long savoury close.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Knipser's dry Grosses Gewachs Spatburgunder from the Kirschgarten: dense red cherry, smoke, French oak spice and firm tannin.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Dry Grosses Gewachs Weissburgunder from the Munzberg Schlangenpfiff: ripe apple, almond, hazelnut and a salty calcareous close.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Barrel-aged dry Spatburgunder Rosenkranz: red cherry, smoke, French oak spice and fine tannin from Godramstein parcels.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
Muller-Catoir's late-harvest Rieslaner Auslese from the Mussbacher Eselshaut: candied apricot, honey, racy slate acidity and a profoundly long close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Demeter-biodynamic dry Riesling from the elevated Odinstal monopole at roughly 300 metres: smoky basalt, citrus drive, cool slate and a long savoury close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs Weissburgunder from the Reiterpfad An den Achtmorgen: ripe apple, almond, hazelnut and a salty close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Biodynamic Grand Cru dry Riesling from the wholly-owned Gaisboehl monopole: cool slate, herbs, citrus and a long savoury finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Barrel-fermented dry Grosses Gewachs from the Ruppertsberger Reiterpfad: ripe yellow apple, smoke, herbs and a savoury close.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs Spatburgunder from the Schweigener Radling: red cherry, smoke, fine tannin and savoury length from cross-border parcels.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Friedrich Becker's dry Grosses Gewachs Spatburgunder from the Schweigener Sankt Paul on the French border: dense red cherry, smoky tobacco, fine tannin and a long savoury close.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Becker's dry Grosses Gewachs Spatburgunder from the Schweigener Sonnenberg-Kammerberg: red cherry, smoke, herbs and fine slate-driven tannin.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs Spatburgunder from the Schweigener Sonnenberg: red cherry, smoke, fine tannin and savoury depth.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs Spatburgunder from the Schweigener Sonnenberg: red cherry, fine tannin and savoury length from the French-border parcels.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Biodynamic dry Grosses Gewachs from the calcareous Siebeldinger Im Sonnenschein: ripe peach, salty mineral palate and a long savoury close.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Biodynamic dry Grosses Gewachs Spatburgunder from the calcareous Siebeldinger Im Sonnenschein: red cherry, rose petal, fine tannin and a savoury herbal close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Stephan Attmann's private-collection barrique-fermented dry Kirchenstuck Riesling: cult-bottling intensity, smoky basalt and oak spice in extremely limited release.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Barrique-fermented private-collection dry Pechstein Riesling: black-basalt smoke, dense peach and oak spice in extremely limited release.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Pfeffingen's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Ungsteiner Herrenberg: ripe peach, herbs, salty drive and a long savoury close from calcareous parcels.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Ungsteiner Herrenberg: ripe peach, herbs and a long mineral close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Dry Grosses Gewachs from the Ungsteiner Weilberg: ripe yellow stone fruit, smoky slate and a salty close from calcareous-clay parcels.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Biodynamic Grand Cru dry Riesling from the Wachenheimer Gerumpel: ripe stone fruit, herb, smoke and a salty Pfalz close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Weyherer Michelsberg: ripe peach, herbs and a salty close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Dry Grosses Gewachs from the Zeller Schwarzer Herrgott on calcareous clay at the northern edge of the Pfalz: dense salty mineral, herbs, citrus and a long savoury close.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Dry Grosses Gewachs from the Zellertaler Schwarzer Herrgott: dense salty mineral, herbs, citrus and a long savoury close from calcareous clay on the Pfalz/Rheinhessen border.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
From the Ovello cru in Barbaresco, Albino Rocca's Vigna Loreto is a polished, perfumed single-vineyard Nebbiolo.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A single blended Barolo co-fermented from four traditional crus (Cannubi, San Lorenzo and Rue in Barolo, Rocche in La Morra), expressing the house belief that the most complete Barolo comes from mutually compensating sites.
Braida Ai Suma
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
A late-harvest, super-ripe Barbera made only in top vintages, Ai Suma is Braida's most powerful and concentrated expression of the grape.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Giacomo Bologna's barrique-aged Barbera that reshaped the grape as a serious, age-worthy red, a rich, deep wine from old Rocchetta Tanaro vines.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Bruno Rocca's flagship from the Rabaja cru: deep garnet, an embracing nose of rosehip, violet and buttery notes opening to raspberry and cherry, with soft broad tannins and a long, sumptuous finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
From the great Asili cru, a bright garnet Barbaresco with intense marasca cherry and violet, spicy black pepper and licorice, dry, warm and soft with a long, rich finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Elegant
A garnet Barbaresco with an intense bouquet of powerful fruit, dried flowers and underbrush, dry, smooth and rounded with a warm finish and balanced tannins.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
From the family's Bricco Boschis monopole in Castiglione Falletto, a traditional, long-aged and organically farmed Barolo of finesse.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Ceretto's flagship Barolo from the tiny Bricco Rocche monopole in Castiglione Falletto, an elegant, refined Nebbiolo from organically farmed vines.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
From the Ginestra hill in Monforte, Sori Ginestra is Conterno Fantino's flagship, a modern, age-worthy Barolo from organically farmed vines.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Coppo's barrique-aged flagship Barbera from old Monferrato vines, a rich, structured and age-worthy red cellared in UNESCO-listed tufa caves.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
From the Monfalletto estate in La Morra, beneath its landmark cedar of Lebanon, a refined, classically styled Barolo of perfume and balance.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Damilano's flagship from the legendary Cannubi hill, the cru most closely associated with the house, a perfumed and elegant traditional Barolo.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Clerico's Ciabot Mentin from the Ginestra cru in Monforte is a concentrated, modern-classic Barolo from one of the zone's great hills.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Chiara Boschis's organically farmed Barolo from the legendary Cannubi hill, a perfumed, elegant and structured traditional-leaning Nebbiolo.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Altare's Arborina from La Morra is the wine of the Barolo Boys movement, a polished, modern Barolo from rotary fermenters and barrique ageing.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Elvio Cogno's flagship from the Ravera cru in Novello, where the estate sits, gives a structured, mineral and age-worthy traditional Barolo.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
From the Cerretta cru in Serralunga where the estate sits, a structured, mineral traditional Barolo from five generations of the Germano family.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
The classic village Barolo from the largest contiguous estate in the Langhe, blending organically farmed Serralunga fruit into a traditional, fairly priced Nebbiolo.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Albe is Vajra's bright, sun-named Barolo drawn from three high vineyards in Vergne, a fresh, fragrant and accessible expression of classic Nebbiolo.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
From the high Bricco delle Viole vineyard in Vergne, the highest corner of Barolo, Vajra's flagship is a fragrant, high-toned 100% Nebbiolo built on altitude, freshness and patient ageing.
Gaja Barbaresco
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Gaja's village Barbaresco blends fruit from several Barbaresco crus into a rich, round Nebbiolo with tarry depth, grainy tannin and a voluminous finish.
Gaja Conteisa
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
From the Cerequio amphitheatre in La Morra, Conteisa is the flowery, fresh and aromatic side of Gaja's Barolo, with sweet wild cherry, herbs and fine-grained chalky tannin.
Gaja Costa Russi
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
The most charming and aromatic of Gaja's Barbaresco crus, Costa Russi pairs an abundance of strawberry and red fruit with verbena and marzipan, silky tannin and an elegant finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The most austere and powerful of Gaja's Barbaresco crus, Sori San Lorenzo shows graphite, licorice and dried cherry over firm youthful tannin and a refreshing acid spine.
Gaja Sori Tildin
5.0
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
A south-facing cru above Costa Russi, Sori Tildin is the smoky, elegantly austere face of Gaja's Barbaresco: graphite, licorice and firm yet polished tannin over a refreshing spine of acidity.
Gaja Sperss
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Gaja's Serralunga Barolo from the Marenca-Rivette parcels: deep, mineral and austere with sour black cherry, truffle and a decidedly salty, stony finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
From the Liste cru in Barolo, a traditional, long-aged Nebbiolo from one of the appellation's oldest houses.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
A serious, age-worthy Barbera from the same Cascina Francia vineyard in Serralunga, given long ageing in large old barrel in the traditionalist Conterno manner.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The benchmark traditional Serralunga Barolo, from the estate's own Cascina Francia vineyard, against which many producers measure their work: structured, savoury and built for decades.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The summit of traditional Barolo, made only in great vintages from the Cascina Francia and Arione vineyards in Serralunga, with wild-swing fermentation and six to eight years in large old barrel before release.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The Monprivato cru in Castiglione Falletto, a near-monopole of Giuseppe Mascarello, gives a benchmark traditional Barolo of perfume, finesse and remarkable longevity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
From the Villero cru in Castiglione Falletto, a structured, savoury traditional Barolo from one of the zone's great central hills.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
From the Gallina cru in Neive, a polished, modern single-vineyard Barbaresco bearing La Spinetta's rhinoceros label.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Sandrone's flagship from the Cannubi Boschis cru, renamed Aleste from the 2013 vintage, a polished, modern-classic Barolo of perfume and precision.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Le Vigne is Sandrone's multi-cru Barolo, blending fruit from several villages for a complex, balanced traditional-leaning Nebbiolo.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
From the legendary Cannubi hill, a ruby-garnet Barolo with intense rose, vanilla, spice and toasted oak over a full, elegant and austere palate with soft, enveloping tannins.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
From the Sarmassa cru in Barolo, an intense Barolo of wild rose, vanilla, licorice and spice with pine resin and tobacco, full and elegant with prominent tannin.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
The classic village Barolo of the house, blending fruit from across the Barolo commune for a structured, traditional and fairly priced Nebbiolo.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
From the Martinenga monopole in Barbaresco, an elegant, perfumed Nebbiolo where intense plum and cherry blend with balsamic mint, tea leaf, dried flowers and gold-leaf tobacco.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
From the Parafada cru in Serralunga, a structured, classic Massolino Barolo of depth and finesse.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
From one of Serralunga's greatest crus, Massolino's Vigna Rionda Riserva is a powerful, structured traditional Barolo released only after long ageing.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The estate's flagship Roero Riserva, a 100% Nebbiolo from sandy Roero soils giving a perfumed, structured red that has earned consistent critic acclaim.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Veglio's Arborina from La Morra is a polished, modern single-vineyard Barolo of perfume and silky texture.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
From the prized Cerequio cru, made only in excellent vintages, with mature fruit, mint, eucalyptus, gentian and fine spice over a rich palate of tight, fine tannins and notable elegance.
Oddero Barolo
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
The classic estate Barolo, blending fruit from several of Oddero's cru holdings into a traditional, balanced and fairly priced Nebbiolo.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
From the celebrated Brunate cru, a ruby-to-garnet Barolo with intense rose and violet, damp earth and ripe red fruit, with persistent yet soft tannins built for long ageing.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
A Riserva from the Mondoca parcel in Bussia, with a mellow, elegant bouquet of berries, balsamic notes, woodland and dried rose developing tar with age, and an elegant, assertive tannic texture with a long finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Scavino's famed single-vineyard Barolo from the Bricco del Fiasco cru in Castiglione Falletto, a modern-classic Nebbiolo of polish and concentration.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A blend of three crus (Cannubi, Rocche dell'Annunziata and Bricco del Fiasco), Carobric is Scavino's balanced, multi-site Barolo.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Pecchenino's Barolo from a Monforte d'Alba parcel, a structured, traditional Nebbiolo that extends the Dogliani house into the Barolo zone.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The historic Alba house's classic Barbaresco, a traditional blend from family and grower vineyards across the appellation, cellared within Alba's Roman walls.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Pio Cesare's single-vineyard Barolo from the Ornato estate in Serralunga d'Alba, a structured, modern-leaning Nebbiolo aged in a mix of barrique and large cask.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
The estate's classic Bussia Barolo, drawing on the wider Bussia holdings for a structured yet approachable traditional Nebbiolo.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Cicala is the most aromatic and supple of Aldo Conterno's Bussia crus, giving a perfumed, fine-grained traditional Barolo.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Colonnello is the most elegant and balanced of Aldo Conterno's Bussia crus, a refined traditional Barolo of finesse.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Aldo Conterno's flagship Riserva, a blend of the estate's oldest Bussia vines (Romirasco, Cicala and Colonnello) made only in superior years and cellar-aged at least ten years before release.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
The most powerful of Aldo Conterno's single crus, Romirasco sits at the heart of the Bussia amphitheatre and gives a deep, structured traditional Barolo.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
The flagship village Barbaresco of the grower cooperative, blending member fruit from across the appellation into a classic, fairly priced 100% Nebbiolo.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
From the great Asili cru, one of the cooperative's nine single-vineyard Riservas made only in strong vintages, an elegant, perfumed and age-worthy Barbaresco.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Montestefano is the most Barolo-like of the cooperative's crus, giving the most powerful and tannic of the single-vineyard Riservas.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
From the powerful Rabaja cru, one of the cooperative's most structured single-vineyard Riservas, built for long ageing.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Prunotto's single-vineyard Barolo from the Bussia cru in Monforte, a classic, structured Nebbiolo from the historic Alba house now owned by Antinori.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Marcenasco is Ratti's classic La Morra Barolo, the wine on which the house built its reputation for elegant, approachable Nebbiolo.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
From the great Rocche dell'Annunziata cru in La Morra, Ratti's flagship is a refined, perfumed Barolo in the elegant style the house pioneered.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
From the famed Brunate cru, Voerzio's radically low-yield viticulture produces an intense, concentrated and sought-after modern Barolo.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Voerzio's Cerequio is a powerful, concentrated single-cru Barolo from the prized hill on the La Morra and Barolo boundary.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
From the Cotta district of Neive where the estate is based, a detailed, transparent single-cru Barbaresco in Sottimano's fresh, low-intervention style.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
The young La Morra estate's village Barolo, a fragrant, value-driven Nebbiolo that has quickly won acclaim for purity and freshness.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
From the famed Brunate cru in La Morra, Vietti's Barolo is explosive and powerful, with plum and citrusy cedar, the violet typical of the site and soft, velvety La Morra tannin.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
From the Cerequio cru on the La Morra and Barolo boundary, this is an elegant, imposing Vietti Barolo with strawberry, plum and cherry, enveloping body and a persistent balsamic finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
From the Serralunga cru of Lazzarito, this is Vietti's most robust, potent Barolo: hay, tobacco and white pepper over stark, profound tannin and a taut mineral finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
From the Ravera cru in Novello, this is a very elegant, refined Vietti Barolo: complex floral and chalk-edged red fruit with taut, compact tannin and a vibrant, vertical acid line.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
From the steep Rocche di Castiglione cru, Vietti's most aromatic Barolo shows perfumed red cherry and rose with fine-grained tannin and a long, mineral finish.
Arbossar
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Arrels Vi Ranci
4.2
Off Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Artigot
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Clos Erasmus
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Clos Fontà
4.3
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Rustic · Bold
Named after the old fountain spring (font) on the estate, Clos Fonta blends old-vine Garnacha and Cariñena from the Bellmunt del Priorat area. Structured and mineral.
Clos Martinet
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Clos Mogador
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Clos de l'Obac
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Coma Vella
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Garnacha-dominant blend from old vines in the historic Coma Vella plot at Mas d'En Gil. Dense and structured with the characteristic mineral depth of Priorat's llicorella soils.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Dits del Terra
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
Ferrer Bobet
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Finca Dofí
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Finca La Planeta
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
L'Aguilón
4.2
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
L'Ermita
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
L'Infernal
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Les Manyes
4.8
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Les Tosses
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Manyetes
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Mas Igneus FA206
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Mas Mallola
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Mas de la Rosa
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The prestige single-vineyard wine from Vall Llach, sourced from the old Mas de la Rosa estate acquired in 1998. Dominated by old Cariñena with Garnacha, aged extensively in new oak.
Perpetual
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Planots
4.1
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Pleret
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The prestige wine from Buil & Giné, blending old-vine Garnacha and Cariñena with Cabernet Sauvignon. Dense and structured, reflecting the mineral terroir of the Falset area.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Scala Dei Masdéu
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Scala Dei Prior
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Tirant
4.2
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
The most uncompromising Bandol: near-pure Mourvedre, three to four years in old foudre, no fining or filtration. Tar, iron and dried herb over a tannin frame that demands fifteen years minimum.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Coeur de Romanin is the estate's small-lot prestige red, drawn from old-vine Syrah-Mourvedre-Cabernet parcels. Cellar-worthy and long-aged.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
Biodynamic-farmed Bandol from one of the appellation's longest-organic estates. Garrigue-driven with leather and iron depth; the firm acidity holds the wine for a decade and a half.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Clairette-led white from old vines on limestone scree, fermented and aged in old foudres. Among Provence's most age-worthy whites, with waxy texture and a saline finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Old-vine Grenache-Mourvedre blend from limestone scree on the north-facing slope above the Arc river. Garrigue-laced, slow-evolving Palette with firm tannins and a long savoury finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Mourvedre-dominant Bandol from the estate's high amphitheatre terraces at La Cadiere. Cooler-altitude expression with violet, blueberry and cocoa, set against a firm graphite backbone that ages for two decades.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Single-vineyard pure Folle Noire from biodynamic old vines, named for Joseph Sergi's father Giovanni. The estate's flagship Bellet red.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Cornaline is Dominique Hauvette's biodynamic flagship red, Grenache-Cabernet-Syrah aged in concrete eggs and old foudres with no added sulfites. Wild-herb-driven, structured and unusually transparent for the warm climate.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
Organic Mourvedre-led Bandol from Souviou's terraced vineyards. Approachable but properly structured, with classic Bandol garrigue and leather depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Almost-pure Mourvedre from a wind-sheltered, low-yielding parcel within La Tourtine. The most structured Tempier cuvee: dense, brooding and graphite-driven, with a tannin frame that demands decades.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
Higher-altitude parcel at Le Beausset surrounded by garrigue scrub. The wine carries more red fruit and aromatic herb than La Tourtine, with a savoury lift that reads as cooler-climate Mourvedre.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Mourvedre-dominant cuvee from a south-facing parcel above Le Plan du Castellet. Garrigue, iron and dark fruit over firm, fine-grained tannin and a savoury finish that needs a decade to unfurl.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Mourvedre-led Bandol from Terrebrune's Triassic limestone marl terraces at Ollioules. Cool, mineral expression with iron and wet-stone depth; the firmest acidity in Bandol's eastern half.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Marsanne-Roussanne blend with Chardonnay and Grenache Blanc accents from biodynamically farmed Alpilles foothills. Honeyed weight on a saline-mineral spine; produced in tiny quantities.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A 50-50 Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah blend from biodynamically farmed Alpilles foothills. Bordeaux structure meets Mediterranean garrigue; bottles regularly cellar 20 to 30 years from vintage.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
Family-owned Bandol from one of the appellation's longest-running estates. Approachable in its youth but with the Mourvedre frame to age fifteen years.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
Mourvedre-dominant Bandol from the Bronzo family's biodynamic estate at Sainte Anne d'Evenos. L'Estagnol is the flagship cuvee from old vines, with iron grip and garrigue depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
Mourvedre-led estate red from Begude's high amphitheatre. Garrigue and graphite-driven with iron grip; the estate's classic AOC Bandol bottling.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Near-pure Mourvedre from the estate's oldest vines at La Cadiere d'Azur. Dense, brooding and graphite-driven; one of Bandol's most uncompromising flagship cuvees.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
Mourvedre-dominant single-vineyard cuvee from a parcel near Le Castellet. Wild plum and myrtle over a firm-tannin frame; the estate's most age-worthy bottling.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Single-vineyard Cabernet-led Coteaux Varois red from Lanversin family's organic estate at Saint-Maximin. Long oak ageing for cellar potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Mourvedre-dominant Bandol from Alain Pascal's family estate at La Cadiere d'Azur. Dense, brooding and garrigue-driven with iron-rich depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
Mourvedre-led Bandol from Bunan's Mas de la Rouviere estate at La Cadiere d'Azur. Approachable, herb-driven and reliable, with a classic foudre-aged frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Mourvedre-led Bandol from the Ott family's Romassan estate at Le Castellet. Classic Bandol structure with leather, garrigue and graphite depth; the family's red flagship.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
Chat Sauvage's whole-cluster Hoellenberg Spaetburgunder: dark cherry, smoky red slate and fine tannin from the historic Pinot enclave above Assmannshausen.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
Dry Grosses Gewachs Pinot Noir from the red phyllite slate of Assmannshausen: sour cherry, red plum and fine slaty grip from the Hoellenberg slope.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
Weingut Krone's dry Grosses Gewachs Spaetburgunder from the red phyllite slate of the Hoellenberg: pure red cherry, rose petal and savoury herbs with fine slaty grip.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
August Kesseler's dry Grosses Gewachs Pinot Noir from the red phyllite slate of the Hoellenberg: dense red cherry, smoky slate and refined tannin.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Schloss Johannisberg's bronze-foiled fruity-sweet Auslese: golden stone fruit, honey-touched botrytis and racy Rheingau acidity for long cellar life.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Schoenborn's dry Riesling from the Erbacher Marcobrunn springwater slope: dense, broad, mineral Riesling with yellow fruit and weight.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Schloss Reinhartshausen's flagship dry Erbacher Marcobrunn Riesling: dense, broad, mineral Riesling from the historic springwater slope on the Erbach bank.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Dry Grosses Gewachs from the Marcobrunn springwater vineyard on the Erbach bank: dense, broad, mineral Riesling with weight and length.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Jakob Jung's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Erbacher Marcobrunn springwater slope: dense, broad, mineral Riesling with yellow fruit and weight.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Achim von Oetinger's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Erbacher Marcobrunn springwater slope: dense, broad, mineral Riesling.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Wegeler's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Geisenheimer Rothenberg red-clay slope: ripe yellow stone fruit, smoke and broad mineral palate.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
Schloss Johannisberg's gold-foiled Trockenbeerenauslese from individually selected botrytised berries: liqueur-like, candied stone fruit and saffron over racy slate acidity.
Medium Sweet · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Schloss Johannisberg's green-foiled fruity-sweet Spaetlese: ripe yellow apple, peach and Rheingau slate over crisp acidity and lingering residual sweetness.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
Fred and Florian Prinz's EU-organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the high-altitude Hallgartener Jungfer: cool, racy, slate-driven Riesling from the elevated Hallgarten slopes.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Prinz's EU-organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Hallgartener Schoenhell: ripe yellow apple, savoury spice and minerally length.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Kaufmann's Demeter biodynamic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Hattenheimer Hassel: ripe yellow stone fruit, savoury spice and broad mineral palate.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Mueller Stiftung's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Hattenheimer Hassel: ripe yellow stone fruit, smoke and mineral palate.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Barth's EU-organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Hattenheimer Hassel: ripe yellow stone fruit and mineral palate.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Mueller Stiftung's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg: ripe yellow apple, smoke and broad mineral palate.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Schloss Schoenborn's dry Grosses Gewachs from the wholly-owned Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg monopole: dense, smoky, savoury Riesling with stone-fruit depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Spreitzer's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Hattenheim Wisselbrunnen springwater slope: dense, savoury, slate-driven Riesling with stone-fruit depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Balthasar Ress's EU-organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Hattenheim Wisselbrunnen springwater slope: dense, savoury, mineral Riesling.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Kaufmann's Demeter biodynamic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Hattenheim Wisselbrunnen springwater slope: dense, mineral, savoury Riesling.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Dry Grosses Gewachs from the Hochheim chalky loess slope facing the Main river: ripe orchard fruit, smoke and a broad mineral palate.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Kuenstler's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Hochheim Domdechaney chalky loess slope: broad, savoury Riesling with yellow stone fruit, smoke and lingering salt.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Domdechant Werner's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Hochheim Domdechaney chalky loess slope: broad, ripe, mineral Riesling with yellow stone fruit and smoke.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Gunter Kuenstler's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Hochheim Hoelle chalky loess slope above the Main: dense, smoky, intensely savoury Riesling with stone-fruit core.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Werner's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Hochheim Hoelle chalky loess slope: dense, smoky, savoury Riesling with stone-fruit depth and length.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Kuenstler's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Hochheim Kirchenstueck chalky loess slope: taut, smoky, salt-driven Riesling with depth and length.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Werner's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Hochheim Kirchenstueck chalky loess parcel adjacent to the parish church: taut, savoury, salt-driven Riesling.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
Kuenstler's dry Grosses Gewachs Pinot Noir from the Hochheim Reichestal chalky loess slope: red cherry, rose petal and savoury herbs with fine tannins.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
Krone's reserve Hoellenberg Pinot Noir cuvee selection: dense, savoury, red-fruited Pinot Noir with firm tannin and long ageing potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Johannes Eser's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Johannisberger Klaus quartzite slope: bright yellow apple, smoke and Rheingau mineral drive.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Robert Weil's Graefenberg Auslese: botrytised stone-fruit concentration, honey, smoky slate and racy Kiedrich acidity for multi-decade cellar life.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
Robert Weil's Graefenberg Eiswein from frozen Riesling berries: crystalline concentration of yellow stone fruit, candied citrus and razor-sharp acidity.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Robert Weil's dry Grosses Gewachs from the steep Kiedricher Graefenberg phyllite slope: deep, smoky, mineral Riesling with stone-fruit depth and decades of cellar life.
Medium Sweet · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Robert Weil's fruity-style Graefenberg Spaetlese: ripe yellow apple, peach and smoky slate from the steep phyllite slope, balanced by racy Kiedrich acidity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
Eva Fricke's dry single-vineyard Riesling from the steep Lorcher Krone grey-slate terraces: cool, taut, racy Riesling with intense salty minerality and citrus drive.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Graf von Kanitz's dry Riesling from the steep Lorcher Schlossberg grey-slate terraces: cool, taut, slate-driven Riesling with citrus drive.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Eva Fricke's dry Lorcher Schlossberg Riesling: cool, taut, citrus-driven Riesling from steep grey-slate terraces above the Rhine.
Dry · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Kesseler's dry Grosses Gewachs Riesling from the steep grey-slate Lorcher Schlossberg: cool, taut, racy Riesling with intense slaty minerality.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Chat Sauvage's whole-cluster Lorcher Schlossberg Spaetburgunder: pure red fruit, savoury herb and racy acid from the steep grey-slate terraces above Lorch.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Spreitzer's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Mittelheim Edelmann loess slope: ripe yellow apple, pear and broad mineral palate.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Robert Weil's Monte Vacano dry Riesling cuvee selection: barrel-aged, dense, smoky-mineral Riesling named for the family's Italian heritage.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Peter Bernhard Kuhn's biodynamic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Oestricher Doosberg: dense, savoury, salt-driven Riesling with spontaneous-fermentation depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Peter Bernhard Kuhn's biodynamic dry Grosses Gewachs from the Oestricher Lenchen: ripe yellow stone fruit, herbs and a broad mineral palate.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
The Spreitzer brothers' dry Grosses Gewachs from the Oestricher Lenchen loess and gravel slope: ripe yellow stone fruit, smoke and broad mineral palate.
R Spaetburgunder
4.8
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
Kesseler's R Spaetburgunder reserve cuvee: dense barrel-aged Pinot Noir with dark cherry, smoky slate and firm tannin built for long cellaring.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Savoury
Dry Grosses Gewachs from the Taunus phyllite slope above Rauenthal: spicy, taut, savoury Riesling with the kerosene-and-citrus drive the village is known for.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Savoury
Schoenborn's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Rauenthaler Baiken Taunus phyllite slope: spicy, savoury Riesling with kerosene-and-citrus drive.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Savoury
Breuer's dry Rauenthaler Nonnenberg monopole Riesling: taut, spicy, savoury Riesling with citrus drive and Taunus phyllite minerality.
Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Romantic
Schloss Johannisberg's pink-foiled Beerenauslese from selected botrytised berries: candied peach, dried apricot and honey balanced by Rheingau Riesling acidity.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Leitz's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Berg Kaisersteinfels quartzite slope at the top of the Ruedesheimer Berg: taut, racy, slate-driven Riesling with citrus brilliance.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Breuer's dry single-vineyard Riesling from the Berg Roseneck quartzite slope: warmer-toned yellow stone fruit and a more rounded palate than the Schlossberg.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Breuer's dry single-vineyard Riesling from the Berg Rottland red-slate slope: ripe yellow fruit, smoke and warm-slope spice.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Leitz's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Berg Rottland red-slate slope: ripe yellow fruit, smoke and warm-slope mineral depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Johannishof's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Berg Rottland red-slate slope: ripe yellow fruit, smoke and warm-slope mineral depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Theresa Breuer's dry single-vineyard Riesling from the steep Berg Schlossberg quartzite slope: smoky, taut, intensely mineral Riesling with depth and decades of cellar life.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Dry Grosses Gewachs from the Ruedesheim Berg quartzite slope: smoky, taut, intensely mineral Riesling with citrus drive over decades of structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Johannes Leitz's dry Grosses Gewachs from the steep Berg Schlossberg quartzite slope: smoky, taut, intensely mineral Riesling with citrus drive and decades of structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Kesseler's dry Grosses Gewachs Riesling from the Berg Schlossberg quartzite slope: smoky, taut, intensely mineral Riesling with citrus drive.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Wegeler's dry Grosses Gewachs from the Berg Schlossberg quartzite slope: smoky, taut, intensely mineral Riesling with citrus drive.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Kuhn's reserve Schlehdorn Riesling cuvee selection: dense, savoury, salt-driven Riesling from the Oestrich Sankt Nikolaus and Doosberg parcels under spontaneous fermentation.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Schloss Vollrads's botrytised Auslese: golden stone fruit, honeyed botrytis and racy Rheingau acid for long cellar life.
Medium Sweet · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Schloss Vollrads's fruity-sweet Spaetlese: ripe yellow apple, peach and slate over crisp Rheingau acidity with the slimline-bottle Vollrads house style.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Schloss Vollrads's dry Grosses Gewachs from the steep Schlossberg slope behind the castle: dense, smoky, savoury Riesling with stone-fruit depth and slaty length.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Dry Grosses Gewachs from the Johannisberg quartzite slope: ripe yellow stone fruit, smoky slate and concentrated salty length under a silver-foiled capsule.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Dry Grosses Gewachs from the 1136 Cistercian Steinberg walled vineyard: deep, herbal, smoky Riesling with the structure of a true single-cru wall-enclosed site.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Savoury
Hans-Josef Becker's old-school dry Spaetlese Trocken from the Wallufer Walkenberg: dense, savoury, slate-driven Riesling built for decades-long cellar life.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic
Becker's old-school dry Spaetburgunder from ungrafted vines on the Wallufer Walkenberg: tart red cherry, herbs and fine tannin with bracing Rheingau acid.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
The historic assemblage white Hermitage from Chapoutier. 100% Marsanne unified across multiple parcels, producing a richly textured white that is more accessible than De l'Oree.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Savoury
The estate red from one of Chateauneuf's most ancient properties; balanced and approachable with dark fruit, garrigue, and a structured tannic framework.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
The prestige red Chateauneuf of La Nerthe; Mourvedre-accented, deeply inky, and firmly structured, requiring time in bottle to reveal its complexity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
100% Grenache Blanc from sandy old vines; an unusual and complex white Chateauneuf with delicate florals, almond pastry texture, and remarkable longevity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
100% Grenache from sandy soils at low yield; deceptively light in colour but profound in aromatic complexity, with ethereal red fruit, silky texture, and great longevity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Roussanne-dominant white Chateauneuf with a lush, waxy texture, evolved aromas of beeswax and orchard fruit, and a mineral saline finish that ages magnificently.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A structured Mourvedre-led Chateauneuf with deep garnet colour, garrigue and leather on the nose, plush fruit on the palate and a firm, mineral finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
100% old-vine Roussanne; the richest and most complex white of the Southern Rhone with extraordinary hazelnut, truffle, and beeswax character and extraordinary ageing capacity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The prestige single-parcel Gigondas from Saint Cosme; 100% old-vine Grenache from the estate's oldest galets-soil parcel.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury · Bold
A Mourvedre-accented Gigondas from the Le Claux parcel; more structured and austere than the estate Gigondas, with iron and wild herb character demanding several years of age.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
An extraordinarily powerful, densely concentrated Chateauneuf with coffee, dark fruit, and iron; a long-ageing prestige cuvee made in exceptional years only.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury
Structured, dark, and inky Chateauneuf with Mourvedre backbone adding iron and tobacco notes alongside Grenache's dark fruit and spice.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
One of the most consistently praised Chateauneufs, the Paul Avril estate produces dense, structured red Chateauneuf with Grenache-led depth, Mourvedre spine, and superb ageing potential.
Medium Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Cornas
5.0
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Cornas Chaillot
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Bold
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
Chante-Perdrix (the singing partridge) is Delas's Cornas expression from granite terraces. One of the most accessible and reliable Cornas wines from a major negociant house.
Cornas Granit 60
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Bold
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Bold
Chapoutier's Cornas from the Les Arenes parcel on granite. Biodynamically farmed old Syrah with the smoky, iron-edged character that defines Cornas AOC.
Cornas Reynard
5.0
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Cote-Rotie
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Ogier's ultra-premium single-vine-parcel Cote-Rotie from the Lancement site, aged in 100% new oak. Among the most expressive and sought-after modern Cote-Rotie wines.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
An assemblage from seven prized Cote-Rotie lieux-dits, Chateau d'Ampuis offers an accessible entry point into Guigal's single-vineyard philosophy with genuine complexity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The Cote Brune cuvee of Guigal's La La La trilogy. Pure Syrah from iron-rich soils delivers granite-and-iron intensity with 25-40 year cellaring potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Delas's La Landonne from the Cote Brune, a powerful and mineral expression of the famous lieu-dit. The Delas version is known for its density and iron character typical of the schist-iron soils.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The most feminine of Guigal's La La La trilogy. Cote Blonde Syrah co-fermented with 11% Viognier gives a heady floral and red-fruit profile with silky tannins.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
La Turque bridges La Mouline's floral elegance and La Landonne's iron power with exotic spice, dark chocolate, and 7% co-fermented Viognier.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
The entry-level single-vineyard Cote-Rotie from Ogier, assembling the Lancement parcel with both Cote Brune and Cote Blonde elements. More accessible than Belle Helene, but showing the same terroir precision.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Bold
Cuilleron's flagship Cote-Rotie, expressing the dark, smoky mineral character of the Cote Brune parcels. Terre Sombre means dark earth, reflecting the iron-rich schist soils.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
Chapoutier's single-vineyard Les Varonniers Crozes, from old Syrah on the granite terraces directly below the Hermitage hill. Approaches Hermitage in quality at a fraction of the price.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
A more elegant, mineral-driven Chateauneuf with high-toned red fruit, precision, and purity. Charvin's approach favours natural winemaking with minimal intervention.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Funky
Jerome Bressy's Gourt de Mautens declassified from Rasteau AOC to IGP Vaucluse to maintain multi-variety blends prohibited under the stricter AOC rules; the wine is widely regarded as one of the Southern Rhone's most distinctive and complex reds.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Festive
A traditional oxidative-style Rasteau VDN; Grenache mutage produces rich, sweet wine with fig, chocolate, and coffee complexity. Excellent with dark chocolate and blue cheese.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Rustic
A structured, mineral Gigondas from high-altitude garrigue parcels; more austere and herb-driven than fruit-forward, with excellent ageing potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
A biodynamic Grenache of great purity; seductive, perfumed, and silky with exotic spice and concentrated fruit on a long, refined mineral finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Elegant
100% old-vine Grenache of great depth and complexity from Janasse's most celebrated parcels; perfumed, rich, and structured for long ageing.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Chaupin is a single-lieu-dit Grenache from sandy soils in the north of Chateauneuf; exceptional richness and concentration with silky but persistent tannins.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Elegant
The prestige Chateauneuf from La Mordoree; dark, rich, and muscular with Mourvedre backbone and a silky tannic finish. Produced from old-vine Grenache, Mourvedre and Syrah on the la Plane lieu-dit.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
An aged, oxidative Muscat with extraordinary complexity; dried citrus, almond, saffron, and fig from extended old-wood ageing. A Southern Rhone rarity with the complexity of a great Sauternes.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Between the Reservee and da Capo in style; rich, deep, and complex with southern warmth and Mourvedre backbone adding iron and herb notes.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Rustic
A powerful, traditional-style Chateauneuf with deep Grenache-driven fruit, garrigue perfume, leather, and a generous, warm, structured finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Low acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Made only in exceptional years from the oldest Grenache vines at Pegau; an extreme, deeply concentrated Chateauneuf of extraordinary power and longevity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The benchmark galets roules Chateauneuf from La Crau plateau: dark, rich Grenache-led blend with smoked meat, olive, and garrigue complexity on a full, mineral frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
100% Marsanne from the De l'Oree parcel of the Hermitage hill, biodynamically farmed (Demeter-certified), with 20-40 year cellaring potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The white companion to Guigal's Ex-Voto rouge, from old Marsanne and Roussanne vines on the Hermitage hill. Massively rich and textured with extraordinary ageing potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Guigal's flagship Hermitage from a specific parcel on the granite hill of Tain. Dense, mineral 100% Syrah with black fruit, leather and oriental spice complexity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
From the L'Ermite parcel at the summit of the Hermitage hill, the most mineral and austere of Chapoutier's single-parcel reds. Demands the longest cellaring.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Le Meal is the most hedonistic and velvety of Chapoutier's Hermitage single-parcel reds, from mid-slope schist and granite. More immediately accessible than Le Pavillon or L'Ermite.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Chapoutier's crown jewel, from a single parcel on the granite hill of Hermitage. Biodynamically farmed old-vine Syrah.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Contemplative
The historic assemblage Hermitage from Chapoutier, named for Monier de la Sizeranne who codified Hermitage in the 19th century. Blends multiple parcels for a complete expression of the hill.
Hermitage Blanc
5.0
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
Named for the Chevalier de Sterimberg who legend says planted the first Hermitage vines, Jaboulet's white Hermitage is a benchmark Marsanne and Roussanne blend with ageing potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
The rarest wine in the Northern Rhone. Cuvee Cathelin is made only in exceptional vintages from a single lieu-dit selection on the Hermitage hill. Named for the painter Jean Cathelin who collaborated with the domaine.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Delas's flagship Hermitage, from parcels owned by the house on the granite hill. A reliable and well-structured expression of the appellation from one of the Northern Rhone's established negociant houses.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
From the Les Bessards parcel, a granite section of the Hermitage hill known for structured Syrah. Delas produces a single-vineyard Hermitage from this site.
Hermitage Rouge
5.0
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Mourvedre-dominant prestige cuvee made in exceptional years only; extraordinary iron, meat, and herb complexity with massive structure and decades of ageing potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Rustic · Bold
Traditional-style Chateauneuf from the Michel family: deeply coloured, earthy, herb-driven, and structured with good acidity and firm tannins built for ageing.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
Old-vine Saint-Joseph Syrah from historic Hospice plots in Tournon. Complex black fruit nose with delicate oak, powerful and elegant on the palate.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury
Negociant Tardieu-Laurent sources old-vine Grenache and Mourvedre from Chateauneuf; the result is a powerful, oak-influenced, concentrated cuvee for extended ageing.
Aalto PS
4.9
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Alenza is the prestige Gran Reserva from Condado de Haza: mature plum, leather, tobacco and cedar spice from 24 months in mixed-species oak and 36 months minimum bottle ageing at the La Horra estate.
Alfa Spiga
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Bold
O Fournier's prestige Reserva from the Burgos sector: concentrated dark fruit, cedar and graphite from 18 months in French oak, showing the ambition of the Fournier family's Ribera project.
Alion Reserva
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Bold
A modern, Bordeaux-influenced 100% Tinto Fino Reserva from Vega Sicilia's sister estate, with ripe black fruit, new French oak structure and a clean mineral finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Aster's prestige single-vineyard label from the El Otero parcel, with concentrated cassis, graphite and mineral character from 20 months in French oak and the estate's best old vines.
Aster Reserva
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Rustic · Bold
The extended-oak Reserva from Aster spends 24 months in older French barrels following the La Rioja Alta philosophy, developing dark plum, tobacco, cedar and earthy mineral complexity.
Astrales
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The flagship from the tiny La Aguilera estate, combining concentration with freshness: violet, dark cherry and cedar from old-vine Tinto Fino aged 16 months in mostly-new French oak, with fine silky tannins.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The prestige label from Bodegas Roa, Sylis, draws from old Tinto Fino vines on the Roa plateau: concentrated dark cherry, cassis and tobacco from 20 months in French oak, with the mineral thread typical of the chalk-limestone soils.
Briego Infidel
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The prestige single-parcel cuvee from Briego, with concentrated black fruit, dark chocolate and graphite from old vines on chalky limestone, aged 20 months in new French oak.
Dry · Elegant · Savoury
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Elegant · Savoury
Dry · Elegant · Savoury
Dry · Savoury · Elegant
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Elegant · Savoury
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Emina Atio
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Emina's prestige single-vineyard Atio from the best Peñafiel parcels: concentrated cassis, graphite and cedar from 22 months in new French oak, with polished tannins and long potential.
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Flor de Pingus
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
The second wine of Dominio de Pingus, produced from purchased fruit across the DO, showing similar mineral depth and concentration to Pingus but on a more accessible scale.
Gran Arzuaga
4.7
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Gran Resalte
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
The premium Tinto Fino from Resalte de Peñafiel, aged in French oak for greater concentration and mineral complexity than the Crianza, showing the character of the Peñafiel sub-zone.
Dry · Elegant · Bold
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
La Mala
4.9
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Leda Vinas Viejas sources ungrafted centenarian Tinto Fino vines from across the Castilian plateau, classified VT Castilla y Leon due to multi-province sourcing: concentrated dark fruit, mineral, cedar and high acidity from very old ungrafted rootstock.
Legaris Premium
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Legaris Premium is a concentrated, structured single-vineyard selection aged 22 months in new French oak, with intense cassis, graphite and violet from old Tinto Fino at Curiel de Duero.
Dry · Contemplative · Savoury
Malabrigo
4.5
Dry · Elegant · Bold
Malleolus
4.7
Dry · Elegant · Bold
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Maria
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Maria is the prestige single-vineyard label from Alonso del Yerro: concentrated cassis, graphite and mineral precision from a single old-vine parcel at Quintanilla de Onesimo, aged 20 months in new French oak under Derenoncourt's guidance.
Matallana
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Telmo Rodriguez's single-vineyard flagship from old Tinto Fino parcels in the Valladolid sector, applying his philosophy of terroir transparency and minimal intervention to produce a concentrated, mineral, age-worthy red.
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Mauro Terreus
4.8
Dry · Contemplative · Savoury
Mauro VS
4.9
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Milagros de Figuero is a second prestige expression from Garcia Figuero, drawing from a different old-vine parcel at La Horra: concentrated dark fruit, incense and cedar with polished tannins from 18 months in French oak.
Montebaco Semele
4.5
Dry · Elegant · Bold
Dry · Elegant · Bold
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Pesus
4.9
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Pingus
5.0
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
A micro-production Tinto Fino from single old-vine parcels in La Horra, characterised by intense concentration of dark fruit, mineral depth and dense, ripe tannins that reward long cellaring.
Portia Triennia
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Portia's prestige Triennia label from a single selected parcel: concentrated cassis, violet, graphite and cedar from 22 months in new French oak, representing the Gumiel de Izán terroir at its most concentrated and cellar-worthy.
Pradorey Elite
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Bold
Pradorey's flagship Reserva from La Horra, showing concentrated dark cherry, cassis and violet with cedar and a mineral backbone from 18 months in new French oak in the estate's modern gravity-flow cellar.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Pradorey's prestige single-vineyard expression from the Valdelayegua parcel: cassis, violet and incense with graphite and licorice depth from 24 months in new French oak.
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Contemplative · Rustic
Protos Seleccion
4.7
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The single wine from the Michel Rolland and Inigo Galarreta project at La Horra: concentrated dark cherry, cassis and cedar from old Tinto Fino vines, shaped by Rolland's hallmark smooth-tannin approach.
Tarsus Quintus
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The prestige Quintus label from Tarsus: concentrated cassis, violet and graphite from new French oak and old vines at La Horra, with polished, age-worthy tannins at the highest tier.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Mature, complex Gran Reserva from Bodegas Reyes, requiring patience but rewarding with leather, tobacco and balsamic complexity from 24 months oak and 36 months minimum in bottle.
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Tinus
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Garcia Figuero's prestige single-vineyard selection: concentrated cassis, violet and graphite from the estate's best old-vine parcel at La Horra, aged 20 months in new French oak and released only in exceptional vintages.
Torresilo
4.6
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Trus Tramonte
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Trus's prestige old-vine selection aged 22 months in new French oak with cassis, espresso and graphite; structured and age-worthy from the best parcels of the western sector.
Valbuena 5 Grado
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Vega Sicilia's earlier-release sibling to Unico, aged five years in oak, with a more approachable but still deeply structured profile of dark cherry, cedar and mineral complexity.
Valdegatiles
4.7
Dry · Savoury · Elegant
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
A single-wine estate from La Horra producing an extractive, concentrated Tinto Fino with dark cherry, blackcurrant, herbal notes and a mineral backbone from the calcareous clay soils of the Burgos plateau.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A Tinto Fino-led blend aged for a decade or more, building complexity of dried fruit, leather and cedar with a mineral, persistent finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A non-vintage multi-year blend of Unico vintages, offering seamless integration of dried fruit, cedar and mineral notes across selected exceptional years.
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Vizcarra Ines
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Vizcarra's prestige old-vine parcel wine, named for the estate founder's grandmother. Dense black fruit, graphite and espresso from 20 months in new French oak, with exceptional freshness for this concentration level.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Torralvo is the prestige old-vine single-parcel selection from Vizcarra Ramos, with concentrated cassis, violet, graphite and cedar from 22 months in oak and the estate's oldest vines.
Allende Tinto
4.5
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
The estate's core Tempranillo from Briones: polished and savoury with a mineral lift, the accessible entry to the Allende style.
Amancio
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
The Eguren family's icon Tempranillo from old Sonsierra vines: dense, polished and mineral, aged in new French oak, one of modern Rioja's prestige reds.
Amaren Graciano
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
A rare varietal old-vine Graciano: dark, peppery and structured with vivid acidity, showcasing a grape usually confined to blends.
Amaren Reserva
4.3
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
An old-vine Tempranillo Reserva in a modern, polished style: dark, structured and savoury, the project's core red.
Aro
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Muga's icon wine, a tiny-production Tempranillo-Graciano from old vines aged in new French oak; concentrated, polished and ageworthy, the house's collector bottle.
Aurus
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Miguel Angel de Gregorio's icon red from old Briones vines, aged in new French oak; dense, polished and mineral with great longevity.
Baigorri Reserva
4.3
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
A modern, polished Reserva from the gravity-flow cellar: dark, balanced and savoury with fine tannins.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
The architectural estate's icon red, made in small lots from selected Tempranillo: dark, polished and mineral, aged in new French oak.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
The estate's prestige red from old vines including pre-phylloxera Cabernet plantings; dark, structured and French-oak-aged, more international in cut while keeping Rioja freshness.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
A modern single-estate red from the monastery-vineyard parcels: dark, polished and structured, aged in new French oak.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
A classical pure-Tempranillo Gran Reserva: long-aged, savoury and balanced, a reliable value in the aged category.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
The historic Logrono house's classical Gran Reserva: long-aged, savoury and traditional, the flagship of the Bordon range.
Calvario
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
A single-vineyard old-vine red from a steep Briones plot; structured, mineral and fresh, the estate's terroir flagship alongside Aurus.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
The big brand's classical Gran Reserva: long-aged, savoury and approachable, a reliable introduction to the aged Rioja style.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
A single-vineyard barrel-aged Viura that bridges modern and traditional white Rioja: citrus and nut over a mineral, ageworthy frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
An extraordinarily rare white Gran Reserva, released decades after the harvest; the 1986 was relaunched to acclaim, with profound nutty, waxy oxidative complexity and electric acidity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The estate's flagship from the Ygay vineyard, released only in exceptional years after a decade-plus of ageing; the 2010 was named Wine Spectator Wine of the Year 2020, a savoury, classical Gran Reserva of great longevity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
The cathedral-shaped winery's classical Gran Reserva: long-aged, savoury and balanced, a traditional Rioja with a three-grape blend.
Cirsion
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Roda's icon: selected old-vine Tempranillo with super-ripe, plush tannins yet remarkable freshness, aged briefly in new French oak to preserve fruit purity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A revived traditional cuvee, long-aged in oak and bottle: savoury, complex and classical, the prestige red of the Muriel group.
Contador
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Benjamin Romeo's cult garage wine from old San Vicente vines; deep, polished and powerful yet fresh. Multiple vintages have earned perfect 100-point scores from Wine Advocate.
Contino Graciano
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
A rare varietal Graciano, the estate having pioneered single-variety bottling of this normally blending grape; dark, peppery and structured with vivid acidity.
Contino Reserva
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Rioja's pioneering single-estate Reserva, from the Laserna property on a bend of the Ebro: balanced, savoury and ageworthy, a chateau-concept benchmark.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
The estate's prestige red from a plot beside an ancient olive tree: dense, polished and mineral, aged in new French oak, the flagship of the Laserna estate.
Culmen Reserva
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
The house's modern prestige Reserva from the Vina Lanciano estate: dark, polished and mineral, aged in French oak.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
The Cune brand's classical Gran Reserva: long-aged, savoury and balanced, a reliable traditional Rioja.
Dalmau Reserva
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
The estate's modern, French-oak-aged prestige red with a dash of Cabernet: darker, denser and more international in cut than the classic Reserva while keeping Rioja freshness.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
The internationally famous frosted-bottle Gran Reserva: long-aged, savoury and dried-fruit-led in a classical style, one of the world's best-known Rioja labels.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
A more accessible Reserva from estate parcels: polished and ripe with the house's fine tannin, a step below the flagship Reserva in price and structure.
Gloria de Ostatu
4.3
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
The grower family's old-vine single-plot Tempranillo: dark, mineral and structured, the estate's prestige red from Samaniego.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
The boutique Haro house's classical Reserva: balanced, savoury and fresh, the gateway to the estate's terroir range.
Gran Reserva 890
4.9
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The house's pinnacle Gran Reserva, made only in exceptional years and aged around six years in oak; ethereal, sandalwood-scented and extraordinarily long, a benchmark for traditional Rioja.
Gran Reserva 904
4.8
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A modern classic Gran Reserva: four years in American oak give the house's signature sweet-spice and dill lift over a silky, savoury, ageworthy Tempranillo frame.
Hiru Racimos
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
The estate's icon red from very old vines cropped to just three bunches per plant; dense, polished and mineral, aged in new French oak.
Honorable
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
The house's prestige red blending high-altitude Tempranillo with old-vine Garnacha; structured, mineral and modern yet balanced, from a revitalised Haro boutique.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Made only from Rioja Alta fruit in the best years; the 2004 was the first Spanish wine named Wine Spectator Wine of the Year in 2013. Classical, savoury and long.
Imperial Reserva
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
The Reserva tier of CVNE's prestige Imperial line, from Rioja Alta fruit: ripe, savoury and balanced with classic American-and-French-oak spice.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
A modern blend featuring recovered Maturana Tinta: dark, peppery and structured, showcasing the family's work with heritage Rioja grapes.
Izadi El Regalo
4.3
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
The house's old-vine Reserva from Villabuena: polished and modern with savoury depth and fine tannins.
LAN Gran Reserva
4.1
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
A classical Gran Reserva from Fuenmayor: long-aged, savoury and balanced, a dependable traditional Rioja.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
The second wine of Contador, from old-vine Tempranillo: dense, polished and powerful but more approachable, sharing the estate's mocha-and-cassis signature.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Another of Artadi's single-vineyard old-vine Tempranillos, this plot giving a slightly darker, more structured wine with the house's mineral signature.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
The Haro house's prestige Gran Reserva from estate Tempranillo, aged in French oak: classical yet polished, savoury and built to age.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
A pure-Tempranillo Reserva from estate fruit, known for its artist-label series: polished, savoury and balanced, a dependable modern Rioja.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
The family's old-vine selection Reserva: polished and savoury with fine tannins, drawing on the estate's oldest Alavesa parcels.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
The estate's classical Gran Reserva from the Ygay vineyard: long-aged, savoury and balanced, between the Reserva and the flagship Castillo Ygay.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
The estate's classically styled Reserva from the Ygay vineyard: ripe but savoury, with American-oak spice over a firm, fresh Tempranillo core. A consistent benchmark Reserva.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
The classical Gran Reserva from the historic Elciego house, long-aged in American oak; savoury, dried-fruit and tobacco-led, made only in the better years.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
One of Rioja's most historic Reservas, aged in American oak in a classical, savoury style; reliable, elegant and a worldwide benchmark for the category.
Mirto
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
The house's prestige old-vine Tempranillo: dark, polished and mineral, aged in new French oak, the flagship of the Haro estate.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
The Cenicero house's classical Gran Reserva: long-aged in oak, savoury and traditional, a benchmark old-school Rioja.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
One of the oldest houses' classical Gran Reserva: long-aged, savoury and elegant, a traditional Rioja with a strong track record.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
A barrel-selected Gran Reserva above the Reserva tier: long-aged, savoury and polished, blending the house's traditional and modern sides.
Muga Reserva
4.5
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
The house's calling-card Reserva, fermented in oak vats and aged in barrel; balanced, savoury and traditional, a benchmark mid-priced Rioja.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
A barrel selection above the standard Reserva, blending Muga's traditional and modern leanings into a ripe, polished but savoury Rioja.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
A classical Gran Reserva from old-vine fruit at Quel in Rioja Oriental: long-aged, savoury and balanced, with a Graciano lift.
Ontanon Reserva
4.1
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
A balanced Reserva from old-vine Rioja Oriental fruit at Quel: savoury, fresh and traditional, with a Graciano lift.
Ostatu Reserva
4.2
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
A fresh, balanced Alavesa Reserva from the grower family: savoury and polished, a strong-value estate Rioja.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
CVNE's prestige Alavesa red from selected old vines: dark, polished and mineral, the flagship of the Vina Real cellar.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Fruity
A single-vineyard old-vine Garnacha from a high, cool site: fragrant, peppery and mineral, a fresh, elegant expression of the variety in Rioja.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Muga's traditional flagship, made only in great vintages with long oak ageing in the bodega's own cooperage; a deeply savoury, classical Gran Reserva of real longevity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
The Haro house's classical Gran Reserva: long-aged, savoury and balanced, a dependable value in the aged category.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
The estate's signature Reserva, made with the shoulder-selection method: powerful and polished yet structured and savoury, built to age.
Roda I Reserva
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
A pure old-vine Tempranillo from the best parcels, aged in new French oak; darker and more structured than the regular Roda, with a mineral, savoury core.
Roda Reserva
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
The house's modern Reserva from old-vine Tempranillo with a touch of Graciano: fresher and more elegant than Roda I, balancing ripe fruit with a savoury, mineral spine.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
A modern, polished single-estate Tempranillo: dark, mineral and fresh, the family's accessible prestige cuvee from the Sonsierra.
Torre Muga
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Muga's modern, French-oak prestige red: dark, dense and polished, with mocha and cassis over firm tannins, a counterpoint to the traditional Prado Enea.
Trasnocho
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
The estate's cult prestige red, made only from the shoulders of the best bunches and aged in new French oak; dense, polished and mineral with great longevity.
Tritium Reserva
4.1
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
A balanced estate Reserva from the Najerilla valley in Rioja Alta: savoury, fresh and traditional, from a quieter corner of the region.
Valdegines
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
A single-vineyard old-vine Tempranillo with the house's signature floral lift and minerality, more accessible than El Pison but built on the same site-driven philosophy.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
The boutique's single Reserva, a pure French-oak-aged Tempranillo bridging modern and classic: elegant, savoury and finely structured.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
A classical Reserva in the traditional Cenicero style: savoury, long-oaked and elegant, a dependable value Rioja.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Reborn as a Gran Reserva, Vina Arana is the more elegant, fresher and more savoury of the house's classic pair, with a touch of French oak adding finesse.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
The historic Reserva expression of Vina Arana before its Gran Reserva relaunch: elegant, savoury and fresh, the lighter classical counterpoint to Ardanza.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
The house's most famous Reserva and a worldwide benchmark: Garnacha lends generous red fruit, American oak the signature dill and sweet spice, all over a fresh, savoury frame.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The richer, more Burgundian sibling to Tondonia, from a warmer estate vineyard; rounder fruit and spice but still carrying the house's signature freshness and old-oak savour.
Vina El Pison
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Spain's most celebrated single-vineyard Tempranillo, from a tiny old-vine plot at Laguardia; intense yet ethereal, with floral lift, silky tannins and profound minerality.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
A pure-Viura oxidative white aged four years in oak, lighter than Tondonia Blanco but with the same waxy, nutty, saline signature and remarkable freshness for its age.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
The historic brand's classical Gran Reserva: long-aged, savoury and balanced, a traditional Haro Rioja.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
The historic Vina Real Gran Reserva: long-aged, savoury and balanced, a classical CVNE red from Rioja Alavesa fruit.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
A barrel-aged white Rioja with cult status: deeply oxidative, nutty and waxy, with piercing acidity that keeps it electric for decades, often compared to white Burgundy and old Hunter Semillon.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Released only in great years and only after a decade-plus in the cellar; ethereal, savoury and impossibly fresh, the Gran Reserva is one of the wine world's great old-style reds.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The reference traditional Rioja Reserva: pale brick colour, oxidative dried-fruit and balsamic aromatics over a fine-boned, high-acid frame that drinks like old Burgundy.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
A four-grape Reserva-style blend showcasing the classic Rioja varieties together: balanced, savoury and modern from the Briones estate.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
A varietal Graciano from the family's variety-collection vineyards: dark, peppery and structured, showcasing a heritage Rioja grape.
Vivanco Reserva
4.2
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
A polished modern Reserva from the Briones estate: dark, balanced and savoury with fine tannins, a dependable value Rioja.
Ysios Reserva
4.4
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
A pure-Tempranillo Reserva from the Calatrava-designed Alavesa estate: ripe, polished and balanced, a modern-classic Rioja with the house's vineyard focus.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
From a 1.5-hectare plot of pre-phylloxera vines on sandy granite: arguably the iconic vineyard-designate Albariño of Rías Baixas.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
The single-vineyard Caíño Tinto from A Telleira parcel: the most concentrated and structured of the Forjas reds.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury
Salnes Caíño Tinto bottled with serious intent: high-acid Atlantic red with red-cherry, pepper and a saline mineral edge from the sea-side parcels.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
The wine that proved Albariño ages: 30-plus months on the lees before release, produced only in vintages with the structure to develop.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
From the 1.4-hectare Cacheiro plot planted in 1965: extended ageing on lees, the prestige aged Albariño of the Barrantes range.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Antoniou PDO Vinsanto: long oak-aged in rock-cut chambers of the historic Megalochori cellar.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Art Space PDO Vinsanto: long oak-aged sweet wine from the 1861 family canava at Exo Gonia.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Karamolegos Vinsanto: sun-dried Assyrtiko-led blend with caramel, dried fruit and high-acid lift.
Boutari Vinsanto
4.4
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Boutari PDO Vinsanto: sun-dried Assyrtiko-led blend with caramel and dried-fruit depth, high-acid lift.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Historic Canava Roussos Vinsanto: long-aged sun-dried Assyrtiko-led blend; older 20 and 25-year aged bottlings available occasionally.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Sun-dried Assyrtiko-led Vinsanto with long oak ageing. Dried fig, caramel and apricot with high acidity preserving lift.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Old-vine single-vineyard Assyrtiko from a parcel of pre-phylloxera kouloura vines. Deep, smoky, mineral and built for two decades of bottle age.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Long-aged Vinsanto: 12 years in oak gives oxidative depth, dried fruit and walnut character with persistent acidity.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Two-decade oak-aged Vinsanto with deep oxidative complexity, candied orange and saffron lift. A long-aged PDO Vinsanto.
Gaia Vinsanto
4.6
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Long-aged Gaia Vinsanto: oxidative depth with caramel, walnut and dried-fig core lifted by Santorini's high natural acidity.
Gavalas Vinsanto
4.4
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Gavalas PDO Vinsanto: sun-dried Assyrtiko-led blend with caramel and dried-fruit depth, high-acid lift.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Long-aged cooperative Vinsanto. Twelve years in oak yields oxidative toffee and walnut depth with persistent acid.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Venetsanos PDO Vinsanto from the restored Megalochori cliff cellar. Long oak ageing produces oxidative caramel and dried-fruit depth.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Volcan Wines PDO Vinsanto: long oak-aged Santorini sweet wine from the historic Vothonas cellar.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Alta Mora's premium single-contrada Etna Rosso from the celebrated Guardiola contrada: the estate's most structured and mineral expression from high-altitude old-vine Nerello Mascalese.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
The Pietrarizzo contrada on Etna's north slope at 800 metres yields Benanti's most mineral and savoury Nerello Mascalese: a wine of austere mineral precision and remarkable ageing potential from pre-phylloxera vine material.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
From Rovittello on the north slope, this Benanti red shows the classic Etna paradox: light ruby colour but profound mineral depth, firm tannins and soaring acidity demanding patient cellaring.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Benanti's prestige Etna Rosso from the Serra della Contessa contrada at 700 metres: concentrated, structured, with notable bottle ageing potential for Nerello Mascalese.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Contemplative
Vigne Vecchie (old vines) showcases the depth of Calabretta's ungrafted Nerello: light in colour but profound in mineral detail, with the incense-and-iron character of century-old Etna vines.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
Caravaglio's organic Malvasia delle Lipari Passito captures the pure floral-honeyed character of the grape from the Malfa area on Salina's northern slope, with a distinctive volcanic mineral dimension and slightly more freshness than the Hauner style.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Cottanera's single-contrada Calderara Sottana Etna Rosso: firmer and more structured than the estate red, showcasing the depth of this historic north-slope contrada.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
Ben Ryé (Arabic for 'son of the wind') is Donnafugata's flagship Passito di Pantelleria DOC: sun-dried Zibibbo from the alberello pantesco vines on the volcanic island, exported widely through Donnafugata's international distribution since the 1990s.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Donnafugata's flagship red, Mille e Una Notte blends Nero d'Avola with Petit Verdot and Syrah from the Contessa Entellina estate: concentrated, structured and age-worthy with exceptional depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Duca Enrico was first bottled in 1984 as a 100% Nero d'Avola, barrique-aged, structured and concentrated; it was an early premium varietal Nero d'Avola from a major commercial Sicilian house.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Vrucara is from Feudo Montoni's oldest pre-phylloxera Nero d'Avola vines in the high plateau of central Sicily: austere, iron-mineral, demanding years in bottle to reveal its full complexity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Florio's Marsala Vergine Riserva is a benchmark for the driest and most complex Marsala style: fortified without added must, aged minimum 10 years in large oak in the tuff-stone cellars, developing deep rancio oxidative complexity.
Medium Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Contemplative
The Targa Riserva 1840 is Florio's ambassador wine: a Marsala Superiore Riserva of medium-sweet richness, aged 5-plus years in the historic cellars, balancing caramelised dried-fruit complexity with the freshness of Grillo.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Terre Arse (burnt lands - a reference to Marsala's sun-scorched landscape) is Florio's dry-style Marsala Vergine mid-tier: oxidative, nutty and almond-driven, without the full intensity of the Riserva.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Funky
Magma is a small-allocation natural wine: pure Nerello Mascalese from ungrafted pre-phylloxera vines above 1,000 metres, no sulphur added, aged in amphora. Production runs around 2,000 bottles per vintage.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The prestige Russo single-vineyard: 'A Rina (dialect for 'la rena' - the sand) from some of the deepest sandy volcanic soils on the north slope, producing the most austere and age-demanding wine in the portfolio.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Feudo is the most structured of the Russo single-contrada range: darker-fruited, firmer in tannin, with a chalky mineral depth that demands patience but rewards handsomely.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Easygoing
San Lorenzo is the most immediately accessible of the Russo single-contrada range: fragrant, iron-streaked, with vibrant sour cherry and a saline volcanic freshness that makes it the most drinkable Russo Etna Rosso in its youth.
Graci Arcuria
4.8
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Arcuria is the Graci flagship: from 52 acres of ungrafted pre-phylloxera vines on the north slope, it epitomises Etna's Burgundian paradox - light ruby colour belying deep mineral complexity and firm, precise tannins.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
From the Barbabecchi contrada at higher elevation than Arcuria, this Graci red is the most structured and demanding of the range: dense, chalky, and extraordinarily long-lived.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
The Bufaleffj contrada produces Gulfi's most powerful Nero d'Avola: dense, iron-mineral, dark-fruited and structured with high tannins needing several years to integrate.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Sanlorenzo is the most elegant of Gulfi's quartet: the highest-altitude contrada delivers a more refined palate structure with exceptional aromatic complexity.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
Hauner's Malvasia delle Lipari Passito is the benchmark for this rare Aeolian appellation: sun-dried Malvasia di Lipari producing a wine of extraordinary floral complexity, apricot sweetness and the distinctive volcanic mineral character of the island of Salina.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Funky
Sole d'Agosto (August sun) is the De Bartoli minimal-intervention take on Passito di Pantelleria: zero-sulphur Zibibbo from the Bukkuram estate, producing an almost overwhelmingly concentrated dried-fruit and honey wine with a volcanic mineral dimension absent from other Pantelleria passiti.
Medium Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Festive
De Bartoli's 10-year Marsala Superiore Riserva is produced with minimal fortification compared to standard Marsala, preserving more natural character from the Grillo grape: the result is lighter in oxidative weight than the Vergine range but more genuinely grape-expressive than industrial Marsala.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Easygoing
De Bartoli's Marsala Superiore Riserva Oro is an approachable 5-year expression: lighter oxidative weight than the 10-year Riserva but with the estate's characteristic Grillo purity and a golden-almond character that bridges the aperitivo and dessert register.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Funky
Vecchio Samperi is Marco De Bartoli's life work: un-fortified perpetuo Grillo aged in a 5-tier solera at Samperi, achieving Marsala-like depth and complexity entirely through natural oxidation, with no fortification spirits added. Sold as IGT Sicilia rather than Marsala because no spirit is added.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Di Me (meaning 'of me' or 'for me') is Palmento Costanzo's prestige expression: single-vineyard Nerello Mascalese from the oldest vines in the Santo Spirito contrada, displaying the estate's most complex mineral and structural character.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Contrada C Chiappemacine is among the lightest and most elegant of the Passopisciaro contrada series: fragrant, iron-tinged, with firm but fine-grained tannins.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Contrada R Rampante, from the highest-altitude Passopisciaro site at 1,000 metres, produces the most structured and slow-evolving wine of the range: taut, mineral and built for exceptional longevity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Franchetti is the prestige cuvee of the estate: a powerful blend of Petit Verdot and Cesanese d'Affile from Etna's volcanic soils, combining Bordeaux structure with the island's volcanic energy. A wine of exceptional concentration and longevity.
Medium Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Festive
Pellegrino's 10-year Marsala Superiore Riserva is a showcase for the family-owned house's century-long expertise: 10 years of barrel ageing develop extraordinary complexity of dried fruit, coffee and roasted nut character.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Pellegrino's Vergine Soleras uses a traditional solera system (perpetuo) maintaining wine from multiple decades: a layered, dry Marsala of walnut-and-apricot complexity that reflects the long Pellegrino history.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Vigna Barbagalli is Pietradolce's prestige single-vineyard Etna Rosso from ungrafted pre-phylloxera vines at 850 metres: among the most collectible and age-worthy Nerello Mascalese produced on the north slope.
Planeta Burdese
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Burdese is Planeta's prestige Cabernet Sauvignon-Franc blend, named in Sicilian dialect for Bordeaux. Grown at Ulmo in Menfi, the wine achieves the concentration of ripeness that Sicily's sun provides while preserving the variety's structural backbone through altitude and careful vinification.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Funky
Gabrio Bini's Serragghia is the natural passito of Pantelleria: zero-sulphur, zero additions, biodynamic Zibibbo on volcanic pumice soils producing a wine of wild, unpredictable character and pronounced mineral depth. Small allocations distributed largely through specialist natural-wine importers.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
Capofaro's Malvasia delle Lipari Passito is produced at the Salina estate, with terrace vines on the island's north slope facing the active volcano Stromboli across the channel. The Tasca d'Almerita team applies modern winemaking precision to the passito style with clean, precise floral-honeyed concentration and the distinctive volcanic mineral signature of Salina.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Sicily's most historic prestige red: Tasca's Rosso del Conte blends Nero d'Avola with Perricone from the Regaleali plateau, aged two years in large oak. It is the island's longest-established benchmark for structured, age-worthy Sicilian reds.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Il Picciolo is Tascante's prestige single-vineyard Etna Rosso from old Nerello vines in a specific parcel within the Rampante contrada: the estate's most structured and complex expression.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Calderara Sottana is a benchmark for north-slope Etna Rosso: Burgundian elegance with volcanic minerality, tart red-fruit purity and the structural firmness that demands 8-plus years.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Feudo di Mezzo is the most aromatic and perfumed of the Terre Nere lineup: complex, multi-layered, with chalky depth and remarkable persistence.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The Guardiola contrada yields the densest, most structured cuvée in the Terre Nere single-vineyard range: darker fruit, greater density, and a long mineral-chalky finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Easygoing
San Lorenzo's lower-altitude vines yield a more accessible Terre Nere red: fragrant, iron-streaked, with vibrant sour-cherry acidity and a mineral iron finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Musmeci is Fessina's prestige single-vineyard Etna Rosso from old Nerello Mascalese vines in the Rovittello contrada: structured, mineral-driven and among the north slope's most refined expressions.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Monte Gorna is Nicosia's prestige Etna Rosso from a single contrada on the south-east slope: the estate's most structured and mineral wine, representing the full potential of the Trecastagni zone.
Sweet · Elegant · Contemplative
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Oremus Eszencia
5.0
Sweet · Contemplative
Sweet · Elegant · Festive
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Dry · Elegant · Savoury
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Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Argiano's annata Brunello from the Renaissance Sant'Angelo in Colle estate. The 2018 vintage was named Wine Spectator's Wine of the Year 2023.
Argiano Solengo
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Argiano's Super Tuscan in a Bordeaux-Sangiovese blend with significant Petit Verdot, deep and structured.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Brunello from Argiano's central south-facing parcel, introduced 2015 by oenologist Bernardino Sani.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Joint-venture Toscana IGT between Avignonesi and Chianti Classico's Capannelle, blending Sangiovese (Capannelle) and Merlot (Avignonesi).
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Avignonesi's flagship Vino Nobile Riserva, released only in top vintages from biodynamic Prugnolo Gentile.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Cult Vin Santo from raisined Sangiovese (Prugnolo Gentile), 10+ years oxidative ageing in small caratelli barrels.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
Banfi's blended-estate Brunello, the accessible entry to the 850-hectare Castello Banfi property.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Banfi's flagship Brunello Riserva from the Poggio all'Oro vineyard, released only in top vintages.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Banfi's selection Brunello from the Poggio alle Mura vineyards around the medieval castle, modern style.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The founding Brunello, traditionally styled in Slavonian botti from the Greppo estate's Sangiovese Grosso vines.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Released only in exceptional vintages, the Riserva is known for extended cellar capacity (50 plus years in great vintages).
Boggina C
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Petrolo's pure Sangiovese cru from the Boggina parcel. Red-cherry and dried-herb aromatics on an iron-and-leather core; longer-format oak preserves transparency.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Boscarelli's Super Tuscan Sangiovese-Bordeaux blend Toscana IGT.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva DOCG from a parcel planted in 1968.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
Caparzo's blended-estate Brunello, the accessible cuvee in the lighter northern Montalcino style.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
One of Brunello's earliest single-vineyard Vigna designations, from the cooler northern Caparzo estate.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Carmignano Riserva from Capezzana's Trefiano hilltop, the estate's flagship long-ageing cuvee.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Capezzana's flagship Vin Santo from raisined Trebbiano and San Colombano, 8 to 10 years in caratelli.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Casanova di Neri's blended-estate Brunello, the modern accessible counterpart to Cerretalto and Tenuta Nuova.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Brunello from Casanova di Neri's Cerretalto cru, one of Montalcino's most concentrated cuvees.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Pure Cabernet Sauvignon Toscana IGT from Casanova di Neri, a structured Bordeaux-styled counterpoint to the Brunello range.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Modern-style Brunello selection from the Tenuta Nuova vineyards; Wine Spectator named the 2001 vintage its 2006 Wine of the Year.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Frescobaldi's blended-estate Brunello from the western Montalcino, in continuous production since 1989.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Pure Merlot Toscana IGT from CastelGiocondo's Lamaione parcel, a Brunello-region Merlot in the Bolgheri stylistic register.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
CastelGiocondo's flagship Riserva from the Ripe al Convento parcel, library-released after long oak ageing.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Old-school Sangiovese Riserva from Castelnuovo Berardenga, long-aged in large Slavonian botti.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard Gran Selezione from a tiny Castell'in Villa parcel, library-release timing and long Slavonian-cask ageing.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Sangiovese-Cabernet blend from Castell'in Villa, the estate's modern Bordeaux-leaning IGT.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
The Mazzei flagship: 100 percent Sangiovese from six clones plus eight massal selections, with a forward black-cherry and graphite profile and firm structural backbone.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Castello di Ama's cult 100 percent Merlot Toscana IGT from a tiny Gaiole parcel, plush and graphite-mineral.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Gran Selezione from Castello di Ama's Bellavista parcel at Gaiole, with rose-petal aromatics and iron-mineral intensity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The Merlot-leaning sibling to Bellavista, deeper-fruited with mocha and dark cherry through a long Sangiovese acid spine.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The Ricasoli flagship: pure Sangiovese with red-cherry and orange-peel aromatics over a graphite acid spine and soft, layered tannins.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Single-vineyard Gran Selezione from the 600-metre Coltassala parcel at Radda, with a touch of Mammolo for aromatic perfume.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
100 percent Sangiovese Gran Selezione from a single Radda vineyard, austere and graphite-toned.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Merlot-Sangiovese Toscana IGT from the historical Castiglioni estate, the Frescobaldi family's flagship Bordeaux-blend Super Tuscan.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Col d'Orcia's annata Brunello, traditional Slavonian-cask style from one of the largest organic estates in Italy.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard Brunello Riserva from the high-elevation Poggio al Vento parcel, library-released after 60 months in Slavonian botti.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Sangiovese cru from the Colledila parcel at Gaiole. Strength and elegance, with toasted-oak detail over a firm graphite-tannin spine.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
One of the original Super Tuscans, born 1981. Sangiovese-Cabernet blend with juicy blackberry, underbrush and graphite, capable of cellaring beyond 20 years.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Pure Sangiovese Toscana IGT from Felsina, denser and oakier than Rancia, blended across Chianti Classico and Colli Senesi vineyards.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Sangiovese Riserva from the limestone-rich Rancia parcel at Castelnuovo Berardenga; bone-dry, iron-mineral, age-worthy.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Pure Sangiovese Toscana IGT from the Conca d'Oro amphitheatre at Panzano, polished and graphite-toned with extraordinary precision.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Gran Selezione from Fontodi's Sorbo parcel, formerly a Cabernet blend and now pure Sangiovese.
Galatrona
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
Italy's reference 100 percent Merlot away from Bolgheri. Black cherry, blackberry and violet over a graphite-iron mineral spine, with polished oak and firm tannin in support.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Grattamacco's flagship Bolgheri Superiore, a Bordeaux-Sangiovese blend from the Bolgheri estate founded 1977.
Guado al Tasso
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Antinori's flagship Bolgheri Superiore DOC, a polished Bordeaux blend from the family's coastal Bolgheri estate.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Traditional-style Brunello from Sant'Angelo in Colle, long-aged in Slavonian botti and consistently among the appellation's most rewarding.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard Riserva from the estate's oldest Sangiovese Grosso vines, planted in 1964. Library-released after long cask ageing.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Pure Sangiovese Toscana IGT created by Paolo De Marchi to bottle the best vineyard at Olena outside DOCG strictures; rose-and-graphite precision.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
Vicky Schmitt-Vitali's ICEA-organic Chianti Classico Riserva, traditionally styled and small-batch.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Traditional Vin Santo del Chianti Classico from Le Fonti, raisined grapes aged 10 years in caratelli.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Pure Sangiovese Gran Selezione from Le Fonti's organic vineyards, named for the estate founder Vito Arturo Vitali.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Cult 100 percent Merlot Toscana IGT from Le Macchiole, often compared to its Masseto neighbour.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Pure Cabernet Franc Toscana IGT from Le Macchiole at Bolgheri (100% Cabernet Franc since the 2001 vintage).
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Le Macchiole's pure Syrah Toscana IGT, peppery and savoury with a coastal Bolgheri mineral edge.
Le Pergole Torte
4.9
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The canonical pure-Sangiovese IGT. Red cherry, rose and dried herbs over a tobacco-and-iron core; long, linear finish that rewards a decade or more in bottle.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Maremma's flagship Super Tuscan, a Bordeaux blend with a touch of Alicante from Le Pupille.
Massetino
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Masseto's second wine, introduced 2017. Merlot-Cabernet Franc Toscana IGT from younger Masseto vines.
Masseto
5.0
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
100 percent Merlot Toscana IGT from a 7-hectare blue-clay parcel inside the Ornellaia estate; first released as a separate label 1986.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Traditional Brunello from Castelnuovo dell'Abate, the southeastern Montalcino quadrant. Elegant and rose-perfumed.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard Brunello Riserva from the donkey-back-shaped hillside, library-released after long oak ageing.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Brunello from Mastrojanni's southeast-facing Loreto parcel at Castelnuovo dell'Abate, traditionally styled.
Matarocchio
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Pure Cabernet Franc Bolgheri Superiore from Antinori, the estate's single-varietal showcase from a 4-hectare parcel.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Michele Satta's 100 percent Sangiovese Toscana IGT, a rarity on Bolgheri's Bordeaux-dominated coast.
Montevertine
4.7
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
The Montevertine field blend, Sangiovese-led with Canaiolo and Colorino, aged in Slavonian botti. Traditional Tuscan Sangiovese transparency: red cherry, tobacco and iron over a long acid spine.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-vineyard pure Sangiovese from the high-elevation Montesodi parcel at Nipozzano, the Rufina region's elegant calling card.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Old-vine Chianti Rufina Riserva from Castello di Nipozzano, the elegant cool-climate counterpoint to Chianti Classico.
Ornellaia
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Lodovico Antinori's Bolgheri Bordeaux-blend, founded 1981. Bolgheri Superiore DOC under Frescobaldi ownership; Wine Spectator Wine of the Year 2001 for the 1998 vintage.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
High-elevation Brunello at 450-500 metres in the southern Montalcino, structured and herbal.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
High-elevation Brunello Riserva from Poggio Antico's oldest vines, library-released after long oak ageing.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Classical southeastern Montalcino Brunello: rose-and-dried-cherry aromatics, iron-and-leather core, finely chiselled tannins, very long finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The Riserva amplifies the house signature: rose-petal and dried-cherry depth, iron-and-leather backbone, a very long balsamic finish. Released only in exceptional vintages.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Single-vineyard Vino Nobile from the donkey-shaped Asinone hillside, the appellation's most consistently reviewed wine.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Sangiovese-Cabernet Toscana IGT from biodynamic Greve in Chianti vineyards, polished and graphite-toned.
Riecine La Gioia
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Riecine's flagship pure Sangiovese IGT from Gaiole, vegan-vinified and ICEA-organic, with rose-and-iron precision.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Rocca di Frassinello's flagship pure Merlot Maremma Toscana DOC, named for the estate's mascot wild boar.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Riserva from CCPB-organic Salcheto's off-grid solar cellar, pure Prugnolo Gentile from old vines.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
One of the original Super Tuscans, Bordeaux-blended with a slice of the indigenous Pugnitello variety.
Sassicaia
5.0
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The founding Super Tuscan: a Bordeaux blend planted at Bolgheri in 1944 by Mario Incisa della Rocchetta. Granted its own single-estate DOC in 1994.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-vineyard pure Sangiovese Chianti Rufina Riserva from Selvapiana's Bucerchiale parcel, library-aged.
Siepi
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
A 50/50 Sangiovese-Merlot Super Tuscan from the historic Siepi vineyard at 850 feet. Black plum, sandalwood and tobacco over a firm cedar-and-cherry core.
Solaia
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Cabernet-led sibling of Tignanello, denser and more international in profile, with cassis and graphite intensity over a long Tuscan acid spine.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard Sangiovese from the Intistieti parcel, the sibling cuvee to Case Basse with subtle iron-and-iris perfume.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Soldera's flagship pure Sangiovese, now under Toscana IGT after withdrawing from Brunello DOCG. Ethereal, perfumed, profound.
Tignanello
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Sangiovese-led Super Tuscan with a Bordeaux skeleton: violet-and-cherry aromatics, firm graphite tannins and a long savoury finish that rewards bottle age.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Tua Rita's Bordeaux-blend Super Tuscan from Suvereto, the Cabernet-led complement to Redigaffi.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Tua Rita's flagship 100 percent Merlot Toscana IGT from Suvereto on the Val di Cornia.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Capezzana's flagship Carmignano DOCG, Sangiovese-Cabernet from the original Tuscan appellation to allow Cabernet (since the 18th century).
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
Allegrini's estate Amarone Classico blends Corvina and Corvinone in nearly equal measure with a small percentage of Oseleta; the result is a polished, internationally styled Amarone with plush dried-fruit concentration and a refined tannin frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The single-vineyard Fieramonte takes Allegrini's Amarone to the highest level: a single hill block in the Classico zone with extreme concentration, the Oseleta component adding signature pepper warmth to the cedar-espresso complex.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
A 100% Corvina IGT aged in French barriques rather than dried: La Poja demonstrates the varietal's structure and ageing potential when treated outside the appassimento framework, producing a powerful, savoury red that rivals Amarone in complexity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Bertani's Amarone is the reference for the traditional, extremely long-aged style: minimum eight years in large Slavonian oak produces a garrigue-herb and leather-inflected wine of remarkable freshness and longevity, lighter in colour than modern Amarone but strikingly complex.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Bertani's Villa Novare is the prestige Amarone from their historic Novare estate, given six years in Slavonian oak producing a wine of extraordinary complexity and longevity; perhaps the most authentically traditional Amarone Riserva-style bottling in the appellation.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
Brigaldara's Classico Amarone is known for its precise, traditional approach: careful appassimento in the estate's fruttai and mixed Slavonian/French oak ageing producing a structured, age-worthy expression.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Il Vegro is Brigaldara's prestige single-vineyard Amarone from the Il Vegro parcel; higher Oseleta concentration and extended ageing in a mix of small and large casks produce a richer, spicier expression than the estate Classico, with excellent concentration and structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Contemplative
Ca' La Bionda's Amarone reflects the volcanic and calcareous soils of the Marano valley top: a mineral, iron-inflected style with high acidity and a savoury character quite distinct from estates lower in the valley.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Castel Caina is Ca' La Bionda's premium single-vineyard selection from the highest Marano valley plots at the foot of the ancient Caina hill; the volcanic soils produce even greater mineral depth and acidity than the estate Classico, with outstanding ageing potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Easygoing
The cooperative's estate Amarone Classico provides accessible quality from 230 family growers across the Classico zone; a solid, tobacco-cherry traditional Amarone at significantly better value than single-estate bottlings at comparable quality.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Bold
Domaso is the cooperative's flagship single-vineyard Amarone from the 14-hectare Maternigo hill parcel, showing appreciably greater concentration and mineral precision than the estate-level wine; the earthy, tobacco-cedar style reflects the Maternigo terroir's calcareous character.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Campagnola's Amarone della Valpolicella Classico is produced from appassimento-dried Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella grapes from the Classico hills. Two to three years in large Slavonian oak develop the characteristic dried fruit, dark chocolate and tobacco complexity of the DOCG's flagship wine.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Funky
Made by Demeter-certified biodynamic winemaker Marinella Camerani, Mithas reflects Demeter estate viticulture in its earthy complexity, mineral precision and high acidity, evolving with bottle age.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
A heavily concentrated, oak-driven Amarone: tiny yields, four-month drying, four years in small French oak. Layers of dried fruit, dark chocolate and iron. Built for multi-decade cellaring.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Dal Forno's sweet Recioto applies the same barrique-and-concentration philosophy: deep, almost port-like sweetness balanced by the estate's signature tannin structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Dal Forno's entry into the Valpolicella range already shows the estate's signature intensity: deeply coloured, barrique-aged and concentrated beyond what the DOC classification implies.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
A rare white passito from Dal Forno, made from dried Moscato and Garganega grapes at the Illasi valley estate, applying the same concentration philosophy as the Amarone to a sweet white with orange blossom and apricot intensity.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Contemplative
San Zeno is Fasoli Gino's Recioto di Soave DOCG, made from dried organic Garganega grapes. Organic farming preserves the grape's natural concentration and flavour integrity through drying. The result is a rich, golden sweet wine of exceptional aromatic purity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Quintarelli's Bordeaux varieties treated to the Valpolicella appassimento method: dried Cabernet and Merlot producing extraordinary density, graphite-inflected fruit and a seamlessly long finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A long-aged Amarone built around multi-variety appassimento, with concentration of dried fruit, leather and tobacco, firm but resolved tannins and a long finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
A blend of local Corvina with international Cabernet in the Quintarelli style: concentrated, savoury and structured, with the Bordeaux varieties adding colour and spine to the Valpolicella base.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Romantic
The sweet passito counterpart to Quintarelli's Amarone: residual sugar balanced by firm tannins and high acidity producing a luscious yet structured dessert red with decades-long ageing potential.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
Quintarelli's entry-level Valpolicella is already a lesson in traditional winemaking: high-acid, savoury cherry fruit with dried-herb complexity and three years in large oak adding gentle structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Guerrieri Rizzardi's Amarone expresses the Classico zone from an estate with over 350 years of Valpolicella history. The extended appassimento (drying) of Corvina and Corvinone grapes concentrates flavour into a wine of great intensity. Three years in Slavonian botti soften the tannins while preserving the dried-fruit character.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Bradisismo (Italian for seismic land subsidence) is Inama's prestige selection from the oldest basalt-grown Garganega vines, aged 18-24 months in French barriques; arguably the most complex Soave available, with extraordinary tension between rich oak ageing and the grape's saline mineral core.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Bold
Le Salette's estate Amarone Classico, from the high-altitude Fumane vineyards farmed by Monica Scamperle, shows the distinctive freshness and orange-peel note that characterise the estate's high-elevation fruit; a more approachable entry to the Le Salette style than the Pergole Vece.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Pergole Vece is from Le Salette's century-old pergola-trained Corvina vines at 450m elevation in Fumane, producing an Amarone of particular freshness and aromatic complexity; high altitude preserves acidity while old vines add concentration.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Begali's Monte Ca' Bianca is a traditional-school Amarone from very old Corvina vines; deep mineral iron note and high acidity give it a distinctive, food-friendly profile within the Classico zone.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Begali's Recioto is made from the same Ca' Bianca old-vine fruit as the Amarone, with the fermentation arrested before dryness; the result is a luscious, chocolate-cherry sweet red with firm tannic structure.
Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
One of Italy's greatest botrytised dessert wines. Acininobili (noble berries) is produced from 100% botrytis-affected Vespaiola grapes, selected berry by berry in the best vintages. The Sauternes influence is explicit: Maculan was inspired by a trip to Bordeaux in the late 1970s and applied the Trockenbeerenauslese selection principle to Vespaiola.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Fratta is Maculan's Bordeaux-inspired flagship red, one of northeastern Italy's landmark wines. A Cabernet-Merlot blend aged 18 months in new French oak, it rivals top Veneto reds in complexity and ageing potential. Fausto Maculan was among the first producers in the Veneto to vinify Bordeaux varieties at serious quality levels.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A passito-style dessert wine from Vicenza revived by Fausto Maculan in 1974. Vespaiola grapes are harvested late and dried on twisted cords (torcolato means 'twisted') for months before pressing. The result is a wine of high intensity, with botrytis-influenced apricot honey character balanced by the grape's naturally high acidity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
From the single Torbe hillside vineyard in the Negrar valley, Campolongo di Torbe is characterised by spicy, tobacco-inflected dried fruit with earthier notes than Masi's more opulent Mazzano bottling.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Bold
Masi's entry-level Classico Amarone is the house's most widely distributed wine and among the most accessible classic-zone bottlings, balancing dried-cherry concentration with a restrained herbaceous character and good structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Mazzano is Masi's most powerful and concentrated single-vineyard Amarone, from the high-altitude Mazzano hill in the S. Ambrogio zone. More opulent and riper than Campolongo, with a chocolatey, rich palate and remarkable ageing potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Vaio Armaron is the prestige Amarone from the historic Serego Alighieri estate, owned by descendants of Dante Alighieri, managed in partnership with Masi; the wine reflects the S. Ambrogio di Valpolicella hill terroir with a refined tobacco-cedar complexity and long cellaring potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Bold
The Nicolis family's Amarone from the Villa Girardi estate in San Pietro in Cariano reflects a traditional, large-cask aged style with tobacco-leather character and solid structure; consistent quality across multiple vintages.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Ambrosan is the single-parcel selection from Nicolis's oldest vines on the Villa Girardi estate, given an extra year in large Slavonian casks compared to the estate Amarone; a more concentrated and austere expression of tobacco-cedar style with excellent ageing potential.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Elegant
Pieropan's Recioto di Soave from the Le Colombare parcel sits within the long sweet-wine tradition of the Soave zone (Recioto di Soave DOCG, established 1998); dried Garganega produces apricot-honey concentration kept fresh by the varietal's trademark high acidity.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
I Capitelli is Anselmi's late-harvest sweet Garganega, made from overripe and botrytised bunches from the Capitel Croce and Capitel Foscarino hills; rich, honeyed and apricot-dominated but lifted by the grape's natural acidity that keeps it from cloying.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Elegant
Santa Sofia's Amarone is a traditional-style Classico from the historic Pedemonte estate, emphasising tobacco-leather complexity and long cellarability; the 16th-century villa setting adds heritage gravitas to a consistently well-made Amarone.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The flagship of the Montello DOCG, a structured Bordeaux-blend red. Serafini and Vidotto pioneered Bordeaux-variety production on the Montello hills in the 1980s. Il Rosso dell'Abazia is the cornerstone wine of the designation.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Elegant
Speri's estate Amarone Classico reflects the six-generation family's traditional approach with large-cask ageing, producing a fresh, floral, tobacco-inflected Amarone that remains one of the most consistent classic-zone expressions.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Monte Sant'Urbano is Speri's flagship single-vineyard Amarone from the historic cru on the Fumane hillside; traditional large-cask ageing preserves freshness alongside the dried-fruit concentration, producing one of the Classico zone's most elegant and age-worthy Amarone.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Speri's Le Bine de Jago Recioto represents the traditional sweet red wine of Valpolicella before Amarone became dominant; the fermentation-arrested fruit preserves Corvina's characteristic high acidity beneath the luscious chocolate-cherry sweetness.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Amedeo is Suavia's Recioto di Soave DOCG from the ancient Monte Carbonare vineyard; the sweet dried-Garganega wine balances luscious apricot-honey sweetness with the grape's natural high acidity, keeping the finish fresh and complex.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Capitel Monte Olmi is Tedeschi's single-vineyard prestige Amarone, from the Monte Olmi hill above San Pietro in Cariano, with exceptional concentration and finesse, reflecting one of the oldest family estates in Valpolicella.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
La Fabriseria (old Venetian dialect for the forge) is Tedeschi's second single-vineyard Amarone from a plot on the Monte Olmi hillside; greater tobacco-iron concentration than the Capitel Monte Olmi, with a more austere, mineral-forward character.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Rustic
The 20% Oseleta in Campo dei Gigli adds a peppery, dark-spice dimension to the Corvina-Corvinone dried fruit base; from the Mezzane valley outside the Classico zone, the wine shows an earthier, more structured style than comparable Classico Amarone.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Bold
Tommasi's estate Amarone Classico represents the fourth-generation family's traditional approach: a high proportion of Corvinone adds floral lift to the dried-cherry concentration while three years in large casks develops structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Ca' Florian is Tommasi's single-vineyard flagship Amarone from the old Ca' Florian hillside in the Classico zone, showing dense, chocolatey concentration with elegant tannin structure and long mineral finish.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Festive
Tommasi's Recioto Classico is made from the highest-selected Corvina and Corvinone bunches from the family's San Pietro in Cariano vineyards; chocolate-cherry and raisin sweetness balanced by traditional cask structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Funky
Valentina Cubi's certified organic Amarone from the Fumane hillsides shows a distinctly earthy, mineral character from organic viticulture; the Oseleta addition contributes pepper spice and the high acidity reflects the altitude of the Fumane Classico zone.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A reference wine of the Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio DOCG (elevated to DOCG in 2010). Moscato Giallo grapes are dried (passito) on bamboo racks in the volcanic Euganean Hills; the intensely floral and orange-scented result is distinctive within Italian sweet wine.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Gemola is the flagship red of Vignalta in the Euganean Hills. The volcanic basalt soils give a distinctive mineral thread to this Merlot-Cabernet Franc blend, contrasting with the softer alluvial reds of the plain.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Campo Morar (meadow of mulberries) is Viviani's single-vineyard Amarone from the highest plots on the Mazzano ridge in Negrar, at over 400 metres elevation; the altitude confers remarkable freshness and acidity to the dried-fruit concentration, producing a wine of particular precision and longevity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Rustic
Zenato's Classico Amarone incorporates 20% Oseleta adding firm pepper tannin and dark fruit spice to the Corvina-led blend; aged in a combination of large Slavonian and small French oak that bridges traditional and modern styles.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The Riserva Sergio Zenato is the estate's memorial bottling to its founder, made only in selected vintages and aged five years in oak; high Oseleta proportion and extended ageing produce Zenato's most structured wine within the range, built for long cellaring.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Zyme's Kairos is a modern interpretation of Classico Amarone; former Quintarelli cellarmaster Celestino Gaspari applies small French oak ageing to produce a polished, concentrated expression that bridges traditional intensity with contemporary oak integration.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Funky
A 15-variety blend in the Veronese IGT classification, Harlequin is Gaspari's conceptual statement: every grape variety grown across Zyme's vineyards co-fermented after partial drying, producing a complex, layered wine with extraordinary aromatic diversity.
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
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Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Racy acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The estate's most structured Grüner Veltliner Smaragd from the Viessling site; full body, racy acidity and deep granite-mineral character defined by biodynamic farming and old-barrel ageing.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Holzapfel's Achleiten Riesling Smaragd shows the characteristic amphibolite-spice of this famous Ried: apricot, exotic stone-mineral and lime oil with firm acid and length.
Dry · Elegant · Contemplative
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Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Racy acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Full-bodied Riesling Smaragd from the Singerriedel site at Spitz by Gritsch Mauritiushof; granite mineral and stone-fruit depth with a long finish.
Dry · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Elegant · Savoury