Sourced from 2.1ha of different parcels (mainly the crus of Cerrati and Meriame) all located in the village of Serralunga d'Alba, at altitudes of 360-400m above sea level; the vineyards have south-east and west exposures, and are composed mostly of calcareous and tufaceous soil. Cover crops such...

Barbera/Ruché. From estate parcels scattered about the steep hills of the Monferrato zone of Asti around the Verruàs' home village of Scurzolengo. The family farms organically, tending and harvesting the vines entirely by hand. The grapes are destemmed with berries kept whole and gently pressed...

100% Grignolino from a 2 hectare vineyard of clay and limestone-gypsum soils, with a south/southwest exposure. The vines are 60 years old.  Spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel tanks followed by an additional 8 months in tank and 2-3 months in bottle.  As Eleonora and Luigi Costa say of...

95% Glera/5% other. Father Loris and sons Raffaele and Adelchi Follador farm about 7 hectares in the twisting, steep valley of Valdobbiadene, working quietly and quite independently of any consumer or commercial expectations. Their vines—mainly of Glera, plus a little of other co-planted local...

This single-vineyard cru is La Gerla's flagship wine. Made in select years, this comes entirely from a one-hectare parcel of old vines (25-30 years old) from the original Biondi-Santi site, located between 270 and 320 meters above sea level. This hillside vineyard occupies a privileged position at...

San Ferdinando’s Chianti ‘Il Gargaiolo’ takes its name from the eponymous stream that runs along the Sangiovese vineyard.  This vintage, the blend is 85% Sangiovese, 10% Ciliegiolo, and 5% ancient co-planted varietals; the grapes come from vineyards at 350m, facing south-southeast on light sandy...

100% Sangiovese. Jarkko and Josephin were the first in Chianti Classico to use 250L ceramic orbs called Clayver for aging their wines.  They are fired a very high temperatures and are 20% less porous than terracotta. The wine is called Mimas--one of the many satellites of Saturn--as the Clayver...

80% Prugnolo Gentile/20% Canaiolo Nero & Mammolo. Prugnolo Gentile is the variant of Sangiovese found in Montepulciano and historically co-planted with supporting varieties like Canaiolo and Mammolo. Proprietor Dora Forsoni has been farmiing her family's vines organically forever, many of them...

100% Sangiovese. Fonterenza's classic Rosso di Montalcino comes from their hilly, contiguous 4.2 hectares of vines in Poggio San Polo, just southeast of Montalcino. All of it qualifies as Brunello turf technically, but the legal constraints on Brunello production were very tight when the Padovani...