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Even though this is 17 years old, the colour is still an amazingly deep garnet even if the rim is now transparent. Oo, that is rather lovely! Lots of evolution and subtlety, with a hint of quite attractive dustiness, on the nose. It does taste very much more like mature Cabernet (even Bordeaux) than anything informed by Sangiovese. Dry (but...

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The 2018 Giusto di Notri comes together with seamless beauty. This is a rich and generous expression that delivers dark fruit intensity with blackberry and black currant, wrapped tightly together with ample oak notes of spice, tar and cured tobacco. The wine offers smooth transition and rich textural fiber, with soft angles and contours that frame the wine's full-bodied approach.96...

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Hameau de Blagny is just above Puligny-Truffieres, and combines the body and texture of Meursault with the finesse of Puligny. The 1.5 hectare vineyard is harvested in 5 parcels, depending on the depth of soil. Expressive and pronounced, the nose shows enticing notes of white flowers, orange blossom, honeysuckle and lime peel. The palate is textured and creamy, with great tension...

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First produced in 2013, this is an especially soft, open-knit style, and yet there is plenty of Nebbiolo persistence and overall grip. It doesn’t take much to see where the Faset is likely to go in coming vintages. Grapes come from a tiny half hectare plot and no more than 2,000 bottles are produced.

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This is just the second vintage of this wine, made from a parcel rented by a family friend. Antonio Galloni writes: “Barbaresco Albesani is frankly on another level relative to the other Barbarescos Luca Roagna has recently added to his range.” The chalky soils contribute to the wine’s fragrant aromatics.

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Another new wine for the Roagna family, first produced in 2014, Gallina offers the hedonistic quality that typifies wines from this site whilst also displaying the classical feel of Roagna’s Barbarescos. Like Albesani, this comes from a leased parcel of vines in Neive.