Varietal

Tre Bicchieri

The Top wines awarded by the Gambero Rosso each year receive Tre Bicchieri 🍷🍷🍷 ~ Three Glasses!

Gambero Rosso, the global authority on Italian wine, food, travel and culture, is perhaps best known as the publisher of the annual guide to Italian wines, the Vini d’Italia. Featuring more than just reviews of Italy’s finest wines, Vini d’Italia covers the brilliant, passionate individuals who devote their lives to winemaking. Today, more than 70 expert tasters comprise the team that blind-tastes 45,000+ wines annually, rating them on a scale of one to three glasses (bicchieri). Of these many thousands of wines, fewer than 1% achieve the Tre Bicchieri designation, a ranking reserved for only the best wines from each vintage.


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Exploring the archives it’s clear the old adage applies, many of the same names popping year after year. Great sites with great makers have a habit of doing that!

Barolo

Reds: Nebbiolo

Luigi Baudana ~ Borgogno ~ Cavallotto ~ Cogno ~ Giacomo Conterno ~ Massolino ~ Figli Luigi Oddero ~ Giovanni Rosso ~ Vietti

Barbaresco

Reds: Nebbiolo

Albino Rocca ~ Giuseppe Cortese ~ Bruno Giacosa ~ Produttori del Barbaresco ~ Roagna ~ Sottimano

Piedmont

White: Timorasso Reds: Nebbiolo

Claudio Mariotto ~ Vigneti Massa

Alto Piedmont

Reds: Nebbiolo

Antoniolo

Valtellina

Reds: Nebbiolo

Ar.Pe.Pe ~ Sandro Fay ~ Rainoldi

Bolgheri

Reds: Cabernet Varietals + Sangiovese

Grattamacco ~ Ornellaia

Montalcino

Reds: Sangiovese

Casanova di Neri ~ Fuligni ~ Poggio di Sotto

Etna

Witeses: Carricante Reds: Nerello Mascalese

Fessina ~ Girolamo Russo ~ Graci ~ Passopisciaro ~ Terre Nere

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Massolino “Vigna Rionda” Barolo 2015

Nebbiolo | Serralunga d'Alba, Barolo

Gentle extraction, shorter maceration, looking to maintain freshness. 36 months in oak. Bottled in summer 2019. Rich long and bold dense tannins that need time to quality tannins with excellent acidity. Great depth and layering of flavour and tannins. Incredibly complex wine. So much going on delicious. All of the classic hallmarks of a superb Vigna Rionda. Stunning.Also available as a Magnum!
$535
$515ea in any 3+
$495ea in any 6+

Poggio di Sotto Brunello di Montalcino 2018

Sangiovese | Tuscany, Italy

There is something here that takes Sangiovese to a special place, the perfume, the lovely linear shape of fruit, that deceptive depth and length that builds! Poggio di Sotto hits it out the ballpark once again with an extremely elegant interpretation that shows the incredible depth and nuance Sangiovese can achieve, even in an uneven vintage such as this. The certified organic 2018 Brunello di Montalcino reveals a dark ruby hue and mid-weight concentration. Indeed, the wine is lighter and bright
$650
$630ea in any 3+
$610ea in any 6+
Barolo lovers will need no reminding: 2016 was an epic vintage, producing a stream of breathtaking wines. First bottled as a single cru in 1982, 2016 marks the 35th vintage of Massolino’s benchmark Barolo, Vigna Rionda, and even those who know this wine intimately will surely not have tasted a greater expression.The sheer quality achieved this this year has led Massolino to introduce a new, all-black label, which henceforth will only be used for very greatest years of Vigna Rionda. There h
$817
$797ea in any 3+
$777ea in any 6+
Casanova di Neri 'Cerretalto' Brunello di Montalcino 2015
100 Points
'Of these new releases from this benchmark estate, the Casanova di Neri 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Cerretalto is my favorite wine. This Riserva is larger than life with ripe fruit, raspberry, cherry, spice, cola, root beer, mesquite and cedar. The wine offers a flashy and generous quality of fruit that unfolds over time with a multifaceted and multi-layered presentation. One thing that stands out here is the acidity that is bracing and tart at first but then succumbs to an important supporting
$880
$865ea in any 3+
$850ea in any 6+
This is one of the benchmark traditional Barolo's! Every time I’ve tried Cavallotto’s ‘Vigna San Guiseppe’ I’ve gone to a very happed place. The core of fruit in is always insane. Having tasted a dozen of the best Baroli alongside Vigna San Guiseppe over many vintages, it’s clear this is up at the top of the list. Cavallotto’s always beautifully balances power with elegance. “A certified organic wine, the Cavallotto 2016 Barolo Riserva Bricco Boschis Vigna San Giuseppe is born i
$985
$965ea in any 3+
$945ea in any 6+

Massolino “Vigna Rionda” Barolo MAGNUM 2015

Nebbiolo | Serralunga d'Alba, Barolo

Gentle extraction, shorter maceration, looking to maintain freshness. 36 months in oak. Bottled in summer 2019. Rich long and bold dense tannins that need time to quality tannins with excellent acidity. Great depth and layering of flavour and tannins. Incredibly complex wine. So much going on delicious. All of the classic hallmarks of a superb Vigna Rionda. Stunning.Comes in individual wooden box.
$1,015
$995ea in any 3+
$975ea in any 6+

Vietti Barolo Riserva ‘Villero’ 2013

Nebbiolo | Piedmont, Barolo

Vietti's Riserva 'Villero' is not made every year. Like all Barolo Riserva's it is matured for a few extra years before release. Vietti's 2013 Barolo Riserva Villero is a showstopper. Wow! dense, powerful and richly constituted, the Villero captivates from the very first taste. Smoke, scorched earth, gravel, cured meats and black cherry are some of the many notes that inform this decidedly somber, brooding Barolo. The interplay of fruit density and structure is just captivating. Time in the glas
🍇RABAJÀ RABAJÀ RABAJÀ 🇮🇹 The 2016 Rabajà Riserva has that spark taking it from good to great. Engaging from the outset, take your time, enjoy this over hours even days in its youth.Cortese have always marched to their own tune, making grape first wines that have a finesse and sophistication about them. Balancing freshness and energy with development. They often appear a little out of sorts when young, particularly at the entry level. Those with patience are rewarded as they shap
$1,550
$1530ea in any 3+
$1510ea in any 6+
Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva 'Monfortino' 2019
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Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva ‘Monfortino’ 2019

Nebbiolo | Serralunga d'Alba, Barolo

3-Bottle Orders come in a Wooden Box It's been a while, alas. The last vintage of this legendary wine was 2015. Skipping forward to a year of natural richness and concentration, the Giacomo Conterno 2019 Barolo Riserva Monfortino is a magnificently executed wine. It carefully reins in the soaring power of Nebbiolo and whittles it down to extreme finesse and precision. This is the essence of the grape with no extra bells or whistles. Roberto Conterno tells me he chose not to make Monfortino in 20
Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva 'Monfortino' MAGNUM 2019
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Individual Wooden Box **Individual Oak Box - Bottle Signes by Roberto**It's been a while, alas. The last vintage of this legendary wine was 2015. Skipping forward to a year of natural richness and concentration, the Giacomo Conterno 2019 Barolo Riserva Monfortino is a magnificently executed wine. It carefully reins in the soaring power of Nebbiolo and whittles it down to extreme finesse and precision. This is the essence of the grape with no extra bells or whistles. Roberto Conterno tells me
Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva 'Monfortino' JEROBOAM 3L 2019
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Individual Wooden Box **Individual Oak Box - Bottle Signes by Roberto**It's been a while, alas. The last vintage of this legendary wine was 2015. Skipping forward to a year of natural richness and concentration, the Giacomo Conterno 2019 Barolo Riserva Monfortino is a magnificently executed wine. It carefully reins in the soaring power of Nebbiolo and whittles it down to extreme finesse and precision. This is the essence of the grape with no extra bells or whistles. Roberto Conterno tells me