{"title":"Rare \u0026 Sought-After: Italian Reds","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarolo, Barbaresco, Brunello and Super Tuscans from our Rare \u0026amp; Sought-After list.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"2020-vietti-barolo-monvigliero-verduno","title":"2020 Vietti Barolo Monvigliero Verduno","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e99 Points Zekun Shuai, jamessuckling.com\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e97 Points Jeff Porter, Wine Enthusiast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e97 Points Luca Gardini, The Wine Killer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e95 Points Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e95 Points Aldo Fiordelli, Decanter\u003cbr\u003e 95 Points Audrey Frick, jebdunnuck.com\u003cbr\u003e92 Points Antonio Galloni, vinous.com\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e99 Points Zekun Shuai, jamessuckling.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eOne of the palest and most perfumed Barolos from Vietti with a transparent, ruby-orange hue. This is a super nuanced, elegant, expressive and ethereal Monvigliero that grows on me, with enchanting notes of grilled grapefruit, thyme, frozen raspberries and mineral. A subtle splash of white pepper and mezcal-like smokiness. Really refined and transparent, with some citrus and mineral tensions that are closely knit with the fine, crumbled tannins. So much finesse and detail here, and its complexity will continue to unwind. Really composed, soulful and mind-blowing! An otherworldly, idiosyncratic Barolo that actually reminded me of the finest Gredo garnacha. A big wow that deserves attention. Vegan. Best with a Burgundy glass\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e97 Points Jeff Porter, Wine Enthusiast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ePrepare to be enchanted by a Barolo that effortlessly lifts out of the glass with aromas of crushed raspberries, wild strawberries, and succulent red cherries, intertwined with delicate rose petals and violets. A subtle hint of stem adds an alluring complexity to the bouquet, drawing you in. The palate is plush and forward, revealing layers of juicy red currants, pomegranate, and a touch of sweet spice. This beautifully crafted wine showcases the finesse and grace of Nebbiolo, with silky tannins and bright acidity that create a harmonious balance. This stunning Barolo is a testament to the skill of the winemaker and the unique terroir of the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e97 Points Luca Gardini, The Wine Killer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eOne of the most recent masterpieces of the house, from refined winemaking. The aroma opens with touches of marasca cherry in jam, then sensations of wild rosemary, hints of blood orange and nutmeg. The palate is brackish, with a nice density and hints of fruity sensations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e95 Points Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eA relatively new departure for Vietti, the 2020 Barolo Monvigliero is soft and delicate with pretty floral aromas, dried iris, powdered spice and a hint of tar or road pavement. The inaugural vintage was 2018. Made with 60% whole-cluster fruit during fermentation, the wine has a moment of tartness, punchy highlights, sweet grenadine and cranberry jelly. It ages in large oak casks for 24 months. Production is 6,754 bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e95 Points Aldo Fiordelli, Decanter\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eMonvigliero is one of the most elegant crus from Verduno, which is one of the coolest areas in Barolo, producing wines of rare grace. Vietti's 2020 is a delight, characteristic of the year, full of cinnamon, violet, raspberry and vibrant depth. Zesty acidity seamlessly integrates with velvety, light but savoury tannins, and the wine only thins out a little on the finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e95 Points Audrey Frick, jebdunnuck.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eFirst produced in 2018, the 2020 Barolo Monvigliero sees 60% whole cluster fermentation, which contributes to a bit of spice that comes through in the wine. Offering notes of saline, cinnamon, cranberries, white pepper, and orange peel, it’s lean and weightless on the palate, an elegant and graceful red with supple, fine tannins and a clean mouthfeel. Highly refined, this very pretty wine is going to improve over the next 7-10 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e92 Points Antonio Galloni, vinous.com\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe 2020 Barolo Monvigliero is a very pretty, ethereal wine. Crushed flowers, mint, bright, red-toned fruit, dried herbs and spice are nicely lifted. This pretty, nuanced Barolo is very classy, but also on the lighter side. The 2020 is beguiling, but also a bit ethereal-this fruit may have been picked too early.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vietti","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46480716398811,"sku":"1543","price":533.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2020_Vietti_Barolo_Monvigliero_Verduno.png?v=1745738907"},{"product_id":"2020-vietti-barolo-ravera","title":"2020 Vietti Barolo Ravera","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e94 Points Jeff Porter, Wine Enthusiast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe nose is immediately captivating, offering a blend of black macerated cherries and a unique crushed vitamin note, complemented by delicate baby roses and fresh green herbs. On the palate, the wine showcases a robust structure, with firm and chewy tannins that grip the tongue. As the wine opens, its true potential is revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e94 Points Antonio Galloni, vinous.com\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ePicked on October 9, the 2020 Barolo Ravera has plenty of Rovera classicism and tension, but also feels a bit light in the mid-palate. Ravera is never a huge wine in body, but the depth is often there, even if expressed in an understated and more linear manner. The 2020 lacks that depth. Red-toned fruit, blood ordin ge, mint, spice and white pepper lend brilliance throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vietti","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46480716431579,"sku":"1542","price":533.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2020_Vietti_Barolo_Ravera.png?v=1749742042"},{"product_id":"2020-domenico-clerico-barolo-briccotto","title":"2020 Domenico Clerico Barolo Bussia 'Briccotto'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'97 Points - Monica Larner - Wine Advocate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThis wine stands out for its elegance and ephemeral personality. The Domenico Clerico 2020 Barolo Bussia Bricotto has a pretty fruit profile with cherry cola, dried strawberry and a fragrant floral character of rose or hibiscus. The fruit takes center stage, and there is some light spice with shadings of cinnamon stick and nutmeg. The wine has good acidity and structure. This was the first vineyard purchased by the late Domenico Clerico in 1976, and this is the new, restyled version. Production is limited to 980 bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domenico Clerico","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035564359899,"sku":"4739","price":430.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2020-domenico-clerico-barolo-bussia-briccotto-286130.jpg?v=1755178311"},{"product_id":"2019-tenuta-san-guido-sassicaia","title":"2019 Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe 2019 Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia earned 100 points from Antonio Galloni, 100 from None, 98 from None and 97 from James Suckling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRich, deep dark ruby colour with violet shimmer. Opens with slightly smoky notes, then lots of blueberry and cassis, fine spice, delicate resinous notes. Fills the palate full and shows great suppleness over the course, unfolds with a lot of fine-meshed tannin, wonderfully integrated, shows juice and melting, creamy, notes of smoke and tobacco at the back, resonates for a long time. - Antonio Galloni, Falstaff (100 pts)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tenuta San Guido","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47602585501915,"sku":"6073","price":1195.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2019-tenuta-san-guido-sassicaia-1156353.jpg?v=1758059883"},{"product_id":"2021-ornellaia-masseto-igt","title":"2021 Ornellaia Masseto IGT","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-critic-info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-critic--title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e99 Points - Danielle Callegari, Wine Enthusiast\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\nOur entire adult lives are spent trying to reclaim the wonder of our childhood—the enchantment of Disney World, the legend of Santa Claus, the belief in miracles that is slowly eroded with age. Masseto is always a wine that brings back that magic, but Gaia allows you to get up out of your seat and watch her sleight of hand from a nose-length. I dare you to figure out how she does it, and I defy you not to gasp with delight at the reveal. Drink now or hold until you next feel your faith faltering.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ornellaia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47667106250971,"sku":"6266","price":2246.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2021-ornellaia-masseto-igt-3754563.png?v=1762527844"},{"product_id":"2011-ornellaia-masseto-igt","title":"2011 Ornellaia Masseto IGT","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'100 Points - James Suckling - jamessuckling.com\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWow. Fabulous aromas of currants, rosemary, mint and orange peel. Perfect nose. Full body with perfectly integrated tannins. It's long and incredible with tangerine, toasted-oak, berry, terracotta and chocolate flavors. It lasts for minutes on the palate. This needs at least five years to soften but so spellbinding now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ornellaia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47667117326555,"sku":"6264","price":1625.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2011-ornellaia-masseto-igt-6133427.png?v=1762527844"},{"product_id":"2014-domenico-clerico-barolo-percristina-museum","title":"2014 Domenico Clerico Barolo 'Percristina' [Museum]","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e97 Points - James Suckling, jamessuckling.com [May 2024]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe color is dense garnet with a vivid core. The nose is incredibly complex, with prunes, earth, bright licorice root, crushed violets, black truffles and a whiff of chocolate. On the palate, the preserved cherry and earth flavors are supported by crisp acidity and massive extracted tannins, with ripeness in the finish due to the great fruit concentration. Very savory and ready to drink if you like tannins, but will last easily for another decade or more. Better after 2028.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e17\/20 - Jancis Robinson [November 2023]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom their oldest vineyard, Mosconi. It has spent one year in barrique, five years in one large, 4,000-litre cask (as Domenico Clerico used to do) and then five years in bottle. They made this wine in 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 and so on. Named for the Clericos’ daughter who died at the age of 15. The first real vintage was 1996. They skipped 2002, 2009, 2012, 2013 and 2018, generally dictated by quantity rather than quality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVery complex nose. Very toasty and a style that somehow splits the difference between this and last century’s. Yet another successful wine from a controversial vintage!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (JR)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Wine \/\/ From the Producer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"split-text__line\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIn homage to their daughter, Domenico and Giuliana have chosen a wonderfully exposed plots to the south in the Mosconi cru, with the aim of creating their most important Barolo, capable of challenging time.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ePERCRISTINA is a priceless tasting experience: a timeless Barolo, capable of marking generations of enthusiasts, passing through the years. 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A wine of stature and breeding, it earned a remarkable 98 points from both Antonio Galloni (Vinous) and Kerin O'Keefe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Off-the-charts gorgeous. Vertical and explosive in the glass, with tremendous energy... unbelievable richness married to vibrant energy.\" - Antonio Galloni, Vinous (98 pts)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luciano Sandrone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48679684374747,"sku":"6914","price":764.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2021_Luciano_Sandrone_Barolo_Aleste_Magnum_1.5L.png?v=1777299197"},{"product_id":"2018-marchesi-di-gresy-barbaresco-camp-gros-riserva","title":"2018 Marchesi di Gresy Barbaresco Camp Gros Riserva","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe 2018 Marchesi di Gresy Barbaresco Riserva Camp Gros (Martinenga), from Piedmont, earned 97 points from James Suckling, 95 from Monica Larner (Wine Advocate), and 93 from both Vinous and Jeb Dunnuck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eFresh and floral with orange peel, crab apples and cranberries. Full-bodied with a very fine line of tannins through the centre palate. Lovely texture, persistent finish. Power with elegance. 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Tight and reserved, but suggesting greatness, with cherries, dark cherries, dried flowers and crushed stones, and intense tannins. 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The Massolino family bought their first parcel here in 1964, with more land added during the '70s. The current holding is still only 1.5 hectares. Sitting 280 metres above sea level, Margheria is a chalky, sandy site whose profile brings elegance and prettiness, while its high calcium carbonate content adds mineral energy. Fermented in large oak fermenters and aged exclusively in large casks, this is as Chambolle-like as Barolo gets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Massolino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49012914979035,"sku":"8278","price":495.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2022_Massolino_Barolo_Margheria_Magnum_1500ml_1ed4a232-e0d8-40fc-b830-bd63c8eb8b3f.jpg?v=1784884017"},{"product_id":"2020-massolino-barolo-vigna-rionda-etichetta-nera-riserva-pre-arrival-offer","title":"2020 Massolino Barolo Vigna Rionda Etichetta Nera Riserva | Pre-Arrival Offer","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLamont's Pre-Arrival Offer - Very Limited (120 bottles only)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eVigna Rionda is universally considered, by those with deep knowledge of Barolo and Serralunga, as one of the region's greatest crus. It is also the vineyard most closely associated with Massolino, who are its largest owners, with 3.5 hectares under vine. The family has farmed the site since 1956, with later purchases in 1967, 1985 and 1987 expanding their holdings to today's levels. Massolino does not use all their harvested fruit for the single-vineyard release: rather they make a strict selection, bottling only about a third of the potential volume under this label, with the rest going into the classic Barolo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThere is very little topsoil in Vigna Rionda, and there is a high concentration of limestone, oxidised iron and other mineral elements, traceable to the Lequio Formation soil type - the oldest soil in the Barolo area. The limestone content (around 20%) is among the highest in the region, limiting vine vigour and ensuring full phenolic ripeness. 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