Tastings

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• Orsolani's La Rustìa: A Dry Erbaluce from the Canavese Moraine Hills (2026-11-13): La Rustìa 2025 is one of two Erbaluce di Caluso in Gambero Rosso's Tre Bicchieri 2027 Piemonte list. Here is the family, the grape and the hills behind it.
• Bersano's Nizza Cremosina: Barbera from the Family's First Vineyard (2026-10-23): Bersano's Cremosina 2023 is one of three Nizza wines on Gambero Rosso's Tre Bicchieri 2027 list. The vineyard, the rules, and where to taste it in Nizza.
• Ferrando's Carema Etichetta Nera: Mountain Nebbiolo on Stone Pillars (2026-10-12): Ferrando's Etichetta Nera is Carema at its rarest: Nebbiolo from stone-pillared pergolas on the Aosta Valley border, about 3,000 bottles in the years it is made.
• Alladium: Cieck's Erbaluce Passito, Dried Through the Canavese Winter (2026-10-01): Every autumn Cieck hangs its best Erbaluce bunches to dry until January. The result, Alladium, spends at least five years in barrel before release.
• Valentìne: A Burgundian Chardonnay from Treiso (2026-09-12): Made from Ca' del Baio's oldest Chardonnay vines using techniques Valentina Grasso brought home from a season working the harvest at Domaine de Montille in Meursault, Valentìne is a quietly ambitious departure from the estate's…
• Nizza Pomorosso: Coppo's Flagship Barbera (2026-09-05): Coppo's most prestigious Barbera, and by the estate's own account, one of the wines that helped rebuild the grape's reputation.