2022 ChevernyDomaine du Salvard
France | Loire
$22
Producers
Giovanni Montisci
Italy | Sardinia
Montisci’s measured use of skin contact yields a fleshy texture, gently enveloping a granitic core.
Giovanni Montisci
Italy | Sardinia
Only 900 bottles produced, you’ll value it down to the last drop.
Masseria del Pino
Italy | Sicily
A rosé made via ancient methods from ashy soils high on Mount Etna.
Giovanni Montisci
Italy | Sardinia | Vino da Tavola
Old-vine Moscato from Sardinian mountaintops, 4 days on skins, fermented dry and aged in barrel—heavenly with sea urchin pasta
Vignai da Duline
Italy | Friuli | Friuli Colli Orientali
Expect bright, crunchy forest berries, elegance, freshness, and sneaky structure.
Vigneti Vecchio
Italy | Sicily | Terre Siciliane Rosso
Delicate floral perfume, medium body, and velvety tannin.
Grottafumata
Italy | Sicily
This low-alcohol Etna white shows subtly smoky aroma complemented by notes of yellow fruit, herbs, and wild broom.
Giovanni Montisci
Italy | Sardinia | Cannonau di Sardegna
The sweetly perfumed nose of rose petals, wild strawberry, and juniper prefaces this deep and powerful, yet exquisitely refined Cannonau, definitively putting Mamoiada on the map for lovers of Grenache and great Italian reds in general.
Masseria del Pino
Italy | Sicily | Etna Rosso
This rosso shows a softer side of Etna, with all the volcano’s wild aromatics but none of the edgy tannins or high alcohol.
Giovanni Montisci
Italy | Sardinia | Vino da Tavola
Old-vine Moscato from Sardinian mountaintops. It is heavenly with sea urchin pasta.
Grottafumata
Italy | Sicily | IGT Terre Siciliane
Grottafumata’s first release from the “Vigna degli Architetti” delivers deep, ripe fruit with elegance and grace.
Vigneti Vecchio
Italy | Sicily | Terre Siciliane Rosso
Delicate floral perfume, medium body, velvety tannin.
Tenuta Anfosso
Italy | Liguria
170-year-old own-rooted Rossese Bianco, four days on skins, raised in acacia barrels—a Ligurian heirloom!
Deperu Holler
Italy | Sardinia | Isola dei Nuraghi
A field blend of Vermentino and other native Sardinian grapes, one week maceration; deep, broad, savory, and salty
Vigneti Vecchio
Italy | Sicily
A radiant and rocky red from a brave little vineyard that stands tall and defiant in the shadow of Mt. Etna’s brooding billow.
Cuna
Italy | Tuscany | IGT Toscana
By planting Pinot Nero in limestone at high elevation, he has found an unlikely home for the grape, yielding a singular rosso that is anything but international in style.
Tenuta Anfosso
Italy | Liguria
170-year-old own-rooted Rossese Bianco, four days on skins, raised in acacia barrels—a Ligurian heirloom!
Masseria del Pino
Italy | Sicily | Etna Rosso
It’s immediately likable as it draws you in for another glass: fun, folksy label, vibrant berry and spice aromas, meticulously crafted using ancient methods.
Villa Di Geggiano
Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico Riserva
Concentrated, youthful, and soulful, this Sangiovese is enchanting now, but it has a long life full of gorgeous evolution ahead.
Vignai da Duline
Italy | Friuli | Friuli Colli Orientali
First class depth and complexity on par with village level White Burgundy, but with a Friulian slant. Zingy adicity with citrus and apple notes.
Giovanni Montisci Italy | Sardinia | Cannonau di Sardegna
Guido Porro
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
Drink Later: Both succulent and structured, this Barolo bursts with explosive aromas and flavors of black cherries, rose petals, black tea, and spices.
Guido Porro
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
If you are unfamiliar with Guido Porro and his world-class Baroli, this is an ideal bottle with which to become acquainted.
Benevelli Piero
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
Beautiful, classic Barolo nose. Intense depth. Fresh and complex.
Piero Benevelli
Italy | Piedmont
One of the most prestigious vineyard sites in his village of Monforte d’Alba, if not all of Barolo.
Benevelli Piero
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
Le Coste is all about delicacy, finesse, and high-toned Nebbiolo fruit accented by perfumy floral notes.
Giulia Negri
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
La Tartufaia is a divinely atmospheric truffle forest in the heart of La Morra where Giulia’s vineyards run parallel. The wines produced here, from clay-rich soil, are textbook examples of classically structured Barolo typical of the area.
Guido Porro
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
The Barolos of Serralunga are renowned for their power and longevity, and while Porro’s Gianetto is not the unyielding, tannic beast of old, it will certainly benefit from a few years in your cellar.
Vignai da Duline
Italy | Friuli | Delle Venezie
If mindfulness were a glass of wine you could sip, this would be it.
Cuna
Italy | Tuscany
Federico likens it to “the elegance and the levity of a sail blown by the wind on a luminous ocean.”
Tenuta Anfosso
Italy | Liguria
Short skin maceration lends a bit of color and, most important, texture to this earthy, mineral, and exotic wine.
Vignai da Duline
Italy | Friuli | Friuli Colli Orientali
Ultra elegant yet energized, fresh, and juicy. An all-natural wine that’s just easy to love.
Ferretti
Italy | Tuscany | Brunello di Montalcino
This 2017 is compact and absolutely brimming with energy, culminating in a grippy, stony tannin.
Guido Porro Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
Guido Porro
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
A decidedly bold Barolo style, which Guido tactfully finesses to allow room for all those sunbaked black cherry flavors.
Castagnoli
Italy | Tuscany | IGT Toscana
A profound, dense wine of exceptional structure and stature, it is a grand cru of Chianti—a fifty-year wine.
Cuna Italy | Tuscany | IGT Toscana
Vignai da Duline
Italy | Friuli | Friuli Colli Orientali
Ultra elegant yet energized, fresh, and juicy. An all-natural wine that’s just easy to love.
Edi Kante Italy | Friuli | Venezia Giulia
A. & G. Fantino
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
A throwback to the legendary Barolos of old.
Ferretti
Italy | Tuscany | Brunello di Montalcino
Drink Later: The hype about 2016 is justified, and Ferretti’s first-ever release delivers all you could ask for in a great Brunello.
Peter Dipoli Italy | Alto Adige | Alto Adige
Podere Campriano Italy | Tuscany | IGT Alta Valle della Greve
A. & G. Fantino
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
Alessandro Fantino’s Riservas are as good as Barolo gets.
A. & G. Fantino
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
Ripe, deep, and almost extravagant in its breadth of aroma and flavor, while a dense, tightly knit core of firm acidity and fine-grained tannins make up a rigid spine.
Peter Dipoli
Italy | Alto Adige | Alto Adige
Its tender, rich, dark fruit is perfectly framed by Germanic restraint and chewy Napa Mountain–style tannins.
Podere Campriano
Italy | Tuscany | IGT Alta Valle della Greve
Concentrated and intense yet elegant and refined, the “80” is made for the dinner table and built to last.
Edi Kante
Italy | Friuli | Venezia Giulia
Made from Istrian Malvasia, Selezione has incredible acidity and salinity that defy its age and promise some fun at table over the coming years.
Edi Kante
Italy | Friuli | Venezia Giulia
This unique Chardonnay is fresh, saline, and unexpectedly powerful—not unlike an Adriatic storm surge.
Villa Di Geggiano Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico Riserva
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