Acclaim

 Enticing aromas of wildflowers, fresh laundry and green apples dance from the glass as if in a ballet. It’s textured on the palate with notes of white peach, lemon and almond, all brached by salty minerality and vibrant acidity. — Jeff Porter

The 2020 Barolo del Comune di La Morra is a very pretty wine to drink now and over the next handful of years. Ripe red cherry, sweet spice, flowers, mint and new leather are some of the notes that inform this translucent, mid-weight Barolo from Marcarini. All the elements are very nicely integrated. The 2020 is a charmer. Drinking Window: 2024 – 2030

Deceptively understated, the 2020 Barolo La Serra is a nuanced wine that beautifully captures the essence of this site. Crushed flowers, mint, white pepper, sage and rose petal lend aromatic brilliance to a Barolo that impresses with its sculpted, chiseled personality. A whole range of floral and savory overtones reappears on the finish, adding brightness and lift. Drinking Window: 2024 – 2036

Rich, chocolatey character here with notes of raisined berries, plum skins, walnuts and charred bark. Full-bodied and broad with fine, nicely polished tannins and deep core of fruit. Lingering finish. Drink or hold.

Dark berries, ripe plums, black licorice, charred bark and wet earth on the nose. Full-bodied, intense and deep with a powdery texture to the tannins and plush fruit. Chocolatey and luscious. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.

This offers attractive notes of dark fruit, raisins, chocolate and dried flowers. Full-bodied, creamy and velvety with compact tannins and delicious fruit. Restrained and harmonious. Long finish. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.

This pale, floral-scented wine is the most ethereal and linear Etna Rosso among Pietradolce’s current releases. Made with fruit from 90-year-old alberello vines that rise to an altitude of close to 3,000 feet on Etna’s northern slope, the wine’s tangy red-plum fl avors ride on nervy acidity, gaining notes of orange peel and cranberry tea along with hints of white smoke and a pleasant nut-skin savor. “Prettily volcanic” is the way one taster described it, and although it will age well, the wine is irresistible today for its verve and brightness.

Rampante feels more earthbound than the hightoned Santo Spirito; its dense, meaty tannins encase tangy plum and raspberry flavors, releasing them after a few hours in the glass. Those red fruit tones take on a pristine freshness over time, suggesting this will benefit from several years of cellaring.

This is a taut and linear Etna Bianco—carricante from century-old vines on Etna’s eastern slope, near the village of Milo. It opens with scents of yellow flowers and wisps of smoke that accent pure flavors of Meyer lemon and crisp green apple. Lively acidity is seamlessly woven into the bright fruit flavors, propelling them forward into the long, saline finish.