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Fratelli Alessandria

Fratelli Alessandria - Barolo del Comune di Verduno
Nebbiolo from Piedmont, Italy

Fratelli Alessandria has made this Barolo "normale" since 1880! Starting with the 2017 vintage it took on the name Barolo del comune di Verduno. From 4ha of Verduno crus: Pisapola, Campasso, Riva Rocca (this site is the heart of the wine in 2021) , Boscatto, Rocche dell’Olmo, exposures from South...

Organic
DB4171-21

Fratelli Alessandria - Barolo San Lorenzo di Verduno
Nebbiolo from Piedmont, Italy
JS:93 Organic
DB4172-20

Fratelli Alessandria - Verduno Pelaverga 'Speziale'
from Piedmont, Italy

100% Pelaverga Piccolo, a variety unique to Verduno! Fruit from 2.6ha of vineyards, between 250-350m: Riva Rocca, Campasso, Boscatto, Neirane, Sotto Orti, Galleria. Harvested in the second half of September. Stainless steel fermentation, on the skins for 6-8 days. Aged between stainless and...

Organic
DB4170-24

Fratelli Alessandria - Barolo Monvigliero
Nebbiolo from Piedmont, Italy

Monvigliero is arguably the most important cru of Verduno and Fratelli Alessandria has some of the biggest holdings there, 1.4ha. Exposures are South to Southwest, 250-310m. High average vine age of 45 years. Made similarly to the Barolo San Lorenzo. Monvigliero exalts the beguiling florality...

GN:98+ WS:95 JS:93 Organic
DB4173-20

Fratelli Alessandria - Barbera d'Alba
Barbera from Piedmont, Italy

100% Barbera from the Verduno vineyards of Neirane (W- 330-440m) and Cristiani (W- 250-280m), 1.2ha total, average vine age of 20 yrs. Harvested in early October. Stainless steel fermentation, on the skins for 6-8 days. Aged between stainless and cement for 7 months. Released in June 2022. ...

Organic
DB4168-24

Fratelli Alessandria - Langhe Favorita
Favorita from Piedmont, Italy
Organic
DB4166-24

Fratelli Alessandria - Barolo San Lorenzo di Verduno
Nebbiolo from Piedmont, Italy
Organic
DB4172-21

Marco Sara

Marco Sara - Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso Friuli Colli Orientali `El Re`
Refosco from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4207-24

Marco Sara - Schioppettino Friuli Colli Orientali
Schioppettino from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4206-23

Marco Sara - Friulano Friuli Colli Orientali `Erba Alta`
Friulano from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4201-22

Marco Sara - Verduzzo Passito Friuli Colli Orientali
from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4318-24

Marco Sara - Schioppettino Friuli Colli Orientali
Schioppettino from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4206-22

Marco Sara - Ribolla Gialla Friuli Colli Orientali
Ribolla Gialla from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4203-24

Marco Sara - Friulano Friuli Colli Orientali `Erba Alta`
Friulano from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4201-21

Marco Sara - Friulano Friuli Colli Orientali
Friulano from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4200-23

Marco Sara - Cabernet Franc Friuli Colli Orientali `Frank`
Cabernet Franc from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4205-24

Marco Sara - Friuli Colli Orientali `Monte della Guardia`
Friulano from Friuli, Italy

Monte della Guardia is Marco’s cru, 0.5ha, super steep terraces descending from 300 to 175m. 80% Friulano, 20% Picolit on ponca (typical soil of friable, alkaline clay marls). Harvested end of Sept. Direct-pressed, fermented in stainlees, aged in one 1000L cask (which happened to be new this year...

Organic
DB4202-21

Marco Sara - Picolit Colli Orientali del Friuli
from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4204-23

Marco Sara - Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso Friuli Colli Orientali `El Re`
Refosco from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4207-23

Ancestrale

Ancestrale - Vino Bianco 'Vino I'
Malvasia di Lipari from Sicily, Italy

100% Malvasia di Lipari, planted in 1970. 0.5ha plot in Contrada Porri near Valdichiesa, a valley between the two spent volcanoes--Monte dei Porri and Monte Fossa delle Felci. 250m, facing northwest. Sandy silty topsoil over lava rock. Harvest at the end of August at yields of 35hl/ha. Destemmed...

Organic
DB4319-24

Ancestrale - Vino Rosso 'Vino II'
from Sicily, Italy

Corinto Nero, Nerello Mascalese, and Perricone planted in 1970. 0.4ha plot in Contrada Porri near Valdichiesa, a valley between the two spent volcanoes--Monte dei Porri and Monte Fossa delle Felci. 250m, facing northwest. Sandy silty topsoil over lava rock. Harvest at the end of August at yields...

Organic
DB4320-24

La Felce

La Felce - Liguria di Levante Bianco `In Origine 400`
Vermentino from Liguria, Italy
Organic
DB4330-22

La Felce - Liguria di Levante Rosso `Reconteso`
from Liguria, Italy

80% Massaretta, 20% Alicante Bouschet. Massaretta, also known as Barsaglina, is a rare grape, with only 30 hectares found between Pisa and the Colli di Luni. It's vigorous and finicky in the vineyard, very senstive to oidium. Its wine characterized by wild aromas, lots of freshness, combined...

Organic
DB4332-21

La Felce - Liguria di Levante Bianco `Monte dei Frati`
Vermentino from Liguria, Italy

100% Vermentino. Monte dei Frati is a 2.5-ha hillside vineyard with higher presence of the sedimentary sandstone mother rock. Destemmed/crushed, macerated for 2 days, then aged in stainlees steel. A more upright and complex wine compared to Felcebianco, salty and round at once. 15,000 bottes...

Organic
DB4329-24

La Felce - Vino Bianco `Felcebianco`
from Liguria, Italy
Organic
DB4327-24

La Felce - Vino Rosso `Felcerosso`
from Liguria, Italy

Sangiovese/Massaretta/Canaiolo/Merlot. From 2ha of vineyards with sandy topsoil. A quick, 5-day maceration w/ fermentation in concrete and aging in stainless. The Felcerosso (like the Felcebianco) is aged for a short time, bottled in January after harvest. It's meant to be a versatile and tasty...

Organic
DB4328-24

Turi Marino

Turi Marino - Vermouth
Catarratto from Sicily, Italy

Brand-new in the US, Turi Vermouth is a red vermouth--of a pale, tawny color--with a white wine base, made from the certified-organic Catarratto grapes from Turi Marino's vineyard. The juice macerates with the skins for five days and ferments spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel...

Organic
DB4561-NV

Turi Marino - Rosato IGT Terre Siciliane
Syrah from Sicily, Italy

100% Syrah. The Marinos have 7.5 hectares of vines, the majority being Catarratto and Nero d'Avola with just a tiny slice of Syrah, which is used exclusively for their dark, savory, spicy rosato. The organically farmed bush vines are harvested by hand and the bunches kept whole for direct pressing...

Organic
DB5692-25

Turi Marino - Nero d`Avola DOC Eloro Pachino "Turi"
Nero d'Avola from Sicily, Italy
Organic
DB4560-24

Turi Marino - Catarratto IGT Sicilia Bianco "Turi"
Catarratto from Sicily, Italy
Organic
DB4559-24

Barraco

Barraco - Grillo Terre Siciliane 'Altogrado'
Grillo from Sicily, Italy

Grillo from 0.2ha in Contrada Comuna (Mazara del vallo- iron-rich red soil) and Contrada Abbadessa (Marsala- limestone-based clay), both over limestone mother rock. Planted in 1977. The grapes are harvested in mid-September at full ripeness. Destemmed, crushed, with 24 hours of maceration....

VM:92 Organic
DB4614-16

Barraco - Zibibbo Terre Siciliane
Zibibbo from Sicily, Italy
Organic
DB4610-24

Barraco - Bianco Terre Siciliane 'Bianco G' (Grillo)
Grillo from Sicily, Italy

Grillo from contrada Rina Vecchia, in Castelvetrano, about an hour's drive from the Baracco cellar. Vines planted in 1975. 10-20m above sea. Sandy, iron-rich red soil over limestone. 24 hours of maceration. Fermentations between stainless steel and 3000L chestnust cask. Aging between concrete and...

Organic
DB4608-24

Barraco - Catarratto Terre Siciliane
Catarratto from Sicily, Italy
Organic
DB4606-23

Barraco - Bianco Terre Siciliane 'Fior di Bianco'
from Sicily, Italy

The Fior di Bianco and Fior di Rosso are Nino's first attempt at making a wine with multiple varieties from multiple vineyards. They're meant to be young, fresh, and accessible. 45% Grillo, 35% Catarratto, 15% Grecanico, 5% Zibibbo from 3ha of vineyards scattered throughout the Marsala zone, with a...

Organic
DB4600-25

Barraco - Bianco Terre Siciliane 'Fior di Bianco'
from Sicily, Italy

Organic
DB4600-24

Barraco - Bianco Terre Siciliane 'Altomare' (Grillo)
Grillo from Sicily, Italy

Grillo as a synthesis of Nino's experience, from four different vineyards, planted 1975 to 2009, harvested in different periods and treated in different ways: part direct-pressed, part maceration, part whole-bunch infusion, part coming from Nino's oxidative wine called Altogrado. Once blended it's...

Organic
DB4612-22

Barraco - Rosso Terre Siciliane 'Fior di Rosso'
from Sicily, Italy
Organic
DB4601-21

Barraco - Bianco Terre Siciliane 'Fior di Mare' (Catarratto)
from Sicily, Italy

Catarratto, from a 0.8ha vineyard at sea level, recently taken in rental, vines planted in 1989. Sandy/silty topsoil, but chalk below the surface. Direct-pressed (no maceration), fermented in stainless steel and aged between steel and used oak tonneaux for 8 months. Tiny production of just 600...

VM:90 Organic
DB4618-21

Barraco - Spumante Metodo Classico- Pas Dose` (Grillo)
Grillo from Sicily, Italy

100% Grillo, from a seaside vineyard in contrada Corleo in Petrosino. These are red clay soils, mother rock not far below the surface. Parts of the vineyard are 30m from the water and often winds and tides can bring in a Mediterranean seaweed, posidonia oceanica. So truly a salty, Mediterranean...

Organic
DB4908-21

Barraco - Bianco Terre Siciliane 'Le Dame' (Grillo) MAGS
Grillo from Sicily, Italy
Organic
DB4617-21

TreCase

TreCase - Prosecco Treviso Extra Dry
Glera from Veneto, Italy

DB4670-25

Terrazzi Alti

Terrazzi Alti - Valtellina Superiore Sassella
Nebbiolo from Lombardy, Italy
Organic
DB4738-22

Terrazzi Alti - Valtellina Superiore Sassella Riserva
Nebbiolo from Lombardy, Italy

The Riserva is vineyard selection from a tiny plot perched at 600m. It’s not made every year. Harvest was on October 11. Fermentation and maceration protocol are similar to the Sassella Superiore ‘normale’ but aging in in 600L tonneaux and held back in bottle an additional year. 900 bottles made.

Organic
DB4742-21

Terrazzi Alti - Valtellina Superiore Sassella
Nebbiolo from Lombardy, Italy

95% Chiavennasca (aka Nebbiolo), 5% Rossola/Pignola. Harvest on October 8-9-10 at yields of 42-56 hl/ha. Gently destemmed and crushed. Spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel, with macerations of 15 days. Aged 12 months in untoasted 2000L French oak botti. Bottled in September 2023 and...

Organic
DB4738-21

Lena Pinot Grigio

Lena Pinot Grigio - Lena Pinot Grigio delle Venezie
Pinot Grigio from Veneto, Italy
Sustainable
DB5777-24

Lena Pinot Grigio - Lena Pinot Grigio delle Venezie
Pinot Grigio from Veneto, Italy
Sustainable
DB5777-23

Podere Sottoilnoce

Podere Sottoilnoce - Vino Bianco Frizzante 'Valtiberia'
from Emilia-Romagna, Italy

50% Trebbiano Modenese, 50% Trebbiano di Spagna, from the 2ha Sabatina di Sopra vineyard near the village of Levizzano Rangone, 220m facing west/northwest. Destemmed, gently pressed, no skin contact. Co-fermentation and aging in concrete tanks. Secondary fermentation in bottle, triggered with...

Biodynamic
DB6846-23

Podere Sottoilnoce - Vino Rosato Frizzante 'Puntorosa'
from Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Puntorosa can be defined as Max's "anti-waste" wine, as it incorporates both free-run juice and pressings from all the estate's vineyards and varieties, added progressively during harvest to a stainless steel tank, from early September through the end of October. Secondary fermentation in bottle,...

Biodynamic
DB6848-24