The Barolos of G.B. Burlotto have become cult wines or something close to it, with the Monvigliero cru bottling especially a modern day wine icon, fetching extremely high prices. Editor-in-Chief Ian D’Agata, whose recent book “Barolo Terroir” has won multiple international awards, recently tasted three vintages of the estate’s four cru Barolo wines.
by Ian D’Agata
by Michael Apstein
by Michael Apstein
In this interesting vertical tasting, Ian D’Agata writes about Mauro Molino’s excellent Barolos from the Conca cru that were made in vintages ending in zero.
by Ian D’Agata
One of Italy’s most famous and best red wines, Ian D’Agata describes the lastest vertical he has tasted going back to 1990.
by Ian D’Agata
One of the greatest of all Champagnes, Philipponnat’s Clos des Goisses holds many “firsts”. In this exclusive vertical tasting report, Editor-in-Chief Ian D’Agata tasted this famous Prestige Cuvée all the way back to 1991 and thanks also to extensive interviews with Charles Philipponnat, details what makes this fantastic sparkling wine so unique and grand.
by Ian D’Agata
An excellent but little-known Italian wine, Ronchi di Cialla’s Verduzzo di Cialla is one of the country’s many unsung wine gems made from one of its many native wine grapes. Ian D’Agata has been visiting the Ronchi di Cialla estate regularly since the 1980s, and knows this and the winery’s other wines extremely well: in another first for the TerroirSense Wine Review, we publish an in-depth vertical of the Ronchi di Cialla’s Verduzzo, a wine you won’t find much written on anywhere else. In the article, Ian also addresses the various Verduzzo varieties and subtypes and what characterizes their wines.
by Ian D’Agata