Vertical Tasting

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

by Ian D’Agata

In this exclusive report, Editor-in-Chief Ian D’Agata narrates the Cogno’s Barolo Ravera Riserva Vigna Elena in the first ever in-depth vertical devoted to one of the world’s greatest and most unique red wines.
by Ian D’Agata

One of the world’s most famous wines, Sassicaia is a Cabernet Sauvignon-Cabernet Franc blend that single-handedly put Bolgheri on the international quality wine map. Over the years, Editor-in-Chief Ian D’Agata has tasted every vintage of Sassicaia made numerous times and has written up many Sassicaia verticals for various wine magazines; but it’s time for an update on just how the wines are doing. The past eight months saw Ian retaste over forty vintages of Sassicaia in four separate wine tastings detailed in this tasting report.
by Ian D’Agata

by Ian D’Agata

Ever heard of Bovale Grande? Ever tried any of its wines? Well, let the TerroirSense Wine Review come to your rescue with Editor-in-Chief Ian D’Agata always more than ready and willing to tell everyone about native Italian grapes and their wines in general, and this little-known grape variety and its ageworthy, structured red wines in particular. This vertical of one of Sardinia’s top red wines, the Essentija by Pala, takes us through the what is an historic grapevine of the central-south part of Sardinia and one that has still untapped potential relative to fine wines. And there’s no better place to start learning than with Pala, one of Sardinia’s best wine estates.
by Ian D’Agata

Etna wines could not be anymore hot these days, but not much is known, and even less is written about, most of the specific contrade (crus) that are the source of the volcano’s best wines. In this report, Editor-in-Chief Ian D’Agata discusses the Pignatuni and Moganazzi-Volta Sciara contrade and the excellent Etna Rosso wines made there by the Le Vigne di Eli estate in these firs ever vertical reports of these wines.
by Ian D’Agata

In this vertical report, Ian D’Agata details Muré’s iconic Sylvaner Cuvée Oscar, one of Alsace’s best wines and a truly shining example of what the underrated Sylvaner grape is capable of when the product of old vines and the right terroirs.
by Ian D’Agata

The article introduces one of Barbaresco’s best vineyard districts and the winery who owns most of it.
by Ian D'Agata

Like everywhere else, Müller-Thurgau in Italy is used to make mostly fresh, easygoing, and inexpensive wines, but the country has a long history of also making top-tier wines with this variety. Ian D’Agata tells you all you need to know about the grape and wine...
by Ian D’Agata