La Morra, November 2025 – A positive close to the 2025 harvest for Mauro Veglio: (link): an early, balanced vintage with a surprisingly harmonious profile — combining freshness, complexity, and refinement.
„Harvest 2025: Quality, elegance, and anticipation for Mauro Veglio’s first white wine“ weiterlesenBarolo 2021: a Collectible Vintage, but No Crus in 2024
Stefano Chiarlo reflects on the memorable 2021 harvest and announces the decision not to bottle crus in 2024: a gesture rooted in consistency, respect for the land, and commitment to quality.
Calamandrana, September 2025 – The 2021 harvest will be remembered by the Chiarlo family (link) as one of the truly great vintages, marked by ideal climatic conditions and resulting in extraordinary quality for Barolo. In the midst of the current harvest, Stefano Chiarlo, winemaker and vineyard manager leading the family estate alongside his brother Alberto, looks back on the highlights of the 2021 vintage and its Barolos, while also anticipating the challenges and decisions that have led the winery to important choices for the 2024 vintage, in the name of safeguarding quality.
„Barolo 2021: a Collectible Vintage, but No Crus in 2024“ weiterlesenChiarlo Experience: a Cultural Ecosystem
From Monferrato to Langhe, a journey through wine, land art, and signature hospitality
Calamandrana, June 2025 – The Chiarlo Experience is far more than a cellar visit or a stay among the vineyards: it is a multi–faceted cultural project, designed for those who wish to approach wine through a complete experience, one that also embraces art, landscape, and hospitality.
„Chiarlo Experience: a Cultural Ecosystem“ weiterlesenEnzo Bartoli – Piemonte Couture
A tailored selection of wines that captures Piemonte’s contemporary elegance
Enzo Bartoli (link) is a wine project built on a simple, ambitious idea: to express the identity of Piemonte through a curated collection of wines defined by stylistic precision, sourced from the region’s most celebrated areas, and produced in collaboration with small, independent growers.
„Enzo Bartoli – Piemonte Couture“ weiterlesenEnrico Rivetto on Nebbiolo d’Alba Vigna Lirano
Capturing Nebbiolo’s purest essence through the amphora
Serralunga d’Alba, April 2025 – In the landscape of Piedmontese viticulture, the search for the identity of Nebbiolo has led Enrico Rivetto (link) to explore new expressive approaches. Nebbiolo d’Alba Vigna Lirano (link) was born from a desire to explore the purity of the grape through the use of the amphora – a project that combines technical knowledge with a deep sensitivity,deeply rooted in the estate’s biodynamic philosophy and perfectly at home on the Lirano hill.
„Enrico Rivetto on Nebbiolo d’Alba Vigna Lirano“ weiterlesenMichele Chiarlo: Barolo Riserva Tortoniano 2019, a Super-Classic Vintage in a Limited Edition
Following its preview at Wine Paris, the italian debut at Vinitaly 2025
Calamandrana, March 2025 – Michele Chiarlo (link) is launching the Barolo DOCG Riserva Tortoniano 2019 (link), produced exclusively in exceptional vintages and available in a limited edition of 4,000 bottles. Presented as a preview at Wine Paris, the Barolo Tortoniano Riserva 2019 has already garnered critical acclaim for its complexity and finesse, and will make its official debut for the Italian market at Vinitaly 2025 (link). A benchmark in Michele Chiarlo’s portfolio for nearly thirty years, Barolo Tortoniano has become a true classic, featured on the wine lists of more than 70 countries worldwide. Only in rare vintages is a selection of the finest grapes reserved for the Riserva, as in the case of the exceptional 2019 harvest.
„Michele Chiarlo: Barolo Riserva Tortoniano 2019, a Super-Classic Vintage in a Limited Edition“ weiterlesen2010: Maybe the greatest Barolo vintage ever?
In the Gregorian calendar there is a time „Before Christ” (BC), referencing to the years before the birth of Jesus Christ and there is a time referred to as „Anno Domini“ (AD) – from Latin „in the year of the lord“ – used for years after the birth of Jesus. If we applied that system to the more secular world of fine wine or particularly Barolo, there might as well be an era before 2010 and a time after 2010…
Sounds a little dramatic? Let me lay down my thoughts for you.
Produttori del Barbaresco: The 2019 Vintage
The tasting was held at Buonvini (Link) in Zürich in a very friendly and professional environment. From my perspective, while tasting, the wines carry both signatures of warmer vintages (slightly elevated alcohol levels, moderate acidity) as well as cooler characteristics like an overall mid-weight appearance and sometimes slightly drying tannins by today’s standards. Most of the wines seemed pretty classic, with a few cases in which I had slight question marks about the tannins.
„Produttori del Barbaresco: The 2019 Vintage“ weiterlesenProduttori del Barbaresco – Barbaresco Riserva Montestefano 2001 – 2017
Produttori del Barbaresco (Link) – ein Name, der jedem Liebhaber von traditionellem Nebbiolo Emotionen entlockt. Für mich war die wohl berühmteste Winzergenossenschaft der Welt lange Zeit eine Quelle für bezahlbaren, traditionell hergestellten, lagerfähigen Barbaresco. Häufig gut, vereinzelt sehr gut, sehr selten herausragend. Die Weine waren in vernünftiger Menge verfügbar, zeichneten sich durch ein sehr gutes Preis-Leistungsverhältnis aus und reiften in der Regel sehr gut. Ausserdem empfand ich die Weine immer als sehr transparent in Bezug auf ihre Herkunft, der Montestefano schmeckte anders als der Asili, dieser wiederum anders als der Rabaja oder der Pora. Ich habe über die Jahre an mehreren Horizontalverkostungen teil-genommen, bei denen gerade dieser Terroirgedanke wunderschön zum Ausdruck kam.
„Produttori del Barbaresco – Barbaresco Riserva Montestefano 2001 – 2017“ weiterlesenValpolicella Superiore,
gegenwärtige Interpretation des Gebiets
Stefano Cesari, vom landwirtschaftlichen Betrieb Brigaldara, schlägt eine genaue Analyse über die Zukunft einer Bezeichnung und ihres Anbaugebietes vor, eine zukunftsgerichtete Debatte
„Valpolicella Superiore,gegenwärtige Interpretation des Gebiets“ weiterlesen
