A very linear and tight single-vineyard barbera with flint, spice, black licorice and dark fruit aromas that follow through to a medium body with vivid fine tannins and a bright finish. A very serious wine with polish and structure. Drink or hold.

Coming from Vigna Mosconi from the oldest vines now, the 2022 Barbera D'Alba Superiore Fides is a deeper purple/magenta color and is a more serious expression of Barbera. It’s raised the same way as the classic Barbera but sees a longer time in bottle prior to release. The nose opens to notes of lavender, fresh blue and black berries, fresh herbal spice, and peppercorn. The palate is approachable upfront, with a ripe, medium to full-bodied richness, but it has structure to age and has a lovely, graceful finish. Drink 2025-2035.

Displaying a deeper red color with more pigment, the 2021 Barolo Pio is more layered, savory, and noble in its feel all around and opens to notes of fresh cherries, licorice, lifted clove spice, and forest herbs. It shows a good deal of intensity on the palate, with firm, structured tannins, and while it’s medium-bodied, it feels more expansive and has mineral drive. It demands a bit of cellaring but will drink well over the next 15-20 years.

A silky, streaming rosé, with hidden density behind its savory notes of salty lime, pink grapefruit and herbs. Offers loads of verve and poise before giving way to talc-fine mineral elements and a refined beam of acidity. Classy and delicious. Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah and Mourvèdre. Drink now through 2028.

A sophisticated, polished Bandol, with a seductive, juicy palate that’s all rounded off. Hums with vivid energy behind its notes of melon and garrigue. Cool stone minerality lines the finish, which is focused and mouthwateringly long. Delicious and just beginning to unfurl. Mourvèdre, Cinsault and Grenache. Drink now through 2029.