Vintages New Release Collection –June 7, 2025

THE NEW RELEASE COLLECTION

ITALY – WHITE WINE ABRUZZO UMANI RONCHI VELLODORO

ITALY – RED WINE PIEDMONT FONTANAFREDDA SERRALUNGA

PECORINO 2024 IGT Terre d’Abruzzo

D’ALBA BAROLO 2020 DOCG, sustainable, vegan

Umani Ronchi has been family-owned since 1957 and began the Pecorino Project in 2005 as part of a focus on discovering and elevating native grape varieties. This wine was sourced from vines planted in clay and sandy soils and shows citrus, stone fruit, garden herbs, berries and a fine minerality. Fresh, buoyant, and perfect for outdoor dining and relaxation. Light & Crisp 289553 (XD) 750 mL $17.95 1

From 18 different areas within the Comune ... offers spicy notes of fresh cherries, raspberries, rosemary, incense, and orange peel. Medium- bodied and elegant, it’s approachable now, with ripe tannins and very harmonious, savory notes of pure tea leaf on the finish. Very well-styled, it has a good sense of the village it hails from as well as the finesse this vintage offers. Drink it over the next 10-12 years. Maturity: 2024-2036. Score: 92 (Audrey Frick, jebdunnuck.com, May 13, 2024) Full-bodied & Firm 943290 (XD) 750 mL $49.95 2

UMBRIA LUNGAROTTI TORRE DI GIANO VERMENTINO/GRECHETTO/ TREBBIANO 2023 DOC Bianco di Torgiano

MARCHESI DI BAROLO BARBARESCO 2021 DOCG

From one of Piedmont’s most venerable producers, this wine is sourced from clay and limestone soils covered by quartz and fine silt. It’s aged for one year in Slavonian oak barrels and sees a further year’s development in bottle before release. An aromatic, generous Barbaresco, with cherry, earth, cloves, herbs and spice. It will delight through the mid-2030s. Full-bodied & Firm 155408 (XD) 750 mL $43.95 2

This blend of Vermentino, Grechetto and Trebbiano delivers complex citrus, peach, pear and almond. Fresh and elegant. [Luca Maroni tasting note not available.] Score: 94 (lucamaroni.com, June 3, 2024) Aromatic & Flavourful 268110 (XD) 750 mL $17.95 1

VENETO PIEROPAN SOAVE CLASSICO 2023 DOC

Every year Pieropan captures the soul of Soave, Garganega and the vintage in such a pristine way that it keeps us in awe. This vintage shines with aromas of Fuji pears, Anjou apples, lemon blossom and flint. The palate is crisp with green apple skin and lemon zest flavors that give way to toasted almonds, acacia honey and a minerality so deep that you might as well be in a quarry. Drink now-2040. Best Buy. Score: 93 (Jeff Porter, Wine Enthusiast ,

VITE COLTE SOGNI AL CAMPO NEBBIOLO 2022 DOC Langhe

Attractive aromas of cherries, walnuts, spices and hints of bergamot. Medium-bodied with very fine, polished tannins and racy fruit character. Spicy finish. Drink or hold [through 2027+]. Score: 91 (jamessuckling.com, Jan. 29, 2024) Medium-bodied & Fruity 17572 (XD) 750 mL $24.95 2

Oct. 1, 2024) Light & Crisp 946848

(XD) 750 mL $20.95 2

4 Organic product

36 VINTAGES SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2025