Tom Casagrande

9.3

This is Garagiste’s private label. I’m guessing the producer is Icardi because that’s usually their go-to for Barbaresco and Barolo, but I can’t be sure. In any event, this is terrific wine and at its peak, in my view. Nose is classic with rose petals, beautiful dried cherry, mineral-flecked gravel, and some tertiary old library scents making an appearance. Soft, long, and balanced in the mouth. Really fine. Strangely, zero sediment. — 3 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.4

David hamburger — 7 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

Red & dark fruits, leather, menthol, spice, rose petal & tobacco — 8 months ago

Brandi Bratek

9.0

Leather, earth, and currants. — 6 months ago

Shelly Duke

9.2

11/15/25 Drank for Mordy’s birthday with surf and turf — 7 months ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Tangy red fruit. Cherry and floral notes. P lush. Excellent — 8 months ago

with Matt and David

Mike Miller

9.0

Consistently a go to white. Yummy — a year ago

with Anne

Alvaro Bustillos

9.6

Byo dinner — 6 months ago

UWS

9.3

20251117 Torre Antico Barbaresco with Wakano
A very nice, smooth, full body wine from the area near Neive.
Elegant, some rhubarb with taste of chocolate and leather.
Superb!
€90.00 — 7 months ago

Jay Kline

9.6

Popped and poured; due to the setting, this was enjoyed over the course of an hour but I would have really preferred to have taken my time with this. I had my first experience with the 2021 Barbaresco’s from Cigliuti last December when I enjoyed the Serraboella. I found that wine to be stunning. As one could probably imagine, I was therefore, really excited to try “Vie Erte” which is sourced from the family’s modest (only a few acres) holdings in the Bricco di Neive MGA. To my palate, this takes things to another level.

The 2021 “Vie Erte” pours a beautiful ruby color with a brilliant, transparent core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with sensational notes Morello cherry, strawberry, stone fruits, pink roses, talcum powder, camphor, sub-Alpine herbs, exotic Eastern spices, dry gravelly earth and minerals. On the palate, the wine is bone dry with high tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish lasts for minutes. This is a drop dead gorgeous Barbaresco. The nose alone is enough to send me to Elysium. There’s impeccable balance. Possibly the best Barbaresco I’ve ever had. Drink now through 2061+. — 8 months ago