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We specialise in sourcing and importing exceptional Italian wines that speak of place, tradition and quiet excellence. With decades of deep connections across Italy’s most respected regions and producers, we consistently acquire distinguished and remarkable wines.
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A REMARKABLE TASTING OF BAROLO AND BARBARESCO
A pretty remarkable tasting for each of us. I invited Justin Lane, Nick Ryan and Marcell Kustos to my place to taste a heap of Barolo/Barbaresco. To warm up we looked at incoming wines we haven’t had before from Sordo; Alta Langa, Timorasso, Verduno Pelaverga and Dolcetto.
EXPLORE OUR DISTINCT FOCUS BY REGION AND VARIETAL. BAROLO, BARBARESCO AND BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO.
Nebbiolo and Sangiovese stand at the summit of Italian fine wine. Each varietal is rooted in a unique place and culture, producing wines of longevity and emotional depth. Barolo, Barbaresco and Brunello di Montalcino form the backbone of Italy’s global wine reputation; not just for their prestige, but for their capacity to move, evolve, and endure.
CLUB NEBB
There’s no charge, no commitments, just participation, to whatever level suits you, of a society, I suppose, dedicated to the appreciation of the world’s most wonderful grape variety and the appreciation of the elements surrounding, supporting and reflecting it, in its heartland of Piemonte.
THE ITALIAN WINE MAKERS WE WORK WITH
EXPLORE THE MAKERS DAVID RIDGE WINES PARTNERS WITH IN BRINGING BAROLO, BARBARESCO AND BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO WINES TO AUSTRALIA.
GIOVANNI SORDO Barolo 2017
“We recently revisited this stellar vintage, and all of Sordo’s wines looked fabulous! They are pure and expressive of their respective vineyards. It is a rare opportunity to secure an impressive selection of museum-release wines directly from the winery.” - DAVID RIDGE
“Tasted all these wines last night. Outstanding. You should buy heaps! Great style, big old wood, and perfect balance.” - CHESTER OSBORN - Chief Winemaker and Viticultralist | d’Arenberg
MARCHESI DI GRESY Barbaresco
The wines of the Marchesi di Gresy are some of the most beautiful you will experience. The Nebbiolo of their famed Grand Cru Monopole, Matinenga, produces wines of incredible colour, perfumes, intensity and elegance. The di Gresy family have been in Barbaresco for centuries. They record taking ownership of the Monte Aribaldo property in Treiso comune in 1650 and in 1797 they were gifted Martinenga itself, site of the first Roman settlement in the area, known then as Villa Martis. Yet the family only started to vinify from this famous property for themselves in the 1970’s.
THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO BAROLO
Barolo is a number of things…
Barolo is a village 70 km south of Turin in the Province of Cuneo, in the Region (State) of Piemonte (Piedmont in English and never the hybrid/mongrel Piedmonte!). A beautiful little town, framed by the Castello di Barolo, and small enough to walk fairly thoroughly in under an hour. It contains, just within a couple of hundred metres of each other, the actual cellar doors and wineries, of such famous names as Mascarello (Bartolo), Brezza, Borgogno, Barale, Chiara Boschis, Marchesi di Barolo and Giuseppe Rinaldi; each of which you can almost stumble upon, such are their (mostly) unprepossessing frontages. The comune’s most famous vineyard Cannubi, itself starts right on the edge of the village.
Barolo village also gives its name to one of the 11 comunes that make up the Barolo wine zone; this is the Barolo DOCG….