Perelisa
Barbaresco DOCG
Second in Rome
Barbaresco has been one of my passions since 2013, the first time I vinified it. Even though during a short period I couldn’t produce it under my label (my winery was out of the production area) I kept making Barbaresco for Roberto Taverna. My winery moved to Neive in 2023, so it was high time to make “my own” Barbaresco. For the 2021 vintage I took a wine that I vinified at Taverna’s. With some AI help a story about the brave Roman legionnaire Marcus Rhynus was set up. My idea was to bottle it under a screw cap and be the first in the area. But just a week before the bottling I read in the news that Ettore Germano is releasing a Barolo under a screw cap, so the wine concept completely changed.
Bisso A.
winemaker
2022 (PDF tech.sheet)
2021 (PDF tech.sheet)
Accolades (coming soon)
Bric Sghijon
Roero DOCG
The Slide
Sghijon – read [z-ghee-yoon] – in Piedmontese language means “a slide” – a winter fun for the kids. This vineyard is a “sghijon” all year round: when it’s snowing, when it’s raining, when the grass is green and when it dries out, and where no grass is seen there is sand with the same effect. It’s on the top of the hill of Guarene village, on a steep slope (up to 69%), facing South with a breathtaking view towards the Alps and the other famous winemaking areas on the other bank of Tanaro river. Planted in 1975 with vertical and narrow rows it has to be worked mostly by hand – a guaranteed “fun” throughout the season!
Bisso A.
winemaker
2023 (PDF tech.sheet)
Accolades (coming soon)
Arly
Roero Arneis DOCG Riserva
The Lyre
This wine comes from the same vineyard as my Bric Sghijon Roero red. The Nebbiolo occupies 3/4 of the plot, the more steep Western and central part, while 1/4 is under Arneis at the Eastern, less steep part (> 50% inclination). Back in the 1970s a new vine architecture fashion came in from France caller “lyre”. The principal difference with the VSP architecture is that the vegetation is not “squeezed” between pairs of wires but is kept in an open canopy form, falling left and right on wires and forming a V (instead of a II). That’s the architecute that was chosen for the vertical row “slide” vineyard back in 1975. The name “ARLY” means “ARneis on LYre”.
Bisso A.
winemaker
2023 (PDF tech.sheet)
Accolades (coming soon)
Bric♦Bissarello «Sorì Eroici»
Langhe DOC Rosso «Sorì Eroici» (red field blend)
«Your wine has shown a combination of intrinsic quality and territorial identity».
«Soft raspberry, strawberry and red flower aromas lead to delicious palate with slick tannins and a lingering finish».
«Loaded with some watery cherries, juicy strawberries, raspberries, dry and fine-grained tannins, a really good acidity. I don’t think I’ve ever tasted Dolcetto with such ease. It is furiously fine and elegant Dolcetto».
2022 (PDF tech.sheet)
2021 (PDF tech.sheet)
2020 (PDF tech.sheet)
Accolades (coming soon)
Jeff♦Pramas «Sorì Eroici» BIO
Langhe DOC Nebbiolo Sorì Eroici BIO (F.O.D.S. – ripasso)
«Quite dry, with cranberries, currants, juicy cherries, a dry bitterness and juicy sweetness, licorice notes, a delicious and round taste. It may not have the bright, austere tannin bite of Nebbiolo, is more fun, rustic and meaty, but damn does it taste good!»
2023 (PDF tech.sheet)
2022 (PDF tech.sheet)
2021 (PDF tech.sheet)
2020 (PDF tech.sheet)
Accolades (coming soon)
MUS♦QUILA «Sorì Eroici»
Piemonte DOC Moscato Secco «esCAMOtage»
«Admittedly I find this a little over the top, surely very concentrated, palate-coating and warming with its late harvest-like character… One gets the sense that this is more of a work in progress than finished masterpiece… A great intellectual exercise in tasting this wine in any case.»
2022 (PDF tech.sheet)
2021 (PDF tech.sheet)
2020 (PDF tech.sheet)
Accolades (coming soon)
MX♦QUILA BIO
Colli Tortonesi DOC Rosso BIO (rare varietal)
«Very young wine, the result of a heroic recovery project by the passionate winemaker adopted by Piedmont. We need to give it time, but it will be like drinking a glass of history».
«Aromas of suede, black cherries and fresh herbs. Medium-to full-bodied with plenty of nicely ripened fruit. Tense, chewy tannins. Oak and spice come through the rich fruit».
«Absolutely impressive with leather, roses, violets, minerals and a ripe fruit with weight, black cherries, raspberries, blackberries and deep intensity…The tannins give a good bite and they creep up slowly and settle almost unnoticed on the teeth».
2022 (PDF tech.sheet)
2021 (PDF tech.sheet)
2020 (PDF tech.sheet)
2019 (PDF tech.sheet)
Accolades (coming soon)
C♦Tin BIO
Colli Tortonesi DOC Croatina Riserva BIO
«Beautiful on the nose, a heady amalgam of ripe, dark fruit, still fresh, with no evidence of the dried grape portion, while the palate tacks decidedly in the Piedmontese direction with its firm, dusty texture, grainy and sandy, with lovely, zesty acids.».
«This (Croatina) shows nicely pure blueberry / blackberry fruit with sweet peony florality, tobacco and spice. It is medium weight, juicy, firm and fresh, with that peppery spice going long on the finish».
2022 (PDF tech.sheet)
Accolades (coming soon)
BLOUGE pet.nat BIO
vino rosato frizzante PET.NAT BIO
A limited release of a pet.nat made of white and rare red varietals (BLanc + rOUGE in French)
2024 (PDF tech.sheet)
Accolades (coming soon)
MO♦DUS pet.nat
«Hell’s Blend» vino rosato frizzante PET.NAT
«Succulent and in good sensorial shape, shows notes of geranium, mandarina juice, green tea leaves and camphor. Full body, creamy and precise in the flavor, shows density and volume but remains elegant and genuine. Immediately splendid. A grand petnat, maybe the best I’ve ever tasted!»
2023 (PDF tech.sheet)
2021 (PDF tech.sheet)
2020 (PDF tech.sheet)
Accolades (coming soon)
