Color: Dark garnet red.
Nose: Characteristic, intense, sweet spices, violet, balsamic notes.
Flavor: Warm, soft, clean, fresh, soft tannins, long and pleasant ending.
Serving suggestions: Spicy and elaborated meat dishes, aged Piedmontese cheeses.

Brothers Aldo and Riccardo SeghesioÍs wines privilege suppleness and balance, as the 1999 Barolo La Villa demonstrates. A fresh garnet, with a spicy caramel, floral, smoky and tarry nose, its round flavors, satiny texture, mineral and licorice notes, and overall finesse could easily lead one to mistake this for a fine Cerequio or Brunate. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2018.

The 2003 Barolo Pajana opens with extraordinary aromatics. Sweet and long, it reveals intense layers of ripe dark cherries, chocolate, spices and menthol in a powerful, authoritative style. It is a terrific effort in this vintage, and should mature faster than the Ciabot Mentin Ginestra.

Focused and very clean, with crushed blackberry and spices that follow through to a full-bodied palate, with hints of jammy and cedary character.

Sweet mentholated notes intertwined with dark red fruit and spices emerge from this beautiful, silky-textured wine. Made in a structured style for a La Morra Barolo, it reveals outstanding length and terrific overall balance.

This large company is an excellent source for reasonably priced, elegant Rieslings and fragrant Viogniers with focus and restraint to their spicy floral and citrus qualities. The Y Series Riesling and Viognier offer outstanding value.

Made from younger vines, the full-bodied, ripe, well-endowed, heady 2003 Shiraz exhibits earthy blackberry/chocolate notes, a touch of sweet earth, and a full-throttle finish.

This wines luxuriously rich and creamy finish is a testament to our Winemakers brilliance. Fermented and aged for 10 months in virgin French oak barrels.

This wines luxuriously rich and creamy finish is a testament to our Winemakers brilliance. Fermented and aged for 10 months in virgin French oak barrels.

Château Coutet is a Premier Cru Classé from the Barsac appellation. Château Coutet is approximately 85% Sémillon and 15% Sauvignon Blanc (depending on the vintage). The grapes come from 95 acres of vines planted in red clay, sand and gravel soil, with limestone subsoil. The wines are fermented and aged for 18 months in oak barrels, emerging a pale yellow with gold reflections. A luscious, sweet white wine.