A very early preview of these two promising vintages at the Vinexus Anteprima tasting in London last month. Above, Cavallotto vineyards in Castiglione Falletto – source of some particularly admired Barolo.
In October, in London, Vinexus, the import company founded by the much-missed Nicholas Belfrage MW and Nick Bielack MW, shot the first salvo of the Italian wine ‘en primeur’ season. Over the last couple of years Vinexus has become an important player in the game of showing new vintages of Italy’s most important denominations first.
Prior to Vinexus, the stage for the ‘primeurs’ of Italy’s Big Three B’s – Barolo...