Also known as ‘anteprime’, see all the latest reports from Piedmont en primeur tastings, including the new vintages from Barolo and Barbaresco, plus late-release Riservas.
Italy newsletter: Sign up today
Get the best recommendations, vintage analysis, regional and cultural insights and more delivered to your inbox once a month, helping you to stay up-to-date with the latest in Italian wine.
-
Barolo 2021: Vintage report & top wines from ‘a modern benchmark’
Read Michaela Morris' analysis on the ‘charismatic’ 2021 vintage in Barolo...
-
Langhe Nebbiolo and Nebbiolo d’Alba: These 25 bottles prove it’s not all about Barolo
It's not all about Barolo you know...
-
Barolo 2021: Top value picks
Discover 10 of the best value Barolo in the 2021 vintage...
-
Barbaresco 2022 vintage: The hot vintage paradox & pick of the 2020 Riservas
The latest releases from Barbaresco...
-
Barolo Riserva 2019: Morris’ 25 top picks
Michaela Morris recommends 25 delicious Riserva to stock up on...
-
Barolo 2020: A ‘ready to drink’ vintage
Barolo's 2020 vintage assessed and 35 top recommendations...
-
Meet the judges: Q&A with Michaela Morris
New DWWA Regional Chair for Piedmont, Michaela Morris talks to Decanter...
-
Barolo 2019: vintage report & 139 recommendations
Five out of five stars for this classic vintage...
-
Barbaresco Riserva 2018: Vintage report and 11 recommendations
Riservas to enjoy early…
-
Barbaresco 2020: Vintage report & 50 wines tasted
A very good, and approachable vintage in 2020...
-
Barolo Riserva 2017: vintage report and 26 recommendations
‘If there is a specific justification for the more austere character of a wine, it can be found in the vintage – and 2017 was that kind of vintage,’ says Aldo Fiordelli
-
Barolo 2016 & Riserva 2014: Report and 100 wines tasted
Plenty of successful wines...
-
Barolo 2018 vintage report plus top-scoring wines
Vintage analysis plus the wines to seek out...
-
Barolo Riserva 2016 vintage report: 20 top picks by quality and value
A great vintage for the cellar...
-
Alto Piemonte Nebbiolo report and top picks
Tasting notes and scores for 12 top wines worth seeking out...
-
Barbaresco Riserva 2017 vintage report plus top picks
An overview of the vintage plus a pick of 10 top wines...
-
Barbaresco 2019 vintage report: 40 wines to try
'A breath of fresh air after the light 2018 vintage,' according to Aldo Fiordelli
-
Top value Barolo 2018: 13 great picks
Top value picks from the latest Barolo vintage...
-
Barbaresco Riserva 2016 vintage report plus top-scoring wines
'It's without doubt a hailed, five-star year'....
-
An aperitif for anytime: Vermouth di Torino
Vermouth is undergoing a revival...
-
Langhe Nebbiolo 2019 and 2018: top-scoring wines
Aldo Fiordelli is dazzled by the refinement of the Langhe Nebbiolo 2019s as he tastes some of the new releases alongside a selection of wines from the 2018 vintage.
-
Barolo Riserva 2015 vintage report: 30 wines tasted
How does 2015 stand up as a vintage for Riserva? Aldo Fiordelli reports...
-
Barbaresco 2018 vintage report: 40 wines tasted
'For now I'm drinking the blends,' states Aldo Fiordelli...
-
Barbaresco 2017 & Barbaresco Riserva 2015: Full report
5-star vintages tasted by Stephen Brook...
-
1996 Piedmont: A retrospective
Michaela Morris looks back at 1996 Barolo and Barbaresco...
-
Barbaresco 2016 & Riserva 2014: Latest releases
Wines worth waiting for...
-
Barolo Riserva 2013: ‘Some first-rate wines’
Are the 2013 Riservas worth buying?
-
Barolo 2016 ‘classico’ late releases tasted
Late-release Barolo 2016 classico wines...
-
Barolo 2016 ‘MGA’ late releases tasted
Late-release Barolo 2016 MGA wines...
-
Best Italian wines: A selection of the greatest
See Decanter experts' top-rated Italian wines...
-
Barolo & Barbaresco: 10 high-flying vineyard sites
Stephen Brook highlights 10 of these ‘MGA’ vineyards, capable of producing some of the very finest wines.
-
Barolo 2015: Vintage report and 89 wines rated
An ideal vintage to drink in the next decade...
