Experience the exquisite Oreste Stefano Barolo Perno Riserva 2012, a remarkable embodiment of prominent Italian viticulture. Crafted in the famed vineyards of Perno, in the heartland of Barolo, this glorious Nebbiolo varietal is brought to life by wine maven Oreste Stefano. The Barolo Perno Riserva is the result of diligent harvesting and meticulous ageing in French oak for 30 months, with subsequent refinement in the bottle for 18 months.

This preserves the quintessential aromas of rose, dried herbs, and spices that are signature to Barolo wines, enhanced by a rich, full-bodied palette and perfectly balanced tannins. The 2012 vintage exudes remarkable elegance, depth, and complexity, ensuring an ethereal tasting experience. Meticulously rated and applauded in prominent wine publications, Oreste Stefano Barolo Perno Riserva 2012 is, indisputably, a true work of viniferous artistry. Recommended for revered occasions and discerning connoisseurs alike.

Indulge in the luxurious Oreste Stefano Barolo Perno Riserva 2012, a premium product created in the charming vineyards of Perno, Italy. This delectable offering from the impressive Oreste Stefano portfolio reveals a marriage of traditional winemaking methods and modern innovation, where hand-harvesting and rigorous selection processes ensure supremely high-quality Nebbiolo grapes.

Exposed to an extended maceration period and maturation in French Oak, this Barolo exudes a complex bouquet of ripe berries, balsamic nuances, and alluring earthy undertones. On the palate, the Oreste Stefano Barolo Perno Riserva 2012 delivers a harmonious balance of robust tannins, lively acidity, and an enduring finish - a testament to its favourable 2012 vintage.

Acclaimed fine wine publications laud persistent elegance and characterful intensity as hallmarks of this exalted Barolo. Worth every penny, the Oreste Stefano Barolo Perno Riserva 2012, with its regal lineage and meticulous craftsmanship, is a fitting companion for any fine wine connoisseur's collection.

Wine Enthusiast (94)

This powerful wine is dense with rich tannins and black fruits that are balanced. Full and concentrated, it's a wine with great potential.

James Suckling (97)

A tight and silky red with compacted fruit and tannin texture featuring blackcurrant, mushroom and bark undertones. Full body, firm tannins and a minerally finish. Excellent structure and mouthfeel. A cooler style of Ornellaia, bringing it back to the classicism of this celebrated region. Bordeaux blend. Better in 2018.

Decanter (94)

Notes of dried fruit and candied lemon dance out of the glass, with aromas of fresh pastry and ginger spice. There’s also a distinctive toasted hazelnut element with a honeyed richness developing. Initial freshness is there, reflecting the lovely balance of this fine 2012 vintage, while textural creaminess evolves into toffee caramel on the generous, spicy finish. There’s more Pinot Noir (49%) in this blend, from the north-facing slopes of Verzenay and Mailly, and that’s helping the freshness, with the Villers-Marmery Chardonnay providing the silky, mid-palate richness. A difficult growing year with a very cold, wet spring and wet summer, was saved by sunny weather in the last couple of weeks before picking and resulted in a small, concentrated, ripe harvest, widely compared with top predecessors like 2002 and 1990. Tasted from magnum. Dosage: 7g/L. Disgorged: November 2020. 49% Pinot Noir from Mailly and Verzenay; 46% Chardonnay from Trépail and Villers-Marmery; 5% Meunier from Ludes, Chigny-les-Rosé and Rilly-la-Montagne.

Vinous (94)

The 2012 Barolo Ginestra Riserva is gorgeous. Fresh, aromatic and beautifully lifted, the 2012 is all grace. Ginestra Barolos are often brawny and powerful. Conterno's 2012 stands out for its sensuality, finesse and total sense of harmony. Bright acids perk up a core of sweet red berry fruit as the 2012 gradually reveals its many charms.

Pazo Senorans Rias Baixas Albarino Seleccion Anada 2012 is the latest released vintage of the wonderful white, and we can rest assured that it is a wine of immense personality. Awarded 98 points from the Peñin Guide, the leading wine magazine in Spain, this sings with fascinating notes of “white fruit, citrus fruit, fine lees, petrol”. It possesses a richly flavourful and elegant palate ending with a lengthy finish.

Halliday Wine Companion (98)

Sourced from Coonawarra, Padthaway, Barossa Valley, Wrattonbully and the Adelaide Hills; the fermentation is completed in new American oak hogsheads, whereafter it is matured in those hogsheads for 14 months. There is amazing depth to the purple-crimson colour. Its full-bodied colours are nailed to the mast immediately the wine enters the mouth; it’s strange how the cabernet of this wine marries with the American oak, providing the ultimate Christmas cake of aromas and flavours; one of its great strengths is the tannin structure that gives the wine its exceptional length (and mouthfeel along the way).

Wine Advocate (99)

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2012 Grange sports an earthy/meaty nose with notes of tree bark, dusty earth, underbrush and chargrill over a core of dried mulberries and Christmas cake, plus hints of pepper and baking spices. Rich, medium to full-bodied and seductive, it has spicy layers and a long meaty/savory finish.

Wine Advocate (96+)

The 2012 Shiraz St Henri is very impressive with its elegant, sophisticated and well-crafted expression of this superb vintage. As always, there is no new oak employed here, simply 50+ year old large oak vats. This vintage has a dollop (3%) Cabernet Sauvignon, contributing a lovely cassis lift to the heady perfume. Deep garnet-purple colored, it displays a gorgeous nose of commendable purity and intensity with notes of red and blackcurrants, freshly crushed blackberries, menthol, cinnamon stick, bacon fat and cloves. Rich and already expressive on the palate, it is nonetheless built for the long haul with firm, ripe and grainy tannins carrying the fruit to a long and layered finish. This should be a long-lived St Henri that should cellar gracefully for at least 2 decades.

Crafted with unparalleled artistry, Petterino Gattinara Riserva 2012 is an exquisite expression of Italy's esteemed viticulture. This brilliant red wine hails from the esteemed Piedmont region, a heartland of winemaking glorified for its diverse microclimates and unique soil composition. The diligent creator behind the bottle is the Petterino winery, a small-scale producer acclaimed for its traditional winemaking practices.

Created from Nebbiolo grapes aged in Slavonian oak for 5 years before release, the Petterino Gattinara Riserva 2012 displays complex aromatic notes, a linear profile and characteristic tanninic structure. It emanates an intoxicating bouquet of rose petal, underbrush, leather and spice married with mature red-berry aromas, delivering an impeccable taste experience.

With its age-worthy potential and remarkable depth of flavour, Petterino Gattinara Riserva 2012 stands as an epitome of authenticity and sophistication, representing the ultimate indulgence for every discerning wine connoisseur.

Swirl into the world of fine Italian wine with the captivating Petterino Gattinara Riserva 2012. The Petterino Winery, a revered producer located in the Piedmont region, meticulously harnesses the Nebbiolo grape variety to create this suave yet robust red wine. Carefully cultivated and handpicked grapes are left for an extended maceration period before advancing to a three-year aging process in oak casks. This intentional aging results in the wine's elegant complexity.

A sip of the illustrious Petterino Gattinara Riserva 2012 immerses you in a symphony of flavour notes including red plums, cherries, dried roses, and gentle hints of spice. The wine's vibrant acidity and polished tannins further enhance the lingering finish. With a highly limited production each year, a bottle of this wine is indeed a rare treasure for discerning wine enthusiasts. Dive into a bottle of Petterino Gattinara Riserva 2012; a true embodiment of Italian winemaking prestige.

Wine Enthusiast (98)

This single vineyard, one of the steepest in Champagne, produces fabulous wines. Richness restrained by the minerality from the terroir is balanced by the structured Pinot Noir fruits that bring touches of toast, spice and white fruits. Drink through 2025 at least.

Wine Enthusiast (96)

This grand cru wine is named in celebration of the date of the Philipponnat family's arrival in the village of Aÿ. It is a mature blend of 70% Pinot Noir with Chardonnay, proportions that are typical of this producer on the Montagne de Reims. Rich, lightly toasty with green-apple and pear flavors, the wine is ready to drink.

Wine Enthusiast (96)

This grand cru wine is named in celebration of the date of the Philipponnat family's arrival in the village of Aÿ. It is a mature blend of 70% Pinot Noir with Chardonnay, proportions that are typical of this producer on the Montagne de Reims. Rich, lightly toasty with green-apple and pear flavors, the wine is ready to drink.

Wine Advocate (96)

"Why has the non-vintage concept largely been reserved to entry-level wines?" pondered Péters, and he decided to produce a new cuvée to change that. Based on the 2012 Les Chétillons and supplemented by wine from the family's long-established perpetual reserve, the NV L’Étonnant Monsieur Victor Edition MK 12 is the latest rendition, and it's showing very well, opening in the glass with aromas of lemon oil, warm bread, white flowers, crushed chalk, oyster shells and wheat toast. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, rich and layered, with superb concentration, racy acids and a precise, intensely saline finish.

Wine Advocate (93+)

Unfurling in the glass with incipiently complex aromas of citrus oil, wheat toast, fresh peach and crisp orchard fruit, the newly released 2012 Vintage Brut is full-bodied, deep and tightly wound, with excellent concentration, racy acids and a fine mousse, concluding with a long and penetrating finish. Even though it's still a little reserved after its recent disgorgement

Vinous (95)

The 2012 Barolo Bussia Dardi Le Rose is another fabulous wine from Poderi Colla. Deep, layered and quite giving at the moment, the 2012 has more than enough depth to drink well for many years to come. It is perhaps not as pedigreed as the 2013 tasted alongside it, but it is very, very close. In fact, this is one of the highlights of the vintage.

Wine Enthusiast (99)

The great 2012 vintage shows well in this rich, full Champagne. Dominated as usual by Pinot Noir, the wine is powerfully ripe and impressively full of white fruits and tight minerality. Ready to drink from 2022, it is worthy of aging and certainly drinkable even in 10 years time.

Vinous (94)

It’s rare that you take in the aromas of an Amarone and the first thing that comes to mind is how wonderfully fresh and perfumed it is, but that’s exactly what you’ll experience from the 2012 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico from Quintarelli. Sour cherries are complicated by notes of rose, sweet spice and hints of cedar and mint. It’s deeply textural yet precise, with a polished and pure display of purple-tinged red fruit contrasted by zesty acids and a slight herbal twang. Remarkably feminine and undeniably elegant, with a slow-mounting structure that sneaks up on you through the finale. This gentle giant tapers off long and floral, only hinting at the depths that further cellaring will bring.

The Wine Cellar Insider (92-94)

Fleshy, soft and round, there is a good sweetness to the fruit with depth of flavors in the plush finish. 92-94 Pts

Wine Enthusiast (99)

As always, this exceptional Champagne, only released in top vintages, shows its rare qualities. Its poise between texture, acidity, intense aging ability and minerality are so right. It is ready to drink, but that would be a shame, because this wine will age so well. Drink from 2025.

Wine Enthusiast (99)

As always, this exceptional Champagne, only released in top vintages, shows its rare qualities. Its poise between texture, acidity, intense aging ability and minerality are so right. It is ready to drink, but that would be a shame, because this wine will age so well. Drink from 2025.

Vinous (95)

The 2012 Brunello di Montalcino is a total charmer, understated at first, but worthy of patience, as swirling unlocks depths of cinnamon and clove-tinged cherries, nuances of sweet mint, pine shavings and white smoke. It envelopes the palate with ripe textural fruits, soothing and round, while saline-minerals and fine tannins mingle throughout, adding a balanced tension. Nothing is out of place here, as the 2012 finishes lightly structured, remarkably fresh and perfumed with red inner florals and savory spice. This is a beautiful and graceful interpretation of the vintage that still has many years of positive evolution for collectors to look forward to. Salvioni only made Brunello (no Rosso) in 2012, and production was down at 12,000, usually around 1,8000 to 19000 bottles total, between Rosso and Brunello. This was due to the heat of the vintage and smaller berries.

James Suckling (98)

Wow. This is really fantastic with outstanding depth of fruit and ripe and silky tannins. So much blueberry and cedar character with hints of flowers. Full body, fine tannins and a fresh and clean finish. Lovely balance to this wine. Better after 2022 but already exciting to taste.

James Suckling (98)

This is an incredible 2012 with fantastic depth, richness, focus and tension. Full body, polished velvety tannins and a long and flavorful finish. Goes on for minutes. Better in 2020 but a joy to taste now. One of the wines of the vintage.

James Suckling (95)

Aromas of ripe fruit such as sweet strawberries and hints of orange peel and chocolate. Medium to full body, soft and velvety tannins and a flavorful finish. Riper style. Drink or hold.