Azienda Agricola Quercia nelle Langhe is a family estate in Piedmont, Italy, producing wines across the region's great appellations: Barolo DOCG, Barbaresco DOCG, Gavi DOCG, Langhe DOC, and Moscato d'Asti DOC. The estate's Barolo La Morra 2020 earned 94 points and a Gold medal at the Sommeliers Choice Awards.
Quercia Nelle Langhe Barolo La Morra is made from 100% Nebbiolo.
A classic Barolo from the prestigious La Morra commune. Garnet red with orange reflections. Complex aromas of roses, tar, dried cherry, and spice. Full-bodied and structured on the palate with firm tannins, excellent balance, and a long, elegant finish.
Aged in large Slavonian oak barrels following the traditional Barolo winemaking style.
Quercia Nelle Langhe Langhe Arneis is made from 100% Arneis.
A fresh, aromatic white wine from the Langhe hills of Piemonte. Pale straw yellow with greenish highlights. Delicate aromas of white peach, almond, and white flowers. Crisp and refreshing on the palate with good acidity and a pleasant, lingering finish.
In 1992 the Hill-Smith family counted themselves amongst those fortunate enough to own a vineyard upon the famous Coonawarra terra rossa soil over limestone. Experimentation, innovation, minimalist intervention and small batch winemaking has resulted in The Menzies’ reputation as a wine of longevity, elegance and structure.
Deep crimson with a plum hue. Aromas of fresh blackcurrants, mulberry, ozone, violets and exotic spices. Take a sip and you will feel the poise and tension for which great Cabernet is renowned. A wine of great complexity with flavors of blackcurrant jubes, bitter chocolate and mulberries, wrapped in divine tannins and a lovely sweet, dark fruit finish. With decanting in its youth it is enjoyable as an elegant full-bodied red wine.
Wonderful with a chargrilled rib eye on the bone or porcini mushroom, thyme and quinoa risotto.
Review:
Prune plums and blackcurrants. Violets, lavender leaf and black cherry. Olive tapenade, rosemary and crushed black peppercorn. The wine is held together by a fine mesh of grape and subtle oak tannins, intertwined with pure Coonawarra cabernet fruit. It’s chiselled in its dimension, and you might miss it, as it has such great drinking pleasure. Fruit purity, lovingly handled equals total seduction.
- Australian Wine Companion 95 Points
J. Davies Nobles Vineyard Pinot Noir is made from 100 percent Pinot Noir.
The 2020 Nobles Vineyard Pinot Noir’s aroma elegantly opens with blueberry compote, dark cherry and dried citrus peels, followed with a touch of baking spice and a hint of forest floor. The palate’s bright entry leads to notes of cranberry, red raspberry and a sprinkle of black tea, while a crisp acidity supports silky tannins to a clean finish.
Review:
Bountiful black-cherry flavors and good balance make this full-bodied wine difficult to resist. Black-fruit flavors are rich and well concentrated, backed by a light touch on the oak spices that emerge on the finish and add nice complexity.
-Wine Enthusiast 93 Points
This carries the forest green scent of the far-coast hills, a savory pinot noir with mineral intensity. The wine’s cherry-red fruit ripens on the eastern, leeward slopes of the second ridge in from the Pacific, that ripeness tamed by an earthy evergreen scent lasts for minutes, as if breathing the air at the edge of a redwood grove.
-Wine & Spirits 93 Points