LARGE FORMAT BOTTLES
CHAMPAGNE
800. M.V. BRUT RESERVE, Billecart-Salmon, Mareuil-sur-Ay (magnum) 300
BIANCHI
SLOVENIA/FRIULI
805. 1995 VELIKO BIANCO, Movia, Brda (magnum) 350
ROSSI
SLOVENIA/FRIULI
810. 1998 VELIKO ROSSO, Movia, Brda (magnum) 325
811. 1985 VELIKO ROSSO, Movia, Brda (magnum) 650
TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE
815. 1997/1993 TEROLDEGO ROTALIANO ‘Granato’, Foradori, (magnum) 450
VENETO
817. 1998 CA’ DEL MERLO, Guiseppe Quintarelli, Negrar (magnum) 445
The Ca’ del Merlo (meaning House of the Blackbird) is a single-vineyard Valpolicella. As the grapes for this Valpolicella derive exclusively from one site, it expresses the influences of a specific terroir, yet represents the composition and vinification method (ripasso) utilized in the crafting of Quintarelli’s other Valpolicella.
820. 1999 AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO, Bertani (magnum) 750
PIEMONTE
825. 2004 ARTE, Clerico, Monforte d’ Alba (magnum) 300
826. 1999 BAROLO ‘Runcöt’, Elio Grasso, Monforte d’ Alba (magnum) 395
828. 1970 BAROLO RISERVA ‘Monfortino’, Giacomo Conterno, (magnum) 2500
829. 2001 BAROLO ‘Carobric’, Paolo Scavino, Castiglione Faletto (magnum) 560
832. 1999 GHEMME, Cantalupo (jerobaum) 495
835. 2001 DARMAGI, Gaja, Barbaresco (magnum) 1650
836. 2003 DOLCETTO DI DIANO D’ ALBA, Stefano Farina (rehobaum) 350
837. 1974 BAROLO RISERVA ‘Bussia’, Prunotto, Castiglione (jerobaum) 2500
838. 1978 BAROLO RISERVA DI VALENTINO, Rocche dei Manzone, Monforte d’ Alba (rehobaum) 3500
839. 2005 BARBERA D’ ALBA, Giacomo Conterno, Monforte d’ Alba (magnum) 235
841. 2000 BARBARESCO RISERVA ‘Asili’, Bruno Giacosa, Neive (magnum) 1400
MARCHE
822. 2000 CHAOS (montepulciano/syrah/merlot)Fattoria le Terrazze(magnum)395
Antonio Terni, the eccentric poet/singer/winemaker/Bob Dylan junkie, crafts intense and highly acclaimed wines that have brought much-deserved attention to Marche. This modernist interpretation of the autochthonous Montepulciano grape, along with the almost-at-home Merlot and Syrah deliver a broad palate of dark fruit, tobacco, lavender, dark cherries, toast, and hedonistic splendor.
TOSCANA
842. 1999 SYRAH ‘Casa Vie’, Fontodi, Panzano in Chianti (jeroboam) 750
843. 1997 BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RISERVA, IL Poggione (jeroboam) 2000
845. 1997 BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RISERVA, Talenti (magnum) 1200
846. 2001 BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO ‘Pertimali’, Livio Sassetti (magnum) 500
848. 1994 MERLOT ‘L’Apparita’, Castello di Ama, Gaiole in Chianti (magnum) 495
850. 2002 SYRAH, D’Alessandro, Cortona (magnum) 125
852. 2003 FONTALLORO, Felsina, Castelnuovo Berardenga (magnum) 265
853. 2003 LE PERGOLE TORTE, Montevertine, Radda (magnum) 625
854. 1999 CHIANTI CLASSICO RISERVA ‘Vigna del Sorbo’,Fontodi,(jeroboam)800
856. 2003 IL CABERLOT, Il Carnisciale, Bucine (magnum) 1300
Until 2005, one Tuscan wine had existed in name only for American wine lovers. Bottled exclusively in magnum, only two enotecas (out of a thousand or more) in Tuscany get any, and restaurant allocations are limited to the likes of Florence’s Il Cibreo, and Paris’ 3-star L’Ambroisie. Members of Florence’s elite Teatro del Sale can buy one magnum per year, a privilege handed down from generation to generation.
A Unique Clone. The wine is Il Caberlot, and its fascinating story doesn’t end with its scarcity and desirability. It, and its second label Carnasciale, are the only wines in the world made from a mysterious clone discovered four decades ago near Verona. Named “Caberlot,” the grape has characteristics of both Cabernet and Merlot—hence its name.
Caberlot’s discoverer—agronomist Remigio Bordini— has allowed the vine to be planted just one place outside his nursery: at Wolf and Bettina Rogosky’s Tuscan estate, Il Carnasciale. The vineyard lies atop a rocky, south-facing bluff that towers above Tuscany’s Arno river. Famed enologist Vittorio Fiore discovered this providential site in 1986.
The Wines. From the first vintage, 1988, Il Caberlot has been a huge cult wine in Europe, its scarcity driven by nature and the vineyard’s size of less than an acre. Wolf Rogosky passed away in 1996, but Bettina has carried on the work with her winemaker, Peter Schilling. With time, more vines have been planted, but production remains miniscule. The wine is still bottled by hand, and is held for two years before release. Bettina Rogosky hand-numbers each label.