Benjamin Hickey

9.3

Round, golden brightness in a linear acid line through the middle. So much flavour for a light style. So well balanced. — 3 days ago

John W

9.3

Garner coloration. Some translucency. On the nose, cherry, strawberry, florals, and hints of minerals. Right out of the bottle, fruity and flowery. On the palate, cherry, cranberry, forest floor, strong tannins. — 2 months ago

Cathy Levy

9.3

Lovely Barbaresco from the Piedmonte region. — 2 months ago

Matt Perlman

9.4

More open knit than the Sassella, total deliciousness and high toned elegance — 2 months ago

Marc Karetsky

9.5

Love this maker. Classic Nebbiolo. — 3 months ago

romo

9.2

First bottle three years ago had more energy. Went sour on day 2. — 3 months ago

Larry Mik

8.9

Cherry, black licorice, lots of tannin that lingers — 5 months ago

Ted

9.1

Lime zest. Average acidity. Gorgeous wine. — 7 months ago

with Jeni

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Insane wine. Dried cherry, spice, road tar, dried roses and that haunting alpine Nebbiolo perfume that only Arpepe seems able to deliver. The palate is nimble, precise and unbelievably balanced. Yes, there is tannin, but Arpepe processes tannin through its own lens. Everything feels refined, transparent and perfectly proportioned. The architecture is stunning. There is a slight stretch on the back end right now, but the underlying balance and purity are undeniable. Already 9.6 and just getting started. — a month ago

Chris Buggy

9.0

I need wine with enough body to hold up to strong Indian flavors, but light and clean..CHECK — 2 months ago

with Jennifer

Matt Perlman

9.3

This is, as expected, the more structured between the Sassella and the Grumello of the same vintage, but on this night actually preferred the latter. — 2 months ago

Mike Lev

9.0

Fruit forward, round. Med+!body. Matches with grilled pork tenderloin, creamy onion and date sauce. — 3 months ago

Brian Lenich

9.0

Jeff and Brian at the Indian restaurant — 4 months ago

Seth Masterson

9.2

Delicious Chocolate over dried fruit notes with nice dry floral notes. A very nice nebbiolo without face ripping tannins- a good sipper but also would pair well with the lighter side of Italian foods. — 5 months ago

Carolyn Herlihy

9.0

Serve chilled. Paired well with chicken, veggies, salad and sitting outside. — 3 days ago

K L

9.1

Solid Italian option and Kurt rec. would try again. Light and acidic but not too much. Grassier than citrus. — 2 months ago

with Matt

GaryWEdwards

9.5

A winner straight out of the gate. Sweet cherries and blueberries with hints of smoke. A delight. — 2 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

10

This was perfection. Full stop. Ten points, 100, A plus, whatever scale you want to drag into the room, it all collapses under the same truth: it does not get better than this. The 2016 Ar.Pe.Pe. Sassella Rocce Rosse Riserva was so achingly beautiful, so complete, so internally right, that halfway through I stopped even trying to “evaluate” it and just gave in. What makes it unbearable, in the best way, is how nothing sticks out and yet everything glows. The wine has lift, detail, soul, delicacy, authority, all of it moving at once, all of it perfectly proportioned. It just stands there in complete command of itself, and the longer it sits in the glass the more it seems to reveal that perfection and grace are not opposites. They are partners. Words really do start to fail with a wine like this, because the whole point of the experience is that it reaches past language. — 3 months ago

Brian Grech

9.3

Orange! So fun! And delicious. Plenty of body — 3 months ago

with Ashley

Alexandre Albore

9.2

Ruby red, vegetal and grapefruit. Kind of complex. Well balanced, with rounded tannins. Long 11 — 6 months ago