{"title":"The Piemonte Wine List","description":"\u003cp\u003eA marked rise in the number of winemakers and in the quality of their wines, alongside the climatic variations keeps the scenery changing.  Essentially though, the soul of Piemonte wines remain unchanged, the number and quantity of new wines is negligible since the formalisation of wines that was the birth of DOC and DOCG from 1966.  Nebbiolo, the grape responsible for Barolo is now recognised as the versatile genius that it is, Barbera remains misunderstood, a heartwarming, welcoming wine and Dolcetto is a grape with so much character, even winemakers do not seem to see just how good it is.   \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ascheri-dolcetto-nirane","title":"Ascheri. Dolcetto 'Nirane'","description":"\u003cp\u003eLanghe Dolcetto DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Dolcetto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBright cherry and damson fruit, a picture of modern Dolcetto with perfectly defined pure fruit, well judged, natural weight. A simple and joyous wine.  14%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/ascheri\" title=\"Matteo Ascheri producer page. Bra, Piemonte, Italy. Barolo, Nebbiolo, Gavi, Syrah, Viogionier\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMatteo Ascheri producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn terms of bottles sold, this is their most successful wine with the locals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2022 \/ 75cl","offer_id":18046435786863,"sku":"IRP110B22L108","price":17.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Ascheri-Nirane-Dolcetto-2022-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1711704048"},{"product_id":"ascheri-barolo-sorano","title":"Ascheri. Barolo 'Sorano'","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarolo DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a wine that reflects Matteo’s open and welcoming character, with rich damson and black cherry fruit, supported by ripe, soft tannins - delicate elements of rose, porcini and spice add complexity and promise for longevity.  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e14%\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Matteo Ascheri producer page. Bra, Piemonte, Italy. Barolo, Nebbiolo, Gavi, Syrah, Viogionier\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/ascheri\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMatteo Ascheri producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSerralunga is the most easterly of the Barolo villages where ancient, mean Serravallian soils* force roots down deep, making for more tannic and fuller bodied Barolo.  Matteo has chosen to make this wine only in the best years: in lesser vintages the wine lends a hand to the Ascheri Barolo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2019 was a hot vintage, coming after an unusually tropical 2018, which had left good reserves of water so, there was no real problems with stress, the vines were very healthy, and the grapes were in excellent condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bunches were destemmed and sorted before a temperature-controlled fermentation that lasted two weeks.  60% of the wine then went through a traditional 25 day submerged cap* maceration.  The wine was then aged in steel for 6 months followed by 28 months in botti (Slavonian oak). \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2019 \/ 75cl","offer_id":18046436081775,"sku":"IRP223B19L401","price":66.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Ascheri-Barolo-Sorano-2019-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1712396334"},{"product_id":"ascheri-montalupa-viognier","title":"Ascheri. Montalupa Viognier","description":"\u003cp\u003eLanghe DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Viognier\u003cbr\u003eThe character has dialled back from the early years; with a mineral, rock-salt core holding piercing, intense grapefruit flavours; ripe herb and white flower aromas. 14%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/ascheri\" title=\"Matteo Ascheri producer page. Bra, Piemonte, Italy. Barolo, Nebbiolo, Gavi, Syrah, Viogionier\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMatteo Ascheri, Piemonte producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatteo makes a very pure Viognier, one that has evolved with assurance since it was first released in 1997.  It is a wine that is genuinely only made in the best vintages, the Arneis benefits from lesser years.  The fruit is almost exclusively from Montalupa, a single terraced vineyard just outside Bra.  This is supplemented by a tiny North-facing slope on the clays of Serralunga where the vines ripen more slowly, so the grapes have more acidity: this balances the ripeness that the sand and limestone of Montalupa give the Viognier.  The use of oak changes each year, the objective is to make the best wine possible, not to ape a set style.\u003cbr\u003eThe grapes are hand-picked, the bunches are transported in small crates to the winery where they are crushed.  75% are fermented in temperature-controlled steel tanks using selected yeasts, the balance is fermented in small, used, French-oak barrels.  The assembled wine is aged in steel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":18046436573295,"sku":"IWP040B20L407","price":45.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Matteo-Ascheri-Montalupa-Bianco-Viognier-2020-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1720704007"},{"product_id":"brezza-barolo-cannubi","title":"Brezza. Barolo 'Cannubi'","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarolo 'Cannubi' DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2016 - 96points Wine Enthusiast\u003cbr\u003eTre Stelle Veronelli\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2014 - Ripe herb and rose.  Harmonious, a lighter vintage producing a balanced and elegant wine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/brezza\" title=\"Azienda Agricola Brezza producer page. Barolo, Piemonte. Barolo, Cannubi, Sarmassa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBrezza producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrezza own one and a quarter hectares of Cannubi, perhaps the most famous of all Barolo’s ‘cru’ vineyard sites. It is a very steep slope at two hundred and fifty metres above sea level and the majority faces east to southeast. The soils are silt and sand with just twenty-three percent of clay. The family first rented the land from the Church and had the opportunity to buy it in 2000 – the price then was six hundred thousand euros per hectare, today it would be two million.\u003cbr\u003eThe vines Nebbiolo Lampia and Michet and are thirty years old, planted using a traditional Guyot system with a meter between each vine and almost three metres between each row (3700 vines per hectare). The grapes are picked by hand in October and travel the short distance to the winery in small plastic boxes. The bunches are immediately de-stemmed and crushed before a seven-day fermentation in temperature-controlled steel tanks which never goes over twenty six degrees. The wine is macerated for two more weeks with regular pumping over and is than racked in lined cement tanks where it undergoes a malolactic conversion. The wine is then moved into large traditional Slavonian oak casks, where it remains for two years. It is bottled without filtration and each bottle is individually numbered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArchive \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e2012 - Enticing berry, violet and rose aromas, full supple fruit, fine ripe tannins beautifully laced through the wine, almost painfully fine. Remarkable purity, undoubtedly a forward vintage which I suspect has excellent potential to develop over the next fifteen years.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eProduction: 9000 bottles.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2014 \/ 75cl","offer_id":18048012255343,"sku":"IRP301B14L664","price":48.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2016 \/ 75cl","offer_id":37540106993849,"sku":"IRP301B16L501","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Brezza-Barolo-Cannubi-2014-bottle-8498.png?v=1605290119"},{"product_id":"colombera-garella-bramaterra-cascina-cottignano","title":"Colombera \u0026 Garella. Bramaterra 'Cascina Cottignano'","description":"\u003cp\u003eBramaterra DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrapes: Nebbiolo 80%, Vespolina 10%, Croatina 10%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2018 Enticing aromas of leather, fig and date, on the palate the tannins are silky, the fruit fine and floral, shot with violet, salt, orange peel and spice. 13%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2020 There is an inviting openness to the 2020, dark cherry and plum, a touch of blood and salt, a great wine with life and character. 13%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/colombera-and-garella\" title=\"Colombera and Garella producer page.  Artisan, minimum intervention family farming in Bramaterra and Lessona in the Alto Piemonte\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eColombera \u0026amp; Garella producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBramaterra is spread over a large area and encompasses many terroirs.  Cascina Cottignano faces southeast and has an unusually low PH (4.4-acidic) and the soils are a mix of red-brown sands over degraded volcanic rock.  The vineyard is farmed organically, it is all about doing less, better.  Cover crops are selected according to the needs of the land and natural fertilizers are used.  The newest plantings were in 2003, the old half was there when Carlo bought the farm in 1992 (some of the vines are over 100 years old).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes are hand-picked in the second week of October, the yields are a tiny 35 hl\/ha*.  Bunches are destemmed and crushed before being fermented without temperature control, using wild yeasts in concrete tanks.  The wine is aged for 2 years in botti grande* (6000 litre).  It is then blended and aged for a few months before being bottled without filtration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2018 \/ 75cl","offer_id":18233398427759,"sku":"IRP204B18L707","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":44324044767462,"sku":"IRP204B20L115","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Colombera-Garella-Bramaterra-Cascina-Cottignano-2018-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1721044964"},{"product_id":"colombera-garella-coste-della-sesia","title":"Colombera \u0026 Garella. Coste della Sesia","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoste della Sesia DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrapes: Nebbiolo, Croatina, Vespolina\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2020 was a vintage which gave both quantity and quality.  The fruit has a fine, pure clarity, mountain fresh with bitter black cherry fruit, a hint of mocha and fresh lemon.  12.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduction: 20,000 bottles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/colombera-and-garella\" title=\"Colombera and Garella producer page.  Artisan, minimum intervention family farming in Bramaterra and Lessona in the Alto Piemonte\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eColombera \u0026amp; Garella producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wine is aged in 2 parts: half in cement tanks and half in oak (used barrique and tonneaux).  After 2020 this wine will change with a part of the fruit used for Melascone, a wine born in the hardship of 2021 and Coste della Sesia Nebbiolo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":18233398558831,"sku":"IRP215B20L710","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Colombera-Garella-Coste-della-Sesia-Cascina-Cottignano-2020-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1721047709"},{"product_id":"colombera-garella-lessona-pizzaguerra","title":"Colombera \u0026 Garella. Lessona 'Pizzaguerra'","description":"\u003cp\u003eLessona DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo and Vespolina (5%)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA remarkable wine: fine and elegant tannins, blueberry, camomile and floral aromas; open, amazingly pure rose and red berry fruit. An absolute classic. 13%\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Colombera and Garella producer page.  Artisan, minimum intervention family farming in Bramaterra and Lessona in the Alto Piemonte\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/colombera-and-garella\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eColombera \u0026amp; Garella producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLessona is one of the smallest DOCs in Piemonte, there are currently just nine producers. Around the village it is common to find maritime sands over volcanic bedrock. It is a unique terroir, and the soils have an unusually low PH. The Pizzaguerra site is at an altitude of 450m, the vines were planted in 2007 in a classic guyot system, yielding a perilously small 30hl\/ha.\u003cbr\u003eGrapes are handpicked by the family and one single employee (Bian). The bunches are de-stemmed and crushed before being fermented without temperature control, using wild yeasts in concrete tanks, with pumping over* and delestages*. The wine is aged for 2 years in 2nd and 3rd passage tonneaux*. The wine is then blended and aged for another few months in concrete tanks before being bottled without filtration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2018 \/ 75cl","offer_id":18233398591599,"sku":"IRP205B18L703","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Colombera-Garella-Lessona-Pizzaguerra-2018.jpg?v=1665843736"},{"product_id":"favaro-erbaluce-di-caluso-13-mesi","title":"Favaro. Erbaluce di Caluso 'Tredicimesi'","description":"\u003cp\u003eErbaluce di Caluso DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Erbaluce\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2022 was a hot vintage and this wine stands apart with ripe white peach and orchard fruit, a generous underlying power enveloping this complex, focused dry white. I suspect it will peak a little earlier than usual, it is quite exquisite now.  13%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Bat and Bottle link to Favaro producer page\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/favaro\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFavaro\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eproducer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErbaluce is amongst Piemonte’s wonderful, rare treasures.  A grape variety gifted to humanity by Albaluce, daughter to the Sun and the Dawn, that now, can only be named in its homeland of Caluso.  This ensures exclusivity and rarity, not fame, which makes it quite irresistible.  We have a mild obsession with this variety and believe this to be the best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTredicimesi comes from Vigna Cavaina (1.7ha), a vineyard planted in 1992 and 2001 on morainic soils with a high proportion of stones and sand, using a traditional Trentino-style Pergola training system.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes are hand-picked and destemmed, cold-macerated for a day before a temperature-controlled fermentation using selected yeasts.  Two thirds of the wine is aged in concrete ‘eggs’ for 10 months, a third in used barriques for 13 months.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2022 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43819076780262,"sku":"IWP012B22L302","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2022 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":53373939810690,"sku":"IWP012C6L302","price":178.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2023 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55977378677122,"sku":"IWP012B23L709","price":33.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Favaro-Erbaluce-di-Caluso-Tredicimesi-2022.jpg?v=1729356479"},{"product_id":"favaro-erbaluce-di-caluso-le-chiusure","title":"Favaro. Erbaluce di Caluso 'Le Chiusure'","description":"\u003cp\u003eErbaluce di Caluso DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Erbaluce\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApricot and lime nose, a fine and intense vintage.  White peach and basil flavours, there is something really piercing about this release.  An immaculate, complex white wine. 13%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Bat and Bottle link to Favaro producer page\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/favaro\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBenito Favaro producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCamillo Favaro is Canavese through and through, his understanding of the local Erbaluce is only matched by his knowledge in Burgundy’s wines.  This scholarship has allowed the emergence of unique and thoughtful wines, and whilst his philosophy may locally be considered modernist, from an international viewpoint his wines are defined, vigorous and delicious.\u003cbr\u003eLe Chiusure is just over a hectare of south-facing vineyard.  It is on stony, moraine soils at an altitude of three hundred and fifty metres.  The grapes are picked by hand, de-stemmed, cold-soaked for a day and pressed.  The fermentation is in temperature-controlled steel tanks at 18ºC, using selected yeasts.  After fermentation the wine remains in tank with the fine lees* until June, when it is lightly filtered and bottled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArchive\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e2021 was a fine vintage, made from wine matured only in steel tanks.  All the amphora and oak-aged Erbuluce was all for the Tredicimesi. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2022 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43819085562086,"sku":"IWP011B22L208","price":26.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2022 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":55962088374658,"sku":"IWP011C22L208","price":150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2023 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55977318613378,"sku":"IWP011B23L305","price":29.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Favaro-Le-Chiusure-Erbaluce-di-Caluso-2022-75cl-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1735990557"},{"product_id":"favaro-freisa-f2","title":"Favaro. Freisa 'F2'","description":"\u003cp\u003eCanavese DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Freisa  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeautifully elegant dark fruit, remarkable extraction from this thin-skinned variety. This vintage is all raspberry and spice, full and rich with fig and violet nuance. 14%.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Bat and Bottle link to Favaro producer page\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/favaro\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFavaro\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eproducer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFreisa is a versatile, strong-charactered native grape variety of Piemonte; producers use it to make everything from frothy, sweet reds to seriously tannic monsters.\u003cbr\u003eThe vineyard, 'Vigna Riva Molini', is just 1\/5th of a hectare, south facing at an altitude of 380m, morainic soils with a high proportion of stones. The vines are Guyot trained and grapes are picked by hand.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHalf of the Freisa is fermented conventionally, the other half utilises a whole grape technique. The two wines are then put together and aged in steel. Production: 750 bottles.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a true study on the variety by a winemaker who loves and believes in the grape. Camillo has kept the essential character of Freisa whilst achieving some degree of control and taming its more raucous characteristics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2019 \/ 75cl","offer_id":41311413731513,"sku":"IRP212B19L507","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2021 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43819082383590,"sku":"IRP212B21L307","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2021 \/ 6 bottle","offer_id":55978750869890,"sku":"IRP212C21L307","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Benito-Favaro-Canavese-Rosso-Freisa-F2-2019.jpg?v=1700147492"},{"product_id":"favaro-nebbiolo-ros","title":"Favaro. Nebbiolo Canavese 'Ros'","description":"\u003cp\u003eNebbiolo Canavese DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCamomile and fresh cut flowers on the nose, strawberry and damson. Perfectly formed tannins, red berry, delicate spice, smoke and elegant floral fruit, this is a classic.  14%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/favaro\" title=\"Bat and Bottle link to Favaro producer page\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFavaro\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eproducer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon’t get too excited about this wine. The total annual production is just 300 bottles, though there are plans to increase this by a barrel or two when the new vineyard comes on stream in the future. \u003cbr\u003eFavaro’s Nebbiolo is planted at an altitude of 400m, the soils are scattered with granite stones, it is a marginal climate for red grapes. The vines are picked by hand and the Ros takes the best of the Nebbiolo crop. Fermentation is in an open oak fermenter with selected yeasts, there is no temperature control. The wine remains on the skins for 3 weeks with gentle submerging of the cap (skins that float to the surface), no pumpovers.\u003cbr\u003eThe wine is aged in used-barrique for 14 months with no racking. The finished wine is bottled without filtration or cold stabilisation, just a smidge of sulphur. Camillo has a very clear idea of what he wants from this wine, absolute purity, a precise and pared back Nebbiolo, the grapes are treated so gently and it shows in the wine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2021 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43819081564390,"sku":"IRP222B21L204","price":29.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2018 \/ 150cl","offer_id":34586888962204,"sku":"IRP222M18L705","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2021 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":55974629966210,"sku":"IRP222C21L204","price":165.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2023 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55977413640578,"sku":"IRP222B23L401","price":29.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Favaro-Ros-Canavese-Nebbiolo-2021.jpg?v=1700735620"},{"product_id":"lapo-berti-barolo-del-comune-di-la-morra","title":"Lapo Berti. Barolo del Comune di La Morra","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarolo DOCG del Comune di La Morra\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Barolo with intense aromatics; rose, red berry and spice.  The tannins are fully mature and give a deep structure, around which the minerality of Fossati, and light, fruit purity of Bricco Rocca dance. 14%\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"link to Lapo Berti producer page. Italy, Piemonte, Barolo, Nebbiolo Langhe\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/lapo-berti\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLapo Berti producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wine comes from two plots in La Morra: Bricco Rocca and Fossati. Fossati is on the western side of La Morra, it has a deserved reputation for long-lived wines with finesse as well as weight, a very different beast to its neighbour, Sarmassa (in the commune of Barolo).  Bricco Rocca is a little lower, where the aspect of the slopes provides the vines with excellent exposure to the sun, producing wines with finesse and balance, softer and more floral in style.  The soils in both crus (plots) are similar: lowish sand (25%), highish levels of clay (39%), iron levels are high in Fossati.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2017 is a much misunderstood vintage, it was very hot and dry, but the previous year wasn’t and reserves of water were good.  The vines showed no stress, the berries were a little smaller, it was a very good vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e2013 produced a number of challenges: the spring was cold and wet and summer started late, this meant the fruit set was late and not as generous as usual. Fortunately, September and October were warm and dry and the Nebbiolo ripened perfectly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2017 \/ 75cl","offer_id":41313314668729,"sku":"IRP211B17L110","price":52.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2018 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43094375727334,"sku":"IRP211B18L501","price":58.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":45052547629286,"sku":"IRP211B20L409","price":69.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2017 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":55962282787202,"sku":"IRP211C17L110","price":290.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Lapo-Berti-Barolo-La-Morra-2017.jpg?v=1671717213"},{"product_id":"lapo-berti-langhe-nebbiolo","title":"Lapo Berti. 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He gives the wine a remarkable 18 months in barrel because he wants the Nebbiolo to have lost some of the primary fruit flavours and gained a little tertiary complexity before releasing it. La Morra is famous for making the archetypal Barolo and it is no surprise that Lapo has had to work extremely hard to find the fruit to make this wine. His first port of call was a second selection from his Barolo, which is are now joined by vines that he has been working with in lesser sites with great potential.\u003cbr\u003eHis Nebbiolo is made in a very similar way to his Barolo: indigenous yeasts, a part of the fermentation in steel and a part in open demi-muids, nothing is added; no malo-bugs, no tannins or fructose. The wine is aged in used barrels and bottled without filtration with a miniscule amount of SO2 (60mg\/l).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43094371827942,"sku":"IRP177B20L703","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"HIDE2022 \/ 75cl","offer_id":45082683113702,"sku":"IRP177B22L","price":38.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"2020 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":55961801949570,"sku":"IRP177C20L703","price":199.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Lapo-Berti-Langhe-Nebbiolo-2020.jpg?v=1749563160"},{"product_id":"le-marie-blanc-de-lissart","title":"Le Marie. 'Blanc de Lissart'","description":"\u003cp\u003eVino Bianco\u003cbr\u003eGrape: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/pages\/malvasia-moscata\" title=\"Malvasia Moscata information page\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMalvasia Moscata\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wine to compare with Alsace’s finest dry Muscats.  This is summer meadow on the nose with tangerine and elderflower, beautiful and fresh.  A bone dry, genuinely aromatic white with kiwi, jasmine and bright crystalline, fresh green-grape flavours.  Wonderful as an aperitivo or with samosas, sashimi… 13%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Link to Le Marie producer page #Piemonte #MalvasiaMoscato #RareGrapeTypes #Pinerolese #Monviso\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/le-marie\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLe Marie producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade with very low levels of sulphur. This is a clone of Moscato that I know nothing of and can find no reference to as yet, I’ll keep digging. \u003cbr\u003eProduction: 9000 bottles\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2022 \/ 75cl","offer_id":42873200902374,"sku":"IWP037B22L411","price":18.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2022 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":55962203062658,"sku":"IWP037C22L411","price":105.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"HIDE2024 \/ 75cl","offer_id":56540221636994,"sku":"IWP037B24L308","price":18.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Le-Marie-Blanc-de-Lissart-2019.jpg?v=1701702216"},{"product_id":"le-marie-dolcetto-pinerolese","title":"Le Marie. Dolcetto Pinerolese","description":"\u003cp\u003ePinerolese DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Dolcetto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDamson and strawberry, tart berry with ripe mint and sweet basil flavours.  A joyous, energetic wine; lovely chilled, the tannins are somehow enlivened by the experience. 12.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Link to Le Marie producer page #Piemonte #Dolcetto #NorthernPiemonte #Pinerolese #Monviso\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/le-marie\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLe Marie producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2021 \/ 75cl","offer_id":44284042641638,"sku":"IRP169B21L108","price":17.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2021 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":56669892346242,"sku":"IRP169C21L108","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Le-Marie-Pinerolese-Dolcetto.jpg?v=1655980179"},{"product_id":"le-marie-nebbiolo-pinerolese-debarges","title":"Le Marie. Nebbiolo Pinerolese 'Debarges'","description":"\u003cp\u003ePinerolese DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eViolet, blue and black berries, faint strawberry aromas. It is a young wine with huge potential, there is already a lovely sweetness of ripe fruit that promises so much. On the palate there is fine rose-scented fruit, the tannins press a little - they will fade. An elegant and pure wine delivering what the nose promised, blue and red berry fruit, the faintest mocha and mineral lift. 13.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Link to Le Marie producer page #northernpiemonte #nebbiolo\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/le-marie\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLe Marie producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduction 5500 bottles\u003cbr\u003eFrom 2023, the Pinerolese DOC was opened up to include Nebbiolo, if you have bottles from earlier years it was labeled as 'vino rosso'.  The name has changed the wine has not. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vineyard is on mineral-rich red clays on schist, the PH is very low and the altitude high: between 400 and 450 meters. This means that even in the hottest vintages, the wines maintain their freshness. The vines are trained using a Guyot system and the yield is just 6 tonnes of grapes per hectare. \u003cbr\u003eThe harvest is by hand and small crates are used to ensure the grapes arrive undamaged at the cellar. The bunches are de-stemmed and macerated for a week before crushing and a temperature-controlled fermentation in steel tanks. The wine is aged for three months in botti (2500 litre oak barrels).\u003cbr\u003ePinerolese DOC is just 30 hectares of vineyard in the foothills of the western Alpes. The disciplinare represents rose and red wines, Nebbiolo must be bottled as ‘Rosso’ and ‘Rosso’ could be a Barbera or Nebbiolo based wine: it is not the clearest disciplinare. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2023 \/ 75cl","offer_id":56644368368002,"sku":"IRP173B23L305","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2023 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":56669897261442,"sku":"IRP173C23L305","price":129.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Le-Marie-Debarges-Nebbiolo-Pinerolese-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1779185898"},{"product_id":"villa-giada-gamba-di-pernice","title":"Villa Giada. Gamba di Pernice","description":"\u003cp\u003eVino da Tavola\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Gamba di Pernice\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is all nutmeg, black pepper, black cherry and sloe; deep, rich and remarkably accessible tannins. 15%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Link to Bat and Bottle Producer Page for Villa Giada in Monferrato Piemonte Italy\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/giada\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVilla Giada Producer Page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGamba di Pernice is one of oldest Piemontese grape varieties, it is named after the vine’s red stem (leg of the partridge, a French Partridge by the sound of it) and, whilst I understand it being overlooked (it is extremely rare), letting it languish as ‘Vino Rosso’ right up to 2011 was unfair.  Its recognition came with a frustrating name change from Gamba di Pernice to Gamba Rosso, with a DOC, providing the vines were from Calosso.  Villa Giada could make a Calosso DOC, if the Tre Termini vineyard was within the deliminated Calosso appellation, but it is not.  So, Andrea, a key figure behind Calosso’s creation, has been cut out!  Keeping the original name is a small protest, one the world will probably miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a grape that requires careful handling, a gentle de-stemming and long 20 day, spontaneous fermentation in temperature-controlled steel tanks (29-30ºC).  It is this long fermentation and prolonged skin-contact that ensures a wine with a strong structure that, once bottled, needs at least a year in bottle before the tannins are brought into line.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":34158970929287,"sku":"IRP056B20L407","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Villa-Giada-Gamba-di-Pernice-2020-2025Label-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1737116117"},{"product_id":"villa-giada-barbera-dasti-suri","title":"Villa Giada. Barbera d'Asti 'Suri'","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarbera d'Asti DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Barbera\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBramble and black cherry, a delicious red - serve chilled with grilled vegetables, or cool with a linguine and wild boar ragu.  14.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/giada\" title=\"Link to Bat and Bottle Producer Page for Villa Giada in Monferrato Piemonte Italy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVilla Giada producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAndrea's Barbera is grown in the heart of Barbera country, the Asti province in Piemonte, in the communes Calosso and Agliano Terme.  His vineyards are Vadrini, Spessa and Ponticelli, all have excellent exposure from West to Southwest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vines were hand-picked in the first part of October. The bunches are de-stemmed and macerated before a spontanous fermention , which once started, lasts from 10 to 12 days. After this, the wine is racked off the skins and held in tank where it undergoes a malolactic conversion and a little refinement lasting 4 to 5 months. The wine is then bottled and given a short period to catch its breath before being released.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2023 \/ 75cl","offer_id":54870260941186,"sku":"IRP133B23L206","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Villa-Giada-Suri-Barbera-d-Asti-2023-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1772040057"},{"product_id":"villa-giada-nizza-bricco-dani","title":"Villa Giada. Nizza 'Bricco Dani'","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarbera d’Asti Superiore Nizza DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Barbera\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRipe raspberry and black cherry, powerful mature tannins with delicate tobacco, dark chocolate and truffle flavours.  15.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/giada\" title=\"Link to Bat and Bottle Producer Page for Villa Giada in Monferrato Piemonte Italy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLink to Villa Giada Producer Page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDani is the vineyard behind Andrea’s home, near the village of Agliano Terme. It has excellent South-West exposure and produces the flagship wine of the estate, Bricco Dani Barbera d’Asti Superiore Nizza. A selection of the best grapes from the oldest vines are hand harvested and transported to the cellar using small baskets. After a careful de-stemming, the must is kept in contact with the skins, fermentation is in stainless steel vats at a constant temperature for a period of three to four weeks. The wine is kept in steel tanks until the malolactic fermentation is finished, it is held a little longer before being transferred to Allier tonneaux (500ltr barrique) where the wine is aged for between 12 and 14 months, depending on the vintage.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; Production is 8000-9000 bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43803199733990,"sku":"IRP170B20L205","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Villa-Giada-Nizza-Dani-2020.jpg?v=1699275839"},{"product_id":"villa-giada-moscato-dasti-canelli","title":"Villa Giada. Moscato d'Asti 'Canelli'","description":"\u003cp\u003eAsti Spumante DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Moscato\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrea’s Moscato d’Asti is made from Moscato Bianco di Canelli grown on the Ceriole hill in Canelli. The vineyards face South-East to South-West and there are some plantings on the northern slopes to help with freshness and perfume. \u003cbr\u003e The Audrey Hepburn of sweet wines. 5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/giada\" title=\"Link to Bat and Bottle Producer Page for Villa Giada in Monferrato Piemonte Italy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLink to Villa Giada Producer Page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2021 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43690453336294,"sku":"ISP001B21L604","price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Villa-Giada-Moscato-d-Asti-Canelli-75cl.jpg?v=1679304209"},{"product_id":"villa-giada-monferrato-bianco-mane","title":"Villa Giada. Chardonnay 'Mane'","description":"\u003cp\u003ePiemonte DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrapes: Chardonnay, Cortese\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLovely ripe tropical fruit, hints of pineapple cubes and apricot. A bright, freshness that really lifts this wine, a delightful lick of salt and fresh mint on the finish.  12.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/giada\" title=\"Link to Bat and Bottle Producer Page for Villa Giada in Monferrato Piemonte Italy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVilla Giada Producer Page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMané is the name given to the small hill just below the cellar where Andrea's grandfather planted a hectare of Chardonnay. The hill looks a little odd since there are only vines planted on the part owned by the Faccio family, the white clays reflects sunlight through the wild grasses.\u003cbr\u003eThe grapes are picked by hand, usually in the first week of September. The Chardonnay is pressed and fermented using wild* yeasts starting in temperature-controlled steel tanks, with half the wine being racked off to complete fermentation and aging in tonneaux* for 10 months.\u003cbr\u003eThe harvest started early, on 22nd August, the heat and lack of rain meant the grapes were tiny, which meant a small but healthy crop that has turned out to be excellent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2020\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreamy passion fruit and mango aromas, the oak and Chardonnay fruit are beautifully balanced, Andrea does this style so well: it has a lovely floral lift and, while the texture is veering to richness, the sensation is refreshing and pure, a touch of salt, defined peach and lemon – I never feel that this wine needs any ageing.  12.5%\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2023 \/ 75cl","offer_id":54870133309826,"sku":"IWP001B23L204","price":19.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Villa-Giada-Mane-Piemonte-Chardonnay-2023-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1736000644"},{"product_id":"antoniolo-coste-della-sesia-nebbiolo-juvenia","title":"Antoniolo. Coste della Sesia Nebbiolo 'Juvenia'","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoste delle Sesia DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2020 has remarkable stature, rippling power and glorious sapidity.  Like all Antoniolo's red wines it is bottled without filtration and it has thrown a sediment, so we recommend decanting. 13%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/antoniolo\" title=\"Antopiolo, Gattinara producer page\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAntoniolo producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a pure Nebbiolo made from the young vines of the estate’s vineyards, all of which fall within the Gattinara DOCG. The thinking behind Juvenia is to make a good red wine that is ready to drink as soon as it is released; for the fruit to be open and typical of other Antoniolo wines, whilst at the same time being affordable enough to enjoy on a regular basis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Nebbiolo is harvested by hand alongside the fruit for the Gattinara and is sorted before being left to a spontaneous fermentation in steel tanks, then it is aged in steel for another year and a half before being bottled, and then aged for another year before its release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eold notes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2017\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA little deeper than usual, 2017 was a warm vintage and this has some spice and smoke on the nose, the fruit is rich and floral with rose, damson and black cherry fruit.  More mini-Gattinara than Coste della Sesia.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2016\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnforced Nebbiolo fruit with fine tannins gently gripping rose petal and dark berry fruit flavours. A charming, classic mineral wine which is drinking beautifully now and will continue to evolve with grace.  13.5%\u003cbr\u003eOctober 2024, the wine is still remarkably fresh, floral character has dissolved into rich red berry and porcini.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43342964752614,"sku":"IRP303B20L204","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"HIDE2022 \/ 75cl","offer_id":45336488116454,"sku":"IRP303B22L","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Antoniolo-Coste-della-Sesia-Nebbiolo-Juvenia-2020.jpg?v=1732265797"},{"product_id":"antoniolo-gattinara","title":"Antoniolo. Gattinara Riserva","description":"\u003cp\u003eGattinara Riserva DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA fine and forward vintage, it has an immediate quality with joyous ripe fruit and almost welcoming tannins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/antoniolo\" title=\"Link to Antoniolo producer page, Gattinara producer in Piemonte\/Piedmont\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAntoniolo producer page\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis, the ‘Gattinara Riserva’ is taken from all the sites, Osso San Grato, Le Castelle and San Francesco. It is the benchmark Gattinara with forward fruit that has the ability to age over decades.  The vines are picked by hand, the grapes sorted before a spontaneous fermentation in concrete tanks. The wine is aged for three years in botti (20hl) made from both Slavonian and French oak.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe town of Gattinara is famed for Nebbiolo, which the locals call ‘Spanna’.  Gattinara received a DOC in 1967, which became a DOCG in 1990; it is worth noting that whilst Gattinara may be one of the largest appellations in the Alto Piemonte, it is just 93 hectares of vineyard in total making less 50,000 cases (half which comes from Travaglini’s cellar).  Gattinara Riserva must be 100% Nebbiolo (Gattinara Classico can have 10% of other varieties) and be aged for 35 months before release.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArchive\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e2017 is a vintage that gives the Gattinara lovely floral, intense fruit aromas; fine, ripe damson, and approachable tannins.  For a warm vintage, the fruit is very fine - I think this is a classic Gattinara from a vintage that seems to have slipped under the radar: less obvious than 2015 and not so far from the immense 2016.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2016: An absurdly glorious wine, with both power and restraint.  The deep strawberry and blackberry fruit is immaculate, confident, and fine; tobacco, old rose and chocolate orange peek through.  Whilst enjoyable, this wine will develop over 2 decades, it is a genuine epic. 14%\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2015: Rich tannic structure, deep liquorice, herb, tobacco and Turkish coffee.  An extraordinary Gattinara. 14%\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eVINOUS  Review 16\/10\/2022:  Score:92\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 2015 Gattinara Riserva is an absolutely gorgeous wine. Rich and pliant in the glass, the 2015 offers a striking interplay of rich fruit, bright acids and tannic spine. A whole range of floral and savory overtones arrive later. Although quite accessible today, the 2015 has the energy and verve to drink well for many years to come. More importantly, it is an especially superb wine considering it is the ‘entry-level’ Gattinara in this range. It is so impressive, especially considering its price. I tasted the 2015 from a half bottle, the format currently available in the US.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2014: Intricate, red-berry laced beautiful Nebbiolo. Ripe and rounded tannins with deep strawberry fruit on the fore, lifted by mint and rose. Stunning wine.\u0026amp;nbsp; 13.5%\u003cbr\u003e2014 was a difficult vintage that was responsible for some very good, approachable wines. The yield was down by 50%\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2013: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eOld English rose, black cherry and forest strawberry aromas. Deep, full and fine crunchy Nebbiolo fruit, intricate red berry, orange peel and floral nuance. Tannins are fine and will ensure a long life.  13.5%\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2018 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43993727500518,"sku":"IRP304B18L305","price":48.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"HIDE2019 \/ 75cl","offer_id":45336468095206,"sku":"IRP304B19L","price":48.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"2018 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":54866065588610,"sku":"IRP304C18L305","price":276.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55160602886530,"sku":"IRP304B20L207","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Antoniolo-Gattinara-Riserva-2018-Imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1733486602"},{"product_id":"primovolo","title":"Primovolo","description":"\u003cp\u003eVino Rosso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrimovolo, an incredibly rare and eclectic blend made by three producers, great friends, who decided whilst on a return flight from America, after a wine exhibition, that they would make a blend of the three grapes essential to their different regions:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMerlot, Veneto: Conte Emo Capodilista\u003cbr\u003eBarbera, Piemonte: Villa Giada\u003cbr\u003eSangiovese, Tuscany: Rocca delle Macie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a huge, beautiful and almost gratuitous wine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2012 \/ 75cl","offer_id":19344181854319,"sku":"IRP199B12L405","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Primo-Volo.png?v=1589130603"},{"product_id":"massimo-clerico-spanna-coste-della-sesia-nebbiolo","title":"Massimo Clerico. Coste della Sesia Nebbiolo 'Spanna'","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoste della Sesia Nebbiolo DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lovely onion-skin hue to the wine, deep plum and strawberry fruit, some porcini and dried rose. 13%\u003cbr\u003e3000 bottles made\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/massimo-clerico\" title=\"Massimo Clerico Lessona producer page, artisan Alto Piemonte producer making high altitude Nebbiolo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMassimo Clerico, Lessona producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Spanna is made from Massimo’s younger Nebbiolo vines, mostly from ‘Vigneto del Putin’: Lampia and Michet are planted at the top of the vineyard, the hottest part, and Picotendro at the bottom.  Picotendro was once widely planted through Lessona.  Most of the Putin vineyard was planted in 1984.  The wine also uses grapes from the younger vines grown in the Gaja vineyard.\u003cbr\u003eThe Nebbiolo is fermented in temperature-controlled tanks using selected yeasts.  It goes through a 20 day maceration and completes malolactic conversion in steel before being transferred to used barrique for 12 months.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHorse manure is used as fertilizer in the vineyards, we have defined this as Vegan friendly, but some may not agree.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2019 \/ 75cl","offer_id":42426073809126,"sku":"IRP312B19L409","price":29.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2019 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":55979638391170,"sku":"IRP312C19L409","price":168.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Massimo-Clerico-Spanna-Coste-della-Sesia-Spanna-2019.jpg?v=1690279001"},{"product_id":"massimo-clerico-lessona-riserva","title":"Massimo Clerico. 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A majestic wine of real vigour and elegance.  13%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2014\u003cbr\u003eThe 2014 Lessona is an individual wine, the orange skin, rose and citrus elements are lifted, the fruit fine and tannins balanced, the oak remains a little overbearing, I am convinced this will be extraordinary, far from the old Parker mould and honestly, some way from the uncompromising, historical character of Massimo’s Lessona, this is a lighter vintage, and it has received the same winemaking approach and what has come out is quirky and original.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2015\u003cbr\u003eThis wine was taken exclusively from the Leria vineyard, it is an extraordinary wine, a powerful and elemental wine.  On the nose, bramble and flint, the palate holds a depth of bramble, red berry, orange skin, truffle, it is huge and magnificent. 13.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Massimo Clerico Lessona producer page\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/massimo-clerico\"\u003eMassimo Clerico, Lessona producer page.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClerico’s Lessona Riserva is an iconic Biellese wine, the style is uncompromising and individual. For pre-2015 vintages, Massimo used only the oldest Nebbiolo vines from Vigna Gaja and some Vespolina. These grapes are hand-picked when they are at optimum ripeness. Massimo uses an extended fermentation on the skins using a ‘submerged cap’ for 40 days. The extraction of flavour is marked, the tannins can be a little aggressive when the wine is young though they soften majestically. The wine is then aged in botti, large French oak barrels for 3 years and bottled unfiltered. It is matured for at least another year before being offered for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHorse manure is used as fertilizer in the vineyards, we have defined this as Vegan friendly, but some may not agree.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2013 \/ 150cl","offer_id":36698163544220,"sku":"IRP313M13L703","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2014 \/ 75cl","offer_id":42426053001446,"sku":"IRP313B14L407","price":44.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2015 \/ 75cl","offer_id":42426049921254,"sku":"IRP313B15L410","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Massimo-Clerico-Lessona-Riserva-2013.jpg?v=1661704656"},{"product_id":"villa-guelpa-sizzano","title":"Villa Guelpa. Sizzano","description":"\u003cp\u003eSizzano DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo, Vespolina\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA generous vintage with cocoa and spicy red cherry fruit.  Daniele holds back on the Vespolina, his wines are lush and perfectly balanced, amongst the most approachable, joyous wines of the Alto Piemonte.  13.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Villa Guelpa producer page, Lessona, Sizzano, Erbaluce\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/villa-guelpa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVilla Guelpa producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSizzano is a tiny, historic, and largely unknown Alto-Piemonte wine.  It is slightly unusual in that Nebbiolo can be no more than 70% of the blend, the balance made up with Uva Rara and\/or Vespolina.\u003cbr\u003eThe soils in Daniele’s vineyard have up to 3 metres of pebbly, sandy dark loams facing from south to southwest.  The vines are 36-59 years old, Guyot* trained, planted at a density of 3500 plants per hectare.  \u003cbr\u003eHarvested on 9th October, by a small team of family and friends, the bunches were de-stemmed and pressed before a spontaneous fermentation, with skin contact for 2 weeks.  The wine was aged for 24 months in 20hl oak botti after which it was bottled without fining or filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2017 - \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eImmaculate forward, ripe black cherry fruit, marked spice, probably thanks to the Vespolina making itself noticed. Such a luscious wine, this is nuanced and rich, with sweet accessible tannins. It’s a pleasure to drink and promises to mature over a great many years.  13.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2016  \u003ca title=\"Link to Wine Enthusiast review of Villa Guelpa Sizzano 2016\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winemag.com\/buying-guide\/villa-guelpa-2016-nebbiolo-sizzano\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWine Enthusiast 93 points\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2018 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43058087985382,"sku":"IRP309B18L208","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2018 \/ 150cl","offer_id":43058098110694,"sku":"IRP309M18L900","price":66.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43791784804582,"sku":"IRP309B20L406","price":32.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2018 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":45255143489766,"sku":"IRP309C18L208","price":178.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Villa-Guelpa-Sizzano-2018importedbyBatandBottle.jpg?v=1722770913"},{"product_id":"villa-guelpa-lessona","title":"Villa Guelpa. Lessona","description":"\u003cp\u003eLessona DOC \u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA high altitude Nebbiolo from Alta-Piemonte; an elegant Burgundian style wine that is fresh and long with fine style.  13.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.winemag.com\/buying-guide\/villa-guelpa-2016-lessona\/\" title=\"Link to Wine Enthusiast review of Villa Guelpa Lessona\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/villa-guelpa\" title=\"Link to Bat and Bottle Producer Page for Villa Guelpa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVilla Guelpa Producer Page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2018 Gambero Rosso Tre Bichieri\u003cbr\u003e2016 \u003ca title=\"Link to Wine Enthusiast review of Villa Guelpa Lessona\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winemag.com\/buying-guide\/villa-guelpa-2016-lessona\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWine Enthusiast 95 points (cellar selection)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":29232262479983,"sku":"IRP310B20L115","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Villa-Guelpa-Lessona-2020.jpg?v=1694523145"},{"product_id":"antoniolo-gattinara-osso-san-grato","title":"Antoniolo. Gattinara Riserva 'Osso San Grato'","description":"\u003cp\u003eGattinara Riserva DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2018\u003cbr\u003eElemental, forged from these hard soils, remarkable focus and power, bordered by muscular, ripe tannins; shot through with clove and roasted almond nuance. A remarkable wine by any standards. 14%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2017\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable wine that took the joy of a hot vintage and refused the pain: powerful black cherry, bramble and damson fruit, with spice and wild rose, blood and iron on the finish, fine mature tannins and freshening acidity.  14%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2016\u003cbr\u003eRemarkable restraint and clarity, the high mineral content in the soils delivers a fabulous freshness through what is an extraordinarily deep and powerful wine. Monumental.  14%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/antoniolo\" title=\"Link to Antoniolo, Gattinara producer page\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAntoniolo producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOsso San Grato is one of the more extreme vineyards in Gattinara, a south-facing steep gradient falling from 450-300m.  The terraces follow the contours across the slope (giropoggio) and were created by Alberto and Lorella’s grandfather.  The thin soils are a mix of igneous rock and scarce organic matter.  In total, the vineyard is 6ha, planted entirely with Nebbiolo in the 60’s.  This is regarded as one of the great crus of Gattinara.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA difficult vineyard to access, the work must be completed manually. The selected bunches are handled as little as possible: de-stemmed, pressed before a spontaneous* fermentation in concrete tanks, where the wine remains until malolactic* conversion finishes in the following spring. The wine was aged for 3 years in 35hl botti*, new oak is never used for Osso San Grato wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArchive\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e2014 is not labeled as a riserva, it is, and it is a very pretty vintage indeed: fine floral fruit, beautifully fresh and supple with the finest dusting of tannin. A genuine collectors piece, it was a tiny vintage and this is the only single vineyard wine that Antoniolo released in 2014, it is an extremely good wine, silky and delicate.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eProduction: 2500 bottles (one botti)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2017 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43290494992614,"sku":"IRP314B17L711","price":82.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2018 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43993733464294,"sku":"IRP314B18L106","price":82.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"HIDE2019 \/ 75cl","offer_id":45336481497318,"sku":"IRP314B19L","price":86.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"HIDE2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55160605049218,"sku":"IRP314B20L","price":88.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Antoniolo-Gattinara-Riserva-Osso-San-Grato-2016-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1713971701"},{"product_id":"brezza-barolo-castellero","title":"Brezza. 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This is an unusually high proportion of sand and legend has it that this makes Castello Barolo unwieldy in its youth.\u003cbr\u003eThe Nebbiolo was planted in 1970 using a Guyot training system at a density of 3700 vines per hectare. The Nebbiolo clone is called Lampia and if you are interested the rootstock is K5BB. Brezza has under 0.7 ha in the Castellero Cru which produces 6000 kg of fruit in total.\u003cbr\u003eThe grapes are handpicked in October, de-stemmed, crushed and fermented in steel tanks using native yeasts. This takes between eight and nine days with frequent pumping over. The wine is then taken off the skins and goes through malolactic fermentation in steel tanks, after which it is moved to 30 hectolitre Slovenian oak botti where it remains for a minimum of two years. Then the wine is tasted to determine an appropriate bottling date. Once bottled it is kept for a further year in a temperature-controlled cellar at about 15°C. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2015 \/ 75cl","offer_id":30742643572871,"sku":"IRP316B15L706","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Brezza-Barolo-Castellero-2015.png?v=1587221035"},{"product_id":"le-marie-santagostino","title":"Le Marie. Arneis 'Sant Agostino'","description":"\u003cp\u003eVino Bianco\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Arneis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2022\u003cbr\u003eLemon, lime, yellow pepper and spiced pear.  A lovely textured, refreshing, delicate, dry white. 13.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Link to Le Marie producer page #Piemonte #MalvasiaMoscato #RareGrapeTypes #Pinerolese #Monviso\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/le-marie\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLe Marie producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArneis is rarely found outside of its stronghold, the Roero in the Langhe.  It is a sensitive grape, with below-average disease resistance, lowish yields and a small picking window. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is very little Arneis in the Pinerolese, and it is only made by Le Marie because they have a wonderful 30+ year old vineyard that gives extraordinary fruit.  But, it is a difficult wine for them to make and sadly, the 2023 may well be their last one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vineyard is tiny (1ha), faces southeast, has complex sand, silt and clay mixed-morainic soils that yielded 34 hl\/ha of grapes in 2022.  After a hot, dry summer, healthy bunches were harvested on 7th September, 12 days earlier than usual.  They were pressed and fermented in temperature-controlled steel tanks at 17ºC for 10 days; malolactic conversion was blocked.  The wine was matured in steel tanks for 6 months before being bottled with a light filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2022 \/ 75cl","offer_id":44284012396774,"sku":"IWP306B22L204","price":17.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Le-Marie-Sant-Agostino-Arneis-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1711640603"},{"product_id":"the-english-winemaker-the-italian-red","title":"Matt Gregory. The Italian Red (Barbera)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMatt Gregory The English Winemaker\u003cbr\u003eVino Rosso\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Barbera\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wonderful vintage, the Barbera was immaculate: ripe and healthy and perfect for Matt's minimalist winemaking style. The vigour has faded to reveal a lovely complexity of mature red fruit, spice and leather.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/the-english-winemaker\" title=\"The English Winemaker producer page\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMatt Gregory producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Italian Red is made with just Barbera grapes from the La Quercia vineyard, just north of Canelli. The soil is the typical calcareous marl of the Monferrato, and the vines are southwest facing at 350 metres above sea level. The Barbera ripens early here and Matt picks the fruit much earlier than anybody locally to keep alcohol levels down and retain acidity.  13%\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes are hand sorted and fermented with wild yeasts in two six year old, 500 litre tonneaux. Very limited handling for a very gentle infusion: hand plunged just twice and not pumped over. The fermented juice was kept on the skins for 43 days, twice the average time.  The wine was then pressed using a traditional basket press, left on lees in stainless steel before bottling in October 2020 without fining or filtration but a very small (20 ppm) addition of sulphur.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe label doesn’t disclose the grape variety for bureaucracy reasons. Matt says: “Although this wine is not the subversive one the Italian authorities think it is, it is pushing the boundaries of what is usual for Barbera in this particular corner of the world. The tradition is to handle Barbera quite a lot as the tannins can be quite shy and soft, so plunging and pumping help get more extraction, pressed off skins fairly smartly after alcoholic fermentation and then either a quick rest in steel or an extended stay in oak before bottling. Conversely The Italian Red is very much left alone, and for quite a long time before pressing, and again left alone in tank for an extended period before bottling. The result is a Barbera that has finesse and structure without oak as a supporting character.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe label’s artwork is by Vanessa Stone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2019 \/ 75cl","offer_id":37504509673657,"sku":"IRP319B19L415","price":24.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/The-English-Winemaker-The-Italian-Red.jpg?v=1749724738"},{"product_id":"villa-giada-la-quercia","title":"Villa Giada. Barbera 'La Quercia'","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Barbera\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrushed sloe, Victoria plum and black cherry, black pepper and strawberry. Rich dark fruit, liquorice and violet, deep brambly fruit with a twist and cinnamon and pepper. Classic Barbera that balances the grapes natural acidity with its generosity of fruit, a vigorous and lovely wine.  14.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/giada\" title=\"link to Villa Giada, Andrea Faccio producer page Canelli, Monferrato, Piemonte\/Piedmont\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVilla Giada, Andrea Faccio producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVilla Giada's 'La Quercia' is a wine named after an old oak tree that stands in the vineyard. \u003cbr\u003eThis Barbera is made from the best grapes selected from this Agliano vineyard. Fermentation lasts three weeks in steel vats where the wine also goes through a malolactic fermentation, after which it rests before being transferred to the traditional 7hl (7000 ltr) barrels where it languishes for just under a year. This is a typical recipe of the area which Andrea has pretty much perfected (in my opinion).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2017 \/ 75cl","offer_id":37505781825721,"sku":"IRP321B17L---","price":18.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2017 \/ 150cl","offer_id":42296496423142,"sku":"IRP321M17L703","price":38.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Villa-Giada-Barbera-dAsti-Quercia.jpg?v=1699275449"},{"product_id":"achille-milanesio-carema-riserva","title":"Togliana. 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Producer page\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAchille Milanesio, Carema producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAchille's Carema Riserva is from a site, or Cru called ‘Runc’.  The Picotendro (Nebbiolo) vines are on a steeply terraced south-facing slope.  The vines are between 20 and 30 years old and are masal* selections.  The training is on a particular high pergola, known locally as ‘Topia’.  It is a system that requires exhaustive work, no tractors, everything is manual, this is truly heroic viticulture.\u003cbr\u003ePrior to the harvest, Achille makes a pied de cuve* in the vineyard, to select unadulterated, strong, native yeasts.  The grapes are hand-picked by the family, crushed, and tipped into a steel tank, where the pied de cuve awaits them.  The fermentation lasts just over 2 weeks, the wine then spends another month with the skins submerged, before being racked into a clean steel tank where it goes through malolactic conversion*.  The wine is aged in a used French tonneaux* for a year before it is bottled without filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2018 saw a change of branding from Achille Milanesio: new label and the emergence of Cantina Togliana\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArchive \u003cbr\u003e2017 Rose, vanilla flowers, pure bramble and plum aromas that morph neatly into the finest and most finely poised palate, where salted chocolate-orange flavours weave their way through textured, floral fruit. 13.5%\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2018 \/ 75cl","offer_id":42421290139878,"sku":"IRP342B18L670-705","price":45.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2018 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":44104760033510,"sku":"IRP342186L670","price":259.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2019 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43993506906342,"sku":"IRP342B19L307","price":47.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"HIDE2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":45185714913510,"sku":"IRP342B20L","price":48.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"2021 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55979117117826,"sku":"IRP342B21L","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Cantina-Togliana-Achille-Milanese-Carema-Riserva-2018-75cl.jpg?v=1711209324"},{"product_id":"cascina-morassino-barbaresco","title":"Cascina Morassino. Barbaresco","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarbaresco DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2016 \/ 75cl","offer_id":40792820252857,"sku":"IRP322B16L112","price":41.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Cascina-Morassino-Barbaresco-2016.jpg?v=1665850781"},{"product_id":"colombera-garella-vespolina-vispavola","title":"Colombera \u0026 Garella. Vespolina 'Vispavola'","description":"\u003cp\u003eVino Rosso\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Vespolina, Croatina (5%)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpicy, fresh bramble and plum, salt and raspberry.  There is an uncommon purity to the wine, with an appealing wayward element.  There is 5% Croatina in the 2020 vintage which adds a nice twist of spice. 13%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/colombera-and-garella\" title=\"Colombera and Garella producer page.  Artisan, minimum intervention family farming in Bramaterra and Lessona in the Alto Piemonte\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eColombera \u0026amp; Garella producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2017 the Bramaterra rules were changed to allow more Nebbiolo into the Bramaterra, and that gave the opportunity to make a first ‘straight’ Vespolina.  DNA profiling has confirmed that Vespolina has a parent-child relationship with Nebbiolo, and it is usually blended with Nebbiolo, which works really well.  As a single variety it is fascinating, not quite the structure of Nebbiolo, but the vines are over 25 years old and there is real depth and quality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":40878398243001,"sku":"IRP323B20L507","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Colombera-Garella-Vispavola-Vespolina.png?v=1634979216"},{"product_id":"sperino-coste-della-sesia-rosso-uvaggio","title":"Sperino. Coste della Sesia Rosso 'Uvaggio'","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoste della Sesia DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrapes: Nebbiolo, Croatina, Vespolina\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13.5%\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2017 \/ 75cl","offer_id":40887054860473,"sku":"IRP324B17L623","price":33.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Proprieta-Sperino-Uvaggio-Coste-della-Sesia-2017.png?v=1630514926"},{"product_id":"achille-milanesio-nebbiolo-arsin","title":"Togliana. Carema l'Arsin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCarema DOC\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo (known locally as Picotendro)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBasil, rose, camomile, spice and salt, a vigorous, crystalline purity to this full-flavoured, silky wine.  13.5%\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/achille-milanesio\" title=\"Achille Milanesio Carema producer page\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArchille Milanesio producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eL’Arsin simply means grape in the ancient dialect of the area.  An unassuming name for a wine that, until 2019 was simply supplying grapes for the Milanese family’s table wines.  This may sound farfetched, but Carema is tiny, and nobody had heard of the wines, let along understood the significance of this historical and unique Picotendro (Nebbiolo), it had limited value, now the land is gold-dust.  So, Archille has registered his old 0.5ha plot just above his home, a wonderful site in the centre of the Carema amphitheatre of vines.\u003cbr\u003eThe Picotendro is Topia* trained and organically farmed.  Grapes are hand-picked and fermented in small steel tanks using a pied de cuve*.  The cap is kept submerged for about a month, after which the wine is racked and remains in steel until malolactic conversion is complete.  Some of the wine is aged in chestnut and some in third passage oak barrique, the finished wine is bottled without filtration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2017 - 18 points Walter Speller (Jancis Robinson)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":41097285173433,"sku":"IRP333B20L305","price":37.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"HIDE2021 \/ 75cl","offer_id":45185711407334,"sku":"IRP333B21L","price":39.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"2020 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":55975068434818,"sku":"IRP333C20L305","price":213.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"HIDE2022 \/ 75cl","offer_id":55979111121282,"sku":"IRP333B22L","price":47.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Cantina-Togliana-Achille-Milanese-Carema-Arsin-2020.jpg?v=1700996890"},{"product_id":"ascheri-barolo","title":"Ascheri. Barolo","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarolo DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAn absolutely classic take on a modern Barolo, the tannins are perfectly judged, the fruit dark and spicy, forward and appealing.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e14.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Matteo Ascheri producer page. Bra, Piemonte, Italy. Barolo, Nebbiolo, Gavi, Syrah, Viognier\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/ascheri\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMatteo Ascheri, Piemonte producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor me, this is a very nostalgic wine that harks back to days when Matteo made just 2 Barolo wines; the annata (this wine), and the selection (long gone).  The thinking behind Barolo ‘annata’ is to express the vintage by making a blend from the various vineyards to find the best overall balance.  However, Barolo today is more interested in expressive, site-specific wines; so, that silky elegance of Verduno will no longer tame the power of Serralunga.  \u003cbr\u003eThat said, never say never, the band is back together and in truth the Barolo annata never quite went away:  the old vines in the \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePisapola (Verduno) and Sorano (Serralunga) vineyards were used to meet the demand for great, single-vineyard wines.  The demand for proper, enjoyable Barolo never went away and Matteo met it with new, younger vineyards whose fruit was used for own label Barolo until the vines matured into something far too good to give the ‘price-sensitive’ supermarkets; and so the ‘Blue Label Barolo’ was created, this ‘Retro Label’ was reserved for cellar sales, but it is so lovely that we wanted it!\u003cbr\u003eThe exact assemblage depends on the vintage, the cru* Barolo: Ascheri, Bric de Costa, Pisapola and Sorano take the first selection from their respective vineyards, the annata takes Nebbiolo from the younger vines and from those which complement the annata and not the cru wines.  The wine is fermented using inoculated yeasts in temperature-controlled steel tanks at 28ºC for two weeks, pumping over every 4 hours.  The period of maceration is relatively short, and the wine is aged in botti grande*\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2017 \/ 75cl","offer_id":42334554915046,"sku":"IRP326B17L703","price":33.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/files\/Ascheri-Barolo-2017-imported-by-Bat-and-Bottle.jpg?v=1730465551"},{"product_id":"cantina-della-serra-erbaluce-spumante-brut-serra-blu","title":"Cantina della Serra. 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The gentlest mousse, this is a very lovely wine. 12%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Cantina della Serra, Piverone, Piemonte producer page\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/cantina-della-serra\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCantina della Serra producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePut simply, Erbaluce is a fascinating grape variety, perfectly adapted to the terroir of Caluso.  Combine this with the winemaking genius of Vittorio Garda and the technical excellence of this historic cooperative and we have an unmissable fizz, a prosecco alternative if you will,  which is such brilliant value!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMetodo Martinotti (Charmat)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2023 \/ 75cl","offer_id":45327861088486,"sku":"ISP020B23L100","price":16.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2023 \/ 6 bottle","offer_id":56347512766850,"sku":"ISP020C23L111","price":99.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Cantina-della-Serra-Serra-Blu-Brut-Canavese-della-Serra-L22.jpg?v=1710164808"},{"product_id":"cantina-la-serra-erbaluce-di-caluso-macerato","title":"Cantina della Serra. 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Timorasso 'Derthona'","description":"\u003cp\u003eColli Tortonesi DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Timorasso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2020 is an extraordinary vintage, there is real weight and balance, a settled power with lemon and floral elements woven through its intense, structured beauty.\u003cbr\u003e14%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Francesco Iandolo producer page.  Francesco has vineyards in Dertona (Timorasso) and Nizza (Barbera)\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/iandolo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFrancesco Iandolo producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDerthona is the Roman name for the area that we call Colli Tortonesi.  For a wine to be called Derthona, it must be Timorasso only, the vines must be in the Colli Tortonesi.  This is an ancient wine that is enjoying a deserved resurgence, great names from Barolo and Barbaresco are now investing here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is Francesco’s second Dertona, made from a rented 30 year old, vineyard called Ca’ dell Aglio near Brignano-Frascata.  The soils are thin, rich in chalk, sparsely laid over a bed of limestone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe grapes were hand-picked at the end of September.  The bunches gently pressed, then macerated* for a few hours to allow the juice naturally to flow out.  The fermentation was with selected yeasts, in a steel temperature-controlled (16ºC) tank.  The wine was then aged on the lees* for 1 year with a weekly bâtonnage*.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43933129179366,"sku":"IWP309B20L203","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2020 \/ 6 bottles","offer_id":55962075595138,"sku":"IWP309C20L204","price":142.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Francesco-Iandolo-Timorasso-Colli-Tortonesi-2019.jpg?v=1697823925"},{"product_id":"oreste-buzio-grignolino-del-monferrato-casalese","title":"Oreste Buzio. 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The lower part of the vineyard crops more generously and the fruit is a little more straightforward.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":42678830792934,"sku":"IRP328B20L---","price":16.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Oreste-Buzio-Barbera-del-Monferrato.png?v=1650275060"},{"product_id":"oreste-buzio-albarossa-al-barbacarlo","title":"Oreste Buzio. Albarossa ‘Al BarbaCarlo’","description":"\u003cp\u003ePiemonte DOC \u003cbr\u003eGrape: Albarossa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA powerful and full bodied red; bramble and rose aromas, tobacco and rich brambly fruit, tomato, celery and iodine. A good wine with a dark heart. 15%\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Oreste Buzio producer page, small organic family business specialising in Grignolino and Albarossa\" href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/oreste-buzio\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLink to Oreste Buzio producer page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrea Buzio completed his dissertation on Albarossa, a variety created in a laboratory by Giovanni Dalmasso in 1936, who declared a crossing of Piemonte’s great red grapes Barbera and Nebbiolo and it was named Incrocio 13.26. The result was excellent, however studies in the mid 60’s uncovered the fact that it is a Barbera and Chatus (Nebbiolo di Donero) crossing, which was subsequently renamed Albarossa. \u003cbr\u003eThe Albarossa vineyard is now 10 years old, it is Guyot trained* at a density of 5000 vines per hectare, the soils are chalky on a south-facing slope. It is organically farmed, with great care taken to respect the local environment.\u003cbr\u003eThe grapes are hand-picked and fermented in steel before being transferred to French oak barrique*and tonneaux* of varying ages where the wine matures for 8 months.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2018 \/ 75cl","offer_id":42678845374694,"sku":"IRP330B18L205","price":21.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Oreste-Buzio-Albarossa-al-BarbaCarlo.png?v=1650274160"},{"product_id":"prunotto-barbera-d-alba-pian-romualdo","title":"Prunotto. Barbera d’Alba 'Pian Romualdo'","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarbera d'Alba DOC\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Barbera\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePian Romualdo \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas first produced in 1961 from Prunotto’s vineyards located in the Monforte D’Alba area. Barbera vines grown here benefit greatly from temperature fluctuation between day and night, allowing Pian Romualdo to develop pronounced freshness, characteristic aromas and an excellent ageing potential.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2018 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43027742359782,"sku":"IRP331B18L407","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Antinori-estates-Piemonte-Prunotto-Barbera-d-Alba-Pian-Romualdo-2018.jpg?v=1655471578"},{"product_id":"prunotto-barbaresco-bric-turot","title":"Prunotto. Barbaresco 'Bric Turot'","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarbaresco DOCG\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe winter of 2018 was longer than usual, with sufficient rain to replenish depleted ground reserves. The spring was cool with the summer really kicking off in mid-July, rain came in bursts resulting in the vines bolting. The overall result was remarkably soft tannins and super-ripe fruit, generally a vintage that is very forward. The fruit has a lovely, spiced blueberry character, deep and floral.  14%\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBric Turot is a 5 hectare vineyard with a southeast to southwest exposure. Tortonian soils, rich in chalk and marl which are relatively compact, similar to that found in La Morra, and Barolo as well. Bric Turot means ‘top of a small hill’, the name has been used for many years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vines are Guyot* trained and follow the contours of the hill. The grapes are hand-picked, de-stemmed and crushed before a temperature-controlled fermentation, with 10 days of skin contact. Malolactic conversion* finished before the onset of winter and the wine was transferred to age in oak barrels of varying sizes for 12 months.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bat-wine","offers":[{"title":"2018 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43027754385638,"sku":"IRP332B18L405","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2020 \/ 75cl","offer_id":43819981013222,"sku":"IRP332B20L117","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/1228\/5807\/products\/Antinori-estates-Piemonte-Prunotto-Barbaresco-Bric-Turot-2018.jpg?v=1655471150"},{"product_id":"lapo-berti-barolo-fossati","title":"Lapo Berti. Barolo Fossati","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarolo DOCG del Comune di La Morra\u003cbr\u003eGrape: Nebbiolo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2020 14.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bat.wine\/collections\/lapo-berti\" title=\"link to Lapo Berti producer page. 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