Severn Goodwin

9.3

2015 | Nebbiolo
Cantina AR.PE.PE; Stella Retica, Valtellina Superiore
Lombardy; Valtellina, Sassella, Italy
(92-94; Drink 2025-35) — 8 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Wow. Super floral nose. Heavenly roses. So delicate yet super intense. Spices galore. Tons of wet earth. So Burgundian. Super refined. Just stunning. Palate is elegant and a bit young out of the gates. Super delicate. Haunting. This is scary elegant. So long. Silky and sweet with mid season cherries and the most ethereal tannins, yet they are substantial and structured. Just incredible stuff. Has years to go but a very nice drop today. The length is astonishing. My score will go up. — 2 years ago

Eric Gardner

9.3

Grandfather makes awesome wine. I love E. Pepe wine as much as I can love a wine. It is the shizzle, and for the technically inclined, the shizzle is listed somewhere between nutmeg and apricots in your somm tasting notes study guide. Weirdly, I also love Ar.Pe.Pe. wine (which is very different), and Franco Pepe pizza from Pepe in Grani and Frank Pepe pizza from New Haven CT, now that I think of it, I'm a Pepe fanatic. — 7 years ago

romo

9.4

Co-WotN. Just endless layers of soft-spoken mountain breezes and fresh fruits. Hypnotic aromatics. — 9 months ago

David D

9.0

Bone dry! Medium–light. Lots of minerals and wet steel, not surprising for an Alpine wine. Graphite, crunchy red fruit, touch of baking spice, brambles. From a new producer that had worked with Ar.Pe.Pe. From Flatiron Wines. 11/27/22. — a year ago

Peter Wassam

9.3

Rutabaga and charcoal and hen of the woods and cherry garcia. Yeah there is a little VA but it’s not intrusive. Maybe more wild than some of their other stuff but still that mountain freshness — 3 years ago

Max Einhorn

8.9

Bright cherry with usual Italian vigor. — 8 years ago

with Bryce, Lauren and 1 other

Marco De Stefani

9.7

Arpepe fiamme antiche — 11 years ago

Sunil Sachdev

10

Indulgent red. On vaca in Madrid. — 10 months ago

with Jimi

Paco Suro

9.0

Rustic. Light. Yummy. — 2 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Nose is so sexy. Sexy cherries and roses. Pink and red roses hand crushed and jammed in your face. As it opens more dusty roses

Palate is sexy cherries. Pink rose internal aromatics. So juicy. A bit bitter. So good.

— 2 years ago

Michael Malpiedi

9.7

Wonderful. Looks as light as good burgundy... Drinks like Nebbiolo should. Coats the palate with vanilla, strawberry rhubarb, and a surprising acid-tannin balance. Outstanding. I just want more! — 8 years ago

Evelyn Marin

9.0

Not quite at the Ar.Pe.Pe level but a nice expression of cool climate Nebbiolo that is nice and quaffable. — 8 years ago