Aaron Tan

9.2

The 16’ Ultimi Raggi, though impressive, just had to bow out to the Vrana Petra. Both shared vibrant red fruit aromas and dried florals, but the Ultimi Raggi leaned into richer, plummy notes with chocolate, nutty warmth, and a balsamic edge. On the palate, both wines were similarly intense, yet the Vrana Petra’s mineral-driven elegance outpaced the Ultimi Raggi’s richness. Towards the end of the night, the Ultimi Raggi’s austere tannins became very pronounced, rendering it a bit more challenging to drink. Both excellent wines, but in it was the Vrana Petra that took the cake at this stage with its clarity and poise. I can’t say this wasn’t expected though, given the Ultimi Raggi’s late-harvest nature. If anything, it did provide excellent context for the “Barolo of Greece” claims attached to the Vrana Petra. — a year ago

Benjamin Hickey

9.3

Light but has depth and persistence — 4 years ago

Young Bock Lee

9.0

Dense, rich, ripe than other arpepe range. — 5 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. — 9 years 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. — 3 years ago

Daniel Bloom

9.5

N: Decanted 3 hrs.
Very ethereal Rose, tar, tobacco,redflowers. Clear, med light red-brown and deep. Some camphor and woodland( dead leaves).
P:Like high Burgundy, delicate w lots of mushroom umami, tomato, definite Italian acidity. A broad mid palate that fills your mouth. 100% High elevation Nebbiolo, avg.50 + yrs.
Outrageous!
From @fassselections — 4 years ago

C R

9.4

Pure finesse — 6 years ago

Max Einhorn

8.9

Bright cherry with usual Italian vigor. — 10 years ago

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Marco De Stefani

9.7

Arpepe fiamme antiche — 12 years ago

Paco Suro

9.0

Rustic. Light. Yummy. — 3 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.

— 4 years 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 — 5 years ago

Angelo Casagrande

9.5

Loved it. Deep, rich berry; fills mouth with beautiful flavor -nice long finish. Not tannic or any alcohol. For a valtellina Neb, big wine. — 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. — 10 years ago