The red robin, who graced this wine with its name and image, is a symbol of Lombardy. The wine gets two years in barrel and is a blend of wines from all three of Arpepe's vineyards.

Approximate drinking window:  2026-2040.

Made from the fruit of 50-year-old vines, this riserva has notes of red cherry, tobbaco, and mushroom, with robust acidity and tannin.

The Grumello wines from Arpepe come from limestone soils at high altitudes, making graceful Nebbiolo that brings high toned floral aromas with weightlessness on the palate. 

Approximate drinking window:  2024-2036.

From a vineyard planted at an altitude of 450m, this wine has a bouquet of cool, fresh-turned forest loam, with a warm minerality and herbaceousness on the palate.

Approximate drinking window:  2024-2041.

This wine has an earthy complexity, with notes of red fruit, orange peel, and mint. Delicious now, but could benefit from aging as well.

The Rosso di Valtellina is Arpepe's introduction to the perfect Nebbiolo wines of the Alps. Made at the Northern end of Lombardy at high elevations, this is the wine that sees the lightest treatment of oak and lightest aging.

Approximate drinking window:  2026-2040.

Named for the red granite of the vineyard its fruit is grown in, this particular riserva has all the complexity you could ask for in an Alpine Nebbiolo, with a distinct sanguine quality that sets it apart from Arpepe's other efforts.

The 2007 vintage was awarded BEST ITALIAN WINE OF THE YEAR in 2018 by Gambero Rosso's Vini d'Italia, and 2016 is the best Valtellina vintage in well over thirty years. 

Sassella has clay heavy soils and produces a powerful version of Alpine Nebbiolo with a classic long fermentation and aging in large oak casks.