Noble Rot Issue 40 has landed. To celebrate, we’ve assembled a six-bottle case featuring wines from the new magazine — a chance to drink the stories, not just read them.
Each case contains a copy of Noble Rot Issue 40 and one bottle each of…
Thymiopoulos Assyrtiko ‘Jeunes Vignes’ 2023
(Marina O’Loughlin, “Schooled by Sifnos”, pp.92–95)
In Schooled by Sifnos, Marina O’Loughlin sheds her long-held scepticism about Greece — with the help of some very persuasive bottles. Apostolos Thymiopoulos has long dazzled with Xinomavro; now he turns his hand to Assyrtiko, Greece’s great white grape. From young vines, this is vivid, tense and mineral. The sort of bottle that converts hardened cynics into signed-up Grecophiles.
John Okro Zvari Rkatsiteli 2023
(Alice Feiring, “The Great Mumbai Bottle Switch”, pp.74–78)
Alice Feiring has spent years dismantling lazy assumptions about pairing wine with Indian food. Riesling? Gewürztraminer? Often predictable — and frequently wrong. Her answer: Georgia. John Okro’s Zvari Rkatsiteli is an amber wine with seven months of skin contact, giving it grip, structure and savoury depth. Its gentle tannins and umami edge stand up beautifully to chilli heat and spice. A revelatory partner for bold cuisine — and a reminder that the old clichés deserve retiring.
De Bartoli Marsala Vigna La Miccia Oro 2019 (50cl)
Barraco Fior di Bianco 2024
(Boris Fishman, “Time Lord”, pp.49–52)
Marco De Bartoli was a visionary who refused shortcuts in his mission to restore Marsala’s lost dignity. Once an 18th-century sensation, later dismissed and industrialised, Marsala is now reborn thanks to his stubborn brilliance. Vigna La Miccia, first created in 1985, pioneered a fresher, off-dry, non-oxidative style. It is a subtle, elegant wine made from 100% Grillo.
Nino Barraco represents Marsala’s new wave. Working without chemicals and refusing fortification, he reimagines what Sicilian grapes can do. Fior di Bianco — mostly Grillo with Catarratto and Zibibbo — sees a brief day on skins for subtle texture. Delicate, perfumed and saline, it’s Sicily viewed through a different lens.
G.B. Burlotto Langhe Nebbiolo 2022
Cascina delle Rose Langhe Nebbiolo 2023
(Dan Keeling, “The Vine Twitcher”, pp.12–17)
Langhe Nebbiolo is Nebbiolo unshackled: fruit drawn from the mist-rolled hills of the Langhe, from lesser-known communes to young vines within Barolo and Barbaresco. Once considered merely Barolo’s understudy, it is increasingly recognised as a serious wine in its own right.
Fabio Alessandria of G.B. Burlotto crafts some of Piedmont’s most revered Barolo. His Langhe Nebbiolo is vivid, fragrant and beautifully judged — unmistakably Burlotto. Cascina delle Rose, a small, exacting artisan estate, produces a deeper, more floral expression from a vineyard in Barbaresco. Both wines show how Langhe Nebbiolo is one of the wine world’s most overdelivering appellations.
Six bottles. Six stories. One limited-edition case — available while stocks last.
