“There are wines that dazzle with their intensity, which overwhelm with their power, or which seduce with their flagrancy. Ferrando Carema is not such a wine. The wines we cherish most demand a bit of attention—they draw one in to listen rather than scream to be heard—and nothing embodies that like Ferrando. Sitting as it does at the northernmost limit of Piedmont, Carema is a master class in vinous tension. The Langhe has muscles, but Carema has nerve. Its monumental mountain acidity allows it to outlive even many of its far more tannic brethren from Barolo or Barbaresco. And its sensory dance of warm musk, cool Alpine herbs, gleaming red fruits, and caressing tannins is difficult to do justice to in words, but it possesses a mystical, Mona-Lisa-like beauty that keeps us eternally intrigued.” - Rosenthal Wine Merchant (importer)