Irving's Italian anchor actually knows wine
North Irving · Irving · Italian, Wine Bar, Pizza · Visit Website ↗
Updated August 2026
Reviewed June 27, 2026 · How we review
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The wine list at Lamberti's lands somewhere between a serious Italian-focused program and a greatest-hits California roster — and that tension is actually kind of interesting. Eighty-five labels is a real list for a neighborhood Italian spot in North Irving, not just a laminated afterthought. You can tell someone put thought into this, even if that someone wasn't always thinking about your wallet.
Italy gets its due respect here: the Massolino Serralunga d'Alba Barolo 2018 and the Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella anchor the Old World side, with the Masseria Frattasi Caudium Aglianico offering a Southern Italian wildcard most suburban Italian restaurants wouldn't touch. California plays a supporting role with the expected heavy-hitters — Jordan Cab, Merry Edwards Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc, Paul Hobbs, Chappellet — which reads more like a steakhouse wine list than an Italian trattoria, but it'll keep the Napa faithful happy. South America and other international regions fill out the periphery without much personality. The Fratelli Alessandria Barolo Chinato is the most interesting outlier on the entire list — a digestivo-style aromatized wine that almost no one stocks in Dallas-Fort Worth.
Thirteen options by the glass is a respectable count for a place this size, though the specific pours aren't fully published so it's hard to know how much overlap there is with the bottle list. The Broletto Lambrusco and Marenco Strev Moscato d'Asti both appear at accessible price points that suggest the by-the-glass program skews approachable rather than ambitious. If the Aglianico or anything Italian-regional makes it into the glass pours, that's worth asking about when you sit down.
Masseria Frattasi 'Caudium' Aglianico — $49
Aglianico from Campania at $49 is genuinely good pricing for a wine this serious — earthy, structured, food-friendly, and the kind of bottle most people at this table won't recognize but will absolutely finish.
Fratelli Alessandria Barolo Chinato
Almost nobody in DFW stocks Barolo Chinato — it's a bittersweet, quinine-laced digestivo made from Nebbiolo, and it's the most interesting thing on this list. Order it after dinner instead of dessert and feel slightly superior about it.
Paul Hobbs Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 Coombsville Napa
At $177 on the list, you're paying a steep restaurant premium for a wine that retails well below that. It's a fine Cab, but you're at an Italian restaurant — there's a Barolo and an Amarone on this same list for less. Spend the money there.
Massolino Serralunga d'Alba Barolo 2018 + Antipasto Board
Barolo's high acidity and firm tannins need something with fat and salt to show their best — the cured meats, aged cheeses, and olives on an antipasto board do exactly that while you wait for the pasta to arrive.
The Bottom Line
Lamberti's punches above its weight for a neighborhood Italian in suburban Irving — the Italian side of the list has genuine ambition and a few bottles you won't find anywhere nearby. The California markups will sting if you go that direction, so stay Italian and you'll leave happy.
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Willing but Green
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Crowd Pleasers
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Set & Forget
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
MIA
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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