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| Drinking window: Drink between 2013 and 2020 (based on 95 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.7 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 25 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by GNBB on 11/11/2018 & rated 86 points: Showing some ageing on rim. Very ripe brambles on nose with definite funkiness. Notes of truffle and forest floor. Palate has light tannins, some medium acidity to provide some freshness but palate showing some age. Little fruit; some redcurrants. Drink now. (934 views) | | | Tasted by GNBB on 5/20/2018 & rated 89 points: Decanted 30 minutes. After concerns over previous bottles, this wine is now coming round to deliver a fine Nebbiolo wine. There remains the faintest of “funk” on the nose, but there’s plenty of fruit and great balance to the wine. Drink now-2021. (1201 views) | | | Tasted by rmh66 on 3/15/2018 & rated 89 points: Needs at least an hour of air to open up. Starts pretty tight and firm. Red and black cherry, strawberry, earth, a little new leather, red and black licorice, herbs, and some floral elements on the nose. Red cherries, tart cherries, a little plum, earth, and hints of herb, flowers, and aged wood on the palate. Delicious when it hits its sweet spot. (1159 views) | | | Tasted by cob on 2/17/2018: This was better last year. Still a nice bottle but starting to fade. My last but I would drink up if you have any. (1217 views) | | | Tasted by cob on 4/15/2017 & rated 90 points: Based on other's notes I expected this one to go down the sink or be saved for cooking but I was extremely surprised. Intense nose of cherry and strawberry with faint floral hints in the background. The palate followed the nose with a medium+ length finish. A very, very good wine that I am glad I opened. This is drinking well and offering a lot of pleasure. (1673 views) | | | Tasted by Mrbuzz on 4/7/2017 & rated 86 points: Started out a little corky, but I think it was just a little funk? Needs good airtime, so I splash decanted after being open in bottle for 5hrs...high toned red fruits here...cherry sour tarts, blood orange acid, mouth puckering dry tannins...REALLY dry? The previous 6 bottles of this have had riper fruit? Needs food! Love the dried florals, tilled roses, red licorice in this...classic tar and crushed geology...but MAN this is dry! Suspect bottle here? Hmmm? 83pts on its own, 89 with food. Not as good as previous bottles. (1452 views) | | | Tasted by Dionysos 1920 on 7/19/2016 & rated 91 points: Couleur assez sombre pour un Nebbiolo, nez aromatique, poivré, épicé, bouche très typée, encore fermée, tannique, très complexe, peut-être légèrement amer, laisser s’aérer (498 views) | | | Tasted by GNBB on 5/1/2016 & rated 78 points: I opened 2 bottles because I couldn't quite believe the first was that bad. The whole wine is completely out of sorts. The nose is tight, unappealing with some meatiness and lots of acid - actually has aroma of burning tyres. The palate is sharp, with strong kirsch & eau de vie and no balance. Also meaty, tough and harsh, green tannins. Not at all appealing. Might need a strong stew - not to eat with it, but to pour into. Maybe the other bottles will show something better. (1333 views) | | | Tasted by GNBB on 10/10/2015 & rated 90 points: Decanted 45 mins. Paling to brick red at rim. Medium nose of chocolate, rosewater, kirsch, smoked prosciutto. Palate is rich with firm tannins and plenty of acid bite. Masses of juicy blackberries and ripe, alcoholic black cherries. At the moment needs food to balance it but will develop further. Drink now-2023. (1219 views) | | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 3/26/2015: This is number 8 out of a case; sadly, they've all performed pretty much the same - poorly. It's as if there's a blanket of some type on top of the fruit. I mean, it wants to be pretty, but this damn blanket just suffocates the parts that I'm looking for. A muddled table wine that does not appear to have any real future. Some brett is always in the background as if to add insult to injury. I seriously doubt the producer intended for it to show like this; thinking it was a storage/shipping issue at some point between the Langhe and here in CO. 14,5% abv.
https://italianwine.blog/ (3114 views) | | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 6/5/2014: A pretty fast turn. Starts oaky, closed. Moves to fruit and some terroir in an hour, but ultimately, VA gets the best of this, and the good notes are short-lived. Blackberries, balsamic glaze, some red floral. Stony red licorice at times, but otherwise, pretty one-note. 14,5% abv, drink now with some air.
Aerated to decanter 1 hour, served non-blind.
https://italianwine.blog/ (2872 views) | | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 2/13/2014: It's been nearly a year since I checked in on this, and not very much has changed. Ruby core fading gently to a brick red rim. Initial nose is more like a barrel sample from California or some modernly-styled BDX than Barolo commune. Slight iodine, tomato leaf, balsamico, some candied red and black fruits. At ten minutes in the glass, a little typicity emerges on the nose, so it's time to taste. Very viscous entry moves swiftly to pencil thin tannins that are ripe, but still quite firm. A moderate acidity keeps the flavors dull, simple. Some bitter cranberry distracts. Average persistence, EtOH mostly resolved. By the third glass, aromas and flavors of tar, rose and calcareous earth. An above-average food wine, or at least it proved to be with a plate of homemade pasta, San Marzano sauce and salsicce. 14,5% abv,
PnP, served non-blind at 61F. At less than $30 USD, I can confidently recommend, thru 2022.
https://italianwine.blog/ (2206 views) | | | Tasted by sawira on 1/24/2014 & rated 90 points: After two days open in the cellar this shows classic roses and tar, and while not very defined by Barolo standards, this is a rocking Langhe. Neck and neck with the 08 Vietti Perbacco. The style here is slightly more linear, understated and austere, with potentially more payoffs down the road. Classy. Now and for another 7-8 years. Oxidizes more quickly in cellared open bottle than the 08 Vietti Perbacco. (1445 views) | | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 5/10/2013: PnP served non-blind. This wine was all over the place. If I were to view this as a 30 minute play, there were a very nice 5 minutes that exceeded/met expectations, but the remaining 25 minutes were just confused, with characters missing their lines and bumping into each other on stage. 9 bottles left, I hope this one was just an outlier. Nearly full-bodied, with tannins slightly more resolved than I'd expected, the fruit, round, but not overly generous thanks to fresh acids. (1761 views) | | | Tasted by Mrbuzz on 3/7/2013 & rated 92 points: SO good! (2901 views) | | | Tasted by Jozefs on 2/7/2013 & rated 91 points: Still young, but difficult to leave alone. Best glass was the last. However, my last bottle will rest a few more years ... (1365 views) | | | Tasted by mattyboy_ on 1/31/2013 & rated 93 points: Giuseppe LoCascio with Leonardo LoCascio Selections (Esquin Wine, Seattle): Incredible! Very perfumed - Asian spices, earthy, floral. Very exotic. Silky mouthfeel. Very sexy. Rich with some reduction. Quite concentrated as well. (2740 views) | | | Tasted by defnefferson on 4/23/2012 & rated 92 points: This was a fantastic bottle. Almost a Burgundian nose teaming with earthy complexity. On the palate, really sweet red fruit and a bit of tobacco. The finish is long and complex. Really balanced all the way through. Highly recommended. (1374 views) | | | Tasted by Mrbuzz on 4/17/2012 & rated 91 points: Loooove me some Voerzio! Of course, young primal fruit right now, a little raisin, but a nice ripeness to age. Dark berry fruit, sweet, yet accompanied by some good dry tannin structure. Great flavors of tar, dried roses, licorice, dusty cherry spice. Med bodied, but loaded with flavor, plush in feel. Some orange acidity, crunchy shale, lovely flowers perfume. Finish is a little clipped and dry....but with food, it flows. Should age into something even better. Great Neb! +pts (3368 views) | | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 3/19/2012: Lovely garnet toward ruby color. The nose takes a few minutes to open, but once it does, it delivers well into day number two. Leather, bright cherry, some EToH and notes of cranberry on the nose. Acids and tannins dominate on day one, with the bright red fruits moving to the fore on day number two, when the wine showed much more balance. This will be a long-lived Langhe rosso, I just hope I can keep my hands off of them. Drink thru 2021, 14,5% abv, score: A-
https://italianwine.blog/ (1328 views) | | | Tasted by rmh66 on 3/10/2012 & rated 90 points: Nose of earth, red and black cherries, flowers, berries, and tar. Sweet red cherries, tart cherries, earth, and a touch of oak on the palate. Tasty. Good acidity. Will buy some more. (1220 views) | | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 2/16/2012: Aerated to decanter 2 hours, returned to bottle, served 2 hours later. Garnet toward ruby, highly reflective. Solid typicity on the nose, save the touch of sour milk that dissipated after the first few minutes. The palate begins with a lot of tart cherry, pomegranate, and (slowly) moves to more elegant layers of bright red fruit and berries. The palate is fresh, but I've already had some better examples of Langhe Nebbiolo from this vintage, so I'm not that impressed. Still, the last glass was the best. I will let these rest for another 18 months or so and hope they fill out some, perhaps gaining some complexity along the way. The selfish part of me just hopes this was a bit of bottle variation and the 11 bottles I have left are all screaming good. Time will tell. Drink thru 2019, 14,5% abv, score: B+
https://italianwine.blog/ (1269 views) | | | Tasted by gcarrillo on 12/31/2011 & rated 93 points: Fruta fruta y mas fruta grata sorpresa lo bien hecho y logrado este nebbiolo acidez marcada, final largo y lo mejor que lo puedes beber ahoirta mismo. Roberto Voerzio un referente de los grandes Barolos Piemonteses. (2951 views) |
| By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, New Releases from Piedmont: The Stars Are Aligned (Oct 2011)
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| Roberto Voerzio Producer website
Source: VinConnect (VinConnect.com)
This now cult status winery was established in 1986, when a young Roberto Voerzio decided to leave the family business to make wine on his own, with the support of his wife Pinuccia. The estate began with just two hectares (5 acres), but years of patient and diligent negotiations were rewarded with the acquisition of some of the most prestigious and historic crus in La Morra for the production of Barolo as well as excellent vineyards for varieties such as Dolcetto, Barbera, Nebbiolo and Merlot.
At Roberto Voerzio, an almost fanatical attention and dedication is lavished on each and every vineyard, vine and cluster. High density planting (6,000/8000 vines per hectare), short winter pruning (leaving just 6-8 buds per plant), a green harvest in mid-July (reducing the bunches by more than 50%) and a second thinning-out in mid-August (during which each cluster is reduced in size by cutting off the bottom part and leaving just the full, more concentrated upper section) translate into drastically reduced yields, at little as 500 g per plant for the most prestigious vineyards.
Roberto Voerzio’s viticultural philosophy is simple: work the vineyards with the utmost respect. No chemical fertilizers, weed-killers, fungicides or other substances are utilized. Weeds between vineyard rows are removed manually and each individual vine is fertilized by hand using cow manure or humus, depending on the specific needs of the plant.
A non-interventionalist philosophy is applied in the cellar as well where fermentation takes place naturally (without yeast inoculation) in stainless steel tanks. After the malolactic fermentation is complete (also in stainless steel), all the wines except Dolcetto are aged in wood, using a combination of large oak casks and small French oak barrels. Nothing is added and the wines are not filtered.
This meticulous approach both in the vineyards and cellar has granted Roberto Voerzio countless accolades and admiration from wine enthusiasts around the world, each bottle a masterpiece of authenticity.
“The wines of Roberto Voerzio are often (mistakenly) categorized as “modern.” We don’t produce modern wines. Perhaps the approach we take in the vineyards could be considered progressive, but it’s really nothing new; growers in other parts of the world have been applying the same methods for years.” – Davide VoerzioNebbioloNebbiolo is a red grape indigenous to the Piedmont region of Italy in the Northwest. The grape can also be found in other parts of the world, though they are not as respected.
Nebbiolo is often considered the "king of red wines," as it is the grape of the famed wines of Barolo DOCG, Barbaresco DOCG, and Roero DOCG. It is known for high tannins and acidity, but with a distinct finesse. When grown on clay, Nebbiolo can be very powerful, tannic, and require long aging periods to reach its full potential. When grown on sand, the grape exhibits a more approachable body with more elegant fruit and less tannins, but still has high aging potential.
"Nebbiolo" is named for the Italian word, "nebbia", which means "fog", in Italian and rightfully so since there is generally a lot of fog in the foothills of Piedmont during harvest.
Nebbiolo is a late-ripening variety that does best in a continental climate that boasts moderate summers and long autumns. In Piedmont, Nebbiolo is normally harvested in October.
More links:
Varietal character (Appellation America) | Nebbiolo on CellarTrackerItaly Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorPiedmont Vignaioli Piemontesi (Italian only)
On weinlagen-infoLanghe Consorzio di Tutela Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Roero | Union of Producers of Albese Wines (Albeisa)Langhe DOC Union of Producers of Albese Wines (Albeisa) |
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