Eclectic Piedmont Tasting

No, not your usual line up of Barbaresco and Barolo...

• 2013 Vittorio E. Figli Bera Arcese

  Italy, Piedmont, Vino da Tavola

  Medium yellow. Very aromatic. Medium weight, slight effervescence. Ripe citrus and apple, excellent finishing acidity and clay.

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• 2014 Deltetto Roero Arneis San Michele

  Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Roero

  Yellow. Lower pitched with a scent of almonds. Lighter weight but creamy feel on the attack. Honeyed pear flavors, lots of earth on the finish.

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• 2015 Tenuta La Pergola Monferrato Il Goccetto Selected by Kermit Lynch

  Italy, Piedmont, Monferrato

  Pale color. Forward, herbal nose. Light weight, licorice and cherry, some tar toward the end, good soil. Very good value and one can see the Piemontese origin of this.

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• 2015 Gianfranco Bovio Dolcetto d'Alba Dabbene

  Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Dolcetto d'Alba

  Deep ruby core. Spiced cherry aromas. Medium weight, some anise in addition to the deep black cherry fruit. Tannic finish, not sweet at all. Very nice mouthful for short to mid-term drinking.

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• 2011 Cascina Ca'Rossa Roero Audinaggio

  Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Roero

  Light center, tawny rim. Striking fennel/celery aromatics. Light and herbal rather than fruity. Supple, lots of tobacco leaf through the mid-palate and finish, lowish tannins. This is probably the first (and definitely the best!) red Roero I've ever had. I quite liked it and thought it would be a very interesting ringer in a line up of Barbarescos.

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• 2011 Giovanni Rosso Barolo Serralunga d'Alba

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

  Light ruby core, gently fading to the edge. Fragrant floral and tobacco aromas. Lighter weight, very elegant feel. Faded red fruits, rising tobacco and tannin on the finish. Not a blockbuster but very fine and stylish.

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• 2013 Icardi Piemonte Brachetto Surì Vigin

  Italy, Piedmont, Piemonte DOC

  Very pale, tawny color with light bubbles. Almost a Moscato-like fragrance, despite this being a red wine. Light to medium weight, spicy, moderately sweet, finishes a little flabby. Fun but middling quality.

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