Festa del Barolo Sydney 2017

Prince Sydney, 40 Hansard Street
Tasted Saturday, August 3, 2019 by chatters with 273 views

Introduction

An opportunity to try some piedmonts offerings across the three main red varietals with a primary focus on Nebbiolo and the region of Barolo. I was just going to meander around but then realised that a more rational approach would provide the best result

Flight 1 - Bracket one - Rambling (2 Notes)

Initially no plan of attack was exercised…these two notes arrive on the back of that rambling

Flight 2 - Bracket two - Dolcetto (6 Notes)

Old and New School for the first time here for me (should have seen this earlier) the older style seems to be a bit more extracted, less fruit driven and more skin exposure, the newer is clean, more fruit forward and shows the use of oak.

Flight 3 - Bracket three - Barbara (8 Notes)

Some of these Barbera's were (rather disappointingly) lacking the characteristic acidity that I would expect to see from the variety. Additionally quite a few of them had far more tannins (from oak) than I would have wanted.

Flight 4 - Bracket four - Langhe Nebbiolo (12 Notes)

This was a better bracket for me. A few good wines for the cellar here…

Flight 5 - Brakcet five - Barbaresco and Barolo (9 Notes)

On to the big boys. Most of these were very young.

Closing

The Barbera's were a bit disappointing. Standard strike rates for me on the other wines. That Produttori is always a favourite. A couple of the other Barolo's were pleasant as well.

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