Community Tasting Notes 21

• rossi.wine wrote: flawed

  July 24, 2023 - Tasted next to 2001 Sassella Rocce Rosse Riserva. Slight cork taint unfortunately. It seemed riper and bigger in comparison, but overall a little muted without much detail or depth.

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• forceberry wrote: 89 points

  March 22, 2023 - 100% Nebbiolo from the old (average vineyard age is 50 years) Buon Consiglio ("Good Advice") vineyard - found in the Valtellina subzone of Grumello. Following a few days of cold-soak, the wine is fermented spontaneously and macerated with the skins for 30 days in old 5000-liter casks made of oak, acacia and chestnut. Typically aged for 4 years in old, untoasted 5500-liter botti casks made of oak, acacia and chestnut and a year in concrete tanks. Made only in exceptional vintages - in other vintages the fruit gets declassified to the 2nd wine or Valtellina Superiore. Lot number L08 242. Total production 6727 bottles. 13% alcohol. Double-decanted approximately 3 hours prior to tasting the wine.
  
  Luminous, quite translucent and somewhat evolved pomegranate color. The nose feels savory and somewhat restrained with aromas of tobacco and salty liquorice powder, some sweeter nuances of dark berries, a little bit of old cigar box, light evolved nuances of wizened red plums and a hint of balsamic richness. At first the wine feels silky, resolved and even slightly sweet-toned on the palate with a light, airy body; then the rather lean flavors of tart lingonberries and bitter sour cherries kick in, making the wine come across as noticeably drier and more austere along with some old leather, a little bit of tobacco, light sweeter nuances of wizened dark fruits, a hint of gamey meat and a touch of earthy spices. The medium-to-moderately high acidity feels more than adequate to keep the wine in balance, but feels surprisingly modest for an Arpepe wine. The gentle medium tannins lend some firmness to the mouthfeel without coming across as too aggressive. The finish is juicy, gently grippy and quite harmonious with a bit understated, medium-long aftertaste of crunchy cranberries, some sour cherry bitterness, a little bit of licorice root, light tart notes of lingonberries, a sweeter hint of ripe black raspberries and a touch of earthy spices.
  
  A tasty and quite harmonious single-vineyard Valtellina, but ultimately maybe a bit underwhelming and reticent in nature. This wine wasn't as lean and austere as some younger Rocce Rosses we tasted, coming across as somewhat silkier and more approachable in overall character, but at the same time feeling a bit of a lesser wine compared to the Rocce Rosses - especially the difference between this wine and the excellent 2001 Rocce Rosse was surprisingly big. This wasn't a bad wine in any way, just maybe a bit unimpressive and thus somewhat anti-climatic.

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• Zunga Likes this wine: 91 points

  April 28, 2019 - Bitter sweet to drink this final bottle. At first I thought I had waited just a bit to long to pop it after opening. The concentration was lacking, but not bad. The good news is that after 10 minutes in the glass, it started to harden up and gain wait and was a wonderful example of we I love these wines. Burgundy comes to Lombardy. Until the next time.

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• boston Likes this wine: 89 points

  October 29, 2018 - Colore tendente all'aranciato. Parte esplosivo su note di erbe officinali e spezie, gli aromi fruttati sono deboli, La bocca, che è fresca, ampia, lunga e leggermente amaricante, inizia a dare qualche segno di cedimento

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• Burgnick wrote: 89 points

  March 5, 2017 - I do believe there are some bottle variation with this wine. Coming from the same batch of owc 6 btl. this bottle is less floral on the nose with leaner smoke fruit and raspberries.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2001
• Type Red
• Producer AR.PE.PE.
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation Riserva
• Vineyard Buon Consiglio
• Country Italy
• Region Lombardia
• SubRegion Valtellina
• Appellation Valtellina Superiore - Grumello

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• Consumed 79 (62%)

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