Absolutely fabulous. Concentrated, balanced, spicy, a bit raisiny. The last of four bottles and the best. Hard to imagine that it will improve with more time.
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Wow, what a delightful bottle of wine. Aromatically there's sweet strawberry, some herbs, faintly autumnal, and great freshness, almost reminds me of a Sonoma Coast Pinot. Big, broad palate that just saturates with damp earth, sweet cherry-raspberry, and a twist of appealing bitterness that reminds you it's Italian. Mature, supple tannin, gentle acidity, one of the better expressions of Nebbiolo in recent memory.
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17+(Val) rubinrot, teernase, tannine (nach 9J!) recht gut eingebaut, gleichwohl etwas krautig-herb, aber zum Essen ok, milde Frucht (G:"Zuwenig Körper, nix zum Reinlegen"); für mich: ein sehr verträglicher Vertreter des Valtellina;
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Brick garnet with clear signs of ageing. Bright. On the nose a mix of black cherry, truffle, rose, treacle, orange, dry meat and some heat. On the palate firm acid backbone with some RS but balanced, soft but chewy tannin, meaty, rose, rubber, blood orange notes. Overall, a complex aroma and palate, well balanced.
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11/3/2023 - acorelli Likes this wine: 94 Points
Absolutely fabulous. Concentrated, balanced, spicy, a bit raisiny. The last of four bottles and the best. Hard to imagine that it will improve with more time.
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6/10/2016 - calgarywino wrote: 92 Points
This was actually a Sforzato di Valtellina. Excellent wine. had voer 2 nights and enjoyable both nights.
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2/3/2016 - andtheodor wrote: 92 Points
Wow, what a delightful bottle of wine. Aromatically there's sweet strawberry, some herbs, faintly autumnal, and great freshness, almost reminds me of a Sonoma Coast Pinot. Big, broad palate that just saturates with damp earth, sweet cherry-raspberry, and a twist of appealing bitterness that reminds you it's Italian. Mature, supple tannin, gentle acidity, one of the better expressions of Nebbiolo in recent memory.
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12/29/2015 - Axelpeter wrote: 88 Points
17+(Val) rubinrot, teernase, tannine (nach 9J!) recht gut eingebaut, gleichwohl etwas krautig-herb, aber zum Essen ok, milde Frucht (G:"Zuwenig Körper, nix zum Reinlegen"); für mich: ein sehr verträglicher Vertreter des Valtellina;
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7/19/2015 - Dams Likes this wine: 89 Points
Brick garnet with clear signs of ageing. Bright. On the nose a mix of black cherry, truffle, rose, treacle, orange, dry meat and some heat. On the palate firm acid backbone with some RS but balanced, soft but chewy tannin, meaty, rose, rubber, blood orange notes. Overall, a complex aroma and palate, well balanced.
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