2010 Pietro Cassina Coste della Sesia Cá daj Tàss Rosso

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 87.1 points

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  3/10/2017 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:

  Medium garnet core, bright, with no sign of age. Generously perfumed (100% Nebbiolo), with bright red and purple floral surrounding a core of cherry and raspberry fruits. With some time in the glass, more soil notes emerge bringing an even greater sense of harmony. On the lighter side of medium-bodied this nonetheless offers considerable layering of the red fruits. This is a unique wine, it's not like any other Nebbiolo or Alto Piemonte wine I've had before - there's a top coat of vanilla to the nose, and a light creaminess to the palate (two things that otherwise generally make me run away). But, the vanilla is of the fine European pastry sort, sweet-ish, fine, not like the US versions -confected, sickly sweet, etc. The vanilla aspect adds interest, as does the overall texture - but it's not these features that add interest on their own, but how they marry to the structure within, which is quite good. Dry, with fine tannins, plenty of fresh acidity and a medium finish, this wine has a maceration <10 days in tank, and is then transferred to (and I think this is where the unique part really shows, I had to research the reason behind what I was experiencing, and now it makes more sense) Austrian-Swiss oak casks that range from 15HL-30HL. In a great place now with no prior aeration, this can age another 6-8 years with no problem. Would gladly repurchase. 13,0% abv. recommended
  
  Served non-blind.
  
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  12/30/2016 - Chaz Bham wrote:

  For an alto Piemonte wine from Lessona in an excellent vintage, this fell short of expectations. The palate seemed dominated by smoky oak and charcoal tones obscuring the character of the fruit. I'm hoping my bottle was a victim of variation. Aside from that, it seems well enough made. From the importer's website, the wine is racked into miniscule casks of 15L? is that a typo?, for 18 months.

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  5/2/2015 - Socrates Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Great focus and depth. Creamy black cherry, raspberry, pine, mint, anise. Beautiful structure with a light to medium body and a great balance of acidity and tannin and great length. This shows its upper Piedmont roots in the light weight, but packs a focused palate and overdelivers for the money.

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  6/18/2014 - aajder wrote: 87 Points

  Nice color. The nose is aromatic, but slightly light. It shows ripe fruits with hints of flowers and minerals. This is medium bodied on the palate, with a slight lack of concentration and good finesse. The medium length finish shows big tannins and high acidity. A bit thin.

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