2010 Nino Negri Valtellina Superiore - Inferno

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 88.7 points

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  5/1/2023 - FiggySmalls Likes this wine:

  lol at my old note! I did NOT finish my remaining bottles because my house flooded, I lost 70% of my cellar, and the rest has been sitting in storage while I "wait" on house insurance.
  
  this is still drinking very well. fruit is dark and a wee raisined (even for Infern) but otherwise, my old note is spot on.
  
  velvety smooth little thang

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  8/4/2020 - FiggySmalls Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Fully brick color and nearly translucent, intense and beautiful nose, once high acid has melded into a rather quaffable texture=drinking great but not sure if this has much room to improve. Will finish my remaining bottles within a year

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  5/20/2019 - Erskeet Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Really clean finish for a nebiolla. Definitely buy again for a good occasion.

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  4/1/2019 - tastark Likes this wine:

  Unmistakably Nebbiolo in appearance and bouquet. On the palate this wine is quite a bit softer and more fruity than Barolo or Barbaresco. Lots of cranberry and some rose petal. This is actually a very nice wine. Well made. I would compare it to a very good Langhe Nebbiolo. The problem, of course, is that you can get Langhe Nebbiolo (and even some Barbaresco) for less than the price of this wine. I think it's a good wine to try once out of curiosity, but I will stick to wines from Piemonte.

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  5/19/2018 - oakville72 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Medium-light color. Nose of cooked raspberries, which carries on to the flavors. Finishes with high acidity, which has kept the wine in a prolonged youthful state. A much lighter rendition of nebbiolo than Barolo or Barbaresco.
  
  2ND DAY: Softens quite a bit as nose and flavors coalesce. Improvement in the 2nd day indicates the wine will continue to develop with time. A good argument for wines with low pH and high acidity — provided they have fruit — develop better than those with high pH and low acidity, even tho the latter may have high alcohol and tannin (e.g., Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.)

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