2012 Mauro Franchino Gattinara

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 89.7 points

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  4/19/2024 - Ian S wrote:

  Somewhat lifted nose, with both cherry fruit and more savoury earth/coffee.
  
  Wonderful balance on the palate, manging to be both soft and rounded, yet also with refreshing acidity and soft but persistent tannins.

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  4/16/2020 - hlip Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Love at first sip.

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  4/13/2020 - plinymajor wrote: 90 Points

  Colour: some evolution, brick red
  Nose: cherries & blackberries, iron, leather
  Palate: combination of fresh and more evolved fruit, med + acidity, fine tannin at the back.
  Very approachable but also still keepworthy.
  
  There are some obvious similarities with the nebbiolo cousins of the Langhe. But a Gattinara like this one is surely much lighter and ethereal, so other stylistic resemblances come to mind (Etna, Burgundy)
  
  Bought at the winery in 2017 for €15. Very good pqr for a old world terroir wine.

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  4/17/2019 - Nebbioholic Likes this wine:

  Cherries, floral notes, mineral. Masses of tannin and beautiful acidity. Brilliant Gattinara, would love to see it again in 10 years.

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  3/1/2019 - plinymajor Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Colour: Ruby red with some browning at the rim. Med intensity.
  Nose: wild cherries, strawberries, roses, tar and iron
  Mouth: fruity attack, red fruit beautifully present and still in a primary fase, high fraicheur, med- body, tannin is very Gattinara-style: very fine and ripe but hits your tongue and gums with a blast. A little rustic in style, and demanding without food, but it shines with meat stews, tomato sauce or truffle pasta.

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