2006 Monsecco Gattinara

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 92 points

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  9/30/2019 - quaffnov Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Multi hour decant, the nose is dominated by tar and floral elements while the palate is a little lean to begin with but opens up over time with rose, tar and earth. The tannins are refined and with a year or two more aging will be just about perfect. Medium bodied with a medium finish.

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  5/5/2015 - Rezy13 wrote:

  Tuesday Night Double Blind $40+ (Bin 75): Dull brick core with orange rim; Nebbiolo, soy, caraway, tar, roses, menthol, cedar, sour cherry, cranberry, caramel; softer tannin, seems aged, sweet fruit, brown sugar, cherry, very linear; was on a warm vintage Barbaresco like 2003, even more advanced than I expected.

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  12/21/2013 - yofog wrote: 92 Points

  Pours a pale ruby with brick highlights...really pretty. Big nose with a bit of high-tone and maybe brett? Puts on a little weight with air, and though still a lighter-bodied sort of wine, has a kind of concentration of its own. Really dusty and tangy and long.

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  9/10/2013 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  I think this is the right expression. Yep got it, it is. This smells to me like it was rasinated a touch. Very dark plum fruit, raisin on the nose mixed with tobacco. But with a high toned aromatic to them as well. A more Chianto.

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  3/3/2013 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Drank together with the '64, in an effort to determine if the revived version is worthy. Well, the difference between a perfectly mature Gattinara and a young one just out of the gates was enough to obscure whatever family resemblance might have been there, but this is an exciting addition to the roster of top Gattinara producers just the same, different in style from both Travaglini and Antoniolo. This is slender in its shape, but still very structured with raw, old-school nebbiolo tannin -- not as thick a coat of it as you will see on a Barolo, but still searing in its own way. The aromas started out with the textbook Gattinara rockiness, but interestingly with a bit of air this incredibly fresh fruitiness came out, almost reminiscent of the just-crushed berry aroma of a young Beaujolais -- pretty remarkable to see that still preserved here over six years after the crush. It seems more feminine than what I imagine the old Monseccos must have been young, but it's still exciting to see the name making a return, even if time will have to tell whether this is truly Monsecco or "just" a top-notch Gattinara.

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