2020 Travaglini Gattinara

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 91 points

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  2/17/2024 - BernieMSY Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Decanted for three hours prior to tasting.
  Medium garnet color: slightly raisinated nose.
  Nice dark fruit, with a velvety mouthfeel and a dry tannic pucker on the back end. Not super-complex, this feels like a “softer” Barbaresco- style Nebbiolo. Accessible now, it will probably hold up to 7 or 8 years of bottle age. That said, if you are searching for a decent Nebbiolo that can be consumed with tonight’s dinner, I suggest you give this a try.
  
  For many years, Travaglini Gattinara has been ubiquitous on the wine lists of mid-level Italian restaurants here in the NY/NJ area, and I must admit I have looked upon it as being rather ordinary and uninteresting, at best. I’ve recently heard that the quality has improved at Travaglini, and the 2020 was reported to be a considerable step up. I am happy to confirm that opinion. I don’t what to oversell it, but it is enjoyable for current drinking.

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