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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.7 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 6 notes) | | | Tasted by bikerkayaker on 1/25/2010 & rated 93 points: A real charmer! Great fruit and balance. (244 views) | | | Tasted by peblin on 1/21/2010 & rated 93 points: (180 views) | | | Tasted by Finare Vinare on 10/23/2009 & rated 92 points: (504 views) | | | Tasted by Finare Vinare on 10/2/2009 & rated 92 points: (572 views) | | | Tasted by Finare Vinare on 8/4/2009 & rated 90 points: (722 views) | | | Tasted by Finare Vinare on 7/21/2009 & rated 90 points: (720 views) |
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Varietal character (Appellation America) | Nebbiolo on CellarTracker
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Vignaioli Piemontesi (Italian only)
Union of Producers of Albese Wines (Albeisa)
Regional History:
The wines of Piemonte are noted as far back as Pliny's Natural History. Due to geographic and political isolation, Piemonte was without a natural port for most of its history, which made exportation treacherous and expensive. This left the Piemontese with little incentive to expand production. Sixteenth-century records show a mere 14% of the Bassa Langa under vine -- most of that low-lying and farmed polyculturally. In the nineteenth century the Marchesa Falletti, a frenchwoman by birth, brought eonologist Louis Oudart from Champagne to create the first dry wines in Piemonte. Along with work in experimental vineyards at Castello Grinzane conducted by Camilo Cavour -- later Conte di Cavour, leader of the Risorgimento and first Prime Minister of Italy -- this was the birth of modern wine in the Piedmont. At the heart of the region and her reputation are Alba and the Langhe Hills. This series of weathered outcroppings south of the Tanaro River is of maritime origin and composed mainly of limestone, sand and clay, known as terra bianca. In these soils -located mainly around the towns of Barolo and Barbaresco -- the ancient allobrogica, now Nebbiolo, achieves its renowned fineness and power.
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