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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.3 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 4 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Mr. Muga on 6/8/2014 & rated 88 points: Best Virginia red wine we have ever tasted! Did not smell or taste like New World so very impressive! Will purchase another bottle to cellar if in the area again. Agree with tasting notes below from DoctorNoah. (1634 views) | | | Tasted by doctornoah on 10/15/2013 & rated 89 points: Decanted and drank over three hours. Dark cherry and plum with some light cedary and spicy notes with a touch of vanilla on the long finish. Rough and grippy tannins but a good acidity and medium-rich body to almost balance. The sense of heavy extraction and overwhelming tannins is typical of better Virginia Cab Francs and this is very similar. I wouldn't have guessed Nebbiolo blind. Still, this has potential to age well, and I wish this weren't my only bottle. It's too tannic and unbalanced now to be a good quaff, but I'd be curious to see where it is in 5-10 years (1603 views) |
| Breaux Vineyards Producer websiteNebbioloNebbiolo is a red grape indigenous to the Piedmont region of Italy in the Northwest. The grape can also be found in other parts of the world, though they are not as respected.
Nebbiolo is often considered the "king of red wines," as it is the grape of the famed wines of Barolo DOCG, Barbaresco DOCG, and Roero DOCG. It is known for high tannins and acidity, but with a distinct finesse. When grown on clay, Nebbiolo can be very powerful, tannic, and require long aging periods to reach its full potential. When grown on sand, the grape exhibits a more approachable body with more elegant fruit and less tannins, but still has high aging potential.
"Nebbiolo" is named for the Italian word, "nebbia", which means "fog", in Italian and rightfully so since there is generally a lot of fog in the foothills of Piedmont during harvest.
Nebbiolo is a late-ripening variety that does best in a continental climate that boasts moderate summers and long autumns. In Piedmont, Nebbiolo is normally harvested in October.
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Varietal character (Appellation America) | Nebbiolo on CellarTrackerUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.Virginia Virginia Wines (Virginia Wineries Association) |
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