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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.3 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by peternelson on 2/3/2005 & rated 88 points: Heritage: int sour/orange peel, hint tar, hint plum, more t’s than chianti; typical nebbiolo--more rustic than Barolo. (1156 views) | | | Tasted by peternelson on 10/22/2004 & rated 87 points: Heritage: Lite floral; twinge of plum, orangey-peel a’s; low t’s, lite mth, fun, easy going. (1149 views) | | | Tasted by peternelson on 10/22/2004 & rated 86 points: Heritage: An earthy med-full wine. Dark purple-brown; leather and earth and lite prune notes. OK. (1168 views) | | | Tasted by peternelson on 1/25/2004: 1998 Score: 84 Price: $11 Region: Piedmont Issue: Nov 15, 2002
Bright and grapey, with hints of cedar. Medium-bodied, with light tannins and a ripe fruit finish. Nebbiolo. Drink now. 1,750 cases made. (1169 views) | | | Tasted by peternelson on 1/22/2004 & rated 88 points: Heritage: Med. clarity-red ruby color; more jerky/mushrooms, earth, w/lite red frt in mth; med. bod, good hi notes, med. + a’s, med.- t’s, sort of diluted; simple but fun. (1145 views) |
| NebbioloNebbiolo 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.
More links:
Varietal character (Appellation America) | Nebbiolo on CellarTrackerItaly Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorPiedmont Vignaioli Piemontesi (Italian only)
On weinlagen-infoNorthern PiedmontRegional 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 French woman 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. Outside of the Langhe, the most prominent area of wine production in Piemonte is the chain of sub-alpine hills that run through the provinces of Novara and Vercelli. Here the Romans introduced spionia, an ancient variety that thrived in foggy climates. Whether this was in fact a genetic ancestor of Nebbiolo is unknown, but the derivation of its name, Spanna, is now how the locals refer to this noble grape. The Morainic soils, mostly deposited along the Sesia River, are of glacial origin and produce more medium-bodied, aromatically driven nebbiolo than in the Langhe. The appellations of note in Novara are Gattinara, Lessona and Bramaterra, and in Vercelli are Ghemme, Fara, Boca, and Szizzano.
Colline NovaresiThe appellation Colline Novaresi was created as a DOC in 1994. |
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