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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.9 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 11 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by OhioNerd on 7/11/2021 & rated 91 points: Improved from the last bottle I tasted in 2016. (538 views) | | | Tasted by vinhonotte on 5/21/2018 & rated 92 points: Cellaraid Discovery Box; 5/19/2017-5/26/2021 (Delivered to Home): deep garnet; acidic, tannic, quite intense; strawberry, cherry, rose, candied, kirsch, cedar, cloves, grassy, smoke, coffee, chocolate, earthy; very good (1782 views) | | | Tasted by OhioNerd on 10/31/2016 & rated 89 points: Decanted for about 30 minutes. Nice big Italian nose. Fresh cherries followed by candied cherries on the medium-long finish. Moderate and silky tannins. Not sure where goes from hear but a solid bottle of wine. (1598 views) | | | Tasted by Loren Sonkin on 3/16/2016 & rated 89 points: 3 Non-B&B Nebbiolos and some others from the Boot (Jeff K's): I liked this wine although for the price, I had hoped for more. This is pretty severe and austere although there is a lot of power going for it. Deep ruby in color. The nose is nice with cherries, tar and dust. On the palate, silky tannins. More muscular than elegant. Some cherry flavors. A bit of complexity. Not sure this is at peak but I don't see where this goes from here either. An interesting wine. Some liked it more than I. (2207 views) | | | Tasted by RussK on 2/26/2013 & rated 91 points: Russk WSW Italian Imposter, here. Nice discovery. 91+ (2677 views) | | | Tasted by rmcnees on 1/2/2010 & rated 87 points: Dark medium-full bodied, dry. Initially closed, then opened to black berry, black cherry, rose and violet floral notes with dusty anise on a polished firm tannin finish. (3349 views) | | | Tasted by wconnolly on 12/31/2009 & rated 86 points: Opened up over time to show extremely floral (rose petal) notes with some light berry flavors. Well balanced but needed 45 to 60 minutes to get there. Nice accompaniment to crab pasta roll with lobster reduction sauce at Angeli's Restaurant with Rick and Linda on New Years Eve. (3157 views) | | | Tasted by mwieth on 6/20/2008: Udmærket til tilbudsprisen på 70 kr., Nebbiolo uden overdrevent fadpræg. Ved åbning lidt hård i det, men den åbnede sig en del i løbet af 1-2 timer. (2733 views) | | | Tasted by arijus on 1/25/2008: With lasagna. Some barnyard on the nose and palate. Opened up with air, but not really performing before the last glass. Didn't stand up to the Marques de Riscal Reserva we also had. (2618 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.
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