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| Drinking window: Drink between 2011 and 2017 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.5 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by JWG on 10/27/2018 & rated 93 points: Another great bottle of this. Same notes as January. (822 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 8/15/2018 & rated 93 points: Another delightful and potent (in taste) bottle of this wine. See my notes from January which still apply. (846 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 1/26/2018 & rated 93 points: Even better than before. Dark Smoky, mushroomy nose. Dark fruity flavors with mushrooms. The tannins linger on and on. Not terribly complex but delicious. (800 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 4/4/2016 & rated 92 points: See notes from a year ago. The same -- this is a satisfying and delicious wine. (1260 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 3/22/2015 & rated 92 points: Dark Smoky, mushroomy nose. It has a chewy, dark fruity flavor profile with a very quick hit of nicely drying tannins, along with balancing acid. The tannins linger on and on. Not terribly complex in terms of lots of different flavors, but a very satisfying nebbiolo. (1508 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 11/26/2014 & rated 92 points: Another excellent bottle. (1211 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 4/24/2014 & rated 92 points: My detailed notes from Jan 2013 are still VERY applicable. Lovely manifestation of nebbiolo, and a bit richer than before. Very satisfying flavors. (1282 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 1/3/2013 & rated 91 points: Dark smoky, mushroomy nose, dark, dark, dark. It has a chewy, dark fruity flavor profile with a very quick hit of nicely drying tannins, along with some nice balancing acid. The tannins linger on and on. Not terribly complex in terms of lots of different flavors, but a very satisfying nebbiolo when all is said and done. (1345 views) | | | Tasted by mutantwine on 8/13/2012 & rated 86 points: As i wrote before. It has topped, but it still taste great. If i can get this in a younger version i will buy it again. (1170 views) | | | Tasted by mutantwine on 3/30/2012 & rated 86 points: This is the second time i try this wine. It is still very enjoyable but i think i has topped already. at 9 bucks it is still great value. (994 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 3/8/2012 & rated 89 points: Still young. Has tar and leather on the nose. Palate is dark cherries, smoke, leather, with not integrated big tannins. Still probably needs a few years. After a few hours of aeration the tannins meld in much better. Probably will go up a few notches as it matures. (899 views) | | | Tasted by mutantwine on 2/8/2012 & rated 87 points: Really nice nebbiolo. It dont need to air before drinking, so i dont think it will be so longlasting, but it taste great now, and smells equally good.
The style is typical nebbiolo, but not as powerful or complex as a good barolo, but at this price i consider it to be a very good wine. (725 views) | | | Tasted by mwieth on 3/18/2011: Dag 1: Udrikkelig. Selv efter dekantering var den ren syre og ingen frugt. Dag 2: Dejlig - violer og peber; frugt, syre og bitterhed i fin balance. (1186 views) |
| Nebbiolo Blend Exact position on weinlagen-info.deItaly 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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