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| Drinking window: Drink between 2010 and 2021 (based on 92 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.7 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 16 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by acorelli on 3/9/2018 & rated 92 points: Needed much more than the 2 hour decant it received. Fabulous the next morning. (1068 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 10/8/2017 & rated 95 points: Final bottle was wonderful. Roses and dark fruit on the nose. Palate is leathery, bright with dark fruit, with good acidity. The tannins are less aggressive than before. Finish just carries on. (1231 views) | | | Tasted by doggman on 1/16/2017 & rated 90 points: Probably near the peak, maybe a little past. Perfumed nose. Tannins still front and center but fruit is moving back. (1418 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 10/9/2016 & rated 94 points: Very much like the 2011 bottle we had (see notes). Luscious. No sign of going downhill, so I'm changing drink date to 2017. (1706 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 9/29/2014 & rated 95 points: Stunning presentation. Even within 15 min of opening this nebbiolo sings. Classic roses and dark fruit on the nose that just keeps on giving. Palate is leathery, bright yet dark fruit. Acidity is in that "sweet" spot that balances all the fruit. The tannins are aggressive in a good way -- still seems young and alive. Finish just carries on. I'm moving back the drink date by a couple years, because this thing is just not even near any peak situation. (2312 views) | | | Tasted by Richhanna on 3/1/2013 & rated 91 points: Dust and earth and tar on the nose. Drying tannins, dark Nebbiolo fruit, bright balanced acidity, long finish. This is drinking quite well now, still has some life in it. (2375 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 5/25/2012 & rated 93 points: Slightly more closed than the last bottle, but still a big nose of roses and dark cherry. The palate is with leather and dark nebbiolo fruit and some tar. Bright and balanced acid profile along with a good hit of tannins that is well integrated. Still youngish, so I'm pushing this back from 2013 to 2014. (2982 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 8/26/2011 & rated 94 points: A fascinating comparison to the 2003 we had yesterday. This one comes jumping right out the bottle with a huge nose of roses and dark cherry. And the palate is brimming with dark nebbiolo fruit and leather and some tar. Bright and balanced acid profile along with a prominent bit of tannins that draws out the finish.
The 2003, eventually opened up and became a 92, but was very closed for most of an hour, and then grew for quite a while after that. This 2002 is just a killer (in the best sense) from the get go. (3356 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 11/1/2010 & rated 93 points: Another incredible nose of roses, other floral notes. Dark berries on the palate with earth and leather, and light tannins. A luscious bottle of incredibly balanced nebbiolo. (3845 views) | | | Tasted by Chris Newport on 10/14/2010: Sourced from a PA state store – so storage is automatically in question.
A good wine, not as good as the 2001 though. Captivating “nebbiolo nose” – rose, tar, the works. While this wine has always seemed more on the light and delicate side compared to its Barolo big brothers, the acidity in this bottle seemed a little out of balance with the fruit which was frankly a bit washed out. Nice palate impression though, some good flavor impact and secondary flavors in the more delicate style that defines the appellation. As always with these wines, a wonderful sense of place is conveyed. Perhaps an off-vintage or on off bottle, but this just seemed to a lack that touch of balance and integration that would make this really good. When consumed with food, the integration seems to improve. No worries drinking now if you have any in the cellar. Seems to be in a nice place. (3666 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 1/17/2010 & rated 93 points: The most intense floral, rosey Carema I've ever had. Really is developing intensely from earlier bottles of this vintage. Earth, leather, berries on the palate, with moderate tannins. (2956 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 11/2/2009 & rated 91 points: Has developed wonderfully since 2007. Lots of earth and tar on the nose. Palate is rich with earth, leather, berries, with moderate tannins. Much more balanced than before. (2826 views) | | | Tasted by foodandwineblog on 2/7/2008 flawed bottle: Terribly corked! (3135 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 6/7/2007 & rated 89 points: Still very young, so a little hard to see what's developing. But seems lighter and less pronounced compared to some recent vintages. Nose was fairly soft and seemed tight at opening. However, an hour or so later, it started to open up. Flavors were also closed though there was clearly good full fruit deeply locked in there. After a couple of hours the tar and floral notes typical of Ferrando's Carema started to show, along with quite a bit of tanning developing at the end. Still seems a little unintegrated, but overall a pleasurable drink. I can't give it the usual higher marks I've given to some other Caremas of 95 or 96 or 2001, but may need a couple of years before I can see if it really integrates and blossoms. (3113 views) |
| Ferrando 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.
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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