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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.8 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 10 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by boloo on 11/19/2023 & rated 88 points: Food friendly, best at 2 hours after open (436 views) | | Tasted by MLevin on 3/24/2023: Day 1. Savoury, sour cherry and cranberry. Medium tannins and med-high acidity. Touch of herbaceous blackberry leaf. Rose petal if I squint.
Day 2. Fruit has dropped. Bit of new leather and med tannins/med high Acidity. Little hot on the back end.
Early drinking wine. Can do better with a decent Langhe Nebbiolo than this at 2x (837 views) | | Tasted by Srabkin90 on 11/12/2022 & rated 90 points: Pop and pour for Saturday wine night. Light ruby color.
On the nose, rose petal, tar, and red fruit. Initial notes were ripe cherry, pencil shavings, and soft leather. As this opened up, some oak and smoke came through. Nice finish of sour cherry and smoke.
Light/med bodied, high acidity, fairly dry and with soft tannins. This was very easy drinking and pleasant on the palate.
This could have used a decant which would have increased my rating. Still held up and was very solid. Would sip again. (1123 views) | | Tasted by Tige on 4/2/2022 & rated 89 points: Toujours et encore: solide nebbiolo de ce producteur. Ce millésime est particulièrement délicat. Texture beaucoup plus fine que le 2016, translucide, à mi-chemin entre fraicheur et confit, mais sans aucun sucre perceptible. Beaux fruits rouges du début à la fin. À savourer à court terme comme un pinot noir léger selon moi. (1521 views) |
| Prunotto 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-infoLanghe Consorzio di Tutela Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Roero | Union of Producers of Albese Wines (Albeisa)BaroloRegional History: The wines of Piedmont are noted as far back as Pliny's Natural History. Due to geographic and political isolation, Piedmont was without a natural port for most of its history, which made exportation treacherous and expensive. This left the Piedmontese 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 frenchwoman 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. At the heart of the region and her reputation are Alba and the Langhe Hills. This series of weathered outcroppings south of the Tanaro River is of maritime origin and composed mainly of limestone, sand and clay, known as terra bianca. In these soils -located mainly around the towns of Barolo and Barbaresco -- the ancient allobrogica, now Nebbiolo, achieves its renowned fineness and power.
map of Barolo DOCG
An interesting thread on Traditional vs. Modern Barolo producers: https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=106291 |
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