Fattoria Zerbina

Great event, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the foundation.
There were seminars on Sangiovese and Albana. This was to illustrate different ways to decline the Albana Grape: dry, passito and with Botrytis.
Our host was Journalist Francesco Falcone. Albana was compared to Chenin blanc.

Ceparano is 100% Albana. Tergeno (and the old version, As) are a Chardonnay - Albana blend, with Albana now almost entirely replacing the Chardonnay.

• 2015 Fattoria Zerbina Albana di Romagna Bianco di Ceparano Secco 82 Points

  Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Albana di Romagna DOCG

  Bright light golden yellow. Nice and rich at nose: agrumes, ginger, anise, peeled almond and flowery.
  Dry at taste, with acidity and minerality leading to a long savory ending. Nice fruit on the background.

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• 2011 Fattoria Zerbina Albana di Romagna secco "AS" 83 Points

  Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Albana di Romagna DOCG

  Brilliant light golden yellow, no oxydation at all.
  More vegetal hints at nose, flowers (acacia) and minerality: gravel.
  Dry, alcoholic, with a good freshness. Fruity at taste, but medium structure.
  Long drying ending.

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• 2014 Fattoria Zerbina Tergeno Ravenna IGT 84 Points

  Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Ravenna IGT

  Magnum. 40% late harvest.
  Bright golden yellow. Medium intensity at nose. Acacia flowers and anise.
  Dry, full mouth, clean, with a bright acidity. Agrumes' notes.
  Long persistence, with some sweetness emerging. Good body
  More Albana than Chardonnay in the blend.

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Passito wine. Actually a late harvest, of which, a roughly 40% goes to a naturally drying process.
Albana 100%, passing small barriques.

• 2015 Fattoria Zerbina Albana di Romagna Arrocco Passito 82 Points

  Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Albana di Romagna DOCG

  Bright golden yellow.
  Medium intensity, but fine and complex at nose: Cedar, dry apricots, dates, honey.
  Sweet, smooth, well balanced by acidity and minerality. Lacking a bit of body and a bit detached. Young.
  20% dried grapes.

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• 2000 Fattoria Zerbina Albana di Romagna Arrocco Passito 85 Points

  Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Albana di Romagna DOCG

  More dried grapes and barriques than average.
  Topaz yellow. Gliceric.
  Intense at nose: dry fruits, balsamic with mediterrean herbs, resin.
  Sweet, but very well balanced by acidity and minerality. Very nice also if some structure is lacking here, too. Closing on balsamic notes.

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• 1995 Fattoria Zerbina Albana di Romagna Arrocco Passito 87 Points

  Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Albana di Romagna DOCG

  Topaz/Amber. Brilliant. Gliceric.
  Dates at nose and chestnuts honey. Walnut leaves. Peat hints.
  Sweet, smooth. but fresh, with a long mineral wake, balancing and cleaning the sugar. Well balanced.
  Long persistence with a peaty, barley candy taste.

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The wine with noble mildew that made Zerina famous outside Italy.
Grapes are hand selected with up to 8 passages in the vineyard.
Only steel ageing.
The A. R. is a selection of the selection, made with only the very best grapes in a pure Icewine style

• 2013 Fattoria Zerbina Albana di Romagna Scacco Matto Passito 84 Points

  Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Albana di Romagna DOCG

  Brilliant golden yellow.
  Nose to be evoluted by time. Medium fine at the moment.
  Zafran, candy papaya, apricots.....and a bit of chlorine...
  Sweet, almost greasy, but well balanced by acidity.
  Very young must be read in perspective. 180 gr./lt sugar

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• 2000 Fattoria Zerbina Albana di Romagna Scacco Matto Passito 85 Points

  Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Albana di Romagna DOCG

  Golden yellow.
  Intense and fine at nose: candy papaya, dried apricots. Alcohol note. Hydrocarbons(?).
  Sweet and greasy, ful smooth mouth. Very good and balancing acidity. Medium persistence.

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• 1994 Fattoria Zerbina Albana di Romagna Scacco Matto Passito 83 Points

  Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Albana di Romagna DOCG

  Topaz yellow.
  Medium fine and medium complex, when compared to the previous ones.
  Also less greasy (not 100% botritized grapes). Acidity being in evidence.
  Less fruit, more cleanliness.
  Difficult vintage, very hot at the beginning and then rainy.

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• 2010 Fattoria Zerbina Albana di Romagna Passito Riserva A.R. 92 Points

  Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Albana di Romagna DOCG

  Brilliant light topaz yellow.
  Fruity at nose, mainly centered on dried yellow fruits.
  Sweet, but perfectly balanced by acidity, in a pure Icewine style.
  Long ending on Chestnut honey notes.

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Very impressive to testify how Albana can be a (no more) surprising wine in different styles.