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Nebbiolo from around the World
Sondrio
Tasted March 28, 2009 by quaglia with 1,173 views
Introduction
Very nice event located in the castle sourmounting Sondrio. A lot of producers with their Nebbioli. More than 200 bottles!!. Tasting notes refer strictly to the tasted bottle. Looking back I was bit too tight in my ratings...But please keep in mind that most of the wines were just too young. Anyway the scaling is correct...just needs a 2/3 points shift upward..
Flight 1 (28 notes)
Red
1997 AR.PE.PE. Il Pettirosso Terrazze Retiche di Sondrio IGT
73 points
Orange brick colour, almost amber. Medium intense smell, not very complex, with some tobacco. Still high tannins with poor body; Grumello + Sassella riserva; 4 years in chestnut barrels and 3,5 in bottle.
Red
2002 AR.PE.PE. Valtellina Superiore - Grumello Rocca de Piro Riserva
74 points
Medium fine smell, Tannic, but with poor body; low equilibrium; 2 years in Chestnut barrels and 3 in bottle
Red
2003 Caven Sforzato di Valtellina Messere
83 points
Intense colour, full ruby red. Intense smell, complex and fine: Bitumen. Good body, tannins still a bit harsh; similar to Plozza, with less body. LM 85; Lomb. > 90
Red
2004 Caven Valtellina Superiore - Inferno Al Carmine
82 points
Medium intense ruby red. Intense smell, complex and fine: Bitumen e dry flowers. Equlibrated- with medium body. Good fruit at taste with amalgamated tannins at the end.
Red
2005 Mamete Prevostini Valtellina Superiore - Sassella San Lorenzo
80 points
Medium ruby red; Complex and fine smell, but wood above all. Equilibrated also if alcoholic. Another CRU from Prevostini and, here too, too much wood. LM 84; AiS 85/90
Red
2006 Mamete Prevostini Valtellina Superiore - Sassella Sommarovina
78 points
Nice light ruby red, with pink rim. Complex smell, with sous bois, dry flowers and WOOD above all. Fruity, but too much alcohol , not very pleasant. Tannic at the end. From a single vineyard. Maybe too much wood. LM 85; AiS 85/90; Lomb >90
Red
2002 Renato Motalli Valtellina Superiore - Valgella
78 points
Same intense smell, medium fine, with wild rose and tobacco, but with some defects: barnyard and urine disturbing. Poor body.
Red
2003 Pietro Nera Valtellina Superiore - Inferno Riserva
75 points
Medium intense smell and medium fine: wild rose and bitumen. Medium body; medium intense, medium fine, persistent taste. Medium equilibrium; No taste…LM 85; AiS 80/84
Red
2006 Pietro Nera Valtellina Superiore - Inferno
78 points
Nice colour, intense and fine smell: Red fruit and wild rose. Some alcohol . Medium body, medium intense taste, persistent and medium fine. Tannic. Low equilibrium and poor body. LM 84 AiS 80/84
Red
2005 Plozza Sforzato di Valtellina Sfursat Vin da Ca'
84 points
Intense, complex and fine; a bit closed at the beginning. Intense, persistent and medium fine. Tannins a bit harsh; Equilibrated-; grapes drying out on grids for 90 days .
Red
2003 Plozza Passione Barrique Terrazze Retiche di Sondrio IGT
79 points
Intense colour, medium smell, typical. But poor body and balance: harsh tannins. Same method of production of the Sfursat, but out of the DOC zone ; Lomb. 85/90
Red
2004 Rainoldi Sforzato di Valtellina Sfursat Fruttaio Ca' Rizzieri
88 points
Intense, complex and fine smell. Still a bit harsh, but will get better. For me one of the best of the event. AiS 91/100; Lomb >90
Red
2005 Sandro Fay Sforzato di Valtellina Ronco del Picchio
86 points
Good smell, but a bit weak. Still, one of the best . Good, straight body; good balance. TWA 91; AiS 85/90; Lomb. 80/85
Red
2005 Adriano Marco e Vittorio Barbaresco Sanadaive
81 points
Intense flowery smell; medium balanced, intense and fine; Good, but a bit short and tannic. From Alba zone.
Red
2005 Adriano Marco e Vittorio Barbaresco Basarin
83 points
Better than the Sanadaive at nose: More intense, complex and finer. One of the best for smell. Tannic, very similar to the other Barbarescos. Neive zone. Young, vintage 2001 being the best at the moment.
Red
2004 Adriano Marco e Vittorio Barbaresco Riserva Basarin
80 points
Same vineyard than the "standard" Basarin, still more structure and body. Too young
Red
2005 Conterno Fantino Barolo Mosconi
80 points
Smell very similar to the Valtellina’s nebbioli: dry flowers and carruba. Nice. Intense, persistent and fine in mouth. Medium balanced. Tannins harsh.
Red
2004 Conterno Fantino Barolo Vigna del Gris
77 points
Similar to Mosconi, something missing. Short lasting in mouth. TWA: 90; Ais 85/90;
Red
2005 Poderi Colla Barbaresco Roncaglie
79 points
Similar to Vigna del Gris, a bit finer at nose. Still a bit short lasting. Tannins harsh. Young. LM 87; TWA 92; AiS: 85/90
Red
2001 Rovellotti Ghemme Riserva
82 points
Smell similar to the Barbarescos. Still a bit harsh, bur more mature. Fruity and pleasant.
Red
2004 Travaglini Gattinara Tre Vigne
83 points
One of the best smell of the event: Flowery and red fruits. A bit short in taste and medium body, but good equilibrium. TWA 87; AiS: 85/90
Red
2001 Travaglini Gattinara Riserva
86 points
Remembering the young Sfurzat I tasted before. Also if tannins a bit pricky, well balanced. Good fruit, a bit short. ONE of the best. LM 80; TWA 89
Red
2008 Cantina di Gallura Nebbiolo Karana Colli del Limbara IGT
82 points
beautiful brilliant ruby red; Intense, fine, medium complex at nose: red fruits and flowers. Intense, persistent and fine in mouth.
Red
2005 Cantina di Gallura Nebbiolo Dolmen Colli del Limbara IGT
77 points
Similar to Karana, but a bit harsh. At first I gave an 80, but then, it was too short…AiS 80/84
Red
2006 Novy Family Wines Nebbiolo Stolpman Vineyard
85 points
Still the same characters!!! Light ruby red, with pink rim. Intense, complex and very fine at nose. A bit too much wood/vanilla. Tannic, but one of the best.
Red
2006 Primo Estate Nebbiolo Joseph
84 points
Again the same characters!! Good smell: fruity and rose. Good body. Not too much tannins and balanced. One of the best.
Red
2003 L. A. Cetto Nebbiolo Reserva Privada
79 points
Same smell characters and taste well centered…a bit too short. Tannic. An estate from a Piemontese family already producing about 6.000.000 bottles:.
Red
2007 Steenberg Nebbiolo
75 points
Nice intense ruby red. Intense, complex and fine: Spicy (pepper). Particukar at taste: spicy and maybe meat (?). Maturing inside a toasted American barrel covered almost every other note. It just doesn’t seem to be Nebbiolo.
Closing
There are some common characteristic to ALL the wines: Wild rose, carruba and red fruit at nose. At taste the most common defect is the harsh tannin…but most of them were “just realesed” vintages and will better with time. For the same reason, I liked more the “ready” Gattinara than the “young Barolos.