Community Tasting Note

vinosseur wrote:

Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - The Fenochhio family owns about 10ha of vineyards. Their annual production is about 45,000 bottles total (of their total product line). Average age of vineyards for this bottling is about 30 years. Approx 10 days fermenation in steel without added yeasts. Approx 15 days cold maceration. Aged 5 months in steel followed by about 2 years in Slovanian botti with capacity 3500-5000 liters. About one year aging in bottle before release.
Appearance was light garnet with very slight browning on the edges. Nose had sweet fruit that can only be explained with the word "nebbiolo"! very perfumed, cherry pits, wild stawberries. On the palate, again cherry pits, ripe sweet fruit with some hints of licorice. Tannins still gripped well but were elegant and integrated. Perfectly balance between fruit, acidity tannins and concentration with a lingering (sweet fruit) finish of plus 40 seconds. Its always hard to tell when its the right time to drink a bottle of wine. I felt that this was drinking perfectly now. The wine did not fade at all over the course of an hour. REally awesome Barolo from a traditional producer, especially considering the price. Very nice...

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