2016 Luca Ferraris Ruché di Castagnole Monferrato Bric D'Bianc

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 85 points

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  9/30/2019 - Atwellian wrote: 83 Points

  Dark crimson red. Very strong brambly red fruit nose with a funky rhubarb element. Tart, simple, raspberry, somewhat unpleasant metallic aftertaste.

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  6/21/2018 - The years of the grape wrote: 87 Points

  A bit disappointing. Was Luca Ferraris' Bric d'Bianc always like this? I remembered a very floral and aromatic wine, a bright nectar so pleasant to drink that you didn't even notice you had already finished a bottle.
  
  Sure, this is a honest wine, but too structured, ripe, much less exuberant than what I expect from this grape variety. The aromatic side is subdued. There is much work in this wine, but maybe too much and the alcohol is 14% which surprised me.
  
  When I had the Clàsic some days ago I thought I was drinking a "modern" style Ruché, a structured cuvée made to attract a specific audience and I was just satisfied to feel the interplay of aromas and power. However if even their standard bottling is like this (not very different from the Clàsic) maybe I was wrong and this is simply the (new?) philosophy of this producer.

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