2009 Travaglini Gattinara

Community Tasting Notes (22) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  8/27/2021 - NiklasW Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Decanted for 1.5 hours. This is in a very nice spot now, red cherries with rose petals on the nose, very Nebbiolo. The palate is also about red cherries with strong tannins, very tasty. Could last for longer in the cellar easily.

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  1/10/2020 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  Macerated with the skins for 15-18 days. Fermenting slowly in stainless steel until March, after which the wine is moved to age in oak. Aged for 2 years in huge (10000-liter) oak bottis (90%, all old) and small barriques (10%, approx. 1/5 new). 13,5% alcohol. Tasted half-blind.
  
  Quite pale, translucent cherry red color with the slightest hint of bricking. Ripe, moderately open and quite sweet-toned nose with aromas of juicy black cherries and cherry marmalade, some turmeric-driven earthy spices, a little bit of gravelly minerality, light raisiny tones suggestive of a hot vintage, a hint of bay leaf and a touch of cooked rose hips. The wine is medium-to-moderately full-bodied and quite chewy on the palate with dry flavors of wizened black cherries, sanguine iron, some gravelly minerality, a little bit of gravelly minerality, light raisiny tones, a hint of sour cherry bitterness and a touch of smoke. The acidity feels moderately high, although relatively modest for an Alto Piemonte Nebbiolo. Firm, grainy and grippy tannins. The finish is long, tannic and serious with ripe yet quite tightly-knit flavors of black cherries, some dried red fruits, a little bit of sweet raisiny character, light gamey tones, a hint of sour cherry bitterness and a touch of gravelly minerality.
  
  A firm, structured and tightly-knit Nebbiolo which does show quite a bit of those warm-vintage characteristics, making the wine feel a bit atypical for the style; the wine is darker, bigger and noticeably more ripe than a Gattinara normally is. Although there are some sweeter raisiny overtones to the fruit, the overall feel fortunately remains dry and savory, not jammy or pruney. Good stuff, feeling more like a missing link between the leaner Alto Piemonte Nebbiolos and weightier and more muscular wines of Barolo and Barbaresco. Perhaps not going to be as long-lived as the best vintages of Travaglini Gattinara, but still shows good potential for future development. Also it was nice how this bottle performed somewhat better than the slightly understated bottle I had four years ago. Priced according to its quality at 21,90€.

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  12/26/2019 - jshufelt wrote: 87 Points

  Pop and pour. In the glass, clear auburn-red, slightly cloudy at the core. On the nose, tart cherries. On the palate, you know immediately it's nebbiolo because of the sour cherry/anise/wood profile - but there is nothing else forthcoming. on the nose, palate, or finish. I suspect this was probably at its peak 3-5 years ago. Drink up.

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  11/17/2018 - WineKnurd Likes this wine: 85 Points

  Took a bit for this to finally open up. Still has the red fruits, strawberries and cherries, but got the sense this was nearing its end as there was little in the way of secondary oak or earthy components. Suspicions confirmed the next day, the remainder of the bottle was about as neutral as you can get. Good, but not "Travaglini good" at this point; prompting me to start going through my 2010's to see how they are holding up. Overall Evaluation: B (86).

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  12/25/2017 - kalissa Likes this wine: 89 Points

  In a good place now, paired with a rabbit stew and pasta. Enjoy!

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