2009 Nervi Gattinara

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  3/17/2016 - forceberry wrote: 91 Points

  Translucent, dark cherry color with a light maroon hue. Rich, ripe and expressive nose with sweet but quite brooding aromas of dark and slightly wizened cherry, dusty earth, some tar and a hint of raisin. You can notice the sweet nuances of a hot vintage even in a northerly wine like this. The moderately full-bodied palate feels ripe, but much less so than the nose. There are dark-toned, ever so slightly sweet flavors of cherry, dusty earth, some wizened cherry, a little exotic spice, a hint of tar and nuances of pruney and slightly raisiny fruit. The structure is really wonderful and quite tightly wound with moderately high acidity and firm, quite grippy tannins. The wine finishes with a very long, dark-toned and pretty tannic finish with flavors of ripe plums, slightly wizened cherries, some dusty earth, a little stony minerality and hints of exotic spices.
  
  In Piedmont, it is rare to come by a Nebbiolo from the vintage 2009 that I'd enjoy – this hot vintage resulted in wines that tend to show some excessive ripeness and raisiny fruit in addition to often rather moderate and soft structure. Well, apparently even Nervi didn't escape this fate completely, because even in the cooler climates of Gattinara the temperatures rose that year so high that these wines tend to show some dried fruit character. Fortunately, this wine is otherwise really lovely with dry and structured palate that tends more towards austerity than richness, even though the wine is quite fruit-forward for a young Gattinara. It is drinking quite well now, but (unlike many 2009 Baroli and Barbareschi) I'd give it some more years in the cellar to give it some additional complexity. Probably not the best wine for really long haul, but one that will easily survive at least a decade, maybe even two. Definitely one of the best 2009 Nebbioli I've had.

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  3/22/2014 - FjordogFjell wrote: 89 Points

  Forsmak med broderen: Jordbær, litt søt, moden. 6 timer i flaske: De har den hatt godt av, Skarp solbærdrops på lukt, brent tre, brød.

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