2014 Colombera & Garella Bramaterra Cascina Cottignano

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 89.3 points

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  5/13/2021 - likeitdrinkit Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Drank well with a lamb stew, but still a bit young, lots of acidity and tannin to settle. Very enjoyable, needs a bit more time.

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  2/13/2020 - forceberry wrote: 92 Points

  A blend of organically farmed Nebbiolo (70%), Croatina (20%) and Vespolina (10%) from volcanic soils. Fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in concrete tanks. Macerated with the skins for 18 days. Aged for 2 years in an used 6200-liter Slavonian oak botti. 13% alcohol. Total production 3500 bottles.
  
  Translucent and luminous ruby red color; slightly darker than the vintage 2015 that was tasted alongside. Very attractive, perfumed nose with fine-tuned aromas of rose petals and boysenberries, some fresh red cherries, a little bit of raspberry jam, light spicy notes of earthy herbs, a stony hint of minerality and a touch of rose hips. The wine is dry, textural and juicy on the palate with medium body and crunchy flavors of sour cherries, some stony mineral tones, a little bit of red currants, light blueberry tones, a hint of wild strawberries and a touch of iron. The wine is surprisingly robust and - perhaps counterintuivitely - positively tough and austere with its remarkably high acidity and quite assertive, grippy tannins. While very structured and tightly-knit, the structure never seems to be at odds with the lighter body. The finish is sinewy, tannic and grippy with long, high-toned flavors of tart lingonberries and cranberries, some sour cherry bitterness, a little bit of wild strawberry, light iron notes of blood, a hint of tar and a touch of dried herbs.
  
  A ridiculously young, tightly-knit and rather tough Alto Piemonte red, but also one that is very harmonious and seductive with its fine-tuned, layered aromas and flavors of wonderful freshness and purity. Although the wine is equally stern and forbidding as the vintage 2015, still requiring years before starting to become more accessible, this wine is hugely more impressive and engaging now, at the age of 5 years. It might work quite well now, if paired with food that could tone down that intense combination of acidity and tannins, but definitely will be much better if just left in a cellar for another 10-15 years. A very fetching wine, second only to the lovely 2014 Colombera & Garella Pizzaguerra.

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  1/3/2019 - Mohman wrote:

  Väldigt god. Lätt

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  10/27/2018 - fred o. Likes this wine:

  ruby color. Nose ripe cherries with some nutmeg. Palate smooth, tangy tomato acidity, finish with some drying tannins. Good stuffing with nice structure for the future. 91 pts

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  10/27/2018 - Justin S Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Brief note from memory. A wine of purity and freshness. The palate has a generous mid-palate of tart cherry fruit that carries into the slightly bitter finish of balsamic acid and fine-textured tannins. Great structure and tension, yet all the contours here have edges beveled, so drinking well already. Want to try this again with more age.

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