2018 Tenuta Scerscé Valtellina Superiore - Inferno Flammante

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 90 points

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  1/1/2024 - Papies wrote:

  Frankly we had this in sub optimal conditions outside and relatively cold late lunch at Alphutte Clavadatsch, St Moritz so the wine could no show much. Round and fleshy rich , punchy wine but impossible to rate this given the situation. Felt like an 88 but would be a disservice to rate.

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  11/9/2021 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  100% Nebbiolo from the Inferno Cru. Fermented spontaneously, macerated with the skins for a month, aged in Slavonian botti and French oak barrels. 14% alcohol.
  
  Pale and very translucent cherry red color with a wide, clear rim. Classic and immediately recognizable Nebbiolo nose with layered aromas of cherries and tobacco, some pine tar, a little bit of ripe raspberry, light gravelly minerality, a hint of old, dry leather, a fragrant touch of dried flowers and a whiff of ripe pomegranate. The wine is ripe, dense and quite rich for a Valtellina Nebbiolo on the palate with a moderately full body and dry-ish flavors of ripe red plums and juicy cherries, some meaty tones, a little bit of tobacco, light crunchy notes of tart cranberries, a hint of tar and a touch of gravelly minerality. The rather high alcohol lends a little bit of warmth to the palate. The overall impression is quite open-knit and approachable, thanks to the balanced, moderately high acidity and gentle, fine-grained tannins that slowly pile up on the gums. The moderately long finish is rich, silky and gently grippy with a little bit of alcohol warmth and ripe flavors of wild strawberries and juicy cherries, some tobacco, a little bit of tar, light meaty notes, a tart, crunchy hint of fresh red plums and a touch of sour cherry bitterness.
  
  A firm and balanced but also surprisingly rich and weighty effort for a Valtellina Nebbiolo - normally the Nebbiolos from this region (apart from Sfursat) tend to be fresh, quite delicate and stylistically rather Burgundian, but this wine comes across more "Langhe" in its expression. In a blind tasting, I'd probably go for Barbaresco instead of Valtellina, due to the sense of ripeness, weight and bold fruit character. However, this is a quite enjoyable and balanced effort despite all the ripeness. I would've enjoyed a bit higher acidity and less sweet-toned fruit, but this is fine stuff all the same. Drinking mighty well right now, but most likely will continue to evolve at least another handful of years, if not more - and will keep just fine for much longer. Priced according to its quality at 27€.

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