Posts Tagged ‘Nebbiolo’
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
 I’ve been waiting patiently for several years to try a bottle of the second growth Bordeaux Leoville Poyferre, 2003. I wrote about other “Leovilles,” Barton and Las Cases, in one of Collector Columns, all three very worthy of your cellar. This is a wine that’s emerging from bottle aging and holds the promise to become one of the best ever produced. Why not “the” best? Because the ’09 and possibly the ’10 vintage may equal or even eclipse it. Of course, that’s up to the wine Gods. We’ll know better in about 8-10 years.
Leoville Poyferre St Julien, 2003:
This is evolving into one outstanding wine with waves of crushed rock, flowers, blackberry and cassis. The aromas swirling about as I was pouring it into the decanter had me spellbound! How one wine can marry such fruit concentration with sweet tannins is a testament to the excellence of this estate. We paired this with grilled lamb chops……..What a marriage! Runs around $175 but just a fraction of what you’d pay for a first growth. Has another good twenty years ahead of it……..maybe more.
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Tags: Barbaresco, Bordeaux, Brunello, Callaghan, Leoville Barton, Leoville Las Cases, Leoville Poyferre, Moccagatta, Nebbiolo, Poggio Antico
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Monday, October 17th, 2011
When I think of the great grapes from Italy, it’s a natural to turn to names such as Nebbiolo, Barbera and Sangiovese. But to the south of Rome, in the Campania and Basilicata region, is a grape that produces impressively robust reds that in the best cases are truly age worthy. The grape’s name is Aglianico.
Without competition, the Aglianico is the most complex and hearty grape of southern Italy. The grape, sometimes referred to as the “Barolo of the south,” is characterized by inky dark, even black cherry fruit, intensely huge tannins and laser sharp acidity. The wine boasts robust and bold black cherry, plum and blackberry flavors, grilled herbs, chocolate and expresso coffee, smoke, spice, tar, and leather. While the grape’s home is southern Italy, it is grown in Victoria and South Australia and in California’s Sierra Foothills and South Central Coast area of Paso Robles.
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Tags: Agliancio, Antinori, Barbera, Barolo, Basilicata, Compania, Italy, Mastroberardino, Nebbiolo, Sangiovese
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
While I have been so impressed with the Nebbiolo based wines coming out of Piedmont for many years, that feeling was redoubled after our recent Piedmont voyage and visits with stories vintners such as Luca Currado of Vietti (www.vietti.com, Roberto Voerzio, and Paolo Scavino (www.paoloscavino.com).
First, a word or two about the word Nebbiolo. Buried within the word is the word “nebbia” which means fog. Usually during the harvest season, which historically has occurred in mid to even late October, a deep fog will settle into the vineyards. This year has witnessed one of the earliest harvests on record, some vintners already finished, all courtesy of a very warm season.
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Tags: Alba, Aldo Conterno, Barbaresco, Barbera, Barolo, Bruno Giacosa, dolcetto, Italy, Nebbiolo, paolo scavino, phylloxera, Piedmont, Pio Cesare, Roberto Voerzio, Vietti
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Friday, September 2nd, 2011
We are taking some badly needed time off to recharge our batteries. Well, perhaps “time off” is not exactly the correct wording.
Actually, we will be visiting with some the world’s finest vintners from Chianti, Montalcino, Bolgheri, and Barolo over the next couple of weeks. In Tuscany we’ll be visiting with storied vintners such as Giancarlo Pacenti of Siro Pacenti, the iconic Piero Antinori, Vincenzo Abrussezze of Valicava, and super Tuscan producers such as Le Macchiole, Ornellaia and Tua Rita. In Piedmont, we’ll sit down with Luca Currado of Vietti, Roberto Voerzio and genious himself, Bruno Giacosa amongst others. And of course, we’ll work our way through the food belt of Bologna, Modena and Parma.
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Tags: Antinori, Barolo, Bolgheri, bologna, Bruno Giacosa, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chianti, Luca Currado, Merlot, modena, Montalcino, Nebbiolo, Pacenti, Parma, Piedmont, Roberto Voerzio, Sangiovese, super tuscan, Tuscany, Valicava, Vietti
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Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Over the years, I’ve grown to love Barbera wines, made from the eponymous grape variety. As Piedmont’s most widely planted grape, comprising nearly half of the red-wine grapes planted in northern Italy, it makes for a lively, readily available and affordable wine.
Barbera is remarkable for its diversity of expression as well as terroir. It can exist as an everyday wine, light and tart or as a hearty and full bodied age worthy candidate. While the grape is grown in Italy, US, Argentina, Australia, Brazil and Uraguay, it reaches its height in Piedmont, most of what is exported to the US being very good quality and good value, as well. US styles tend to be somewhat generic in style and can result in mediocre wine, although they can be more full bodied and balanced when yields are low and the winemaking process is controlled. The take away point here is that not all Barberas are created equal.
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Tags: Alba, Asti, Barbera, Camambert, Comte, Italy, Mascarpone, Mimolette, Nebbiolo, Pecorino, Piave, Piedmont, truffles
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Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
I’m readying myself for our whirlwind voyage to Tuscany and Piedmont later this year so it’s a good time for me to do more Italian tasting. In that light, this edition of the Best of the Best includes three wines, each profiling a different Italian grape, namely Sangiovese, Nebbiolo and Barbera. The outlier, but certainly not taking a back seat is a local favorite of mine from Kief Manning. So, let’s taste…………..
Bruno Giacosa Barbera d’Alba, 2007:
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Tags: Barbaresco, Barbera, Barolo, Brunello, Kief Joshua Vineyards, Malvasia Bianc, Nebbiolo, Piedmont, Sangiovese, Tuscany
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Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Bellini Vin Santo del Chianti, 2005:
Often thought of as a dessert wine, vin Santo’s range from Fino sherry like dry to very sweet.
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Tags: Barolo, Chianti, Dominus, fenugreek, Fine Dining, malvasia, Merlot, Nebbiolo, Petrolo Galatrona, Pio Cesare, Sherry, trebianno, Vin Santo
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Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Founded in 1921 by Paolo Scavino in the Barolo Langhe township of Castiglione Falletto, the estate (www.paoloscavino.com) is now under the stewardship of son Erico and his two daughters Enrica and Elisa. This is a family that inherently believes in allowing terroir to express the best in their wines.
The eleven townships that comprise the Langhe region not only produce the best Barolo’s from the Nebbiolo grape in the world, but proudly display the world renown white truffles from Alba and a cuisine that pairs with wines like no other. Add in beef dishes from Piedmontese cattle, game, wild herbs and mushrooms, tajarin, agnolotti and hazelnut based cakes and you have the definition of all that define what’s best in cuisine and wine in this region.
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Tags: Barolo, Nebbiolo, paolo scavino, Scavino
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Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
During a rather sad New England Patriots loss to the Jets last week ( revenged by the Steelers on Sunday), we opened up a couple of bottles of one of my favorite Zin producers, Seghesio. We started with the 2008 Sonoma followed by the ’07 Old Vine. Paired with home made chili, both of these were just an outstanding match.
Seghesio Zinfandel Sonoma County Sonoma, 2008:
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Tags: Barbaresco, Nebbiolo, Riesling, Seghesio, Zinfandel
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