Fara, Novara
Fontechiara
Colline Novaresi Nebbiolo 2013
Delicious Italian red. Hint of tobacco flavor. Great with a lamb pasta. — 2 months ago
Azienda Agricola Platinetti Guido
Vigna Ronco Al Maso Ghemme Nebbiolo 2017
Some of us, being Nebbiolo supplicants, love Ghemme for its paradoxical meaty, bloody, yet light qualities. This has it in spades, on the edge of cherry cough syrup but never quite there. The woods, especially on the nose. This wine would benefit from a large glass.
It’s a bit of a sneaky, under the radar winery, hopefully for a bit still.
Lots of cherries, loam, dirt, blood, stoniness. Delicious. A ‘17 feels just about right. — 7 months ago
Rovellotti
Chioso Dei Pomi Ghemme Nebbiolo 2015
Needle in a freaking haystack! — 7 hours ago
Vini Barbaglia
Boca Nebbiolo Vespolina 2013
Old 2013 and still so young. — 2 months ago
Cantine del Castello Conti
Boca Nebbiolo Blend 2015
Old-school Italian wine that is perfect for pizza. Somewhat thin and alcoholic but typical of wines served in Italian restaurants in Brooklyn when I was small. Flavorful and a perfect match to the marinara sauce of New York Patsy’s Pizzeria or Joe & Pat’s. — 3 months ago
Tiziano Mazzoni
Ghemme ai Livelli Nebbiolo 2018
The 2018 Ghemme Ai Livelli is a dense, potent wine. Black cherry, spice, leather, menthol, game and incense add to an impression of brooding intensity. This rustic, burly Ghemme offers tons of punch and character, but it is marked by slightly elevated alcohol, searing tannins and oxidative overtones. In spite of that, it’s still a very good wine, which just shows the potential here. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, February 2024)
— 8 months ago
David T
Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator
Interesting wine. This one is a blend of Nebbiolo and Vespolina grapes. Not every surrounding region allow Vespolina, but Boca does.
The nose is muted. Not showing much. Macerated dark fruits, sandstone & black turned earth.
The body is mucher thicker from the extraction & Vespolina. Medium plus, fine, dark, polished tannins. It shows grapy, dark cherries, blackberries, a plum/raspberry blend, poached strawberries with lift of blueberries hues as it sets. Dark spice w/ some heat, dry soils, dark, muddy earth with clay, dry stones, dry tobacco, leather, dry wood plank, dry herbs, with red flowers with red & pink roses, round acidy with a well made, structured, nicely tensioned, polish finish that land on dry, fine tannins and stones.
This will require 8-10 plus years to flush out. — 3 days ago