Senses immediately overloaded, in a good way, with a bouquet of lavender tea, smoked cherrywood, tobacco, cedar, vanilla, and as someone here astutely observed, Alpine herbs. Buried underneath that is wild mushroom, wild raspberries, and cherries. Lasting nice finish, though a bit heavy on the alcohol compared to its southern nebbiolo cousins, but given the sforzato Amarone-like production process, this makes senses. One of the finest reds I've had in some time, certainly on par or better than the other nebbiolo I've tasted.
Better yet, I scored this for a steal of a price at a local Total Wine who either thought this was too old or didn't know what they had. — 6 months ago
August 2022, one hour decant — 3 years ago
Bm. Tm+. Am. Fm. — 2 months ago
This wine is pale garnet in appearance with medium (+) intensity of red and black cherry, blueberry, pomegranate, rose, black tea, black olive, licorice, anise, clove, and delicate peat aromas and flavors.
On the palate, it’s dry with medium(+) acidity, a medium(+) body, medium(+) tannins that are fine grained, high alcohol (14% ABV) and a medium finish. — 7 months ago
Chianti Pinot noir baby delicious — 2 months ago
6,9€ Esselunga — 3 years ago
Timothy Eustis
Wine Director, Red Lion Inn
Long finish on this. 2019. Black fruit. Tannic. I do get pomegranate. High acidity. One of my favs. — 6 days ago