Santa Barbara County Nebbiolo

Great American Nebbiolo. Would turn heads in a blind tasting.

Not gonna lie, pretty solid. Beautiful aromatics. A tad hot and youthful, but nice aging potential.

Rose petals, soy sauce, and violets

Fooled me! Cal-ital at this quality is unheard of.

Ho. Lee. Hell.

Stunning nose on this Santa Barbara County wine, very similar to what you'd find in Italy but with more nuanced fruit. The nose has lovely notes of rose petals, new tar, dried leaves, and dried plums. The palate is second only to the nose on this, tons of tannins that would make this a great wine with a ton of dishes. This is a great example of how Santa Barbara does wines no one else does.

Really awesome new vintage, nice stuffings-tarry dried cherry tobacco, true to varietal.
Well played mr. Clifton

Somehow this smells like barbaresco with about five years on it

It was very good, just enough spice to make it interesting

L'acidità lo tradisce, un po' marcata in coda, e ne abbrevia un po' troppo il finale. Altrimenti, specialmente per il naso, potrebbe essere made in Italy.

Succulent red fruit, well balanced acid / tannins. Beautiful expression of Cali terroir as you might hope from Nebiollo, great stuff.