Antoniolo

Gattinara Nebbiolo

9.1210 ratings
9.162 pro ratings
Gattinara, Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy
Nebbiolo
Lamb, Goose, Potato, Baking Spices, Beans & Peas, Hard Cheese, Turkey, Beef, Pasta, Salami & Prosciutto, Tomato-Based, Soft Cheese, Chicken, Veal, White Rice, Herbs, Mushrooms, Pungent Cheese, Pork, Game, Exotic Spices, Chili & Hot Spicy, Duck, Onion, Shallot, Garlic
Top Notes For
Chris MacLean

Lived up to my high expectations

Lived up to my high expectations

Aug 31st, 2024
Chris MacLean

Very good but more tannic than I expected

Very good but more tannic than I expected

Aug 8th, 2023
Josh Morgenthau

Wow. Very good. Rose petal, red fruit and rock dust nose. Stern and formidable tannins on the palate that won’t ever soften while this is alive but now they are complemented by generous fruit, zingy acid and seductive body. Prime drinking now

Wow. Very good. Rose petal, red fruit and rock dust nose. Stern and formidable tannins on the palate that won’t ever soften while this is alive but now they are complemented by generous fruit, zingy acid and seductive body. Prime drinking now

Jun 18th, 2022
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9.1

The 2013 Gattinara is a fabulous introduction to these wines. Beautifully lifted and medium in body, the 2013 is supremely elegant in every way. Crushed red berries, rose petals, mint, pine and wild flowers are waft out of the glass in this striking, super-expressive, entry-level Gattinara from the Antoniolo family. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, April 2020)

The 2013 Gattinara is a fabulous introduction to these wines. Beautifully lifted and medium in body, the 2013 is supremely elegant in every way. Crushed red berries, rose petals, mint, pine and wild flowers are waft out of the glass in this striking, super-expressive, entry-level Gattinara from the Antoniolo family. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, April 2020)

Apr 28th, 2020
Jeremiah Allen

Maybe not the perfect time to drink this 76 normale, I did find it to radically improve with air and delivered on its price. Very lifted, volatile and that old leather Bretty musky socks and saddles style. (Drink Lopez or Musar?). This being my first Antoniolo, I now believe there are some great bottles with serious age out there calling to me. I will seek to answer this call. πŸ“£ πŸ™‹πŸ½β€β™‚οΈ

Maybe not the perfect time to drink this 76 normale, I did find it to radically improve with air and delivered on its price. Very lifted, volatile and that old leather Bretty musky socks and saddles style. (Drink Lopez or Musar?). This being my first Antoniolo, I now believe there are some great bottles with serious age out there calling to me. I will seek to answer this call. πŸ“£ πŸ™‹πŸ½β€β™‚οΈ

Jan 31st, 2019
Matt

Great purity. Taken back the relative concentration of fruit this has. Ample tones of cherry, earth, and a cooling note of mountain herbs and flowers that almost all these N. Piemonte wines have. Love the emphasis of fruit and herbal spice. Still carries focus across the palate with compact tannin. These never really let me down.

Great purity. Taken back the relative concentration of fruit this has. Ample tones of cherry, earth, and a cooling note of mountain herbs and flowers that almost all these N. Piemonte wines have. Love the emphasis of fruit and herbal spice. Still carries focus across the palate with compact tannin. These never really let me down.

Jul 21st, 2017
Thomas Pastuszak

Sommelier/Wine Director The NoMad

8.7

Strong showing of an elegant near-40yo nebbiolo

Strong showing of an elegant near-40yo nebbiolo

3 people found it helpfulJul 1st, 2014
Gordon Walker

Very strange, hamster cage and new soccer ball. Lots of depth

Very strange, hamster cage and new soccer ball. Lots of depth

1 person found it helpfulNov 3rd, 2015
James Forsyth

Delicious freshness to this bright and lovely wine that has terrific energy and an attractive red fruit profile.

Delicious freshness to this bright and lovely wine that has terrific energy and an attractive red fruit profile.

Jan 29th, 2017
Beau Carson

Leather tar, cherry, campfire, and nice integrated tannins. Not as nuanced and elegant as Barberesco, but would not argue against it otherwise.

Leather tar, cherry, campfire, and nice integrated tannins. Not as nuanced and elegant as Barberesco, but would not argue against it otherwise.

Nov 1st, 2016