Cantina Ar.Pe.Pe.
Il Pettirosso Terrazze Retiche di Sondrio Nebbiolo
Sondrio, Lombardia, Italy
Such a killer Pettirosso. Nose is ethereal. Just stunning. Roses, tar, deep mid season cherry. Gorgeous minerality. Earth, mint and so much more. Palate is so elegant, really no one does elegant with nebbiolo like Arpepe. Sour and sweet mid season cherries, lovely bracing and framing acidity and such purity and length. Man this is a cherry bomb. Awesome wine but it screams for food. Someone send me an ossobucco. Stat! More with air as this wine need air. With air it gets more harmonious in the mouth but the tannins pick up.
Such a killer Pettirosso. Nose is ethereal. Just stunning. Roses, tar, deep mid season cherry. Gorgeous minerality. Earth, mint and so much more. Palate is so elegant, really no one does elegant with nebbiolo like Arpepe. Sour and sweet mid season cherries, lovely bracing and framing acidity and such purity and length. Man this is a cherry bomb. Awesome wine but it screams for food. Someone send me an ossobucco. Stat! More with air as this wine need air. With air it gets more harmonious in the mouth but the tannins pick up.
Jun 10th, 2023
Red fruits, cleansing and a great food wine. TBL
Red fruits, cleansing and a great food wine. TBL
Jun 27th, 2021
Ar.Pe.Pe the Emperor of Valtellina. Impressive complexity considering its modest price. Crafted in transparency. A perfumed tart but ripe red fruited and floral approach with a pronounced savoury canvas composed of earth, tar and bonfire. Salivating acidity, solid yet ripe grip from the tannins with a red fruit surrounding.
Ar.Pe.Pe the Emperor of Valtellina. Impressive complexity considering its modest price. Crafted in transparency. A perfumed tart but ripe red fruited and floral approach with a pronounced savoury canvas composed of earth, tar and bonfire. Salivating acidity, solid yet ripe grip from the tannins with a red fruit surrounding.
Glorious spice and ethereal cherry on the nose. But this wine usually needs 45 minutes to get there aromatically. Plum and mulberry as well. Gorgeous classy earthiness and minerality. Palate is elegant and awash in minerals and freshness with a supple texture. Terrific inner mouth aromas and just the mosh insane freshness. This is showing so well. Wispy but present tannins. Nice length. Very very pure.
Glorious spice and ethereal cherry on the nose. But this wine usually needs 45 minutes to get there aromatically. Plum and mulberry as well. Gorgeous classy earthiness and minerality. Palate is elegant and awash in minerals and freshness with a supple texture. Terrific inner mouth aromas and just the mosh insane freshness. This is showing so well. Wispy but present tannins. Nice length. Very very pure.
2 people found it helpfulAug 11th, 2021
It's always impressive when a wine doesn't change at all for three days. Still has this, and yes, I know it's an oxymoron, an impressive sort of relaxed tension. So alive but relaxed in it's profile. Balanced. Fruity and earthy. Fresh bit developed. Love this wine.
It's always impressive when a wine doesn't change at all for three days. Still has this, and yes, I know it's an oxymoron, an impressive sort of relaxed tension. So alive but relaxed in it's profile. Balanced. Fruity and earthy. Fresh bit developed. Love this wine.
2 people found it helpfulJun 12th, 2021Nice red fruits and clean finish. Great food wine! TBL
Nice red fruits and clean finish. Great food wine! TBL
1 person found it helpfulJun 10th, 2021blend of sassella and grumello vineyard. Acid, structures are well balanced and very fine. More dense minerality, fruit, good structure than Arpepe rosso. Amazing.
blend of sassella and grumello vineyard. Acid, structures are well balanced and very fine. More dense minerality, fruit, good structure than Arpepe rosso. Amazing.
1 person found it helpfulDec 22nd, 2020What a nose. Also what a color. Watermelon licorice. Stunning cherry perfume. Early to mid season cherries. Amazing finesse and refinement. Gorgeous minerality. Smells like a Chambolle. Woodsy spices. So complex. Palate is energetic and so deep. Really incredible for an “entry level” wine. Even though it’s not priced like that. Stunning pure cherry fruit with a citrusy tang. Superbly elegant and intensely structured with terrific linearity and freshness. Long sappy finish. In need of a few years but the sap and length of the finish make me think this might be a long distance runner. Really long. So so well made. Awesome concentration. Sappy and so dense. Just remarkable. Score may go up with air.
9.3 to 9.4. Gets more integrated and velvety after 3 or 4 hours. Stunning texture and freshness and pure sweet and tart fruit. So velvety.
What a nose. Also what a color. Watermelon licorice. Stunning cherry perfume. Early to mid season cherries. Amazing finesse and refinement. Gorgeous minerality. Smells like a Chambolle. Woodsy spices. So complex. Palate is energetic and so deep. Really incredible for an “entry level” wine. Even though it’s not priced like that. Stunning pure cherry fruit with a citrusy tang. Superbly elegant and intensely structured with terrific linearity and freshness. Long sappy finish. In need of a few years but the sap and length of the finish make me think this might be a long distance runner. Really long. So so well made. Awesome concentration. Sappy and so dense. Just remarkable. Score may go up with air.
9.3 to 9.4. Gets more integrated and velvety after 3 or 4 hours. Stunning texture and freshness and pure sweet and tart fruit. So velvety.
Wonderful Valtellina nebbiolo a.k.a. chiavenasca
Wonderful Valtellina nebbiolo a.k.a. chiavenasca
Feb 24th, 2023