Podere ai Valloni
Vigna Cristiana Boca Nebbiolo Blend
Boca, Novara, Piedmont, Italy
Classic. Gorgeous. Deep. No formal notes
Classic. Gorgeous. Deep. No formal notes
Dec 22nd, 2018
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to the Delectable Community 🎄⛄🎅🤶
So 2020 Christmas Dinner happened...It's been quite a year, distanced from our extended family and loved ones. This year it's just my wife and the four furballs tonight, so we're drinking what we like and eating what we like; traditional meals be gone. (Already seen posts of dinner waffles, so I'm not alone in this mindset.) Tonight we're crafting some tasty enchiladas using delicious Hudson Valley ground beef and my own enchilada sauce made from all our own garden ingredients (except Cumin).
Nose has fresh cherry, under-ripe cherry, freshly sliced green pepper, cold tar, cedar shavings, crushed dark chocolate, dried roses and partially wet garden soil.
A younger Bordeaux-esque, Northern Italian nose, IMO.
Palate has freshly juiced cherry, raspberry mash, partially-dried tart cherry, black cherry jam, muddy saddle leather with medium tannins/acidity and forever finish. Decanted 6H.
If you told me this wine was 29 years old at the time we're consuming, we'd arm wrestle then fight, because there is NO WAY this wine is that old, I'd agree to ~10-15Y, but no more. An amazing bottle with easily 20+ years in front of it tonight.
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to the Delectable Community 🎄⛄🎅🤶
So 2020 Christmas Dinner happened...It's been quite a year, distanced from our extended family and loved ones. This year it's just my wife and the four furballs tonight, so we're drinking what we like and eating what we like; traditional meals be gone. (Already seen posts of dinner waffles, so I'm not alone in this mindset.) Tonight we're crafting some tasty enchiladas using delicious Hudson Valley ground beef and my own enchilada sauce made from all our own garden ingredients (except Cumin).
Nose has fresh cherry, under-ripe cherry, freshly sliced green pepper, cold tar, cedar shavings, crushed dark chocolate, dried roses and partially wet garden soil.
A younger Bordeaux-esque, Northern Italian nose, IMO.
Palate has freshly juiced cherry, raspberry mash, partially-dried tart cherry, black cherry jam, muddy saddle leather with medium tannins/acidity and forever finish. Decanted 6H.
If you told me this wine was 29 years old at the time we're consuming, we'd arm wrestle then fight, because there is NO WAY this wine is that old, I'd agree to ~10-15Y, but no more. An amazing bottle with easily 20+ years in front of it tonight.