Renato Motalli

Le Urscele Valtellina Superiore Nebbiolo

9.36 ratings
9.32 pro ratings
Valtellina, Sondrio, Lombardia, 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
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

Gorgeous wine. More notes soon.

Gorgeous wine. More notes soon.

Oct 27th, 2019
Chris Shultz

Fresh late season cherries, some raspberries and mulberries. Some spice, it started out roses, some violets, and the menthol note is grown big. Tannins, very woody-flavored tannins, along the roof of the mouth. Tannins recede and cherries grow over a few hours. It’s a light, elegant wine in the prime of its life. It was like $28. I’d hold on to a lot more of it. I love nebbiolo. Drank it watching the chi.

Fresh late season cherries, some raspberries and mulberries. Some spice, it started out roses, some violets, and the menthol note is grown big. Tannins, very woody-flavored tannins, along the roof of the mouth. Tannins recede and cherries grow over a few hours. It’s a light, elegant wine in the prime of its life. It was like $28. I’d hold on to a lot more of it. I love nebbiolo. Drank it watching the chi.

2 people found it helpfulApr 15th, 2020
Tom Casagrande

Not going to rate this. Flawed bottle I think. No fragrance or flavor except for a scorchy, musty note. Will save and re-taste tomorrow.

UPDATE: On night 2 (with just the cork as a closure), it was tolerable. Some weak cherry fruit poking through, but still unacceptably thin. Still thinking this must be a flawed bottle.

Not going to rate this. Flawed bottle I think. No fragrance or flavor except for a scorchy, musty note. Will save and re-taste tomorrow.

UPDATE: On night 2 (with just the cork as a closure), it was tolerable. Some weak cherry fruit poking through, but still unacceptably thin. Still thinking this must be a flawed bottle.

Mar 18th, 2020
Matthew Cohen

Man. I love this. Elite authenticity.

Nose is pleasantly briny. Strawberry. Umami. Earth. Almost an earth perfume. Simply beautiful.

Palate is mature aged strawberry. So balanced Still so bright.

God this is so authentic and so well made. So interesting. So much character.

Like drinking incredibly well made burgundy from like slb. So authentic and foe a wine lover this is what you want.

Bought from fass selections.

Man. I love this. Elite authenticity.

Nose is pleasantly briny. Strawberry. Umami. Earth. Almost an earth perfume. Simply beautiful.

Palate is mature aged strawberry. So balanced Still so bright.

God this is so authentic and so well made. So interesting. So much character.

Like drinking incredibly well made burgundy from like slb. So authentic and foe a wine lover this is what you want.

Bought from fass selections.

Jul 6th, 2021
Brendan Baker

Fine drying tannin, high acid. Pomegranate, baked cherries, tar

Fine drying tannin, high acid. Pomegranate, baked cherries, tar

Dec 8th, 2019
Matthew Cohen

Needs an hour decant. A master in the mountains. 80 years old. Amazing winemaker. Epically classic old school Nebbiolo. At this price buy a palette if you are a Nebbiolo drinker. Gorgeous old school nose. Perfect dried roses. Palate is sweet roses. There might be some fruit fit it’s just floral Essence. A special occasion wine for me. Bought from Fass selections.

Needs an hour decant. A master in the mountains. 80 years old. Amazing winemaker. Epically classic old school Nebbiolo. At this price buy a palette if you are a Nebbiolo drinker. Gorgeous old school nose. Perfect dried roses. Palate is sweet roses. There might be some fruit fit it’s just floral Essence. A special occasion wine for me. Bought from Fass selections.

Jan 13th, 2019