Valtellina, Sondrio, Lombardia, Italy
2016 | Chiavennasca (Nebbiolo)
Motalli Renato; Valtellina Superiore
Lombardy; Valtellina, Italy
(92-94; Drink 2026-36)
3H decant, 🤯
2016 | Chiavennasca (Nebbiolo)
Motalli Renato; Valtellina Superiore
Lombardy; Valtellina, Italy
(92-94; Drink 2026-36)
3H decant, 🤯
Beautiful light color but such clarity. Nose is mega spice and old chestnut. Very complex and ethereal. Faint leather scents. Real fineness to the aromas and breadth. But air will help them more. Palate is wonderful with mid season and sour cherries but also needs to open up and flesh out. Really fine and delicate tannins that build with that earthy sweet fruit on the finish. This also has remarkable finesse. Nose gets sawdust and cigar tobacco now. Really wonderful silky texture and intense minerality on the finish. There is no shortage of brightness and energy here. I’ll be back as I know this will blossom.
Beautiful light color but such clarity. Nose is mega spice and old chestnut. Very complex and ethereal. Faint leather scents. Real fineness to the aromas and breadth. But air will help them more. Palate is wonderful with mid season and sour cherries but also needs to open up and flesh out. Really fine and delicate tannins that build with that earthy sweet fruit on the finish. This also has remarkable finesse. Nose gets sawdust and cigar tobacco now. Really wonderful silky texture and intense minerality on the finish. There is no shortage of brightness and energy here. I’ll be back as I know this will blossom.
Aug 11th, 2022
Still good freshness. Elegant cherry fruit. Missing a bit of the vibrancy it had in its youth but still lovely.
As this opens you get lovely pink roses on the nose. This wine still has it. It just needs some time.
Fass selections
Still good freshness. Elegant cherry fruit. Missing a bit of the vibrancy it had in its youth but still lovely.
As this opens you get lovely pink roses on the nose. This wine still has it. It just needs some time.
Fass selections
Amazingly complex. The story evolved all night. Enjoy over a loooooong Italian meal.
Amazingly complex. The story evolved all night. Enjoy over a loooooong Italian meal.
Dec 18th, 2023
As always with Motalli there is great purity. Rustic elegance. Sweet gorgeous fruit. Decanted at noon for dinner and it showed beautifully. Soulful.
As always with Motalli there is great purity. Rustic elegance. Sweet gorgeous fruit. Decanted at noon for dinner and it showed beautifully. Soulful.
Jul 29th, 2023
Softer stuff. Soft chew of Haribo cherry gummies. Soft leather. Soft curls of palo santo smoke. Softer tannin and soft on the eyes - mahogany balsamic embers in a soft glow.
Softer stuff. Soft chew of Haribo cherry gummies. Soft leather. Soft curls of palo santo smoke. Softer tannin and soft on the eyes - mahogany balsamic embers in a soft glow.
Feb 25th, 2023
