Valgella Valtellina Superiore Nebbiolo

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.

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.

As always with Motalli there is great purity. Rustic elegance. Sweet gorgeous fruit. Decanted at noon for dinner and it showed beautifully. Soulful.

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.

Old school and lovely.