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If you want proof that Dolcetto is not 'the Beaujolais of Italy,' pour yourself a glass of Anna Maria Abbona's Maioli, which is 100% Dolcetto. The wine is violet-tinged deep purple, a very inviting color; it smells of violets, Assam tealeaves, and blueberries; and it is a mouth-filling, deep, substantial wine to drink. 'Una bomba,' as they say in Italy, and an excellent food wine; it goes with many red meat dishes, grilled sausages, cheese... The fruit comes from very old vines planted in the '30s by Anna Maria's uncle. The wine is fermented and aged in stainless steel.
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Crisp and refreshing, semi sweet, with lingering pear, tangerine, nectar and melon flavors on the finish.
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A textbook Barbera d'Alba -- highly aromatic, with bright red fruit that echoes on the palate, carrying through on the long, crisp finish. Soft tannins. Serving suggestions: With all white meats or rich pasta dishes. Drinking within 4 to 5 years. Alcohol 13.0%.
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Producer notes: "Color: Deep ruby red with orange reflections. Bouquet: Typical scent of Barbera -- slightly oaky with hints of dried fruit. Taste: Full bodied, balanced with oak notes, persistent. Serving suggestions: With all the red meat or rich pasta dishes. Drink: now to 2022. Alcohol content: 14.0% vol. Aged in French oak barrels for 15 months (70% used; 30% new), then in bottle for one year."
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FWR 87
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87 points Fine Wine Review: "...the wine is exactly as it is supposed to be. The nose features spiced red cherry aromas. The mouth is medium-weight with red cherries and violets, and some steeliness to the texture. This is a good everyday wine, to serve slightly cool. 12% stated alcohol. (Issue #135/136; 2012)"
Bouquet: delicate but well defined, vinous, berries. Taste: dry, velvety, slightly almond, full, well balanced. More earth than fruit, good juice for the Old World wine lovers.
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Producer notes: "Color: Straw yellow with green reflections. Aroma: Good fruit, oak, a hint of spices, herbs and fruit. Taste: Delicate and fresh, with good acidity and a lingering aftertaste. Serving suggestions: As an aperitif, with fish or with all cold appetizers. Drink within 3-4 years. Alcohol 13.0%."
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Producer notes: "Color: Deep ruby red with light orange. Nose: Young, fresh with notes of mint. Taste: Fruity, fresh, full with good balance. Serving suggestions: With all red meat or pasta dishes. Alcohol 13.5%."
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Two Glasses, Gambero Rosso (2013).
Importer notes: "The goal of this wine, from vineyard to bottle, is to maximize freshness and produce an imminently drinkable wine. Maceration lasts for 6-8 days (compared to 3 weeks for the Barolo) and aging is for only 6 months in large barrels. This Nebbiolo d'Alba typically exhibits fruity aromas (peach and wild berries) and medium body, being ready to drink relatively young. It is more suited for casual summer meals. It is best enjoyed young, but will improve with a brief cellaring."
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Producer notes: "A slightly effervescent, sweet red wine with low alcohol (5.5%), made from one of the most appealing aromatic grapes, the Malvasia di Schierano. It is characterized by a very unusual marriage of freshness, weight, and aromatic complexity. Wild red berry fruit is gloriously evident on the nose, along with fascinating hints of blossoms, particularly wisteria and iris. Served well chilled, it is ideal with any sweet or dessert as well as with fresh fruit and petits fours."
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WHWC staff notes: "I'll be honest, the reason this 100% Barbera caught my eye was because it has a unique label, which upon closer inspection contained a sailing ship. I choose to believe that it is most certainly a pirate ship. As a double bonus it is also Demeter-certified biodynamic, so how could I NOT try it? I'm so glad I did. From the Monferrato region of Piedmont near Asti, this tiny 3-hectares family estate is the epitome of an 'everyday' value wine that is versatile enough to go with any dish, Italian or otherwise. A true ruby red color lets you know that this wine will be medium-bodied without the worry of over-extraction. Pure, soft mixed-berry dried fruit, smooth tannins and alcohol are interwoven with lovely elements of Piedmont terroir and Barbera typicity: vanilla, leather, herbs, cherries and taut acidity. There is a lot going on here, but yet it is so easy to drink. You won't be disappointed with this rustic little over-achiever." -Casey Carmichael
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Producer notes: "Light but abundant bubbles with long lasting 'perlage'. Intense straw-yellow, nearly golden color. Aromatic, complex and intense. On the palate, sweet, pleasantly acidulous, with a long lingering flavor, round, bodied and velvety. An excellent dessert wine, it perfectly accompanies strawberries, cooked peaches filled with macaroons, jam tarts or hazelnut cakes."
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Producer notes: "Arneis is a native varietal which produces a very fruity wine with hints of pears and apples. Its fragrance and flavor are also enhanced by the small amount of CO2 kept from the fermentation, which also helps to make up for the variety’s low acidity. Pairing suggestions: aperitif, fish, appetizers."
Not yet reviewed; 2010 vintage rated 93 points by Wine & Spirits: "Fresh scents of apple blossom honey and beeswax add to the almond richness of this arneis. It’s as smooth as a round riverstone, clean and fragrant. The finish is distinctly Piedmontese in its earthiness; to match braised chicken or a rich fish stew."
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Importer notes: "This wine from Piedmont comes from a single vineyard named Majoli. The vineyard is planted in Ruche, an indigenous grape and a very rare variety. This is as authentically Italian as you can get and way more interesting than Chianti, at a very sensible price! Tasting notes: Nose of dark berries and underbrush. On the palate flavors of red berries with some chocolate and black berries. Very well balanced with good acidity and tannins in the finish. This is a very enjoyable, rare and different wine with its distinctive berryish aroma."
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89 points Antonio Galloni (Wine Advocate): "[$19 list] Damilano’s 2009 Barbera d’Asti is a big, powerful wine loaded with dark fruit, minerals and spices, showing terrific balance in a full-bodied, rewarding style. This is the second release from a recently acquired parcel in Asti, where Barbera is capable of reaching greater heights than just about anywhere else. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2014. (Aug 2010)"
88 points Wine Enthusiast: "[$19 list] This youthful expression of Barbera comes forth with ripe and raw aromas of black fruit, plum, prune and wild berries. You really feel the freshness of the fruit here and this wine would pair perfectly with pasta or pizza. (Dec 2010)"
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88 points Wine Spectator: "Vegetal and earthy aroma follow through to a black cherry flavor emerging in the mouth. Seems unsettled now, with a slightly bitter finish. This is concentrated, so give it a few months to sort itself out. Best after 2013. (2/29/12)"
87 points Antonio Galloni (Wine Advocate): "[$20 list] The 2010 Barbera d’Asti emerges from the glass with dark berries, leather, licorice and scorched earth. It shows good length and character, but not quite the personality of the very finest years. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2014. (Aug 2011)"
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Importer notes: "Grown in Sergio's vineyards in the south of the Dogliani appellation, at between 350 and 450 meters (1,150 to 1,500 feet); limestoney soil, eastern exposure, very good white wine terroir. The fruit is picked in small boxes, then pressed and fermented in stainless steel. Half of the wine is put through ML to round out the acidity somewhat (the rest of this is used as base wine for Sergio's Alta Langa sparkling wine, and has excellent acidity), and the wine is aged in stainless steel, then bottled in the summer following the vintage. Fresh appley bright Chardonnay, very useful food wine."
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88 points Wine Spectator: "There's good depth to this red, whose black cherry and blackberry flavors are intense and fresh. This is bright, with a hint of tannins on the finish. Drink now. (2/29/12)"
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Viticulture at Forteto della Luja goes beyond organic. The soils are worked by horse, fermentations occur naturally by way of the 'mother' yeast. Since 2003 the winery has been 100% solar powered -- the only of its kind in Piemonte. The 'Piasa San Maurizio' vineyard is where Brother and sister Giancarlo and Silvia's great grandfather planted vines some 90 years ago. Gianni produces his Moscato d'Asti following 'old-time' methods; the objective is fresh fruit and aromas that caress you enough to jump in the glass. This single-vineyard Moscato exudes generous aromatics of sage, elderflower, white peach and fresh melon, which complement a rich, vanilla midpalate with acidity that refreshes. Organic single-vineyard Moscato as you've never had.
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Nascetta is an ancient Piemontese white varietal, with only a few plantings existing today. Sergio Germano is one of a handful of winemakers working with this varietal. It is a svelt, mineral-driven white vinified solely in stainless steel tanks. Beautiful herbaceous aromas of lime peel, thyme, sage and wet rocks. Its medium-bodied frame and fresh acidity highlight the soft lime fruit flavors with touches of mineral and herbs. A very special wine from one of the rising stars of Barolo.
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WS 88
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88 points Wine Spectator: "[$30 list] A rich, ripe style, offering sweet black cherry and bitter almond flavors. The texture starts out smooth, giving way to a pleasantly astringent finish. Drink now through 2016. 600 cases imported. (5/31/13)"
Bastianich & Lynch (Vino Italiano Buying Guide): "Some of the longest-lived and most elegant wines in the Langhe... the Falletto vineyard, in Serralunga, is the source of Barolo, barbera, and dolcetto... Bruno Giacosa is a traditionalist, producing fragrant yet austere wines aged for long periods in large casks before release. Buy and hold!"
Robert Parker: "Perhaps the greatest compliment I could confer on Bruno Giacosa is that there are no wines in the world I buy without tasting first, except for those of one producer--the Professor of Nebbiolo."
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The late Sheldon Wasserman said it all in his magnum opus (co-authored by wife Pauline) Italy's Noble Red Wines: "Bruno Giacosa is without question one of Italy’s -- make that the world’s finest winemakers." Although Il Maestro could make more money pulling up these Dolcetto vines planted in the storied Falletto vineyard in Barolo and replacing them with Nebbiolo, he simply thinks it's cool to make a Dolcetto from a great terroir! Like the Dolcetto Sorano di Treiso, this is a tad more "serious" than the non-vineyard-specific Dolcetto d'Alba with more pronounced minerality and structure.
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Not yet reviewed; 2010 vintage rated 88 points by both Wine Advocate and International Wine Cellar, which wrote: "Pure aromas of lemon, apple and spring flowers. Fresh more than structured, with good density to its apple, lemon and mineral flavors. A supple, sweet arneis for drinking over the next 6 to 12 months. Finishes with very good persistence."
Producer notes: "Dark, straw-yellow colour. Intense, fine and elegantly fruity bouquet reminiscent of peach, apricot, citrus, fruit and acacia flowers. Fresh and fragrant flavour with soft plentifulness."
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WS 90
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90 points Wine Spectator: "[$18 list] A strong graphite aroma signals this white, whose flavors evoke apple, pear and almond, with underlying citrusy acidity. Stays fresh, clean and long, featuring a mineral aftertaste. Drink now through 2014. 1,000 cases made. (2013)"
Producer notes: "The origins of this superb winery, set in Rovereto of Gavi, on the Piedmont’s Apennines, are very ancient: since 900 A.C. in the Annals of Republic of Genoa was mentioned a Benedectine settlement which was on the hills overloading the river Lemme. Gavi di Gavi Lugarara is 100% Cortese. Color: Straw-yellow with a greenish hue. Bouquet: Subtle, persistent, scent of green apples. Flavor: Slightly acid with an almond backtaste. Gastronomy: It goes well with starters, fish, shellfish, fish or shellfish first courses, but for its characteristics it goes well also with fried food and mushrooms."
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Incredibly affordable and easy to drink, this wine never disappoints. From the beautiful village of Santo Stefano Belbo in Piemonte, Stella Rosa is a refreshing red wine to be served chilled as an afternoon sipper. Also a great accompaniement to fresh fruit and cheese.
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Producer notes: "100% Cortese. Light straw color. Typical Gavi nose: fine and pleasantly fresh. Delicate in the mouth, very dry, characterized by a crisp and refreshing acidity. Food Match: white meats, sushi, shrimp, shellfish, scallops, salmon, quiche, oysters, grilled vegetables, fish, crab, antipasto."
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