Opens with signature Nebbiolo scent of violets, red fruit, a pinch of cinnamon and clove and a pleasant earthy aroma. Big, mouth-filling, lightly sweet red fruit, with distinctive red currant flavour, on the palate finishing with still-aggressive acidity and very dry tannic grip. Give it another 3-5 years in the cellar.
Full ruby. Complex nose with pretty, ripe red fruits notes and integrated oak. Medium- to full-bodied, chubby mid-palate. Quite delicious already, it can wait a few more years.
An intriguing bland of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and a small percentage of Teroldego, the wine shows very dark in the glass with dark fruit scents revealing distinctive blackcurrant, vanilla and a dash of clove. Intensely concentrated blackberry, blackcurrant and dark chocolate flavours are enveloped in velvety though still firm tannins, with a splash of vanilla evolving into a smoothly integrated, drying finish.
Displays ruby red colour with warm, spicy scented red cherry and earthy mushroom aromas. Smooth and medium-bodied with fine red fruit flavours, silky tannins and still youthful acidity, it finishes with lightly dry tannic grip.
Dark ruby. Ripe nose of red and black berries, little oak. Mid-palate is velvety on the surface with a tight and firm backbone, slightly tannic in the finish. Great aging potential at a fair price.
This Rosso delle Venezie from one of the great Amarone producers is dense purple in colour with a smoky, blackberry nose augmented by vanilla-oak notes; it’s full-bodied, dry with blackberry and blackcurrant flavours, well-structured with lively acidity and a firm finish.
I am a sucker for good Dolcetto, and without a doubt, this bottling is one of the finest renditions to be found in Piedmont. Dogliani is also where they believe the grape originated. Made from 55-year-old vines, it possess 15% alcohol and an explosive combination of blueberry, plum, raisin, spice, violets and scorched earth. Drink or hold.