Giuseppe Rinaldi Nebbiolo 2010

 

The nose is quite fruity, sweet, but not too much, sometimes; then black cherry, raspberry, blueberry, very mineral.

The sip is very dry, delicious, savory, with ground, vertical tannins, almost furious.

Long, and persistent, it closes balsamic and mineral.

What a great Nebbiolo!

P.S.: these are the notes, "live" reported, naked and raw, no frills.

Once in the life, without eloquence, cup in the right hand, pen in the left.

Badia a Coltibuono Chianti Classico “Cultus Boni” 2009

80 percent Sangioveto grapes, with small doses of Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Mammolo and black Malvasia.

Ruby enough load, starts with a warm nose and little else. Waiting for an half-hour and the alcohol perception slows, so there emerges, discreetly, the fruit - cherry, plum and orange - with some purple embroidery and a delicate balsamic note.

The palate sees the return, important and influential, of the alcohol weight, which shortens, concretely, the expressiveness of the sip.

Not convinced, I grant him a second pass in the evening, with the mouth that has improved significantly. Now there is more freshness, that oversees and regulates, the peaks of the alcohol content. Consequently, the sip found its fruity, floral and even spicy size, although the structure remains massive.

Cappellano Nebbiolo 2007

The oldest Piedmont's native red grape, the Neb(b)iolo, Teobaldo pronounced it as it was once called, without the double b “…because it is sweeter”.

 

In the glass meeting a garnet red transparent, diaphanous. A balsamic wave, precise and clean, with spicy bouquet, gradually reveals intense aromas of pipe tobacco in the foreground, followed by undergrowth, leather and iron, cherry, blackberry and violet.

 

These clear olfactory signs are coherent on the palate. The tasting, very fresh, is marked by the strong presence of tobacco and the recall of the other flavors respecting the nose. Bright acidity, deep tannins and whole mastership of the alcohol content – here we travel to 14,5 % - enhance the harmony and the balance, never questioned, of the sip.

 

A nice, long, furrow minty-spicy, ends this cup by high drinkability, with lasting and admirable persistence.

Ciao Beppe

Thank you, Citrico
God bless you