Agostino Berti
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Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:47 pm
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Agostino Berti wrote: 1996 Sassella Riserva Rocce Rosse. The color was also extremely weird and deceptive with an incredible nebbiolo lightness and orangeness. The nose began with a good barnyard element which disappeared into a flowery licorice.
Agostino Berti
Ultra geek
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Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:47 pm
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Agostino Berti
Ultra geek
196
Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:47 pm
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Agostino Berti
Ultra geek
196
Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:47 pm
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Agostino Berti wrote:By the way Arnt, regarding your tasting note on the Grumello Arturo Pelizzati Perego, that may have been a wine made by the Nino Negri firm. They bought the name when he was forced to sell it after his father's death. Such a weird situation. I also bought an Arturo Pelizzati Perego wine in the beginning thinking it was made by him.
REMEMBER EVERYONE: look for Ar.Pe.Pe. not Arturo Pelizzati Perego!!
Agostino Berti wrote:I've read and enjoyed your tasting notes many times in my TN searches.
It was nice to find someone else who appreciates Ar.Pe.Pe.'s special wines.
Another great nebbiolo that you seem to have caught on to is Antichi Vigneti di Cantalupo. I've stocked up on their 1997 Collis Breclemae. This wine beat a whole host of expensive Barolos in a blind tasting (although top honors actually went to a Rainoldi 1997 Inferno Valtellina!)
To be fair the Barolos all tasted very tannic and might be great in another ten years, but who has that kind of patience or time...
Thanks,
Agostino
Agostino Berti
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Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:47 pm
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Agostino Berti wrote:Dessilani wines.
I also went to visit the Antonio Vallana winery (who made legendary, prize winning, long lived Nebbiolo wines in the 50's and 60's). His grandson Francis just finished enology school and I think will soon make good wines, although they only have 5 hectares of vineyards left. In the meantime his mom, WHO DOESN'T DRINK WINE AT ALL, has been making the wine and predictably it is bad, at least I think so. Two bottles of Gattinara 1997 I bought was oxidized and funky as well as bottles tasted previously.
The thing is she has thousands of her dad's wines from the 50's and 60's in her cellar unlabelled with boxes full of his original grand, beautiful labels ready to be pasted on. Its the third time I've gone there trying to coax a bottle or two from her but to no avail. This time when I asked her if I could acquire a couple of bottles (we were in the tasting room which is filled with a couple hundred bottles of Antonio Vallana's greatest masterpieces in mint condition with brand new labels, covered in plastic stacked on their sides in this freezing cold room, you know they are in perfect condition), when I asked her she just shut down and changed the subject in a weird way...so I guess I'll try again next year. It was later on that she told me she has thousands more deeper down in the the cellars..yargh!! What a shame! Masterpieces slowly dying away.......
Agostino Berti wrote:I also went to visit the Antonio Vallana winery (who made legendary, prize winning, long lived Nebbiolo wines in the 50's and 60's). His grandson Francis just finished enology school and I think will soon make good wines, although they only have 5 hectares of vineyards left. In the meantime his mom, WHO DOESN'T DRINK WINE AT ALL, has been making the wine and predictably it is bad, at least I think so...It was later on that she told me she has thousands more deeper down in the the cellars..yargh!! What a shame! Masterpieces slowly dying away.......
Agostino Berti
Ultra geek
196
Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:47 pm
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Agostino wrote:I also went to visit the Antonio Vallana winery (who made legendary, prize winning, long lived Nebbiolo wines in the 50's and 60's).
Agostino Berti
Ultra geek
196
Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:47 pm
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Where did you find that bottle? And how much did you pay for it ?(optional question)
Dale Williams
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:32 pm
Dobbs Ferry, NY (NYC metro)
Dale Williams
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:32 pm
Dobbs Ferry, NY (NYC metro)
Agostino Berti
Ultra geek
196
Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:47 pm
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Agostino Berti wrote: I was anxious to taste some Slovenians, but I couldn't even find them.
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