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Monday, October 25, 2021

Cru tasting, Oct 2021

Tasting with wine group... the bubbly from Alta Langa exceeded expectations...great stuff.

Sparkling
2016 Enrico Serafino Alta Langa Metodo Classico Oudeis Brut
85% Pinot Nero, 15% Chardonnay

Rosé
2017 Dominio del Águila Pícaro del Águila Clarete (Ribera del Duero)
35% Tempranillo, 35% Albillo Mayor and the rest a mixture of many different varieties (Garnacha, Bobal, Bruñal, Monastrell, Tempranillo Gris, other Albillos, Garnacha Blanca, Pirules, Jaén, Moscatel, Malvasías...)
 
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Reds
2010 Calabretta Nerello Mascalese Vigne Vecchie (Mt. Etna, Sicily)
100% old vine Nerello Mascalese

2017 Ariana Occhipinti SP68 (Fossa di Lupo,
southern Sicily)
70% Frappato  30% Nero d'Avola

Tied for favorite
2008 Pian dell'Orino Brunello di Montalcino
100% Sangiovese

2nd favorite
2011 Poggio Scalette Il Carbonaione
(Greve, Chianti)
100% Sangiovese

2011 Fratelli Alessandria Barolo Gramolere
100% Nebbiolo
(Monforte d'Alba)

Tied for favorite
2010 Quintarelli Cá del Merlo (Valpolicella, Veneto)
55% Corvina/Corvinone, 30% Rondinella, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, Nebbiolo, Croatina, Sangiovese

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Postscript 
A week or so later, finished up a couple of ounces each of leftovers from:

2011 Poggio Scalette Il Carbonaione 
wow! This wine has a beautiful future ahead. Indications of delicious tertiary development. An irresistible element of allspice (even leaning toward light cinnamon) underlies extended red and blue fruit finish. This is one of my favorite wines from Chianti region.

2011 Fratelli Alessandria Barolo Gramolere 
...hint of initial heat has subsided with gorgeously elegant black fruit taking front and center. Bonus is the wonderfully balanced inner sweetness on the palate. A Barolo for Burgundy lovers. 





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