by Ray Johnson | Oct 10, 2007 | Barbaresco, Barolo, Italy, Nebbiolo, Piemonte
Fratelli Revello Barolo DOCG 2003 This is the Revello’s regional bottling and it’s no slouch. Tasted earlier in the year, I wrote: spot on for the price, with new world styling of chocolaty oak and ripe fruit along with massive tannin and classic licorice. Now in...
by Ray Johnson | Oct 3, 2007 | Arneis, Italy, Piemonte, Roero
Vietti Roero Arneis DOCG 2006 Like the previous vintage, this is quite acidic in a light-bodied package with minerality and a touch of herbaceousness. Bot in Castiglione Falletto, Alfredo Currado began working w/ Arneis in 1967 13% $15.50 at Traverso’s in...
by Ray Johnson | Oct 3, 2007 | Barbera, Italy, Piemonte
Michele Chiarlo Barbera d’Asti Superiore Le Orme DOC 2005 As we found with the 2003, the wine displays textbook acidity in a very light bodied package with a bit of earthiness and some tannin. This works as a budget Barbera though won’t delight very many...
by Ray Johnson | Oct 3, 2007 | Brachetto, Italy, Piemonte
Monchiero Carbone Birbet nv Red fruits, light carbonation and sweetness that is not at all cloying. The lift of the carbonation lightens the weight of this wine. A natural for drinking with fresh berries. The grape is Brachetto grown in Roero at 200-300 metres...
by Ray Johnson | Sep 24, 2007 | Barbaresco, Barolo, Italy, Nebbiolo, Piemonte
Fratelli Revello Barolo DOCG 2003 This is the Revello’s regional bottling and it’s no slouch. Tasted earlier in the year, I wrote: spot on for the price, with new world styling of chocolaty oak and ripe fruit along with massive tannin and classic licorice....
by Ray Johnson | Sep 24, 2007 | Amador County, Barbera, Piemonte, Sierra Foothills, Sonoma County
Barbera can deliver berry flavor with the acidity to keep up with acidic dishes. This flight featured two examples from either side of the Atlantic. The first time the California offering was from Seghesio. Tonight we line-up a wine from Jeff Ruquist. Andrea Oberto...
