Producer: Elio Altare Style: Red Wine Grape Type:Nebbiolo Origin:Italy Region:Piedmont
Expert Reviews
87? Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2007
($85-$104) Good medium red. Plum, tobacco and underbrush on the nose; this seemed shallow after Altare's 2004s. Rather dry in the mouth, with its limited texture and sweetness suggesting a blockage of vine maturity. Finishes with substantial dusty tannins. Will this have any fruit left when the tannins soften?
Italy, like France, offers a world of wine styles within a single country: dry
Italian white wines ranging from lively and minerally to powerful and full-bodied; cheap
and cheerful Italian red wines in both a cooler, northern style and a richer, warmer southern
style; structured, powerful reds capable of long aging in bottle; sparkling wines;
sweet wines and dessert wines. Read More »
Nebbiolo based wines made outside the Langhe hills are often lost in the commotion over Barolo and Barbaresco. The provinces of Vercelli and Novarra in the northern reaches of the Piedmont area are home to wines like Carema, Ghemme, and Gattinara. The latter two wines are mostly Nebbiolo, which as traditionally been blended with... Read More »
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