Winery - Castello d'Alba
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
From a mix of old indigenous white grapes, this wine reveals a producer making a stab at something different with character. It’s broad and mouthfilling, framed by plenty of toasty oak and dried spices, but it also features honey and melon flavors that help support the wood.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Lightweight, attractive, very juicy wine. It is a great pizza wine, with its edge of tannins and lively acidity. Drink this year.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Plenty of fruit, right in your face with its very fresh character, sweetness, flavors of loganberries and a touch of spice.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Red fruits and spice along with mineral acidity give this wine interest as well as freshness. Juiciness dominates, with subdued tannins behind the wall of fruit. Age maybe for 1–2 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Wood-aged wine that shows pedigree and style. It has red berry fruit flavors, firm tannins along with acidity and a dry core. It’s a serious wine, for aging over 4–5 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Attractive oily, fruity and fresh wine, mineral with green plum flavors touched with lemon. For drinking now to preserve its bright, ripe character.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Wood aging brings out just a touch of oak to go with the floral and citrus fruits. Melon and sweetness are a delicious part of this ripe, full-bodied wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The name of the wine says it all. It relies on the spice and black plum flavors of the fruit and it works as an early-drinking, fresh wine. The tannins are dry, and boast of their hot climate, but the acidity cuts through.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a fun, bouncy wine that actually seems a bit Syrah-like. Juicy cherry-berry flavors follow plum and black amber color and greenish tinge to the wine bother pepper scents, while the finish is mouthwatering and fresh. Perfect for casual grilling.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
More traditional in style than some of the other Castello d’Alba wines, this shows dense tannins, a dark, dry character, spice, pepper and concentrated fruit. This is going to be firm and dry, worth aging.
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