Massimo Rattalino
Limited Edition Langhe Nebbiolo
Langhe, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
Looking for something to pair to spaghetti all'Amatriciana tonight. Decent but the dish probably deserves a slightly richer wine, more southern Italy.
Decanted 3H, prior notes mostly apply:
Nose has spring roses, mashed tart cherry, cold tar, cold dark chocolate and brown sugar.
Palate has milk chocolate covered cherry, lightly charred wood, early season cherry, dry loam-y soil, medium tannins and a medium-long finish.
Declassified Barbaresco thanks to Italian yield limits, this wine is a total value play at ~$35.
1088 bottles produced.
Future bottles should be at least 5-8Y out, 2026-2029 for future sampling, this wine has the guts to get at least there, and then some.
Looking for something to pair to spaghetti all'Amatriciana tonight. Decent but the dish probably deserves a slightly richer wine, more southern Italy.
Decanted 3H, prior notes mostly apply:
Nose has spring roses, mashed tart cherry, cold tar, cold dark chocolate and brown sugar.
Palate has milk chocolate covered cherry, lightly charred wood, early season cherry, dry loam-y soil, medium tannins and a medium-long finish.
Declassified Barbaresco thanks to Italian yield limits, this wine is a total value play at ~$35.
1088 bottles produced.
Future bottles should be at least 5-8Y out, 2026-2029 for future sampling, this wine has the guts to get at least there, and then some.
Nose has spring roses, mashed tart cherry, cold tar, cold dark chocolate, (light) isopropyl alcohol and brown sugar.
Palate has milk chocolate covered cherry (yum!), lightly charred wood, early season cherry, dry loam-y soil, medium tannins and a medium-long finish.
Quite satisfying. I had opened a bottle a couple months back and didn't post, as in comparison to this one, it was overly vegetal with no improvement over a few days. This bottle is running fast out of the gate! Declassified Barbaresco thanks to Italian yield limits, this wine is a total value play at ~$35.
1088 bottles produced.
Nose has spring roses, mashed tart cherry, cold tar, cold dark chocolate, (light) isopropyl alcohol and brown sugar.
Palate has milk chocolate covered cherry (yum!), lightly charred wood, early season cherry, dry loam-y soil, medium tannins and a medium-long finish.
Quite satisfying. I had opened a bottle a couple months back and didn't post, as in comparison to this one, it was overly vegetal with no improvement over a few days. This bottle is running fast out of the gate! Declassified Barbaresco thanks to Italian yield limits, this wine is a total value play at ~$35.
1088 bottles produced.
Special one time declassified Barbaresco. Stunning wine. Sick nose. Floral, swooning, tar, roses, spice, perfumed. So good. Chestnut. Wood shavings. Stunning purity. So juicy. My god this is unreal with so much accessible Nebbiolo fruit but is obviously declassified as there is a nobility to the fruit and the tannins. Awesome wine. What a value.
Special one time declassified Barbaresco. Stunning wine. Sick nose. Floral, swooning, tar, roses, spice, perfumed. So good. Chestnut. Wood shavings. Stunning purity. So juicy. My god this is unreal with so much accessible Nebbiolo fruit but is obviously declassified as there is a nobility to the fruit and the tannins. Awesome wine. What a value.
Jul 2nd, 2019