Tasty reads
Nebbiolo d'Alba DOC 2012 - Fabrizio Battaglino
November 3, 2011
Nebbiolo is one of the most esteemed grape, used for the production of high quality wines such as Barolo and Barbaresco or, clearly, the Nebbiolo itself.
Its name derives from the word “nebbia” (fog) in autumn during the late harvest (at the end of October) but it could also be related to the foggy colour of its grapes (called black grape).
This piedmontese grape, mainly produced on the Langhe and Roero hills, gives life to well stuctured and long-lived wines like the Nebbiolo d’Alba 2012 of Fabrizio Battaglino.
Produced in “purity” (just using Nebbiolo grapes), it is ruby intense in colour with garnet nuances.
Its fruity fragrance reminds of currant and black cherries with floreal sensations like the violet.
The taste is dry and strong, warm (13.5 of alcohool), and has a good structure and sapidity. It is fruity and slightly bitter at the end.
The tannins, that give that astringency sensation, is pleasant and derive from the grape itself (substances that are in the peels), because the vinification is made in steel containers.
It has to be tasted at the temperature of 18 degrees, before the right decantation.
It is good if combined with strong and tasty cold cuts and cheese such as testun, castelmagno, raschera, toma or with red meat as roasts, game, boiled and braised.
Have a good tasting!
