Nebbiolo Piemonte Wines

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Hi, I'm Mark Middlebrook, and I'm here in the Paul Marcus Wines Cantina. In this segment I'm going to talk about Nebbiolo. The noble grape variety of Piemonte in Northwest Italy. Nebbiolo is indigenous to Northwest Italy, to Piemonte in particular. And it's a source of the most important wines there. That is the wines that are the most complex, the most age-able, generally that cost the most. Although there are some relatively moderately priced exceptions to that. And for many of us who love Italian wine, it's really, Nebbiolo is that's the thing we seek out the most. I have four examples here to kind of give it an idea of the range of Nebbiolo that you might find in a restaurant, or a wine shop, or even better if you were traveling around in Piemonte someday. The first is a fairly simple everyday example called Langhe Nebbiolo is the style. Langhi is a Region around Alba. And this one's made by Cascina Ca'Rossa. Fresher fruitier style aged entirely in stainless steel tank. Would cost less than twenty dollars. So it's not too hard on the wallet and it's something you can drink with, you know, an everyday dinner. Really gives those nice floral, floral aromatics you get from Nebbiolo, but in a kind of brighter, simpler package in terms of the wine. The second one is Nebbiolo D'Alba another appellation for Nebbiolo. From the producer Cascina Val Del Prete. His Vigna di Lino. Named after his father Lino. Lino's Vineyard. This is a more ambitious version of Nebbiolo. Aged in wood barrels. It's got more density, more complexity, a little more length on the palate. And it's a wine that will certainly age for at least five probably ten years. This would retail more like maybe thirty, thirty five dollars. And then Barbaresco is a zone to the East of the Town of Alba. Which is one of the two great Nebbiolo appellations. Barolo being the other I'll talk about that one next. A hundred percent Nebbiolo from a very traditional producer Produttori Del Barbaresco that really exemplifies those spicy liquorishy flavors of Nebbiolo. And finally this Barolo from Mauro Veglio. From the Gattera Vineyard. A single vineyard wine. Little bit more modern style of wine making than Produttori Del Barbaresco. In addition it's made from grapes grown in the Barolo zone. Which is about a half an hour away from the Barbaresco zone. Many people consider the Barolo to be King of Italian wines and most complex and most age worthy. All those sorts adjectives I used before. There's no reason not to drink all of these wines, any of these wines. And given the occasion of special occasion wine versus everyday. But I think if you try some of these you'll find as I have that Nebbiolo is one of the great grape varieties in Piemonte. And certainly the place to try it from.

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