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Made with fruit from Cannubi Boschis, the Luciano Sandrone 2018 Barolo Aleste is plump and ripe, but this wine also...
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One of my personal favorites, the 2018 Barolo Le Vigne is savory in character and packed with dark fruit. Ripe cherry...
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One of my personal favorites, the 2018 Barolo Le Vigne is savory in character and packed with dark fruit. Ripe cherry...
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The 2018 Barolo Cerretta offers good focus with a sharp and linear style that gives way to forest berry, wild rose,...
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A dark garnet color alongside orange overtones. Pronounced varietal and persistent aromas, polished spicy edges of...
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Notes of sweet spices, orange peel, red cherries, raspberries and red flowers. Medium-bodied with slightly chewy but...
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This is very tight with lots of walnut oil to the red fruit on the nose and palate. Medium-to full-bodied with very...
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Showing great depth of character with aromas of dried fruits, oak-layered cherries, attractive orange peel accents,...
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Currants, brambleberries, lavender, dried mushrooms, bitter chocolate, tea leaves and cedar on the nose....
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Expressive notes of crushed rose, wild strawberry, and cherry with underlying hints of cedar and mushroom and...
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The Mauro Veglio 2018 Barolo Paiagallo shows a point of brightness that gives this wine an especially etched or...
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The bouquet of aniseed and dark berries of the Barbaresco Faset cleverly flirts with your sense of smell. Afterwards,...
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The 2018 Barbaresco Rombone is magnificent. Bright and translucent, the Rombone captures the intense spiciness and...
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Perla Terra is the result of decades of love for the people, place and wines of Barolo. Sourced from some of the...
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Fresh berry and citrus notes on the nose, together with leafy aromas. Medium-bodied with a linear start to the...
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The 2018 Barolo Monvigliero is a fabulous wine, especially for a first release and in this tricky vintage. Intensely...
Grillo Nebbiolo Primitivo 2018 Italy
The Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy's finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means 'fog' in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.
As with many European grape varietals, there is some debate regarding the precise origins of the Primitivo grape. Most people now agree that it probably came from Croatia, where it is still used widely in the production of red wine, and it known as Tribidrag. However, today it is a grape most commonly associated with the powerful red wines of Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, where the intense sunshine and brisk Mediterranean breezes produce grapes of remarkable character and balance. Primitivo is a dark grape, known for producing intense, inky, highly tannic wines, most notably the naturally sweet Dolce Naturale and the heavy and complex Primitivo di Manduria wines. Primitivo tends to be naturally very high in both tannin and alcohol, making it ideal for both barrel and cellar ageing, which brings out its more rounded and interesting features.
Primitivo is not the easiest grape to grow or manage, and it has had something of a difficult century. Indeed, by the 1990s, there was little interest in Puglian wines in general, and winemakers were neglecting their Primitivo vineyards and looking to other, more commercially viable varietals. However, the last decade has seen this grape come well and truly back into fashion, with new techniques and a heightened interest in native Italian grape varietals bringing Primitivo back into the spotlight. It is now widely loved for its intensity and ability to be paired with strongly flavored foods.
There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.