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Mandolina Nebbiolo,

Mandolina Nebbiolo, Wine Details
Price: $24.00 per bottle

Description: In 2000 a long growing season provided us with fully mature grapes by early-mid November. After two weeks of combined cold soaking and fermentation, the wine was aged in seasoned French oak barrels for 29 months. The result of such patience is a smooth and succulent wine with a mellow, barrel aged palate and complex, dried cherry, tanned leather, spicy sage and thyme flavor profile.Daniel Gehrs - winemaker

Varietal Definition
Nebbiolo:
The red grape of Barolo and Barbaresco from the Piedmont region of Northwest Italy. Named after the word 'nebbia', or fog in Italian, which rises around the hills of Alba, the famous truffle countryside. It is noted for its high acidity and 'mouth puckering' tannins and its distinct bouquet of black cherries, liquorice and leather. A top Barolo will take years to soften but when mature will evolve the vegetal, gamy characteristics for which this Italian classic is famous. The colour on ageing Nebbiolo wines fades rapidly to form a distinctive brownish rim.


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