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Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo Wine Details
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Description: Rich mouth-feel and spicy fruit flavors such as cherries, violets and black licorice that deliver the true character of the grape, finishing with rich, deep and long-lasting flavor. A compliment to lamb, beef, pork, game, foul, bread or pastry and pizza.

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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