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jaimetown
DC area
Wine Labeler
Posts:3503
 | | 08/23/2006 2:52 AM |
| - 2001 Vietti Langhe Nebbiolo Perbacco - Italy, Piedmont, Langhe (8/22/2006)
Simply put, my QPR of the year - I didn't pimp this because I was selling it while I was working retail, but I wish I had gotten more than a six pack of it at $20/bottle. An awesome Nebbiolo - just pure Nebbiolo aromatics coming through on the nose with the telltale hints of tar and roses that you get from a good Barolo or Barbaresco. Quite lush and generous, but does not lack focus or typicity. Maybe it lacks a little bit of the grip and structure of it's older brothers, but so what? It's friggin great. Luca Currado (the winemaker) once told me that he could technically bottle this as a Barolo, but wants to spread the Vietti name for quality and value, so he bottles it as a straight Nebbiolo. Bravo, Luca - this is a fantastic wine. (92 pts.)
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| Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts:10796
| | 08/23/2006 1:15 PM |
| Alas so hard to find or I would be trying to buy it. I need some lower priced Nebbiolos for a Neb fix otherwise I open the big boys. | | | |
| jaimetown
DC area
Wine Labeler
Posts:3503
| | 08/23/2006 6:28 PM |
| I think we had a lion's share of the allocation - we sold through like a hundred six-packs of this wine in 6 months. Babbo I think had it by-the-glass, and the winemaker told me that they would go through 10 cases a week.
The 2003 is not as good, as it is a wine of the vintage conditions, but still a nice value. | | | |
| Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts:9247
| | 08/24/2006 2:58 AM |
| | Hrm, this is actually available within walking distance from my work for about $20/btl. Jamie, is that a fair price for this wine? | | | |
| jaimetown
DC area
Wine Labeler
Posts:3503
| | 08/24/2006 3:49 AM |
| | That is a fair price for the wine - pick up a bottle and give it a whirl, you won't be disappointed. | | | |
| Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts:9247
| | 09/30/2006 1:06 AM |
| So it turns out that Primi Vini (the place near me) was sold out of this  . I see the 2003 seems to be widely available however, any comments on how the '03 compares? | | | |
| futronic
Toronto, Canada
Wine Bottler
Posts:3214
| | 09/30/2006 3:09 AM |
| | I tasted this in Italy as a gift from the Vietti family, and I have to say it was pretty unimpressive in the fact that it was extremely unforgiving, even though I consumed the bottle over several days. I have to go back on my notes with respect to figuring out specifically what vintage, however. | | | |
| jaimetown
DC area
Wine Labeler
Posts:3503
| | 07/20/2007 11:18 AM |
| - 2001 Vietti Nebbiolo Langhe Perbacco - Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC (7/20/2007)
This wine is quite shut down at the moment - it gives more aromatically than it does on the palate, and the wine is a little austere after losing the baby fat from last year. Still, it is very high quality, and I'll open another bottle in about a year.
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