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Nebiolo
- Dominant grape from Piedmont
- Make Barolo and Barbaresco
- Flavors of plum, cherry, licorice, and rose petal
- Firm tannins and high acidity
- Can be frutier or earthy
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Barolo
- Firmer more masculine style of nebiolo grape
- Heavier, gravel and stony soil
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Barbaresco
- More feminine and softer style of nebiolo
- Light sandy soil
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Boca Conti 2003
- Piedmont
- Very earthy and gritty
- Austere wine recommended with food
- RAW flavor, geeky wine
- Blend of nebiolo, Uva Rara and Vespolina
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Andrea Oberto Barbera d'Alba 2009
- Piedmont
- Barbera is the grape
- Fruity and bright with a touch of bramble and spice
- Red berry and plum
- Medium Body
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Il Palazzotto dolcetto di diano d'alba "sori cristina" 2007
- Piedmont
- Dolcetto is the grape
- Fruity and soft
- Bright Cherry and red berry flavors, touch of spice and bramble
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Vietti Masseria 2005 Barbaresco
- Piedmont
- New world style soft, elegant, fruity
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Orlando Abrigo Vigna Montersino Barbaresco 2001
- Piedmont
- Great vintage/wine
- Complex with classic layers of plum cherry rose petal licorice
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Fontanabianca sori burdin barbaresco 2005
- Piedmont
- Elegant and nuanced flavors of classic barbaresco
- Plum cherry rose petal licorice
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Elio Grasso Ginestra "Vigna case mate" barolo 2000
- Piedmont
- Old school wine with gritty firmness
- Ageworthy
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Macarello Monprivato Barolo 2004
- Piedmont
- Unusually soft for barolo
- plenty of subtle classic flavors
- elevated acidity
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Cavallotto Bricco Boschis Riserva Barolo 2004
- Piedmont
- Monster wine
- Tannic and dense earthiness and fruit
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Manzone barolo 2005
- Piedmont
- Simpler style with forward fruit and softer tannins
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Bertani amarone della valpolicella 2001
- Veneto
- Monster Amarone
- Grapes: Corvina, Molinara, and Rodinella
- Using raisinated grapes gives it a jammy and dense quality
- Figs, olives, raisins, licorice
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Tramin Lagrein 2010
- Alto Adige
- Lagrein has high acidity and low pH and high tannins.
- Straightforward wines that can be plummy earthy chewy
- Dark and full-bodied but not heavy.
- Slight minerality
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Marco Felluga Refosco Ronco Dei Moreri 2006
- Venezia Giulia
- Med Body
- Sim to Grenache with bright red berry and spice
- Simple yet well balanced
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Sangiovese
- Fruity with Mod-High acidity
- Med Body
- elegant to assertive and robust a finish that can be bitter
- Aroma is softer Cab Sauv like
- Strawberry, blueberry, faint floral, violet or plum
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Brunello di Montalcino
- 100% Sangiovese
- Cherry, plum, flowers, dried herbs, roasted meats, touch of smoke
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Cantine Leonardo brunello di montalcino 2004
- Tuscany
- Classic flavored wine of great vintage
- Cherry plum flowers dried herbs roasted meats and smoke
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Tornesi brunello di montalcino riserva 2003
- Tuscany
- A favorite
- Dense, well-structured layers of fruit and mineral
- 2003 was warm so more fruitty forward and generous
- Less aging potential but is drinking best right now
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Caparzo brunello di montalcino 2006
- Tuscany
- Simpler more straigh forward
- Great balance and classic aromas in simpler form
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Poggio Antico Riserva brunello di montalcino 2006
- Tuscany
- Spectacular in every aspect
- Great vintage, perfect balance and conentration.
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Sassetti "pertimali" Brunello di Montalcino 2006
- Tuscany
- Another great wine
- Still young
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Super Tuscan
- Created in 70s
- Tuscany made using mainly bordeaux grapes
- Riper more extracted style with generous aromas
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Antinori Tignanello super tuscan 2007
- Tuscany
- Sangiovese with CS
- One of the best
- New world style with generous flavors of black fruit, leather, roasted meats, tobacco finish
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Argiano Solengo Super Tuscan 2006
- Tuscany
- CS, Merlot, Syrah
- Great Stucture, firm body
- Ripe blackberry, olives, leather and smoke
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Tolaini "Valdistanti" Super Tuscan 2006
- Tuscany
- Full Bodied and Firm structure
- CS, Merlot, CF
- Lush red and dark fruit
- Cedar, Tobacco, Leather
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San Felice "il grigio" Chianti Classico Reserva 2007
- Tuscany
- 100% Sangiovese
- Light-medium body
- Elegant with silky texture
- Plum cherry and flowers
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Moretti Sagrantino di Montefalco 2006
- Umbria
- Sagrantino is one of the most tannic and brambly grapes
- Dark and spicy, chocolate, blackberry
- Gaminess, smoke, dry herbs and leather
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Alois Trebulanum Casavecchia 2007
- Campania
- Ancient grape Cassavechia
- Licorice, black mountain fruit
- Firm tannins and assertive earthiness
- Big wine, Must decant
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Colli di lapio aglianico "Donna Chiara" 2007
- Campania
- Aglianico is Very tannic
- Mountain berry fruit, chocolate, pepper, lots of spice, warm aromas
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Terre di Giufro "Maskaria" Cerasuolo di Vittoria 2008
- Siciliy
- Med Bodied, Firm tannins
- Frappato and Nero D'Avola blend
- Red berry, white pepper, pronounced earthiness
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Tenuta delle terra nere etna rosso 2005
- Sicily
- Guardiolo and Feudo di mezzo-slightly denser
- Verry high altitude (Over 2500 feet) Very volcanic soil
- Grapes cannot over ripen
- Light-Med body
- Nerello Mascalese is main grape with Nerello Cappucio
- Assertive earthiness, light, bright fruit.
- Elegantly understated
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