Italy: Piemonte

Piemonte (Pied Mont), literally 'the foot of the mountains' lies nestled in the foothills of the Italian Alps and is arguably the most famous of all Italain wine regions, certainly when you consider all the great wine names that eminate from this region. The region although noted for its beautiful scenery and stunning wines is complemented by its wonderful food and hospitality and of course the world famous Tartufi (white truffle). The region is dominated by two black grapes (Nebbiolo and Barbera) and one white (Moscato). Nebbiolo makes the magnificently rich and smoky Barolo and the elegant, more feminine, yet sometimes just as powerful Barbaresco. The Barbera has a much greater yield than Nebbiolo but is potentially almost as fine. It is softer in tannin, at least as high in acidity, and excels around Alba.

	Conterno Fantino Monpra 2001 - Piemonte, Italy Bin No. CONTMONP01 Price: £27.00 The component varieties of ‘Monpra’ complement one another to perfection: Barbera’s fine colour and acidity, Nebbiolo’s great structure and tannins added to the roundness and texture of Cabernet Sauvignon, make for a fantastic red wine. Aged in new ‘Allier’ oak barriques for 18 months then a further 12 months in bottle, the final wine is: deep in colour with rich elegant aromas and a glossy endless palate. ..
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	Fontanafredda Barolo di Serralunga d'Alba 2005 - Piedmont, Italy Bin No. FONTANSA05 Price: £28.00 The Le Selezioni Fontanafredda Barolo di Serralunga d’Alba, is named after the village where the vineyards are located - part of which are owned by Fontanafredda, while the others are of suppliers who traditionally sell their entire grape production to the company. The wine spends a period of time in large oak casks (70%) and barriques (30%) prior to bottling, which is then followed by a further period of maturation which depends on the vintag ..
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	Gaja Barbaresco 2000 Bin No. GAJABARB00 Price: £80.00 One of Italy's great red wines, Barbaresco, the historic flagship of the Gaja family, is produced from pure Nebbiolo from fourteen different parcels of vines in the villages of Barbaresco and Treiso. Vinified in stainless steel tanks with 3 weeks of skin contact; aged in barriques for 12 months, and large oak casks for a further 12 months. The wine is always sensual, complex and densely concentrated, with silky tannins. The quintessence of infini ..
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	Gaja Rossj-Bass Chardonnay 2005 Bin No. GAJABASS05 Price: £21.00 This Chardonnay comes from two four acre vineyards planted in 1984: Bass (as it is slightly lower lying) and Rossj, named after Angelo’s younger daughter, Rossana. From 1991 vintage, grapes from a twelve acre vineyard in Serralunga have also been added to the blend. The alcoholic fermentation takes place in stainless steel, and the wine is then transferred to barriques for the malolactic fermentation and ageing. The wine is wonderfully rich and h ..
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	Gaja Sito Moresco 2001 Bin No. GAJASITO01 Price: £21.00 A 25 acre vineyard in Treiso, bought by Gaja in 1978. The wine is a blend of Nebbiolo (35%), Merlot (35%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (30%). Each variety is vinified separately, and then blended before the malolactic fermentation. The wine is then aged in barriques for 18 months and in bottle for 6 months before release onto the market. It is dominated by its pure red fruit flavours and fine, silky tannins. ..
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	La Spinetta Barbera D'Asti Ca di Pian 2007 - Piedmont, Italy Bin No. LASPINCP07 Price: £21.00 The La Spinetta Barbera d’Asti Ca’ di Pian, made from 100% Barbera, is a very upfront wine which currently shows a very balanced use of barrique. Twelve months barrel ageing and a further two months in bottle prior to release, succeeds in smoothing out any harsh acidity with the vanilla sweetness of new wood, without compromising the rich, red fruit. ..
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	La Spinetta Pin 2005 - Piemonte, Italy Bin No. LASPIN05 Price: £36.00 La Spinetta’s ‘Pin’ show’s a fresh new world approach to Piemonte wine, with a touch of old world structure. The grape mix for the wine is 25% Barbera, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon and 50% Nebbiolo. The wine matures in separate barrique up to the June following the harvest. After blending, ageing is completed in new French oak barriques up to 18-20 months. The final stage then is spent in steel tanks before bottling, without being filtered. Rel ..
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	Nicola Bergaglio Gavi di Gavi La Minaia 2008 - Piemonte, Italy Bin No. LAMINAIA08 Price: £12.50 The vines at Bergaglio are planted at an altitude of 300m above-sea-level with a westerly exposure. The average age of the vines are roughly 30 years old, which are planted at a density of 3800 per hectare, making use of the guyot training system. The vines are not irrigated and are manually harvested. The La Minaia Gavi di Gavi is a white wine made from 100% Cortese, an indigenous Italian white grape variety. The wine is pale gold in col ..
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	Parusso Barolo 2004 - Piemonte, Italy Bin No. PARUSBAR04 Price: £32.00 The Nebbiolo grapes used in Parusso's entry level Barolo are harvested from small vineyards in the townships of Monforte d'Alba and Castiglione Falletto at an altitude of 250 - 300 metres above sea level. After vinification the wine is aged in small oak barrels for 24 months and then spends a further 8 months in bottle prior to its release. Parusso's Barolo is a full flavoured red wine with rich fruit character and chocolate notes. The tannins ..
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	Parusso Barolo Bussia 2004 - Piedmont, Italy Bin No. BUSSIA04 Price: £59.00 The Parusso Barolo Bussia is aged in small oak barrels for two years and then in bottle for a further 8 months prior to its release. The final wine is intense with a rich nose of blackberry fruit and spicy oak, subtle and complex aromas of rose petals, cocoa and cedar. The palate is massive, but combines a real mouthful of ripe red fruits with fine, harmonic tannins, elegant acidity and a structured, persistent finish. This wine is everything ..
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