Ferrando, Azienda Vitivinicola Luigi
Piedmont, Italy
Carema
White Label
Nebbiolo
2006
$39.99
14.0%
Fully transparent and clear, rust red to orange in color with yellowish rims, has a very natural look about it and not necessarily aged. The nose is more steady than spectacular, expected array of leather, cedar, back road dried dirt, meadowy grasses, the citrus comes off as indistinct and the cherry scents have a roasted character. Medium to full-bodied, the tannin is tamed yet not insubstantial. The sweetness of the cherry, raspberry fruit is front-loaded, slowly diminishing as it progresses with notes of green apple. Here you get clearer lemon with a touch of white grapefruit. Saddle leather, potpourri, cocoa. Turns woody like old driftwood at the end.
89 points