Palazzina, Azienda Agricola La
Piedmont, Italy
Bramaterra
Nebbiolo
2006
$23.99
12.5%
Trim and clean brick to blood red, hardly a vestige of purple in the core, orange rust water hued rims. Candied cherry, maraschino cherry fueled nose, cedar, leather, dried meadow grasses, lemon peel and a hint of iron shavings. Light-bodied, eye opening acidity, the tannin on the whole resolved but still can show some power. Taut green apple, cherry to strawberry fruit flavors, much more knit into the whole here than in the nose. More ground claimed by the leather, brown dirt, stones and grasses. The citrus takes a decided turn towards white grapefruit. Kind of wooly with marjoram and sage notes at the end. Leaves the impression of a cooler climate growing environment, great inner mouth perfume. Majority Nebbiolo, remainder unspecified percentages of Croatina, Vespolina, Uva Rara.
90 points