Cost:$80. Due May 1st. Date: Sat., May 12th. Time: 2pm
To put your name on the wait list to attend this tasting. email me here.
As usual Italian snacks and cheeses to be catered by Valerie.
The undisputed Wine of Kings and King of Wines.
Barolo - A 100% pure varietal wine, made with the indigenous Nebbiolo grape. Grown only within a small swath of hilly terrain, in Piedmont, northern Italy. Nebbiolo is tougher to grow than Pinot Noir.
Map of Barolo.
As pictured but not served in this order.
#1, 2001 Giovanni Corino, "Vigneto Arborina", ws-94, wa-91 ($90) #2, 1998 Giovanni Corino, "Vigna Giachini", wa-94 ($65) #3, 2007 Parusso, wa-90 ($55)
#4, 2006 Parusso, wa-90 ($60) #5, 2004 Bricco Rocche, ws-96 (lists for $220) #6, 2004 Marchesi Fi Barolo, Cannubi,
ws-90 ($77) #7, Elio Grasso "Runcot", wa-93 ($75) #8, 2003 Pio Cesare, ws-91 ($68) #9, 2006 Pio Cesare,
wa-94, ($60) #10, 2003 Vigna Elena "Cogno", wa-93 ($95) #11, 2000 Ghisolfi Reserva, ws-92 ($45) #12, 2004
Marcarini "Brunate", ($75) #13, 1996 Gaja "Sperss", ws-94 ($250) #14, 2001 Michele Chiarlo, Brunate
($92)
WS avg. 93 - Parker Avg. 92.5 - 14 Wines - 3 mini verticals
A chance to taste over $1,400 worth of Barolo.
Several are single vineyard and several are from the prestigious
Brunate area.
