Vietti is a leading Piemonte producer with an extensive portfolio including a Roero Arneis, Moscato d’Asti, Dolcetto d’Alba, Barberas from both Alba and Asti, a Barbaresco and several single vineyard Baroli.
Nebbiolo Perbacco is a multi-site blend that draws on fruit from several of the Vietti vineyards. Average age of the vines is 35 years. The fruit undergoes partial ageing in barriques, prior to being transferred to Slavonian oak casks for 16 months.
The resulting wine, although not possessing the depth of a single site Barolo, embodies the soul of the Nebbiolo grape, with distinctive a distinctive floral bouquet, overlaid with liquorice and bitumen/tar. ‘Tar and roses’ is a term deployed all too liberally with the Nebbiolo grape; in this instance, it is bang on the money.
What sets this apart from more ambitious wines in the Vietti portfolio is its propensity for early drinking. While the nose is unmistakably Nebbiolo, the palate is relatively gentle, without the hallmark structured tannins that can make the great Nebbiolo-based wines of Piemonte unapproachable in their youth. Nebbiolo Perbacco is a wine to be enjoyed in its flush of youth, while its brooding bigger brothers are resting in the cellar.
2006 NEBBIOLO PERBACCO
Producer: Vietti
Variety: Nebbiolo
Vintage: 2006
Region: Piemonte, Italy
ABV: 13.5%
Closure: Natural cork
Format: 750ml
Retail price: $45.00
Date tasted: 11 December 2011
Tasting Note:
Bright ruby red, fading slowly toward the rim. Complex nose of liquorice, plum, damson, black cherries and freshly laid bitumen, floral notes. Dry, initially feels quite weighty and glycerolic, but settles down in the glass to reveal bright plum/cherry fruit intermingled with liquorice, tar and roasted spices.
Score: 16.5/20
Nebbiolo Perbacco is a multi-site blend that draws on fruit from several of the Vietti vineyards. Average age of the vines is 35 years. The fruit undergoes partial ageing in barriques, prior to being transferred to Slavonian oak casks for 16 months.
The resulting wine, although not possessing the depth of a single site Barolo, embodies the soul of the Nebbiolo grape, with distinctive a distinctive floral bouquet, overlaid with liquorice and bitumen/tar. ‘Tar and roses’ is a term deployed all too liberally with the Nebbiolo grape; in this instance, it is bang on the money.
What sets this apart from more ambitious wines in the Vietti portfolio is its propensity for early drinking. While the nose is unmistakably Nebbiolo, the palate is relatively gentle, without the hallmark structured tannins that can make the great Nebbiolo-based wines of Piemonte unapproachable in their youth. Nebbiolo Perbacco is a wine to be enjoyed in its flush of youth, while its brooding bigger brothers are resting in the cellar.
2006 NEBBIOLO PERBACCOProducer: Vietti
Variety: Nebbiolo
Vintage: 2006
Region: Piemonte, Italy
ABV: 13.5%
Closure: Natural cork
Format: 750ml
Retail price: $45.00
Date tasted: 11 December 2011
Tasting Note:
Bright ruby red, fading slowly toward the rim. Complex nose of liquorice, plum, damson, black cherries and freshly laid bitumen, floral notes. Dry, initially feels quite weighty and glycerolic, but settles down in the glass to reveal bright plum/cherry fruit intermingled with liquorice, tar and roasted spices.
Score: 16.5/20
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Much better photos
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