Wine: Dolcetto d’Alba
Producer: Mauro Veglio
Region/Appellation: Piemonte, Italy
Grape varieties: dolcetto
Vintage: 2016
Eye: intense ruby red, just like dolcetto should look
Nose: floral and fruity, cherries and berries
Mouth: smooth, fresh, easy to drink, frutiy
Price Point: $16
Available at Vinmonopolet: no
Available at Systembolaget: no
If not, you should! I mean, a day of food, wine and beautiful landscape – who can say no to that?
I’ve mentioned Mangialonga before, but basically it’s just a walk where you stop along the way to eat and drink. You work your way through the courses and grapes: dolcetto, barbera, nebbiolo and barolo. It’s a day to have lots of fun, eat and drink until you fall asleep (preferably not during the course, although some have been known to take a nap or two).
I recommend taking the trip – I know I am going! Hopefully I’ll see some of you there. I’ll probably be at one of the stands, so if you’re there this year, please come say hello!
In a weekend with A LOT of good wines, there are bound to be a few favorites! I enjoyed most of the wines, but like always there are ones you love and ones you maybe don’t like as much. For me round 4, the last round, was the best one. The Veglio 1997 and Altare 1996 were by far my favorite – we all know how I LOVE old barolo!
Picture from Barolo Night Oslo
In case you missed it, here are the tasting notes for all the wines in each round.
Round 1: Gianni Voerzio la serra 1998, Massolino Margheria 2008 and Renato Corino Arborina 2014
Round 2: Altare Barolo 1993, Aldo Conterno Barolo 2006, Gianni Voerzio la serra 1999
Round 3: Renato Ratti Rocche dell’Annunziata 2011, Mauro Veglio Gattera 2006 and Burzi Capalot 2013
Round 4: Mauro Veglio Rocche 1997 and Altare Unknown 1996
Wine: Disanfrancesco
Producer: Roberto Voerzio
Region/Appellation: Piemonte, Italy
Grape varieties: Nebbiolo
Vintage: 2015
Eye: dark ruby red
Nose: floral, mineral, red berries
Mouth: silky texture, red fruits, fine tannins
Price Point: $20
Available at Vinmonopolet: no
Available at Systembolaget: no
This year’s summer vacation is under way! And surprise surprise – I am heading to Barolo! Hopefully I’ll get to visit some new wineries and try some new things, but I will for sure visit some of the usual places. More e Macine here I come!!!
If you have any tips or suggestions please feel free to send me a message!!
Tour at Altare
We took the whole Norwegian crew to Altare and Silvia gave us a beautiful tour of the vineyards and the winery. Check out that awesome staff!
Pylsa & Barolo Piemonte Edition
Every year for my dad’s birthday we have Pylsa & Barolo. This year we brought the whole crew to La Morra. It was quite the weekend!
Meeting Giovanni Corino’s geese
This was a very strange but fun experience. Those geese were crazy, but they loved Giovanni. FYI I did not pet the goose. Not even close.
Just casually petting his goose
Lunch at Ciccio
Imagine 30+ crazy norwegians signing at the top of their lungs in Serralunga. Ciccio couldn’t believe his eyes. I wonder if we’re allowed to come back?
I am excite to see what this summer will bring! Stay tuned!
Wine: Dolcetto d’Alba
Producer: Giovanni Corino
Region/Appellation: Piemonte, Italy
Grape varieties: dolcetto
Vintage: 2016
Eye: dark red, violet hue
Nose: dark berries, fruity, hints of hay
Mouth: light to medium bodied, smooth, fresh and fruity
Price Point: $12
Available at Vinmonopolet: no
Available at Systembolaget: no
Mauro Veglio Rocche 1997
Color was dark brown, rusty. On the nose there were notes of toffee, sweet and some fruit This wine tasted a little strange to me, not quite sure what it was. For most of the other wine tasters it was fantastic.
Altare 1996
Rusty color, evident it was old. On the nose there were hints of mushroom, earth and forest. The taste was absolute heaven! Most likely a barolo, as you can see from the label but not 100% sure.
Maybe you’ve heard me say that I am having Pizza Wine with my Friday Pizza? Well, there’s a story behind the concept.
Normally, a “pizza wine” would be a dolcett, barbera or a langhe nebbiolo. Something light to have with your pizza, nothing super fancy or expensive. But we sometimes refer to the Tignanello wine as a Pizza Wine – why?
Some friends of mine were having dinner and drinking wines (some really good wines). Among those wines was the Tignanello, and compared to the other wines present it was quite “simple”. (Yes I know Tignanello is a very good wine with a very good reputation, but keep in mind the context). Anyway, after having had some truly amazing wines they opened the Tignanello, and it was clear they all struggled to sort of “place it” compared to the other ones. So one of the guys said: “You know, this wine is a great Pizza Wine”.
And thus it was forever known as “The Pizza Wine”.
Pelaverga is a very special grape that is indigenous to Verduno in Piemonte. There are not that many winemakers that make wine with the pelaverga grape (I don’t think I have tried any other pelaverga wines) but I really like the one Burlotto makes.
Wine: Pelaverga
Producer: Burlotto
Region/Appellation: Piemonte, Italy
Grape varieties: pelaverga
Vintage: 2014
Eye: light, clear red color
Nose: white pepper, floral notes, nuts, cherries
Mouth: light, fruity, good acidity, light dry tannins
Price Point: $20
Available at Vinmonopolet: yes, but may be sold out
Available at Systembolaget: no
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