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Barolo Night 3.0 Round 1

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barolo night sthlm round 1Voerzio la serra 1998

Dark brown, sort of old color. On the nose there were cherries, some toffee, raspberries. Despite the age there were still tannins present, albeit not forceful ones. I liked this one a lot!

Massolino Margheria 2008

On the nose there was a sweetness, rose hip, berries. A little dry in the mouth and we could tell there was some age to it. For me it had very masculine tendencies, very typical of the Massolino wines. All in all, very good. And 2008 is in general very approachable now.

Renato Corino Arborina 2014

Very interesting to see this baby next to the older wines. On the nose there was a nice smell of roses and rose hip. Compared to the other wines this had a lot of tannins, but still very approachable. Looking forward to try more 2014 in the upcoming weeks.

 

Wine of the Week

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Azelia Barolo Margheria 2004
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Wine: Barolo Margheria

Producer: Azelia

Region/Appellation: Piemonte, Italy

Grape varieties: Nebbiolo

Vintage: 2004

 

Eye: red-brown, translucent

Nose: mineral, earthy, salty, dark cherries, roses

Mouth: medium-full bodied, earthy, tannins present

Price Point: $60

Available at Vinmonopolet: yes

Available at Systembolaget: no

Barolo Night Stockholm Edition

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Barolo Night 3.0

We are continuing the success of Barolo Night, this time destionation: Stockholm!

As per usual, we start the weekend with Friday Pizza and some “low key” wines. As you can see in the picture below the “low key” wines are quickly escalating! We did blind tasting Friday as well – because why not?? For me Wine of the Night was the Voerzio barbera, which is strange because his wine are normally not my taste. Vietti at a close second, but who are we kidding: all the wines are good!

barolo night sthlm friday

Saturday went a little crazy – look at that lineup! Double blind tasting, as in we didn’t know which wines were which when we were tasting, not even our own. Super interesting both to compare the ones in each round but also comparing them all at the end. More detailed notes will follow!

barolo night sthlm saturday

Pylsa & Barolo

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Pylsa og Barolo lineup

Happy birthday, dad!

It’s that time of year again. Pylsa & Barolo. Hot dogs and red wine.

Pylsa & Barolo 2018 went off without a hitch and as you can see we drank some good wines. We started the night off with champagne from Pierre Peters (a bubbly that even I enjoy) and moved into 2011 barolo while eating hot dogs flown in from Idsøe in Stavanger.

2011 is supposed to be a very approachable vintage now, but for me it is still too young. We all know I prefer older barolo. Unfortunately I did not make it to all of the wines as many disappeared long before they reached my table. But some of my favorites include Vietti Castiglione, Marengo Brunate and Bartolo Mascarello. I had some Altare Cerretta, and although this is a very good wine, for me it is a little too masculine and should have stayed in the cellar another decade.

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Roberto Voerzio Barbera Cerreto 2012


Wine of the Week Voerzio Barbera Cerreto

Wine: Barbera Cerreto

Producer: Roberto Voerzio

Region/Appellation: Piemonte, Italy

Grape varieties: Barbera

Vintage: 2012

 

Eye: deep intense purple red

Nose: dark berries, spices, some caramel,

Mouth: concentrated, cherries, some toast, full bodied

Price Point: $30

Available at Vinmonopolet: no

Available at Systembolaget: no