It spent a small amount of time in french oak, (like four months) but it has such a great expression both in aroma and on palate.

Maybe it was the heat but I went through this wine fast. It was enjoyable for me and as a varietal it was very difficult to differentiate from other whites from Italy.

There were fruit components of citrus and other white fruit and it had a present acidity while the body was light.

When I opened the wine it was as closed down as an old factory. That thing said nothing, true to nature of some young red spanish wines.

My first aroma was a subtle hint of petrol and you know where that takes us. I got some citric and pears in there and just wonderfully on palate.

So I uncorked the wine and the nose was just great. Citric notes, minerality were all there.

The wine was aromatic with a combination of black and red fruits present, it had traces of oak and the slightest hint of spices. It wasn’t very acidic or bold, but its rounded tannins were a beautiful thing.

I’d been reading about the grape’s profile and was hoping it was as similar as possible because it’s what I was craving.

WINE DETAILS: Grape: NascettaAlcohol: 13%Wine: Langhe NascettaVintage: 2013Winery: Azienda Agricola RivettoDOC: LangheLocation: Piedmont, ItalyDate: 6/6/21Distributor: Quintana Hermanos Curious Synonyms: Anascetta, Nas-cëtta Nerd Alert: "An exquisite grape, tending toward art", according to Lorenzo Fantini in his 1879 book "Wine Production and Oenology in the Province of Cuneo". Despite the variety's organoleptic appeal, Nascetta vines were systematically...

Once I opened the wine, it took me a solid twenty minutes to process what aromas I was getting. My brain was stumped.