This was one of our warm-up wines to the Bordeaux. Not a bad warm-up wine! It was my first foray into the Gattinara DOCG located way up north on the Italian boot. It was 100% Nebbiolo and I found it to be delectable. This is a super-dry red, but it has a lot of finesse and finish. It wasn't forward, which I was worried about, but it had enough early punch to let you know it had some muscles underneath the funny shaped bottle. My probably know the least about Italian wine, so this was a good motivation to get to know more. It was delicious!
2008 Pascual Toso Reserva:
Another of our warm-up fleet, this was a delicious Malbec from the Barrancas region of Mendoza, Argentina. This was a great display of the versatility of Malbec from everyday drinker to serious Sunday night dinner wine. This one could have held up to dinner just fine (along with the Gattinara). Robert Parker gave it 89 points for all of you ratings snobs. Its hard for me to reflect on this one after being blown away by the Bordeaux, but I remember it being good.
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