TN : 2004 Travaglini Giancarlo Riserva Gattinara
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:18 pm
Last Monday, i opened a bottle of the 2004 Travaglini Giancarlo Riserva Gattinara. The AOC Gattinara is not well known, but it is a wine made from nebbiolo, a little bit north of Barolo/Barbaresco. I bought a bottle, as it has a lower price than the two stars of Piedmont, and that AOC was supposely more popular than the 2 stars in the past.
Color was medium red, not too dense. Nose was closed at first, opened slowly on old red cherries, smoke and dried leaves. Light intensity on the nose, so difficult to analyze. In mouth, the wine stay on the light to medium side, with pronounced flavors of earth, mushrooms, old red cherries, and humus. Kind of really ''earthy''. Tannins are very light, and the lenght is decent on smoke and cranberries. At the end, i thought it was missing fruit and intensity generally. An ok drink but for the price, you better put the extra dollars for the 2 stars... or for a good Sangiovese. TN : 82.
Nic
Color was medium red, not too dense. Nose was closed at first, opened slowly on old red cherries, smoke and dried leaves. Light intensity on the nose, so difficult to analyze. In mouth, the wine stay on the light to medium side, with pronounced flavors of earth, mushrooms, old red cherries, and humus. Kind of really ''earthy''. Tannins are very light, and the lenght is decent on smoke and cranberries. At the end, i thought it was missing fruit and intensity generally. An ok drink but for the price, you better put the extra dollars for the 2 stars... or for a good Sangiovese. TN : 82.
Nic