Nell and her good friend Crystal graced us with their presence for dinner Monday night. The offer of Dad's delicious home made Eggplant Parmesan was irresistible or they were just broke and need a free meal.
In any case, last time we had dinner together Crystal shared how much she liked wines with nice up front tannins. You know that thing in some wines that makes you feel like you bit a lemon or sucked a dry popsicle stick, that parching kind of sensation that you sometimes find in tea.
Well knowing she liked this I ran over to Gary's in Wayne after work to look for a wine with nice tannins. I was thinking Dolcetto or Barberra, but a wise woman on the floor guided me to this perfect and well priced wine Maggiur CascinaLuisin Langhe Nebbiolo it was a great selection.
Now this lovely wine that sells for around 20 bucks is made of the same grape, Nebbiolo,that makes the world famous and clearly expensive great Italian wine called Barolo, named after the DOC region where it is made.
Langhe is down the road aways and there the wine makers of Cascina Luisin finds ways to makes superb wines there that do sell for less.
As Gary's says this wine has "Lively cherry ruby with black reflections and cherry ruby paling to almandine in the rim."and "On the palate it's bright, with rich sour cherry fruit supported by bright berry fruit acidity and by rich brambly raspberry laced tannins that flow into a long fresh finish.
It was great with the eggplant parm and a nice salad.
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Posted by: Peter Conway | 11/15/2011 at 10:28
Hi Pete,
I am a big fan of Langhe Nebbiolos and Barbera D'Alba...bring on the tannins!
Posted by: Stacey Snacks | 11/14/2011 at 21:05