La Spinetta "Pin" Monferrato Rosso 2005

Purple/red.

Tight-fisted aromas of deep black fruit (blackberry/prune), clay/earth and oak spice. Pristine, reticent.

Acid-driven black fruit, spice and mineral in the mouth, quite linear in expression (no fat). Intense black fruit and licorice flavors ride through the mid-palate. Not wildly concentrated, but well constructed..

Day 3 - Intense black fruit, earth, shoe polish and spice aromatics - not shy anymore. No doubt about the acid-fruit synergy here. Much more mid-palate flesh today. Very modern style, but it works for me.


$45 (Barbera/Nebbiolo)