At 12.5% alcohol, costing under $16 back then, the 1985 Conte Molini Gattinara scored 17 Dionysian Points out of a possible 20. It was loaded with fresh road tar (as good Nebbiolo should have) and dried rose petal along with the complexity of an 35 year old Italian wine from the Piedmont. Smoke and fresh new eather.
There is no English on the label. This was bottle number 2,175 out of the 6,930 that were made. Gattinara was, and still is, considered the poor man’s Barolo and in top years it can provide very similar flavors. This one did.
It had to be decanted just half an hour before dinner. It was served with a pot roast and it paired quite well. I haven’t bought Gattinara in some years, but I should have. In Vino Veritas.
Eric Kiefer
It sounds fantastic! Hope you’re doing great.
John Mahoney
Eric,
Sean moved from Brooklyn to Montclair NJ Two kids.
I’m done teaching Literature and just doing wine here and on the radio.