2113 Wine Club 11/20/13: Piedmont, Italy

This week was all about the varying landscape that is Piedmont wine. A sea of small wine estates makeup this region, with rolling hills and mountains. It is common to find multiple wine estates on a single slope each producing vastly different wines!



Moscato d'Asti Bosio - Vini Produttori

Creamy Creamy Decadence!! This wine is sweet, floral, and velvety. This wine is rich yet delicate in its nuances.














Gavi, 'Masera' - Stefano Massone - 2011 (100% Cortese)

The first thing that I noticed about this wine was the remarkable complexity of the nose. Lime, pear, apple, and exotic fruits wash over this wine in a refreshing yet taunting aroma. The wine is well balanced between acidity and ripe fruits, weight and crispness.

This wine would be a good choice as an aperitif or first course wine.











Cantamessa, Freisa D'Asti 2009

This varietal is almost exclusively grown in the Piedmont region. This wine was a group favorite this week. A deep ruby red with hints of brick around the edges and a rich, intense nose gives way to a full, dry palate full of red and black fruit flavors.

This wine is quite complex and warm. However, I think it is a wine that you could easily pair with most entree dishes and get away with it. Due to this and the overwhelming response at wine club, I am making it my wine of the week.

Dolcetto d'Alba dei Grassi 2012


This lightweight Dolcetto was the perfect end to the evening. Beautiful nose of cherries and a hint of floral. The palate is very fresh with lots of fruit on the forefront with a little bite of pepper on the end. Well balanced. A very easy drinking wine!


I would pair this wine with smoked meats or pasta dishes.