2007 Ca' del Solo Nebbiolo

$40 per bottle / $432 per case
$34 per bottle / $384 per case (Members)

A lighter bodied style of Nebbiolo lacking the alcohol or tannin of Barolo, but with a great mineral core and a Pinot Noir-like ability to grow and evolve in the glass. The color is a warm, burnished red, beautifully transparent. When first poured it offers floral aromas, but these soon blossom into wintergreen, lavender, sage, and licorice. Flavors of dark fruits, dried cherries, and tea are balanced with a lovely acidity and supple tannins. Crystalline and chiseled, with ringing clarity, this is a fabulously elegant wine, and its naturalness and lack of artifice really shine through.

Nebbiolo is perhaps the most challenging grape to produce. Its strange growth habit is to develop numerous ramifying shoots, which are suggestive of the myriad branching paths along life’s way (and of the number of ways that a winemaker might stumble and fall upon the path to gustatory glory). Curiously, this vintage we really didn’t mess with this wine much, opting to let the intelligence of the grape find its own direct path, with excellent results.

Vital Statistics
Blend: 100% Biodynamic^® nebbiolo
Vineyard: Ca’ del Solo Estate
Appellation: Monterey
Production: 765 cases
TA: 0.68 g/100 ml
pH: 3.54
Alcohol by Volume: 13.7%
Cellaring: 10 years from release (Sept. 2010)
Serving Temp: 55-60º F
Certified Biodynamic^®