Barbaresco Riserva Pora, Gigi Bianco

Barbaresco Riserva Pora, Gigi Bianco - 2015

Item # 43976 750mL

The sleepy village of Babaresco has 600 inhabitants and the famous Tower of Barbaresco under which this tiny winery is located. With a mere hectare of 50 year old Pora vines, the production is minimal. The soils are purely chalk coming from the sea that covered the area millions of years ago.

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Piedmont

The most famous grape in Piedmont is the noble Nebbiolo, which makes the long-lived Barolo and Barbaresco. There are plenty of Nebbiolo-based wines that are quite enjoyable in their youth, however, often produced in smaller, lesser-known regions such as Ghemme or Gattinara. Several other Piedmontese grapes make striking and delicious wines: Pelaverga produces light-colored reds with distinctive notes of strawberry, cherry, and pink peppercorn. The red Freisa is vinified in a variety of styles:...

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