Lessona Riserva, Massimo Clerico
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Lessona Riserva, Massimo Clerico - 2014

750 mL
Item # 30220

The Clerico family has worked the land in Lessona since the 1700s. In fact, the Clerico estate, under the direction of Sandrino Clerico (Massimo’s father), was one of the three original vineyards awarded the right to the Lessona appellation when it was first created in 1976. The Clerico family owns two hectares within the designated Lessona zone, making the Clerico azienda the third largest landholder in the appellation.
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Color
Red
Vintage
2014
Country
Italy
Region
Piedmont
Producer
Clerico
Grape Variety
Nebbiolo
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Staff Pick Notes

"I'm not dead, this is just how I look!" -S.W.M. Instagram Often when a wine begins to transition to a brick brownish color, that means the wine is on its way out, it's dead, you've missed the drinking window. However, for Nebbiolo often this is exactly when the wine is ready. Showing the classic notes of tar, sour cherry, and a slight (but enjoyable) metallic note. It drinks like it has been aged for 30 years while only having gone 10. This is at it's peak right now! Drink with truffle peccorino, while watching Goodfellas.

- AA

More About This Wine

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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