WTN: Hot Takes

[David M. Bueker]

2012 Ceritas Chardonnay Porter-Bass Vineyard – flowers, quince, rocks, very pure, but can't I get the same experience from AOC Chablis for less?[/b]

Not if you're serving it with Freedom Fries!

2012 Le Piane Boca – floral, fruity, spicy and much too drinkable, though does it really offer more interest than a $35 Barbaresco (at $55)?

Texturally, yes, it's worth the price. And most 35-dollar barbaresco is crap (and no, Produttori does not scratch the same itch).

[David M. Bueker]

I've had it twice. Once I though it was worth it. This bottle not so much. I have two more. Hopefully they will be like the first.

I've had it twice. Once I though it was worth it. This bottle not so much. I have two more. Hopefully they will be like the first.

I thought you posted on this already. Perhaps caught it at a bad time? I've only had the 2008 and 2010 which I've both loved enough to stock up on but always wonder when to drink nebbiolo-based wines. I think the Alto Piemonte wines do have a longer window of drinkability (from release) than their more stalwart cousins down south, which can be so unyielding and hard for for long, but still it's a mystery as to how they can be on any given day.

... most 35-dollar barbaresco is crap...

Giamello?

A KLWM wine, so probably much cheaper in Italy and not exactly cutting-edge undiscovered gem. But I have been really happy to find them as such 'useful' drinkable delicious wines for roughly $35.

[David M. Bueker]

I have posted on it before. I posted on the good bottle.

Good to know that the basic Produttori Barbaresco is “crap.” Let Aldo Vacca know the next time you see him.

... most 35-dollar barbaresco is crap...

Giamello?

A KLWM wine, so probably much cheaper in Italy and not exactly cutting-edge undiscovered gem. But I have been really happy to find them as such 'useful' drinkable delicious wines for roughly $35.

I think you can always pick a producer or 2 out of a hat that disproves my point. i did say "most", perhaps you missed that.

I have posted on it before. I posted on the good bottle.

Good to know that the basic Produttori Barbaresco is “crap.” Let Aldo Vacca know the next time you see him.

If you see my first rebuttal, I exempted Produttori.

[David M. Bueker]

Didn't seem so much of an exemption as damning with faint praise.

Didn't seem so much of an exemption as damning with faint praise.

I would never damn Produttori with faint praise.