RKS 2024 Wine: A Wine from Langhe Recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in Piedmonte

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We try a Ellena Nebbiolo from the Langhe region of Piedmonte recognized by UNESCO in 2014 as a World Heritage Site.

Aroma: A plenitude of red cherry perhaps even faint notes of raspberry and strawberry complimented by milk chocolate.

Palate: The aroma may suggest a lighter red perhaps even a cheery light weight. However, a solid tannic streak restrains the lightweight cherry and makes it a more austere than the aroma could have suggested. Some of this austerity retreats with decanting. Perhaps a bit too much oak hanging out in the end palate.

Personality: Perhaps you should consider me as a chameleon. I present myself as a lightweight on the nose then an authoritarian taste profile until at least half an hour of decanting when I soften up and perhaps become a bit more sophisticated. 

Food Match: Coq au Vin.

Cellarbility: Drink by 2027-year end.

Price: $24 CDN (Ontario).

RKS 2024 Wine Rating: 91/100. Wine Align 90. Wine Enthusiast 91.

(Ellena Giuseppe 2021 Langhe Nebbiolo, Langhe DOC, Italy, 750 mL, 14%).

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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