"Ghemme Riserva" LA TORRETTA, Ghemme DOCG 2009 DOC truffle or squash

truffle or squash

off the beaten track

Then there are all the wonderful notes of Nebbiolo

and limestone and mineral hints

from starters including wild boar salami

"Ghemme Riserva" LA TORRETTA, Ghemme DOCG 2009 DOC truffle or squashThe Golden label is well deserved for this incredibly lush, luxuriantly rich wine from 40 year old vines. Their roots reach well below the upper layers of morainic sands and clay, through a layer of lime, and are smoother in taste than most of their younger siblings. The texture is almost solid and the long time in a small oak barrel (500 litres) has smoothed the edges. It contains all the wealth of viola and rose, maraschino and black cherry, plum